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Too Big to Fail (2011)
Too Big to Fail is a 2011 American biographical drama television film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Peter Gould, based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's 2009 non-fiction book Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves. The film aired on HBO on May 23, 2011. It received 11 ...
Starring: Lauren Bacall•Ruth Nelson•Frank L. Ridley•Geraldine Page•Jack Lemmon•James Garner•Robert Loggia•Dyan Cannon•Edward Asner•Gene Hackman
The Lucky Ones (2008)
The Lucky Ones is a 2007 American comedy-drama directed by Neil Burger. The screenplay by Burger and Dirk Wittenborn focuses on three United States Army soldiers who find themselves drawn together by unforeseen circumstances.
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Lainie Kazan•Robert De Niro•Elliott Gould•Barbara Hershey•Goldie Hawn•Verna Bloom•Jeff Bridges•Malcolm McDowell•John Lithgow
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the spring 1997 issue of American Legacy.
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Rebecca De Mornay•Joanna Cassidy•Herve Villechaize•William Atherton•Stan Shaw•Teri Garr•Nick Nolte•Lindsay Crouse•Tommy Lee Jones
White Chicks (2004)
White Chicks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay co-written by Wayans, Xavier Cook, Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden, with additional contributions by and starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. It also stars Jaime King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, and John Heard. In the film, two FBI agents g...
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Bette Midler•John Heard•Jeff Goldblum•Annette O'Toole•Denzel Washington•Mary Beth Hurt•Cheech Marin•Tommy Chong•Dan Aykroyd
Snake Eyes (1998)
Snake Eyes is a 1998 American mystery suspense-thriller film directed and produced by Brian De Palma. The film stars Nicolas Cage as a detective investigating a political assassination at a boxing match in Atlantic City, with supporting roles played by Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn, Joel Fabiani and Luis Guzmán. De Pa...
Starring: William Hurt•Frank L. Ridley•Rosanna Arquette•Tom Hanks•Cynthia Nixon
One Eight Seven (1997)
One Eight Seven is a 1997 American crime thriller film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was the first top-billed starring role for Samuel L. Jackson, who plays a Los Angeles teacher caught with gang trouble in an urban high school. The film's name comes from the California Penal Code Section 187, which defines murder.
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Robin Williams
My Fellow Americans (1996)
My Fellow Americans is a 1996 American political comedy film directed by Peter Segal. It stars Jack Lemmon and James Garner as feuding ex-presidents, with Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Esther Rolle, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Yagher in supporting roles. The film is named after the sentence for the traditional opening of pr...
Starring: Joe Pesci•Sam Shepard•Tim Curry•Frank L. Ridley•Severn Darden
The Pelican Brief (1993)
The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on the 1992 novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham. The film, which features music composed by James Horner, was the last film that feat...
Starring: Nastassja Kinski•Andrew McCarthy•Frank L. Ridley•Rebecca De Mornay•Nicolas Cage•John Diehl•Dan Hedaya•Linda Fiorentino
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone and the second film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, and Catherine O'Hara. It f...
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Gina Ravera•Lisa Zane•Tim Robbins•Frankie Faison•Brenda Fricker•Patrick Dempsey
Radio Flyer (1992)
Radio Flyer is a 1992 American drama-fantasy film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Mickey Evans. It stars Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Adam Baldwin, and Ben Johnson and is narrated by Tom Hanks. Evans was to make his directorial debut on the film but was replaced by Donner. Michael Douglas and Evans were...
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Elizabeth Perkins•Forest Whitaker•Kathy Baker•Bill Pullman
Deceived (1991)
Deceived is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Damian Harris. The script was written by Mary Agnes Donoghue and rewritten by Bruce Joel Rubin. Goldie Hawn and John Heard star as a happily married couple whose lives are disrupted when secrets from the past are revealed.
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller•Frank L. Ridley
Awakenings (1990)
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film directed by Penny Marshall. It is written by Steven Zaillian, who based his screenplay on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir Awakenings. It tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who is based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L-DOPA in 1969. He administers it to catatonic patients...
Starring: Julie Kavner•Lorraine Bracco•Frank L. Ridley•Jared Rushton•Julia Roberts•Rebecca Schaeffer
The End of Innocence (1990)
The End of Innocence is a 1990 semi-autobiographical film starring, written and directed by Dyan Cannon. It was produced by Leonard Rabinowitz and Stanley Fimberg.
Starring: Macaulay Culkin•Frank L. Ridley•Samuel L. Jackson
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone is a 1990 Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, a boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from burglars after his fami...
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Gina Ravera•Lisa Zane•Frankie Faison•Brenda Fricker
The Package (1989)
The Package is a 1989 American political action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, and Dennis Franz.
Starring: Gary Sinise•Marlon Wayans•Joseph Mazzello•Frank L. Ridley•Carla Gugino
Beaches (1988)
Beaches is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue and based on Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel of the same name. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.
Starring: Shawn Wayans•Kimberly Elise•Michael Peña•Frank L. Ridley•Adam Frost•Terry Crews
Betrayed (1988)
Betrayed is a 1988 American spy thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger. The plot is roughly based upon the terrorist activities of American neo-Nazi and white supremacist Robert Mathews and his group The Order.
Starring: Busy Philipps•Frank L. Ridley•Brittany Daniel
Big (1988)
Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a pre-adolescent boy whose wish to be "big" transforms him physically into an adult. The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow, John Heard, and Robert Loggia, and was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg. It was produced by G...
Starring: Rachel McAdams•Frank L. Ridley•Jessica Cauffiel•Arden Myrin•Jermaine Williams•Jurnee Smollett
The Telephone (1988)
The Telephone is a 1988 comedy-drama film written by Terry Southern and Harry Nilsson and directed by Rip Torn, in what was to be the only film he directed.
Starring: Nate Parker•Spencer Garrett•Frank L. Ridley•Denzel Whitaker•Mark L. Young
After Hours (1985)
After Hours is a 1985 American black comedy thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. The film follows Paul Hackett, portrayed by Griffin Dunne, as he experiences a series of misadventures while making his way home from New York City's SoHo district during the night.
Starring: Howard Platt•Ruby Dee•Frank L. Ridley•Geraldine Page•Donald Sutherland•Jeff Bridges•Malcolm McDowell•Sissy Spacek•Frankie Faison
Heaven Help Us (1985)
Heaven Help Us is a 1985 American comedy-drama film starring Andrew McCarthy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Malcolm Danare, Patrick Dempsey, and Stephen Geoffreys as a group of 1960s Brooklyn teenagers, with Jay Patterson, Wallace Shawn, John Heard and Donald Sutherland as the teachers and administrators at the private Catholic school the bo...
Starring: Teri Garr•Frank L. Ridley•Nick Nolte•Lindsay Crouse•Jeff Goldblum•Annette O'Toole
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 American drama film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. It was adapted by Horton Foote from his 1953 play of the same name. The film features a soundtrack by J.A.C. Redford featuring Will Thompson's "Softly and Tenderly" sung by Cy...
Starring: Mary Beth Hurt•Frank L. Ridley•Cheech Marin
C.H.U.D. (1984)
C.H.U.D. is a 1984 American science fiction horror film directed by Douglas Cheek, produced by Andrew Bonime, and starring John Heard, Daniel Stern, and Christopher Curry in his film debut. The plot concerns a New York City police officer and a homeless shelter manager who team up to investigate a series of disappearances, and discover that the mis...
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Gina Ravera
Cat People (1982)
Cat People is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, and Annette O'Toole. It is a remake of the 1942 RKO Radio Pictures film of the same name. Giorgio Moroder composed the film's score, including the theme song, which features lyrics and vocals by David Bowie. ...
Starring: Tommy Chong•Lisa Eichhorn•Frank L. Ridley•Rosanna Arquette•Griffin Dunne
Cutter's Way (1981)
Cutter's Way is a 1981 American neo noir thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was adapted from the 1976 novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg.
Starring: Nastassja Kinski•Frank L. Ridley•Andrew McCarthy
Heart Beat (1980)
Heart Beat is a 1980 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Byrum, based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady. The film is about seminal figures in the Beat Generation. The character of Ira, played by Ray Sharkey, is based on Allen Ginsberg. The film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, and John Heard.
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay•Linda Fiorentino•Frank L. Ridley
Head Over Heels (1979)
Chilly Scenes of Winter is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver, and starring John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and Gloria Grahame. Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Ann Beattie, it follows a civil servant worker in Salt Lake City who falls in love with a recently-sepa...
Starring: Frank L. Ridley•Kevin Dillon
Between the Lines (1977)
Between the Lines is a 1977 ensemble drama from Midwest Films. It was directed by Joan Micklin Silver and produced by her husband Raphael D. Silver. The film was nominated for three awards at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, winning two of them.
Starring: Mary Stuart Masterson•Frank L. Ridley•Patrick Dempsey