Albert Brooks — Actor (31)
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Critical Care (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Critical Care
director: Sidney Lumet actor: James Spader / Kyra Sedgwick …
other title: Se mi amate / Sterben und erben …
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
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The Scout (1994) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Scout
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Albert Brooks / Brendan Fraser …
other title: Un colpo da campione / Der Scout …
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.
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My First Mister (2001) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
My First Mister
director: Christine Lahti actor: Albert Brooks / Leelee Sobieski …
other title: Educando a J.
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
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Lost in America (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Lost in America
director: Albert Brooks actor: Albert Brooks / Julie Hagerty …
other title: Pubblicitario offresi / Kopfüber in Amerika …
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
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Defending Your Life (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Defending Your Life
director: Albert Brooks actor: Albert Brooks / Meryl Streep …
other title: Prossima fermata: paradiso / Um Visto para o Céu …
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
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Exploring the Reef (2003) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Exploring the Reef
director: Roger Gould actor: Jean-Michel Cousteau / Albert Brooks …
other title: Buscando a Nemo: Explorando el arrecife
Jean-Michael Cousteau's documentary about the Great Barrier Reef keeps getting interrupted by characters from Disney's Finding Nemo.
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Out of Sight (1998) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb
Out of Sight
director: Steven Soderbergh actor: George Clooney / Jennifer Lopez …
other title: Out of Sight - Gli opposti si attraggono / Romance Perigoso …
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.
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The Pixar Story (2007) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData Skybridge
The Pixar Story
director: Leslie Iwerks actor: Tim Allen / Stacy Keach …
other title: A História da Pixar / Die Pixar Story …
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
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A Most Violent Year (2014) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban Skybridge
A Most Violent Year
director: J.C. Chandor actor: Oscar Isaac / Jessica Chastain …
other title: 1981: Indagine a New York / Um Ano Muito Violento …
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
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The Little Prince (2015) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
The Little Prince
6.9 (7 ratings) director: Mark Osborne actor: Riley Osborne / Mackenzie Foy …
other title: Il piccolo principe / Den lille prins …
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.