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  • Hard Target
  • Hard Target review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 4 March 2006
    ...e the bayous. They track the pair to the rustic cabin of Chance's Uncle Douvee (Wilford Brimley), and the real fireworks begin. ...   Read customer review
  • Star Wars - Ewoks Adventures
  • Star Wars - Ewoks Adventures review by A customer from England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Star Wars Fans Only. 30 November 2006
    ...ply story. Battle For Endor is slighty better mainly due to the inclusion of Wilford Brimley and a new character called Teek. Wicket has also learned to speak English, whi...   Read customer review

Wilford Brimley - filmography


  • End of the Line on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kevin Bacon,  Wilford Brimley,  Mary Steenburgen
    Director: Jay Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two workers fight for survival when their railroad company is closed down, leaving them unemployed. They set out for Chicago on a stolen locomotive to confront the insensitive railroad executives and find themselves locked in a fight for dignity, pride and jobs.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 64 members
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  • Progeny on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Arnold Vosloo,  Jillian McWhirter,  Brad Dourif
    Director: Brian Yuzna
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    As Craig Barton, a thiry-something surgeon makes passionate love to his wife Sherry, a blinding blue light engulfs them and the air crackles with a powerful electrical energy. The next thing they know, two hours have inexplicably passed. What happened during those two 'lost' hours is a total ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 133 members
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  • In And Out (1997)
    Starring: Bob Newhart,  Debbie Reynolds,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Indiana backwater teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is shocked when a former student, now a superstar actor, 'outs' Howard in his big Oscar night speech - Howard wasn't even aware that he was gay! He now attempts to assert his masculinity as he goes ahead with his wedding to Emily (Joan Cusack),..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,870 members
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  • My Fellow Americans (1996)
    Starring: Jack Lemmon,  James Garner,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Peter Segal
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Kramer and Douglas, two former presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum, having individually discovered a cover-up by the current president (Aykroyd), flee together when they are almost assassinated by the Secret Service.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 78 members
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  • The Firm - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Paul Sorvino,  Hal Holbrook,  Gene Hackman
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-lawyer, John Grisham's first novel is brought to the screen by Sydney Pollack. Hot shot Harvard law graduate Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is headhunted and enrolled by a small firm of lawyers based away from New York City, offering him a large pay package. When the FBI tell Mitch that the firm is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 607 members
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  • Hard Target on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Lance Henriksen,  Jean-Claude Van Damme,  Yancy Butler
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Acclaimed Hong Kong action director John Woo's first Hollywood film attempts to construct a 'running man' thriller out of a collection of explosions and stunts. Cajun sailor Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) reluctantly comes to the aid of a female lawyer (Yancy Butler) who is searching for ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,949 members
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  • The Firm on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Paul Sorvino,  Hal Holbrook,  David Stra
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-lawyer, John Grisham's first novel is brought to the screen by Sydney Pollack. Hot shot Harvard law graduate Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is headhunted and enrolled by a small firm of lawyers based away from New York City, offering him a large pay package. When the FBI tell Mitch that the firm is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 17,365 members
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  • Cocoon The Return on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Don Ameche,  Courteney Cox,  Wilford Brimley
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A sequel to the 1985 film 'Cocoon'. The elderly group who were taken to a better life by the aliens return to Earth for a visit, and to help the aliens in a rescue mission. There are still some cocoons on Earth that are in danger from an imminent earthquake.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,100 members
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  • Cocoon on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Don Ameche,  Jessica Tandy,  Tyrone Power
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Three elderly friends (Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley and Hume Cronyn), in a Florida retirement home, discover a swimming pool that renews their energy and gives them a new lease of life. The pool is full of cocoons belonging to a group of friendly aliens in human disguise.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,272 members
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  • The Hotel New Hampshire on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Anita Morris,  Seth Green
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A dark comedy, based on the best-selling novel by John Irving. The Berry family consists of Father, Mother, John (a student), Franny (the victim of a gang rape), Frank (who is gay) and Lilly. Together they run the Hotel New Hampshire in New England, but when Father's friend Freud asks them for help,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,038 member
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  • Star Wars - Ewoks Adventures (1984)
    Starring: Aubree Miller,  Eric Walker,  Wilford Brimley
    Director: John Korty
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    These two Ewok adventures recount the years before the Battle of Endor. In 'Caravan of Courage', when the Towani family crash their Starcruiser onto the planet Endor, the children, Cindel and Mace, are separated from their parents, who have been kidnapped by the evil monster Gorax. Now they must ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,786 member
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  • 10 To Midnight on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Gene Davis,  Geoffrey Lewis,  Charles Bronson
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Charles Bronson at 63 or so, continues his vigilante persona in this run-of-the-mill crime drama about a Richard Speck-style killer who knifes young nurses to death. There is no doubt that the film exploits both the heinous, 1966 Speck murder of eight nurses in Chicago and an audience's willingness ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 579 members
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  • Tender Mercies (1982)
    Starring: Ellen Barkin,  Ellen Barkin,  Tess Harper
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Mac Sledge (Robert Duvall -The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) is down and out. A former American music legend, Mac is now an alcoholic whose fall from grace has left him washed up as he wakes up broke and alone on a Texas motel room floor. When the motel owner Rosa Lee (Tess Harper –No Country for Old ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 427 members
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  • Borderline on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Panchito Gomez,  Bruno Kirby,  Kenneth McMillan
    Director: Jerrold Freedman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    It is Californian border patrolman Jeb Maynard's (Charles Bronson) job to keep illegal immigrants out of America, although he is aware that exploitative smugglers are helping illegal aliens get into the country. When both his colleague, Scooter (Wilfred Brimley) and a young Mexican boy are killed ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 120 members
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Wilford Brimley facts

5 most recent films

End of the Line - 2.5 stars
Progeny - 2.0 stars
In And Out - 3.0 stars
My Fellow Americans - 3.5 stars
The Firm - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Firm - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
My Fellow Americans - 3.5 stars
The Firm - 3.5 stars
Tender Mercies - 3.0 stars
Cocoon - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Thompson's Last Run - 2.5 stars
Progeny - 2.0 stars
End of the Line - 2.5 stars
Star Wars - Ewoks Adventures - 2.5 stars
The Hotel New Hampshire - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ed Harris - 5 times - show films
Holly Hunter - 4 times - show films
Gene Hackman - 3 times - show films
Charles Bronson - 3 times - show films
Jeanne Tripplehorn - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jerrold Freedman - 3 times - show films
Sydney Pollack - 3 times - show films
Peter Segal - 2 times - show films
Frank Oz - 1 times - show films
John Woo - 1 times - show films