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  • The Last of Sheila
  • The Last of Sheila review by spinynorman from Blackpool
    Rated - 5.0 stars An overlooked gem 19 July 2009
    ...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 ...   Read customer review

Herbert Ross - filmography


  • Boys On The Side (1995)
    Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,  Mary-Louise Parker,  Drew Barrymore
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 357 members
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  • Undercover Blues on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kathleen Turner,  Dennis Quaid,  Fiona Shaw
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 592 members
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  • My Blue Heaven on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Rick Moranis,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 416 members
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  • Steel Magnolias on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Sally Field,  Dolly Parton
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 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
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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......
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,921 members
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  • Footloose - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Lori Singer,  John Lithgow,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 136 members
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  • Footloose on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Lori Singer,  John Lithgow,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 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
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 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
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 619 members
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  • The Last of Sheila (1973)
    Starring: Richard Benjamin,  Dyan Cannon,  James Coburn
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 24 members
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  • Play It Again Sam on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Jerry Lacy,  Diane Keaton
    Director: Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 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
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 255 members
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Herbert Ross facts

5 most recent films

Footloose - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Boys On The Side - 3.5 stars
Undercover Blues - 3.0 stars
True Colours - 3.0 stars
My Blue Heaven - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Goodbye Girl - 3.5 stars
Footloose - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Play It Again Sam - 3.5 stars
Boys On The Side - 3.5 stars
The Sunshine Boys - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Pennies from Heaven - 2.5 stars
The Last of Sheila - 3.5 stars
True Colours - 3.0 stars
The Owl And The Pussycat - 3.0 stars
California Suite - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tom Skerritt - 2 times - show films
Walter Matthau - 2 times - show films
Dianne Wiest - 2 times - show films
John Lithgow - 2 times - show films
Shirley MacLaine - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

William Wyler - 1 times - show films
Kenny Ortega - 1 times - show films