Biography: Alfonso Arau |
Mexican actor and director Alfonso Arau's first American film role was as bloodthirsty bandit Herrera in Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), a role he would later parody (albeit with a straight face) in the 1986 comedy Three Amigos! U.S. filmgoers... more
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Cast: Scott Glenn Robert Sean Leonard Melinda Dillon
Tags: Period Film Drama Family Drama Coming-of-Age Rural Drama
Length: 98min
Based on John Grisham's semi-autobiographical novel (which he regarded as his favorite because it "contains no lawyers"), A Painted House is set in the rural community of Oak Park, AR, in 1952. The story is told through the eyes of ten-year-old Luke...
Cast: Woody Allen Vittorio Storaro Cheech Marin
Tags: Religious Comedy Comedy Black Comedy Satire
Length: 91min
A crime of passion unwittingly leads to a "miracle" in this satirical comedy. Tex (Woody Allen) is a butcher who is married to Candy (Sharon Stone), a former exotic dancer who has no skill or enthusiasm for fidelity. Unhappy with her extramarital...
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While on a location shoot, spoiled movie actress Sydney Clarke (Sela Ward) clashes with her equally temperamental director. Storming off the set in a snit, Sydney gets lost in the woods, then hitches a ride to a small New England steel town -- where,...
Cast: Anthony Quinn Keanu Reeves Alfonso Arau Giancarlo Giannini
Tags: Romantic Drama Period Film Drama Romance
Length: 103min
In this atmospheric romantic drama, Keanu Reeves plays Paul Sutton, who has just returned home from a stretch in the Army during World War II. Still reeling from the horrors of war, Paul wants to settle down and start a farm, but his wife Betty (Debra...
Like Water for Chocolate (1993)
Cast: Lumi Cavazos
Tags: Romance Romantic Drama Drama
Length: 113min
Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Esquival, this internationally popular romantic fable from Mexico centers on a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects. The tale's heroine, Tita, is the youngest of three daughters in a...
Cast: Jack Elam
Tags: Western
Length: 91min
Dynamite & Gold is the videocassette title of the made-for-TV western comedy Where the Hell's That Gold? Willie Nelson plays a bank robber, Delta Burke his "moll" and Jack Elam and all-around gol-durned sidewinder. The three stars scrounge for a...
Cast: John Landis Martin Short Chevy Chase
Tags: Parody/Spoof Farce Comedy Western Comedy
Length: 115min
This slapstick farce features Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short), as three silent movie cowboy stars who get the axe from their Hollywood studio. Just at that opportune moment, a woman named...
Cast: Robert Zemeckis Danny DeVito Kathleen Turner Michael Douglas
Tags: Romantic Adventure Adventure Comedy Adventure
Length: 110min
Kathleen Turner plays a writer of adventure stories, Joan Wilder, who has been having trouble selling her works of late because they aren't remotely believable. The basic problem is that the mousy Joan has never had any real adventure in her life. All...
Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 90min
Based on the comic strip "-The Super Machos," this fun tale is about a man who comes into a small town and is mistaken for a government inspector. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
Tags: Surrealist Film Art Film Hybrid Western
Length: 95min
This violent and allegorical Mexican western attracted a cult following in its day. It is the story of El Topo, a gunslinger who sets out for revenge against the outlaws who slew his wife. He ends up getting his revenge and saving the life of a woman...
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