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Farewell (2010)
Farewell is a 2009 French espionage thriller film directed by Christian Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica. The film is loosely based on the actions of the high-ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov. It was released in the United States in June 2010. It was adapted from the book Bonjour Farewell: La vérité sur la taupe française du...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Robert Stack•Dean Stockwell
Management (2009)
Management is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Stephen Belber and starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release on May 15, 2009.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Jack Lemmon•Leslie Nielsen•Dennis Hopper•Clint Eastwood•Peter Falk•O. J. Simpson•Kurt Russell•Patrick McGoohan•Kathleen Freeman
Armored (2009)
Armored is a 2009 American heist action thriller film directed by Nimród Antal, written by James V. Simpson, and starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, and Columbus Short. It was released on December 4, 2009.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Raquel Welch•Beau Bridges•Gene Hackman•Monte Markham•Goldie Hawn•Bruce Davison•Scott Glenn•Jane Alexander
Feast of Love (2007)
Feast of Love is a 2007 American drama film directed by Robert Benton, and starring an ensemble cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke, Selma Blair, Alexa Davalos, Toby Hemingway, and Jane Alexander. The film, based on the 2000 novel The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter, was first released on September 28, 2007,...
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia•James Hiroyuki Liao•Kate Mulgrew•Joel Grey•Anne Archer•Sissy Spacek•Fred Ward•O. J. Simpson•Laurence Fishburne•Lily Tomlin
10.5 (2004)
10.5 is a 2004 disaster film directed by John Lafia which aired as a television miniseries in the United States on May 2, 2004 and May 3, 2004. The plot focuses on a series of catastrophic earthquakes along the United States west coast, culminating in one measuring 10.5 on the Richter scale.
Starring: Bette Midler•James Hiroyuki Liao•Edward Herrmann•Lance Henriksen•Helen Shaver•Kevin Bacon•Dennis Quaid•Christine Lahti•Reb Brown•Matt Dillon
Corky Romano (2001)
Corky Romano is a 2001 American mafia comedy film starring Chris Kattan, Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Chris Penn, and Peter Berg. The movie was produced by Robert Simond, directed by Rob Pritts, and was written by David Garrett and Jason Ward. In the film, Kattan plays the title character, a veterinarian who is forced by his mobster family to infiltra...
Starring: Patrick Swayze•James Hiroyuki Liao•Peter Gallagher
The Crimson Code (1999)
The Crimson Code, also known as Red Team, is a 1999 crime thriller film starring Patrick Muldoon, C. Thomas Howell, Cathy Moriarty, Tim Thomerson and Fred Ward.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Cathy Moriarty•Sam Shepard•Judge Reinhold
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Dangerous Beauty is a 1998 American biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, and Oliver Platt. Based on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later b...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Jennifer Jason Leigh•Madeleine Stowe•Gregory Hines
…First Do No Harm (1997)
...First Do No Harm is a 1997 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jim Abrahams about a boy whose severe epilepsy, unresponsive to medications with terrible side effects, is controlled by the ketogenic diet. Aspects of the story mirror Abrahams' own experience with his son Charlie.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Peter Coyote
Best Men (1997)
Best Men is a 1997 American crime comedy film directed by Tamra Davis, and stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore and Dean Cain.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Drew Barrymore
Chain Reaction (1996)
Chain Reaction is a 1996 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, starring Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Kevin Dunn and Brian Cox. The plot centers on the invention of a new non-contaminating power source based on hydrogen and the attempts by the United States Government to prevent the spreadi...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Kate Mulgrew•Chris Penn•John Schneider•Kelly Preston•C. Thomas Howell
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
Tremors 2: Aftershocks is a 1996 direct-to-video sequel to Tremors, in which the character of Earl Bassett, returning from the first film, is hired to deal with a subterranean "graboid" infestation at a Mexican oilfield. It was directed by S. S. Wilson, and stars Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Michael Gross, and Helen Shaver.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Charles Frank
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Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult is a 1994 American crime comedy film, and the third and final installment in The Naked Gun film series, which was based on the television series Police Squad!.
Starring: Graham Greene•Randall "Tex" Cobb•Jon Cryer•Amanda Pays•Willem Dafoe•James Hiroyuki Liao•Val Kilmer•Greta Scacchi•Whoopi Goldberg
Short Cuts (1993)
Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film has a Los Angeles setting, which is substituted for the Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories. Short Cuts traces the actions of 22 prin...
Starring: Tim Robbins•Lori Loughlin•Stellan Skarsgård•James Hiroyuki Liao•Amaury Nolasco•Giancarlo Esposito•Margo Martindale•Brian Cox•Woody Harrelson•Alec Baldwin
Bob Roberts (1992)
Bob Roberts is a 1992 American satirical mockumentary film written, directed by, and starring Tim Robbins. It depicts the rise of Robert "Bob" Roberts Jr., a right-wing politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election. Roberts is well financed, due mainly to past business dealings, and is well known for his folk music, wh...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Finn Carter•Jean Reno
Four Eyes and Six Guns (1992)
Four Eyes and Six Guns is a 1992 Western comedy film starring Judge Reinhold, Patricia Clarkson and Fred Ward. It includes guest roles by Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Jon Gries, Austin Pendleton and others.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Uma Thurman•Oliver Platt
The Player (1992)
The Player is a 1992 American satirical black comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Michael Tolkin, based on his own 1988 novel of the same name. The film stars Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James and Cynthia Stevenson, and is the story of a Hollywood film studio executive who kills an...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Giancarlo Esposito•Helena Kallianiotes•Tony Sirico•Maria de Medeiros•Finn Carter•Reba McEntire•Kevin Dunn
Thunderheart (1992)
Thunderheart is a 1992 American Neo-Western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973, when followers of the American Indian Movement seized the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee in protest against federal government...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Cynthia Stevenson•Lyle Lovett•Jennifer Aniston
The Dark Wind (1991)
The Dark Wind is the fifth crime fiction novel in the Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series by Tony Hillerman, published in 1982. It is the second of the novels to feature Officer Jim Chee.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Steve Zahn
Catchfire (1990)
Catchfire is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Jodie Foster, Hopper, Fred Ward and Vincent Price, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener and Bob Dylan. The film was disowned by Hopper before release and he is therefore credited under t...
Starring: Catherine McCormack•Greg Kinnear•Rachel Weisz•Skeet Ulrich•Patrick Muldoon•James Hiroyuki Liao•Radha Mitchell•Chris Kattan•Tzi Ma•Billy Burke
Henry & June (1990)
Henry & June is a 1990 American biographical drama film directed by Philip Kaufman, and starring Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, and Maria de Medeiros. It is loosely based on the posthumously published 1986 Anaïs Nin book of the same name, and tells the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Marc Worden•Lorena Gale
Miami Blues (1990)
Miami Blues is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy crime drama film directed by George Armitage, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Margo Martindale•Kevin Heffernan
Tremors (1990)
Tremors is a 1990 American monster comedy horror film directed by Ron Underwood, produced by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, written by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Aaron Douglas•Toby Hemingway•Dulé Hill•Diane Kruger
Big Business (1988)
Big Business is a 1988 American comedy film starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, each playing two roles, as sets of identical twins mismatched at birth. The nature versus nurture farce adapts The Comedy of Errors, but with female siblings in contemporary society: one of each twin being reared in a wealthy urban setting, while the others grew up i...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Amaury Nolasco•Milo Ventimiglia•Mark Boone Junior•Toby Hemingway
Off Limits (1988)
Off Limits is a 1988 action-thriller film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel. The name of the film was changed to Saigon or Saigon: Off Limits when it w...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Andre Kinney•Robert Stack•Robert Stack
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 comedy drama film written and directed by Ron Nyswaner. It stars Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia and Amy Madigan. It premiered at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1988, and received a limited release beginning September 16.
Starring: Clint Eastwood•James Hiroyuki Liao•Kurt Russell•Chris Penn
Noon Wine (1985)
Noon Wine is a 1937 short novel by American author Katherine Anne Porter. It initially appeared in a limited numbered edition of 250, all signed by the author and published by Shuman's. It later appeared in 1939 as part of Pale Horse, Pale Rider (ISBN 0-15-170755-3), a collection of three short novels by the author, including the title story and "O...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Patrick McGoohan•Gene Hackman•Monte Markham
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American action-adventure film directed by Guy Hamilton. The film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, J. A. Preston, Wilford Brimley, and Kate Mulgrew.
Starring: Goldie Hawn•James Hiroyuki Liao•Scott Glenn
Secret Admirer (1985)
Secret Admirer is a 1985 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by David Greenwalt in his feature film directorial debut, and starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston and Fred Ward. The original music score was composed by Jan Hammer. The film was produced at the height of the teen sex comedy cinema craze in the mid-...
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Bonnie Bedelia•Sam Shepard•Keith Carradine
Swing Shift (1984)
Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic-drama directed by Jonathan Demme, and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn, with Kurt Russell. It also features Christine Lahti, Fred Ward, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter, in one of her earlier movie roles. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $6.6 million against its $15 million budget. Lahti earned a n...
Starring: Joel Grey•Sissy Spacek•James Hiroyuki Liao•Lance Henriksen•Ed Harris
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American epic historical drama film written and directed by Philip Kaufman and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The film follows the Navy, Marine, and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military...
Starring: Christine Lahti•James Hiroyuki Liao•Reb Brown•Patrick Swayze•Ed Harris•Cynthia Stevenson•Belinda Bauer
Uncommon Valor (1983)
Uncommon Valor is a 1983 American action war film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Harold Sylvester and Tim Thomerson. Hackman plays a former U.S. Marine colonel who puts together a rag-tag team to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in ...
Starring: Powers Boothe•Peter Coyote•James Hiroyuki Liao•Amy Madigan•Kate Mulgrew•Kelly Preston
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann is a 1982 science fiction Western film directed by William Dear and starring Fred Ward as Lyle Swann, a cross country dirt bike racer in the 1980s who is mistakenly sent back in time to 1877. The film was scored, produced and co-written by Michael Nesmith.
Starring: James Hiroyuki Liao•Charles Frank•Lori Loughlin
Southern Comfort (1981)
Southern Comfort is a 1981 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, Hill and his longtime collaborator David Giler. It stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales and Peter Coyote. The film, set in 1973, features a Louisiana Army National Guard squad of nine from an infant...
Starring: Jon Cryer•James Hiroyuki Liao•Amanda Pays•Lori Loughlin
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison action thriller film directed by Don Siegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce and dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.
Starring: Stellan Skarsgård•Lise Hilboldt•James Hiroyuki Liao
Ginger in the Morning (1974)
Ginger in the Morning is a 1974 comedy-drama-romance film starring Sissy Spacek as a hitchhiker. It was only the third theatrical film for Spacek, and the first American film appearance of Fred Ward.
Starring: Monte Markham•Sissy Spacek•James Hiroyuki Liao