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Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 of film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

ton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky
Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine is a city in and county seat of Estill County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 2,843 at the 2000 United States Census....
, the son of Ersel (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Moberly), a hair dresser, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
 farmer and barber. His parents divorced when Stanton was in high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 and later re-married. He has two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph, and a younger half-brother Stan.






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Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 of film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

Biography


Early life

Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky
Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine is a city in and county seat of Estill County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 2,843 at the 2000 United States Census....
, the son of Ersel (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Moberly), a hair dresser, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
 farmer and barber. His parents divorced when Stanton was in high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 and later re-married. He has two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph, and a younger half-brother Stan. Stanton attended the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a state university , co-educational, university, and is also the state's land-grant university, located in Lexington, Kentucky, Kentucky....
 in Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World," it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region....
, where he studied journalism and radio arts. He also studied at the Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena Playhouse

The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California....
 in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl Game American football game and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home of many leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,...
. Stanton is a veteran of World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. Harry is also known to be a big fan of rock n roll music, his favourites including Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music....
, Little Richard
Little Richard

Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman , better known by the stage name Little Richard, is anAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist. He is considered a key figure in the transition from Rhythm and blues to Rock and roll in the 1950s....
 and Lance Lazer.

Career

Stanton has appeared in both indie
Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
 and cult
Cult film

A 'cult film' is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fan . Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame amongst mainstream audiences, including Carnival of Souls , Easy Rider , 2001: A Space Odyssey...
 films (Two-Lane Blacktop
Two-Lane Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman, starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird....
, Cockfighter
Cockfighter

Cockfighter is a 1974 film by director Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and Ed Begley, Jr. in his film debut. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford....
, Escape from New York
Escape from New York

Escape from New York is a 1981 in film science fiction film/action film film director and Film score by John Carpenter. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle....
, Repo Man), as well as many mainstream Hollywood productions, including Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke is a Cinema of the United States drama film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce....
, The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II is an Cinema of the United States 1974 in film crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo....
, Alien
Alien (film)

Alien is a 1979 science fiction film/horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto....
, Red Dawn
Red Dawn

Red Dawn is a 1984 in film war film by John Milius about a fictional invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, Cuba, Nicaragua and other Communist Central American armies, and the resulting guerrilla warfare of a group of American high school students in the town of Calumet, Colorado, Colorado....
, Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink is an 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. It is one of a group of John Hughes movies starring Molly Ringwald, and is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack " movie....
, and The Green Mile
The Green Mile (film)

The Green Mile is a 1999 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by Frank Darabont and Film adaptation by him from the 1996 in literature Stephen King The Green Mile ....
. He has been a favorite actor of Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah

David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah was an United States film director who achieved iconic status following the release of his 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch....
, John Milius
John Milius

John Frederick Milius is an USA screenwriter, Film director, and producer of motion pictures. He helped write Dirty Harry and Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn....
, David Lynch
David Lynch

David Keith Lynch is an United States film director, screenwriter, Film producer, Painting, cartoonist, composer, video artist and performance artist....
, and Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman

Monte Hellman is an American film director, film producer, and film editor.Hellman is among a group of directing talent mentored by Roger Corman, who produced several of the director's early films....
, and is also close friends with Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
. His principal lead role was in Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders

Ernst Wilhelm Wenders is a Germany film director, playwright, author, photographer and film producer....
's film Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas (film)

Paris, Texas is a 1984 film directed by Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by L.M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard, and the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder....
. He had a very small part in 1962's How The West Was Won
How the West Was Won (film)

How the West Was Won is a 1962 in film Epic Western Western which follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean....
 as one of Charlie Gant's (Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach

Eli Herschel Wallach is an United States film, TV and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination....
) gang.

Stanton is a favorite of film critic Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert born June 18, 1942) is an United States film criticism and screenwriter.He is known for his film review column and for two television programs Sneak Previews and At the Movies , which he co-hosted for a combined 23 years with Gene Siskel....
 who has said that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh

Michael Emmet Walsh is an United States character actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions....
 in a supporting role can be altogether bad." However Ebert later admitted that Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream

This page is about the 1989 movie. For the Farscape episode of the same title, see Dream a Little Dream .Dream a Little Dream is a 1989 in film teen film directed by Marc Rocco and stars Jason Robards, Corey Feldman, Piper Laurie, Meredith Salenger, Harry Dean Stanton and Corey Haim....
 (1989), in which Stanton appeared, was a "clear violation" of this rule. In the DVD extra interview of Repo Man
Repo Man

Repo Man is a 1984 in film cult film directed by Alex Cox. It was produced by Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy, with executive producer Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton....
, Stanton deeply reviews his outlook on life in a way that is considered "Tao
Tao

Tao is a concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy. While the character itself translates as 'way', 'path', or 'route', or sometimes more loosely as 'doctrine' or 'principle', it is used philosophically to signify the fundamental or true nature of the world....
".

Stanton has also occasionally toured nightclubs as a singer/guitarist, playing mostly country-inflected cover tunes. He appeared in the Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam

Dwight David Yoakam is an United States singer-songwriter and actor, most famous for his country music. Active since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
 video, "Sorry You Asked". The role that Stanton is often associated with, the role of Travis in Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas (film)

Paris, Texas is a 1984 film directed by Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by L.M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard, and the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder....
, was originally to go to Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard

Samuel Shepard Rogers III is an American playwright, and actor, director of stage and film. He is author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play, Buried Child....
 at the urging of Wim Wenders.

He appears as a cantina owner in a Ry Cooder video for "You've Got Rhythm"

He also plays Roman Grant
Roman Grant

Roman Grant is a fictional character in the HBO series, Big Love, and is portrayed by Harry Dean Stanton. He is the prophet of the Juniper Creek Compound, and is the father of Nicolette Grant and Alby Grant....
, the manipulative leader/prophet of a polygamous sect of Mormonism
Mormonism

Mormonism is a term used to describe the religion, ideology and subculture elements of the Latter Day Saint movement, and specifically, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
 in the HBO television series Big Love
Big Love

Big Love is an American television drama on HBO about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Chlo? Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith , Grace Zabriskie, and Matt Ross....
.

In an episode of season two of the series Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States television Situation comedy, which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., North American Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone....
 Harry Dean Stanton played a senile version of himself amongst other stars playing themselves, Sean Penn
Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn is an United States film actor. He is also a filmmaker and political activist. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for his role in Mystic River and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Academy Awa...
 and Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello is an England musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's Pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s....
 who attended Charlie Harper
Charlie Harper

Charlie Harper is the singer of the punk band UK Subs....
's (portrayed by Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Est?vez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street ....
), the series' main character, support group.

He also participated in the video for Bob Dylan's Dreaming of You.

His television credits are extensive, including eight appearances between 1958 and 1968 on CBS's Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
 and four on the network's Rawhide
Rawhide (TV series)

Rawhide was a television western series that aired on the U.S. network CBS from 1959 in television to 1966 in television. The show starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood....
. He currently has a leading role on the HBO series Big Love
Big Love

Big Love is an American television drama on HBO about a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Chlo? Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith , Grace Zabriskie, and Matt Ross....
.

Filmography

  • The Lawless Years
    The Lawless Years

    The Lawless Years is the first television crime drama set during the Roaring 20s, having predated American Broadcasting Company's far more successful The Untouchables with Robert Stack by six months....
    , multiple episodes, NBC, 1961
  • The Law and Mr. Jones
    The Law and Mr. Jones

    The Law and Mr. Jones is a 45-episode half-hour television crime drama starring James Whitmore . The television series aired on American Broadcasting Company in two nonconsecutive seasons from October 7, 1960, to September 22, 1961, and again from April 19 to July 5, 1962....
    , as Harry Walker in the episode "The Enemy", ABC, 1961
  • How the West Was Won
    How the West Was Won (film)

    How the West Was Won is a 1962 in film Epic Western Western which follows four generations of a family as they move ever westward, from western New York state to the Pacific Ocean....
     (1962
    1962 in film

    The year 1962 in film involved some significant events....
    ) uncredited
  • Ride in the Whirlwind
    Ride in the Whirlwind

    Ride in the Whirlwind is a 1966 in film Western directed by Monte Hellman, starring Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins, and Harry Dean Stanton....
     (1966
    1966 in film

    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Hostage
    The Hostage (film)

    The Hostage is a 1967 in film Crown International Pictures low-budget film starring Don O'Kelly, James Almanzar and Joanne Brown, with Leland Brown, John Carradine, and Harry Dean Stanton....
     (1966
    1966 in film

    The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Cool Hand Luke
    Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke is a Cinema of the United States drama film starring Paul Newman and directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from the novel by Pearce....
     (Billed as Dean Stanton) (1967
    1967 in film

    The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film....
    )
  • Kelly's Heroes
    Kelly's Heroes

    Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G....
     (1970
    1970 in film

    The year 1970 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Two-Lane Blacktop
    Two-Lane Blacktop

    Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman, starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird....
     (1971
    1971 in film

    The year 1971 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Cisco Pike
    Cisco Pike

    Cisco Pike is a 1972 drama written and directed by Bill L. Norton. It stars Kris Kristofferson as a musician fallen on hard luck who turned to dealing marijuana as a means of income....
     (Billed as H. D. Stanton) (1972
    1972 in film

    The year 1972 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Dillinger
    Dillinger (1973 film)

    Dillinger is a 1973 in film gangster film which shows evidence of being strongly influenced by the films of Sam Peckinpah, as well as borrowing cinematically from the Warren Beatty vehicle, Bonnie and Clyde ....
     (1973
    1973 in film

    The year 1973 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Up in Smoke
    Up in Smoke

    This article is about the 1978 Cheech & Chong film. For the 2000 hip-hop tour, see Up In Smoke Tour.Up in Smoke, directed by Lou Adler, is Cheech and Chong's first feature-length film, released in 1978 in film by Paramount Pictures....
     (1973
    1973 in film

    The year 1973 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973
    1973 in film

    The year 1973 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Where the Lilies Bloom
    Where the Lilies Bloom

    Where the Lilies Bloom is a film adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Bill Cleaver. The film was made by director William Graham in Watauga County and in Avery County , North Carolina....
     (1973
    1973 in film

    The year 1973 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Godfather Part II
    The Godfather Part II

    The Godfather Part II is an Cinema of the United States 1974 in film crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo....
     (1974)
  • Cockfighter
    Cockfighter

    Cockfighter is a 1974 film by director Monte Hellman, starring Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton and Ed Begley, Jr. in his film debut. The screenplay is based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford....
     (1974
    1974 in film

    The year 1974 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Farewell My Lovely (1975
    1975 in film

    The year 1975 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Missouri Breaks
    The Missouri Breaks

    This article is about the motion picture. For the geographical feature, see Upper Missouri River Breaks National MonumentThe Missouri Breaks is a 1976 in film USA Western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson....
     (1976
    1976 in film

    The year 1976 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Renaldo and Clara
    Renaldo and Clara

    Renaldo and Clara is a surrealist movie, directed by and starring Bob Dylan. Filmed in 1975, during Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, it was released in 1978....
     (1978
    1978 in film

    The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Straight Time
    Straight Time

    Straight Time is a 1978 in film directed by Ulu Grosbard, starring Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Kathy Bates....
     (1978
    1978 in film

    The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Wise Blood
    Wise Blood

    Wise Blood was the first novel written by U.S. Southern states author Flannery O'Connor....
     (1979
    1979 in film

    The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Rose
    The Rose (film)

    The Rose is a 1979 in film film which tells the story of a self-destructive 1960s rock and roll star who struggles to cope with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager....
     (1979
    1979 in film

    The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Alien
    Alien (film)

    Alien is a 1979 science fiction film/horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto....
     (1979
    1979 in film

    The year 1979 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Deathwatch (La Mort en Direct)
    Death Watch

    Death Watch is a 1980 in film France science fiction film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It based on the novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G....
     (1980
    1980 in film

    The year 1980 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Black Marble (1980)
  • Private Benjamin
    Private Benjamin

    Private Benjamin is a 1980 comedy film starring Goldie Hawn. The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980, and also spawned a short-lived television series....
     (1980
    1980 in film

    The year 1980 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • UFOria
    UFOria

    UFOria is a science fiction/comedy film starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Harry Carey, Jr. and Cindy Williams. It was directed by John Binder....
     (1981
    1981 in film

    Events*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate , a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica Corporation to sell it....
    )
  • Escape from New York
    Escape from New York

    Escape from New York is a 1981 in film science fiction film/action film film director and Film score by John Carpenter. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle....
     (1981
    1981 in film

    Events*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate , a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica Corporation to sell it....
    )
  • Young Doctors in Love
    Young Doctors in Love

    Young Doctors in Love is a comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. Similar in tone to the Airplane! movies, it spoofs a variety of medical shows ....
     (1982
    1982 in film

    for use in movie theaters.* Hugh Grant makes his film debut.*October 8th = Angelina Jolie makes her film debut as a child actress appearing with her father Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out....
    )
  • Christine
    Christine (film)

    Christine is a 1983 horror film about a supernaturally malevolent automobile and its effects on the teenager who owns it, adapted from a Christine written by Stephen King....
     (1983
    1983 in film

    Events*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York...
    )
  • Paris, Texas
    Paris, Texas (film)

    Paris, Texas is a 1984 film directed by Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by L.M. Kit Carson and Sam Shepard, and the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder....
     (1984
    1984 in film

    Events* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
    )
  • Red Dawn
    Red Dawn

    Red Dawn is a 1984 in film war film by John Milius about a fictional invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, Cuba, Nicaragua and other Communist Central American armies, and the resulting guerrilla warfare of a group of American high school students in the town of Calumet, Colorado, Colorado....
     (1984
    1984 in film

    Events* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
    )
  • Repo Man (1984
    1984 in film

    Events* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
    )
  • The Care Bears Movie
    The Care Bears Movie

    The Care Bears Movie is a 1985 in film animation feature film. It was the first film to feature the popular Care Bears toy characters, and one of the first to be based directly on a toy line....
     (1985
    1985 in film

    Events* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton....
    )
  • One Magic Christmas
    One Magic Christmas

    One Magic Christmas is a 1985 in film holiday film from Walt Disney Pictures, starring Harry Dean Stanton and Mary Steenburgen....
     (1985
    1985 in film

    Events* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton....
    )
  • Fool for Love
    Fool for Love (film)

    Fool for Love is a 1985 in film directed by Robert Altman. The film stars Sam Shepard, who also wrote the screenplay....
     (1985
    1985 in film

    Events* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton....
    )
  • Pretty in Pink
    Pretty in Pink

    Pretty in Pink is an 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. It is one of a group of John Hughes movies starring Molly Ringwald, and is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack " movie....
     (1986
    1986 in film

    Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
    )
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
    The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

    The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
     (1988
    1988 in film

    Events* Michael Jackson's first film was MoonwalkerTop grossing films source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1988&p=.htm...
    )
  • Stars and Bars
    Stars and Bars (film)

    Stars and Bars is an United States comedy film released in 1988 in film, directed by Pat O'Connor and based on a book by William Boyd . The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Henderson Dores....
     (1988)
  • Wild at Heart
    Wild at Heart (film)

    Wild at Heart is a 1990 in film Cinema of the United States written and directed by David Lynch, and based on Barry Gifford's pulp magazine novel Wild at Heart ....
     (1990
    1990 in film

    The year 1990 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992
    1992 in film

    The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ...
    )
  • Hotel Room
    Hotel Room

    Hotel Room was a three episode 1993 in film HBO television series produced by David Lynch . Each drama takes place in the same New York City hotel room at different times ....
     (1992
    1992 in film

    The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. ...
    )
  • Never Talk to Strangers
    Never Talk to Strangers

    Never Talk to Strangers is a 1995 in film Thriller starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca De Mornay....
     (1995
    1995 in film

    The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Band
    The Band

    The Band was a rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999. The original group consisted of four Canadians: Robbie Robertson ; Richard Manuel ; Garth Hudson ; and Rick Danko , and one American, Levon Helm ....
     - The Authorized Video Biography (1995
    1995 in film

    The year 1995 in film involved some significant events....
    ; as narrator)
  • Down Periscope
    Down Periscope

    Down Periscope is a 1996 comedy movie starring Kelsey Grammer as the captain of a rust-bucket submarine called the USS Stingray, , who is fighting for his career....
     (1996
    1996 in film

    The year '1996 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo , Trainspotting , The English Patient , Independence Day , Twister , Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna 's Evita ....
    )
  • She's So Lovely
    She's So Lovely

    She's So Lovely is a 1997 in film Film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by the late John Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first film to posthumously feature new material from John Cassavetes....
     (1997
    1997 in film

    The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Fire Down Below (1997
    1997 in film

    The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 in film film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . The film, directed by Terry Gilliam, stars Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Oscar Zeta Acosta....
     (1998
    1998 in film

    The year 1998 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Mighty
    The Mighty

    The Mighty is a 1998 in film comedy-drama film, based on the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick....
     (1998
    1998 in film

    The year 1998 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • The Straight Story
    The Straight Story

    The Straight Story is a 1999 film directed by David Lynch. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawnmower....
     (1999
    1999 in film

    The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
    )
  • The Green Mile
    The Green Mile (film)

    The Green Mile is a 1999 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by Frank Darabont and Film adaptation by him from the 1996 in literature Stephen King The Green Mile ....
     (1999
    1999 in film

    The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
    )
  • The Pledge
    The Pledge (film)

    The Pledge is a 2001 mystery film directed by Sean Penn. It is based on the 1958 novella Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman , by Switzerland author Friedrich D?rrenmatt....
     (2001
    2001 in film

    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
    )
  • The Man Who Cried
    The Man Who Cried

    The Man Who Cried is an England-France film released in 2000 in film, written and directed by Sally Potter.The film stars Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Turturro....
     (2001
    2001 in film

    The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
    )
  • Sonny
    Sonny

    Sonny is a common given name, and may refer to:...
     (2002
    2002 in film

    The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
    )
  • Straight to Hell: The Alex Cox
    Alex Cox

    Alexander Cox is a United Kingdom film director and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox has previously cited Luis Bu?uel and Akira Kurosawa as influences....
     Collection (2003
    2003 in film

    The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
    )
  • The Big Bounce
    The Big Bounce (2004 film)

    The Big Bounce is a 2004 in film comedy caper film that stars Owen Wilson, Charlie Sheen, Sara Foster and Morgan Freeman. It was directed by George Armitage and based on a The Big Bounce by Elmore Leonard....
     (2004
    2004 in film

    The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
    )
  • The Wendell Baker Story
    The Wendell Baker Story

    The Wendell Baker Story is the first movie film director by actor Luke Wilson and his eldest brother Andrew Wilson , which premiered at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas in March, 2005 in film....
     (2005
    2005 in film

    The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,    The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
    )
  • Alien Autopsy (2006
    2006 in film

    The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
    )
  • You, Me and Dupree
    You, Me and Dupree

    You, Me and Dupree is a comedy film released on July 14, 2006. It is film director by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo , screen writer by Mike LeSieur, and film producer by Mary Parent, Scott Stuber, and Owen Wilson....
     (2006
    2006 in film

    The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
    ), (uncredited)
  • Inland Empire
    Inland Empire (film)

    Inland Empire is a surrealism, psychological thriller film, written and directed by David Lynch. It was his first feature-length film since 2001's Mulholland Drive , and shares many similarities with that film....
     (2006
    2006 in film

    The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....
    )
  • Alpha Dog
    Alpha Dog

    Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, released on January 27, 2006. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and subsequent events of 15-year-old Murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000, and the alleged involvement of Jesse James Hollywood, a young drug dealer in California....
     (2007
    2007 in film

    The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
    )
  • The Good Life
    The Good Life (2007 film)

    The Good Life is a 2007 film written and directed by Stephen Berra, starring Mark Webber , Zooey Deschanel, Bill Paxton, Harry Dean Stanton, and Chris Klein ....
     (2007
    2007 in film

    The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
    )
  • The Open Road
    The Open Road

    The Open Road is a 2009 in film comedy/drama film written and directed by Michael Meredith. It stars Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara, Jeff Bridges and Mary Steenburgen....
     (2008
    2008 in film

    The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
    )


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