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Sam Shepard Filmography
Sam Shepard was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director and author. The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director. Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the film ''The Right Stuff (film), The Right Stuff'' (1983). The following year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'' (1984). For his role in the television film ''Dash and Lilly'' (1999), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. As actor Film Television As writer Film Television See also * List of awards and nominations received by Sam Shepard References * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepard, Sam, filmography Male actor filmographies American filmographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stealth (film)
''Stealth'' is a 2005 American military science fiction action film directed by Rob Cohen, written by W. D. Richter, and starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton and Richard Roxburgh. The film follows three top fighter pilots as they join a project to develop an autonomous stealth aircraft. Released on July 29, 2005, by Columbia Pictures, the film was a critical and box office failure, grossing $79.3 million worldwide against a budget of $135 million. It was one of the worst losses in cinematic history. Plot In the near future, the U.S. Navy develops the F/A-37 Talon, a single-seat strike fighter with advanced payload, range, speed, and stealth capabilities. The program recruits three pilots out of 400 applicants; Lieutenants Ben Gannon, Kara Wade, and Henry Purcell. Captain George Cummings is the overall head. To further advance the program, Cummings has an artificial intelligence, the " Extreme Deep Invader" (EDI), installed on an uncrewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country (film)
''Country'' is a 1984 American drama film which follows the trials and tribulations of a rural family as they struggle to hold on to their farm during the trying economic times experienced by family farms in 1980s America. The film was written by William D. Wittliff, and stars real-life couple Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard. The film was directed by Richard Pearce, and was shot on location in Dunkerton and Readlyn Iowa, and at Burbank's Walt Disney Studios. Lange, who also co-produced the film, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe award for her role. Then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan stated in his personal diary that this film "was a blatant propaganda message against our agri programs". Some members of the U.S. Congress took the film so seriously that Jessica Lange was brought before a congressional panel to testify as an expert about living on family farms. ''Country'' was one of three 1984 films, along with '' The River'' and '' Places in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtain Call (1998 Film)
''Curtain Call'' is a 1998 romantic comedy directed by Peter Yates, photographed by Sven Nykvist and edited by Hughes Winborne. It stars James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine and Maggie Smith. Linked 2013-06-06 The film was later re-released under the title ''It All Came True''. It was to be Peter Yates' last film made for cinema, although in most markets it went directly to TV or .Nat Segaloff, ''Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors'', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 340-342 Plot Stevenson Lowe () has ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Only Thrill
''The Only Thrill'' is a 1997 film directed by Peter Masterson. It stars Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard. Plot In Lockhart, Texas, circa 1966, Reece McHenry, whose wife is in a coma, owns a clothing store. He hires widow Carol Fritzsimmons as a seamstress in the shop and they soon begin an affair. Reece is unable to commit to the relationship due to the circumstances of his wife. His son, Tom, meantime, has taken up with Carol's daughter, Katherine, but Katherine has commitment issues similar to those of Tom's father. Events transpire causing the two McHenry men to lose the women in their lives. Carol must move to Canada to be with an ill sister and cannot persuade Reece to come with her. Katherine's dream is to become an actress, and when she finally gets an opportunity, she leaves Tom to burn her oats. Thirty years later, when the Fritzsimmons women return, both men and women must cope with their lifelong regrets. Cast *Diane Keaton as Carol Fritzsimmons *Sam Shepard as Reece McHe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Old Boys (film)
''The Good Old Boys'' is a 1995 American Western television film directed by Tommy Lee Jones and written by Jones and J.T. Allen, based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Elmer Kelton. Jones stars alongside Terry Kinney, Frances McDormand, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek, Wilford Brimley, and Matt Damon. The film aired on TNT on March 5, 1995. Plot An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family. Cast * Tommy Lee Jones as Hewey Calloway * Terry Kinney as Walter Calloway * Frances McDormand as Eve Calloway * Sam Shepard as Snort Yarnell * Sissy Spacek as Spring Renfro * Joaquin Jackson as Sheriff Wes Wheeler * Wilford Brimley as C.C. Tarpley * Matt Damon as Cotton Calloway * Walter Olkewicz as Frank (Fat) Gervin * Blayne Weaver as Tommy Calloway * Larry Mahan as Blue Hannigan * Bruce McGill as City Marshall * Margaret Bowman as Mrs. Faversham Production Filming was in Alamo Village – Highway 674, Brackett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safe Passage (film)
''Safe Passage'' is a 1994 American drama film starring Susan Sarandon, and featuring Sam Shepard, Robert Sean Leonard, Marcia Gay Harden, Nick Stahl, Sean Astin, and Jason London. Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and written by Deena Goldstone, it is based on the 1988 novel ''Safe Passage'' by Ellyn Bache. The film centers on a large family that reconvenes when one of the adult sons, a Marine deployed in Lebanon for the Gulf War, is possibly among the victims of an explosion at his base. As the family waits out the news, they reopen old wounds, grudges, and unresolved issues. Plot Margaret "Mag" Singer, a wife and mother of seven sons, is on the verge of divorcing her husband Patrick and moving to the city for a life of her own. All of the Singers' sons—except for Simon, the youngest—are grown and live on their own. Suddenly, Mag hears news of a terrorist bombing at a Marine base in the Middle East, where Percival, one of her sons, is stationed. Upon learning the news, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pelican Brief (film)
''The Pelican Brief'' is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on the 1992 novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as ''Washington Herald'' reporter Gray Grantham. The film, which features music composed by James Horner, was the last film that featured Pakula as both writer and director before his death in 1998. Plot Assassin Khamel kills two elder Supreme Court justices, Jensen and Rosenberg. Tulane University law student Darby Shaw writes a legal brief detailing a motive for the murders. Her law professor and lover Thomas Callahan, a former clerk of Rosenberg's, reads the brief and gives a copy to Gavin Verheek, special counsel to the director of the FBI. Soon after, Callahan is killed in a car explosion, which Darby barely escapes unhurt. Realizing her brief was accurate, she goes into hiding and reaches out to Verheek. An informant calling himself Garcia contact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderheart
''Thunderheart'' is a 1992 American Neo-Western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973, when followers of the American Indian Movement seized the South Dakota town of Wounded Knee in protest against federal government policy regarding Native Americans. Incorporated in the plot is the character of Ray Levoi, played by actor Val Kilmer, as an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a homicide on a Native American reservation. Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward and Sheila Tousey star in principal supporting roles. Also in 1992, Apted had previously directed a documentary surrounding a Native American activist episode involving the murder of FBI agents titled '' Incident at Oglala''. The documentary depicts the indictment of activist Leonard Peltier during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The film was a co-producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenseless
''Defenseless'' is a 1991 American legal thriller film directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Renée Missel and David Bombek. The film stars Barbara Hershey and Sam Shepard in lead roles, with Mary Beth Hurt and J. T. Walsh in supporting roles. The story follows a defense attorney (Hershey) who, after becoming romantically involved with her client, (Walsh), is drawn into a murder investigation when he is found dead. As her personal and professional lives collide, she uncovers a web of lies and betrayal, forcing her to confront unsettling truths about both the case and her lover. ''Defenseless'' was released on August 23, 1991, to mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Hershey’s performance, but criticism for the film’s plot and pacing. The film emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office, grossing over $5 million worldwide against a budget of approximately $1.5 million. Plot The film begins with a scene of a pornographic movie featuring underage st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyager (film)
''Voyager'' () is a 1991 English-language drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, and Barbara Sukowa. Adapted by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer from the 1957 novel ''Homo Faber'' by Max Frisch, the film is about a successful engineer traveling throughout Europe and the Americas whose world view based on logic, probability, and technology is challenged when he falls victim to fate, or a series of incredible coincidences. ''Voyager'' won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Production (Eberhard Junkersdorf), the German Film Award for Shaping of a Feature Film, and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas Award for Best German Film. It was also nominated for three European Film Awards for Best Film, Best Actress (Julie Delpy), and Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Sukowa), as well as a German Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film. Plot In April 1957, engineer Walter Faber is waiting to board a flight from Caracas, Venezuela to New York City whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Angel
''Bright Angel'' is a 1990 American drama film directed by Michael Fields, and starring Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, and Sam Shepard. The film follows two teenagers, George and the transient Lucy, who travel from their home in Montana to Wyoming in order to help Lucy's brother escape from jail. It was adapted from a short story in Richard Ford's collection titled ''Rock Springs''. Although it received some critical acclaim, the film earned only $158,243 at the domestic box office. Plot George is a Montana teen whose sanity is deteriorating due to his parents' marital woes. He links up with Lucy, a runaway headed for Wyoming with a dark background who is trying to get her brother out of jail. George tries to help her, but finds himself crossing paths with people even more emotionally disturbed than his mother and father. Cast * Dermot Mulroney as George * Lili Taylor as Lucy * Valerie Perrine as Aileen * Bill Pullman as Bob * Mary Kay Place as Judy * Burt Young as Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Magnolias
''Steel Magnolias'' is a 1989 American comedy drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts. The screenplay by Robert Harling is based on his 1987 play of the same name about the bond a group of women share in a small-town Southern community, and how they cope with the death of one of their own. The supporting cast features Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Sam Shepard. Harling based the story in part on his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who died in 1985 of complications from type 1 diabetes. In the film, Roberts plays Shelby, the character based on Susan. The film was released on November 15, 1989, and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the humor and performances but criticized its portrayal of the South. Roberts, Field and MacLaine earned nominations for their performances; Roberts (who won Best Supporting Actress) and Field at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
