Biography: Woody Harrelson |

Known almost as much for his off-screen pastimes as his on-screen characterizations, Woody Harrelson is an actor for whom truth is undeniably stranger than fiction. Son of a convicted murderer, veteran of multiple arrests, outspoken environmentalist,... more
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Cast: Pierce Brosnan   
Tags: Crime Comedy Caper Crime 
Length: 97min
In this caper movie from director Brett Ratner, two brilliant criminals are lured out of retirement...or are they? Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) is a master jewel thief who, with the help of his accomplice and lover Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek), has...

This So-Called Disaster (2003)
Cast: Michael Almereyda   
Tags: Filmed Play Theater Biography 
Length: 87min
In 2000, director Michael Almereyda brought his film crew to San Francisco to document the rehearsal process for the Magic Theater's production of Sam Shepard's play +The Late Henry Moss, as directed by the playwright himself. The resulting film, This...

Cast: Jack Nicholson John Turturro Heather Graham Woody Harrelson Harry Dean Stanton Lynne Thigpen Marisa Tomei Luis Guzman 
Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy Odd Couple Film 
Length: 106min
A man comes face to face with the rage he didn't know he had in this comedy. Dave Buznick (Adam Sandler) is an even-tempered businessman who, after a series of strange misunderstandings on an airline flight, finds himself accused of air rage. A judge...

Tags: Culture & Society Social Issues 
Length: 80min
Woody Harrelson narrates this documentary about the history of marijuana in 20th century America. Beginning with clips from educational films and exploitation pictures that show how marijuana can lead to crime, insanity, and harder drugs, Grass also...

Tags: Culture & Society Social Issues Environmental Science 
Length: 80min
Documentary filmmaker Ron Mann joined Hollywood actor/hemp activist Woody Harrelson as the thespian traveled up the West Coast preaching the merits of natural, organic living, the result of which is Mann's 2003 film, Go Further. In 2001, Harrelson and...

Cast: Ron Howard Lowell Ganz   
Tags: Comedy Domestic Comedy Media Satire 
Length: 122min
The turning point in the life of Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey) comes thanks to the misfortunes of the NorthWest Broadcasting Company. After two years on the air, their flagship cable channel, True TV, has slid into obscurity due to competition from...

Cast: Tony Curtis Ron Shelton Antonio Banderas Lucy Liu   
Tags: Sports Comedy Comedy Drama Buddy Film Sports Drama 
Length: 124min
After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio...

Cast: Stephen Frears Billy Crudup   
Tags: Romantic Drama Modern Western Drama 
Length: 114min
Cowboys live again in this 20th century Western about two World War II veterans living on the lush, open New Mexico countryside. Based on the classic American novel by Max Evans about those struggling to continue living the Old West lifestyle in the...

Tags: Crime Thriller Mystery Thriller Post-Noir (Modern Noir) 
Length: 114min
When new evidence confirms that he was framed, reporter Harry Barber (Woody Harrelson) is released from prison after serving two years. He then goes on to demonstrate repeatedly that he is the dumbest, most masochistic noir hero since Adam ate the...

Cast: Michael Winterbottom   
Tags: War Drama Drama War 
Length: 101min
A startling examination of the Bosnian war of the mid-1990s and the role of journalists in covering it, this film was based on real-life journalist Michael Nicholson's book -Natasha's Story. Like Nicholson, cynical journalist Henderson (Stephen...
































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