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Jason Robards

Jason Robards

26/07/1922- 26/12/2000
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Robards, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Magnolia

Magnolia
8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/12/1999
  • Character: Earl Partridge
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide
7.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaThrillerWar
  • Release: 12/05/1995
  • Character: Rear Admiral Anderson, Board of Inquiry President (uncredited)
On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West
8.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 21/12/1968
  • Character: 'Cheyenne'
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/12/1993
  • Character: Charles Wheeler
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State
7.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaThriller
  • Release: 20/11/1998
  • Character: Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
A hotshot Washington criminal lawyer becomes the target of a rogue security executive videotaped in the act of murdering a congressman when the incriminating tape is surreptitiously slipped into his shopping bag by the videographer, who is fleeing the executive's assassins.

Parenthood

Parenthood
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 31/07/1989
  • Character: Frank Buckman
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 26/01/1970
  • Character: Lt. General Walter C. Short
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

The Paper

The Paper
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/03/1994
  • Character: Graham Keighley
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

All the President's Men

All the President's Men
7.9/10
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.

Beloved

Beloved
6/10
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

Quick Change

Quick Change
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 13/07/1990
  • Character: Chief Rotzinger
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeHistory
  • Release: 30/06/1967
  • Character: Al Capone
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
7.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 23/05/1973
  • Character: Governor Wallace
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
7.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/05/1966
  • Character: Henry Drummond
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic
5.2/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 01/08/1980
  • Character: Admiral James Sandecker
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 01/11/1967
  • Character: Doc Holliday
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
7.2/10
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.

The Adventures of Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huck Finn
6.2/10
Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and escapes. He soon runs into his friend, Jim, a slave fleeing his master. Together, the pair embarks on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, staying ahead of pursuers who blame the slave for Huck's alleged murder.

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within
5.7/10
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a coup planned and stop it, before it takes place. Unfortunately, there isn't much time

Black Rainbow

Black Rainbow
5.9/10
Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband, Tom. But Tom isn't dead... yet. And Martha not only knows he will die, she also knows who killed him. And the murderer knows she knows...

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