M. Emmet Walsh — Actor (80)
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Nickelodeon (1976)
Nickelodeon
director: Peter Bogdanovich actor: Ryan O'Neal / Burt Reynolds …
other title: Vecchia America / Así empezó Hollywood …
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
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Youth in Revolt (2009)
Youth in Revolt
director: Miguel Arteta actor: Michael Austin Cera / Portia Doubleday …
other title: Rebelde com Causa / Be Bad ! …
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo + Juliet
★ 6.2 (18 ratings) director: Baz Luhrmann actor: Leonardo DiCaprio / Claire Danes …
other title: Romeo + Giulietta di William Shakespeare / Romeo & Julie …
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
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Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Midnight Cowboy
★ 7.4 (5 ratings) director: John Schlesinger actor: Jon Voight / Dustin Hoffman …
other title: Un uomo da marciapiede / O Cowboy da Meia-Noite …
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
director: Don Taylor actor: Roddy McDowall / Kim Hunter …
other title: Fuga dal pianeta delle scimmie / Truslen fra abernes planet …
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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Wild Wild West (1999)
Wild Wild West
★ 3.8 (5 ratings) director: 巴里·索南菲尔德 actor: Will Smith / Kevin Kline …
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
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No Man's Land (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB
No Man's Land
director: Peter Werner actor: Charlie Sheen / D.B. Sweeney …
other title: La fine del gioco / No Man's Land - Tatort 911 …
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
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Blood Simple (1985)
Blood Simple
★ 7.8 (5 ratings) director: Joel Coen actor: John Getz / Frances McDormand …
other title: Blood Simple - Sangue facile / Et nemt offer …
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
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The Civil War (1990) IMDb TMDB
The Civil War
actor: David McCullough / Sam Waterston …
other title: Der Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg / La Guerre de sécession …
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Snow Dogs (2002)
Snow Dogs
director: Brian Levant actor: Cuba Gooding Jr. / James Coburn …
other title: Snow Dogs - 8 cani sotto zero / Det Store Slædeløb …
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
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Critters (1986)
Critters
★ 6.0 (5 ratings) director: Stephen Herek actor: Dee Wallace / M. Emmet Walsh …
other title: Critters - Gli extraroditori / Critters - Seres do Espaço …
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
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Reds (1981)
Reds
director: Warren Beatty actor: Warren Beatty / Diane Keaton …
other title: Rojos
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
My Best Friend's Wedding
★ 6.2 (11 ratings) director: P.J. Hogan actor: Julia Roberts / Dermot Mulroney …
other title: Il matrimonio del mio migliore amico / Min bedste vens bryllup …
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
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Fletch (1985)
Fletch
director: Michael Ritchie actor: Chevy Chase / Tim Matheson …
other title: Fletch - Un colpo da prima pagina / Fletch! Hva' var navnet? …
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
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Knives Out (2019)
Knives Out
★ 8.3 (69 ratings) director: Rian Johnson actor: Daniel Craig / Christopher Robert Evans …
other title: Cena con delitto - Knives Out / Knives Out: Var det mord? …
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.