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Herbert Ross
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review by spinynorman from Blackpool
An overlooked gem 19 July 2009
Herbert Ross - filmography
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Footloose - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormald, Dennis Quaid
Director: Herbert Ross, Kenny Ortega
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HUSTLE AND FLOW director Craig Brewer takes the helm for this remake of the popular 1984 musical romance about a big city teen who moves to a town that's outlawed dancing. Uprooted from Boston and reluctantly transplanted to the small, Bible belt town of Bomont, Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) finds ..read more »
 
63%
from 902 members
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Boys On The Side
(1995)
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
Director: Herbert Ross
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Life hasn't always been easy for cynical club singer Jane DeLuca (Whoopi Goldberg). Men have always been a mystery to uptight career girl Robin (Mary-Louise Parker), and outrageously irresponsible Holly (Drew Barrymore) falls in love every day. Three totally different women set off together on a ..read more »
71%
from 357 members
Currently unavailable
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Undercover Blues
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw
Director: Herbert Ross
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Former spies Jeff and Jane Blue (Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner) are on joint maternity leave in New Orleans with their infant daughter when they get called to track down international supercriminal Novacek (Fiona Shaw). Novacek, once head of the secret police in communist Czechoslovakia, has ..read more »
63%
from 592 members
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My Blue Heaven
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack
Director: Herbert Ross
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Flamboyant mobster Vinnie (Steve Martin) is relocated by the Witness Protection Program from New York City to suburban California until it is time for him to testify against his former associates. But he quickly bores of life in middle-class America and starts up his own little racket. These ..read more »
61%
from 416 members
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Steel Magnolias
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton
Director: Herbert Ross
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The title refers to those seemingly frail Southern belles who survive any and all deprivations through whims of iron. Robert Harling's original stage play was set exclusively in a Louisiana beauty parlor where an all-female cast of characters laughed, cried and compared menfolk. The film expands ..read more »
67%
from 8,234 members
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The Secret Of My Success
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Margaret Whitton
Director: Herbert Ross
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Young Brantley Foster is fresh out of college, and determined to climb New York's corporate ladder in a record time by masquerading as an up-and-coming executive, even though he's really the new mail boy. Love and romance don't seem to mix with business, no matter how much everybody tries......
69%
from 2,921 members
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Footloose - Blu-ray
(1984)
Starring: Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest
Director: Herbert Ross
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This classic tale of teen rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small midwestern town, he's in for a real case of culture shock. Though ..read more »
73%
from 136 members
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Footloose
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest
Director: Herbert Ross
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This classic tale of teen rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small midwestern town, he's in for a real case of culture shock. Though ..read more »
67%
from 7,949 members
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The Turning Point
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Browne
Director: Herbert Ross
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Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft star in this musical drama and touching portrait of the world of dance in New York City. A ballet star (Anne Bancroft) is reunited with her best friend and rival (Shirley MacLaine) after years apart. Against the engrossing background of the world of ballet, their ..read more »
62%
from 238 members
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Funny Lady
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
Director: William Wyler, Herbert Ross
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Funny Lady Barbra Streisand is back and she's better than ever as the exuberant Fanny Brice in Funny Lady, sequel to acclaimed Academy Award winner Funny Girl. This lively, lavish musical opens a new chapter in Fanny's career and love life. Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), she ..read more »
65%
from 619 members
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The Last of Sheila
(1973)
Starring: Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn
Director: Herbert Ross
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Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her multi-millionaire husband, Clinton, invites a group of her friends to spend a week on a his yacht. He's a notorious practical joker and insists his guests play a mystery game where each has been assigned a ..read more »
66%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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Play It Again Sam
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Woody Allen, Jerry Lacy, Diane Keaton
Director: Herbert Ross
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Herbert Ross directed this adaptation of Woody Allen's hit Broadway play concerning a shy film critic who has trouble with women. Woody Allen plays Allan Felix, a writer for Film Quarterly consumed by movies, particularly his favorite film of all time, Casablanca. At the start of the film, Allan's ..read more »
72%
from 4,200 members
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The Owl And The Pussycat
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: George Segal, Barbra Streisand, Robert Klein
Director: Herbert Ross
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Meek, owlish writer Felix (George Segal) and strident, catty prostitute Doris (Barbra Streisand) live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. When Felix reports Doris's rowdy activity to their landlord, she gets evicted. The free-spirited ..read more »
57%
from 255 members
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Herbert Ross facts
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...he fascination is just as much what's-goin-on as who-the-hell-did-it. Director Herbert Ross wisely lets the script speak for itself - Richard Benjamin, James Mason, James ...
