Jason Robards — Actor (23)
Philadelphia (1993) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Philadelphia
director: Jonathan Demme actor: Tom Hanks / Denzel Washington
other title: Filadélfia
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
director: Roger Corman actor: Jason Robards / George Segal
other title: Il massacro del giorno di San Valentino / Chicago-massakren
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
Magnolia (1999) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Magnolia
8.5 (8 ratings) director: Paul Thomas Anderson actor: Tom Cruise / Philip Baker Hall
other title: Magnólia
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
The Civil War (1990) [TV] 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.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: Jason Robards / Stella Stevens
other title: La ballata di Cable Hogue / Præriens tørstige mand
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
Burden of Dreams (1982) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Burden of Dreams
director: Les Blank actor: Candace Laughlin / Werner Herzog
other title: Una nave carica di sogni / Die Last der Träume
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
A Boy and His Dog (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData Douban
A Boy and His Dog
director: L.Q. Jones actor: Don Johnson / Susanne Benton
other title: Apocalypse 2024 - Un ragazzo, un cane, due inseparabili amici / Mad Don
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Johnny Got His Gun
director: Dalton Trumbo actor: Timothy Bottoms / Kathy Fields
other title: E Johnny prese il fucile / E Deram-lhe Uma Espingarda...
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
All the President's Men (1976) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
All the President's Men
director: Alan J. Pakula actor: Dustin Hoffman / Robert Redford
other title: Tutti gli uomini del Presidente / Alle præsidentens mænd
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
My Best Fiend (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mein liebster Feind
director: Werner Herzog actor: Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski
other title: Kinski, il mio nemico più caro / Min bedste uven
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
The Day After (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
The Day After
director: Nicholas Meyer actor: Jason Robards / JoBeth Williams
other title: The Day After - Il giorno dopo / O Dia Seguinte
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
Quick Change (1990) [Movie] IMDb
Quick Change
director: Howard Franklin / Bill Murray actor: Bill Murray / Geena Davis
other title: Scappiamo col malloppo / Hurtige penge
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) [Movie] TMDB
Something Wicked This Way Comes
director: Jack Clayton actor: Jason Robards / Jonathan Pryce
other title: Qualcosa di sinistro sta per accadere / No Templo das Tentações
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: James Coburn / Kris Kristofferson
other title: Pat Garrett e Billy the Kid / Duelo na Poeira
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Long Day's Journey Into Night
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Katharine Hepburn / Ralph Richardson
other title: Il lungo viaggio verso la notte / Longa Viagem para a Noite
Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
Tora! Tora! Tora!
director: Toshio Masuda / Kinji Fukasaku actor: Martin Balsam / Sō Yamamura
other title: Tora ! Tora ! Tora !
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Crimson Tide (1995) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Crimson Tide
director: Tony Scott actor: Denzel Washington / Gene Hackman
other title: Allarme rosso / Fjenden i Dybet
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
Crimson Tide (1995) [Movie]
Crimson Tide
director: Tony Scott actor: Denzel Washington / Gene Hackman
other title: Allarme rosso / Fjenden i Dybet
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
Noon Wine (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Noon Wine
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: Jason Robards / Olivia de Havilland
A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for ABC Stage 67, premiering on Nov. 23, 1966.
Isadora (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Isadora
director: Karel Reisz actor: Vanessa Redgrave / John Fraser
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.