Biography: Lawrence Kasdan |

The archetypal Hollywood baby boomer, American director Lawrence Kasdan planned to be an English teacher upon his graduation from the University of Michigan. Instead, he began writing for Chicago-based TV commercials, winning several awards in the... more
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
Cast: Martin Scorsese Ridley Scott Steven Spielberg Jodie Foster Quentin Tarantino James Cameron George Lucas Wes Craven 
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...

Cast: Morgan Freeman   
Tags: Alien Film Sci-Fi Horror Horror 
Length: 131min
Four men are changed forever by an act of mercy -- changes which have a profound impact many years later -- in this blend of horror and science fiction based on a novel by Stephen King. Jonesy (Damian Lewis), Henry (Thomas Jane), Pete (Timothy...

Tags: Comedy Drama Romantic Comedy Screwball Comedy Ensemble Film 
Length: 118min
Lawrence Kasdan wrote and directed this comedy about a young psychologist named Mumford (Loren Dean), who arrives in a small town and sets up a practice. Mumford's style is short on analytic mumbo-jumbo and long on practical advice, and he soon finds...

Tags: Biopic Epic Western Revisionist Western Western 
Length: 189min
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, this epic version of the legendary western sheriff-gunslinger's life story stars Kevin Costner as Earp, who lived from 1848 to 1929. Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Earp tries to run away to join the Union Army in the Civil...

Tags: Revisionist Western Ensemble Film Western 
Length: 132min
Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth "deputies." The four...

Cast: Kevin Kline   
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance 
Length: 111min
An American woman discovers that Paris truly is the city of love -- though not in the manner she expected -- in this romantic comedy. Kate (Meg Ryan) is desperately afraid of flying, so when her fiancée Charlie (Timothy Hutton) flies to Paris on...

Cast: Joan Plowright Lawrence Kasdan   
Tags: Crime Comedy Crime Comedy Black Comedy 
Length: 97min
Lawrence Kasdan's black comedy about a wife's ultimate revenge against her womanizing husband is based on a true story about the wife of a pizzeria owner who decided to kill her cheating husband. When her attempt to murder him failed, the husband...

Tags: Psychological Drama Urban Drama Ensemble Film Drama 
Length: 134min
Director Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon is a gathering of random events, uniting the film's wildly divergent protagonists. Driving home from an LA Lakers game, Mack (Kevin Kline), an immigration attorney, is stranded in an unsavory part of town when...

Cast: Glenn Close Jeff Goldblum   
Tags: Ensemble Film Comedy of Manners Reunion Films Comedy Drama 
Length: 105min
Embraced by the Baby Boomer generation and spawning countless imitators, the sophomore film of writer-director Lawrence Kasdan was a successful comedy-drama with a best selling soundtrack of Motown hits. Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and...

Cast: William Hurt Kathleen Turner   
Tags: Comedy Drama Romance Romantic Drama 
Length: 121min
Director Lawrence Kasdan and Frank Galati adapted their screenplay for The Accidental Tourist from Anne Tyler's novel. William Hurt plays Macon Leary, a well-known "travel advisor" headquartered in Baltimore. The tragic death of Leary's son causes him...
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