Chris Columbus

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Cast: Pierce Brosnan Uma Thurman Chris Columbus Sean Bean Catherine Keener   

Tags: Fantasy 

Length: 120min

This adaptation of Rick Riordan's remarkably popular fantasy book series tells the tale of accident-prone teenager Percy (Logan Lerman) discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy...

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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

Cast: Chris Columbus Hayden Panettiere Alan Ruck Cynthia Stevenson Samm Levine   

Tags: Romantic Comedy Teen Movie Comedy 

Length: 102min

When a geeky high-school valedictorian throws caution to the wind by expressing his love for a popular cheerleader during his graduation speech, life finally starts to get interesting in this coming-of-age comedy adapted from the book by...

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Rent (2005)

Cast: Robert De Niro Chris Columbus Taye Diggs Rosario Dawson Anthony Rapp   

Tags: Musical Drama Musical 

Length: 135min

This film adaptation of the Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera +La Bohème features many members of the original cast. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East...

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Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco (2007)

Cast: George Lucas Clint Eastwood Saul Zaentz Francis Ford Coppola Michael Douglas   

Tags: Biography Culture & Society Film, TV & Radio Film & Television History Media Studies 

Length: 120min

While Los Angeles has been the capital of major studio filmmaking in America since the early ears of the 20th Century, in the northern part of California, San Francisco has become home to a different breed of filmmaker -- artists who treasure their...

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Cast: Richard Harris Kenneth Branagh John Williams Maggie Smith John Cleese   

Tags: Children's Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Family 

Length: 161min

Youthful wizard Harry Potter returns to the screen in this, the second film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of novels for young people. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger...

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Bicentennial Man (1999)

Cast: Robin Williams Sam Neill Chris Columbus Oliver Platt Embeth Davidtz   

Tags: Sci-Fi Comedy Comedy Science Fiction Domestic Comedy 

Length: 131min

If a robot spends enough time around humans, can he learn to become one of them? The Martin family purchases a domestic android as a servant and names him Andrew (Robin Williams). Andrew comes to know the man of the house as Sir (Sam Neill), his wife...

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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Cast: Jodie Foster Quentin Tarantino Steven Spielberg Ridley Scott George Lucas   

Tags: Film, TV & Radio Film & Television History 

Length: 97min

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Editing teaches the viewer how editors compile strips of film in order to create memorable moviegoing experiences. In addition to interviews with a variety of respected and award-winning editors, the movie offers clips...

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Stepmom (1998)

Cast: Julia Roberts John Williams Ed Harris Susan Sarandon Chris Columbus   

Tags: Comedy Drama Medical Drama Family Drama Domestic Comedy 

Length: 150min

Mrs. Doubtfire director Chris Columbus continues to explore the family turmoil of divorce in the tearjerker Stepmom, a story that pits the birth mother against the new mother. Jackie (Susan Sarandon), a one-time book editor, is now the consummate...

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Cast: Richard Harris John Williams Maggie Smith Chris Columbus Daniel Radcliffe   

Tags: Children's Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Family Fantasy 

Length: 142min

The best-selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled -Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high-stakes search for a director...

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