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Kurt Russell
	Date of Birth: Mar 17, 1951 Country: USA Biography: Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. In the 1970s, he signed a ten-year contract with the Walt Disney Company, where he became, according to Robert Osborne, the "studio's top star of the '70s."[1] In 1979, Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for the made-for-television film Elvis. In 1983, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture... (Wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 48 - You've Seen 0
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Touchback (2011)

Summary: A man looks back 15 years to the injury that ended his career as a promising high-school football player. (imdb)

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Cutlass (2007)

Summary: After Robin buys her daughter Lacey a new expensive guitar, she reminiscences about the time she got an Olds Cutlass as her first car when she was younger. (imdb)

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Death Proof (2007)

Summary: Two separate pairs of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.

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Grindhouse (2007)

Summary: A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers' favorite exploitation films. "Grindhouse" (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for "grinding out" non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. (imdb)

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Poseidon (2006)

Summary: When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives.

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Sky High (2005)

Summary: Freshman Will Stronghold must learn to live up to the legacy of his superhero parents when he attends Sky High, a special high school for teens with superpowers.

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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)

Summary: Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story tells the story of a father who, for the love of his daughter, sacrifices almost everything to save the life of an injured racehorse and bring the promising filly back to her former glory. (DreamWorks)

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Miracle (2004)

Summary: The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the exciting true story of one of the greatest moments in modern history, the film captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. (Disney)

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Dark Blue (2003)

Summary: Over the course of four days, a brutal murder and a racially charged trial trigger and explosive chain of events that resonate throughout Los Angeles. While navigating through the tumultuous neighborhoods of South Central L.A., two of the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad officers (Russell, Speedman) must track down cold-blooded killers and also face their own demons, which prove to be more ruthless than the criminals they pursue. (MGM)

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Interstate 60 (2002)

Summary: A confused young man (Marsden) takes a journey on a road that doesn't exist on any map. (imdb)

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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

Summary: It's International Elvis Week in Las Vegas, where the strip is flooded by a sea of King wannabes decked out in jumpsuits and sideburns. But five of the impersonators swaggering into the Riviera Hotel and Casino are toting heavy weaponry in their guitar cases. It's the heist of a lifetime, orchestrated by ex-con Michael (Russell) and his cunning former cellmate, Murphy (Costner). (Warner Brothers)

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Vanilla Sky (2001)

Summary: Snowboarding through life, David Aames (Cruise) appears to lead a charmed life. In one night David meets a girl of his dreams and loses her by making a small mistake. Thrust unexpectedly onto a roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams, David finds himself on a mind-bending search for his soul and discovers the precious, ephemeral nature of true love. (Paramount Pictures)

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Soldier (1998)

Summary: After being defeated and left for dead by his genetically engineered replacements, Sergeant Todd must save a peaceful community from destruction by the same soldiers. (imdb)

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The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998)

Summary: A revealing and insightful look into the making of this underrated horror film. (imdb)

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Breakdown (1997)

Summary: Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Quinlan) are headed toward a new life in California when their car's engine dies on a remote highway. Amy accepts a ride from a helpful trucker (Walsh) while Jeff waits with the car. But when Jeff shows up at the agreed rendezvous, he finds his wife's not there. The locals aren't talking; the police aren't much help. With no one to turn to, Jeff battles his worst fears and begins a desperate, danger-ridden search to find Amy -- before it's too late! (Paramount Pictures)

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Executive Decision (1996)

Summary: When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation. (imdb)

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Escape from L.A. (1996)

Summary: Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported. (imdb)

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Stargate (1994)

Summary: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra (imdb)

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Tombstone (1993)

Summary: A successul lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are distrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating (imdb)

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Unlawful Entry (1992)

Summary: A tried and tested formula.. A person/family befriend someone who gives the first impression of being normal... (imdb)

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Captain Ron (1992)

Summary: A family in Chicago inherits the yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the island of Ste. Pomme de Terre to Miami (imdb)

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Backdraft (1991)

Summary: Stephen McCaffrey (Russell) and his younger brother Brian (Baldwin) are two feuding siblings carrying on an heroic family tradition in the Chicago fire department. Stephen is so relentless that he drives Brian out of firefighting and into arson investigation. Brian becomes involved in a puzzling series of arson attacks, each ignited by explosive phenomena known as backdrafts. Before the smoke clears, love affairs are rekindled and lives are shattered as the McCaffrey brothers fight to resolve their differences and solve the mystery. (Universal)

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Tango & Cash (1989)

Summary: Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

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Winter People (1989)

Summary: A young widower moves with his daughter into a North Carolina mountain town in 1934. He quickly takes up with a young woman with an illegitimate baby. First he must prove himself to her father and her three brothers. He does so first by joining them on a bear hunt and then by designing a clock tower for the small community. Trouble comes when it is revealed that the baby's father is the demented son of a mean clan across the river and they mean to take the child back. (imdb)

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Tequila Sunrise (1988)

Summary: Mac Mckussic is an unlikely drug dealer who wants to go straight. His old and best friend Nick Frescia is now a cop who is assigned to investigate and bring him to justice (imdb)

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Overboard (1987)

Summary: Rich bitch Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don't see eye-to-eye, Dean is left unpaid while Joanna sets sail. (imdb)

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The Best of Times (1986)

Summary: A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game. (imdb)

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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Summary: An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown. (imdb)

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The Mean Season (1985)

Summary: Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend (Christine), they'll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that he's going to kill again. The phone calls and murders continue, soon Malcolm finds that he's not just reporting the story, he is the story. (imdb)

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Swing Shift (1984)

Summary: A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an airport plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war. (imdb)

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Silkwood (1983)

Summary: The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant. (imdb)

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The Thing (1982)

Summary: Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.

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The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Summary: Two childhood animal friends find themselves forced to become enemies. (imdb)

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Escape from New York (1981)

Summary: In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue. (imdb)

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Used Cars (1980)

Summary: When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival. (imdb)

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Elvis (1979)

Summary: Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley. (imdb)

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The Longest Drive (1976)

Summary: Two brothers search the west for their sister, who was kidnapped as a child and is now living with a tribe of Indians. (imdb)

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The Deadly Tower (1975)

Summary: The infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again. (imdb)

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The Strongest Man in the World (1975)

Summary: Dexter Riley and his friends accidentally discover a new chemical mixed with a cereal seems to give anyone temporary superhuman strength. (imdb)

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Charley and the Angel (1973)

Summary: During the Depression, a crotchety shopkeeper is visited by an angel, who shows him what will happen if he doesn't change the error of his ways. (imdb)

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Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)

Summary: A chemistry student invents a spray that makes its wearer invisible. A crook finds out about it, and plans to steal it for himself. (imdb)

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Fools' Parade (1971)

Summary: When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. This attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued Mattie the check. (imdb)

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The Barefoot Executive (1971)

Summary: A young man who works in the mailroom at a TV network wants to move up the corporate ladder but finds himself stymied by his selfish boss. By chance he discovers that his neighbor's chimpanzee has a knack for picking successful TV programs. He uses the chimp's programming skills to land himself a job in the programming department of the network. (imdb)

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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)

Summary: Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads... (imdb)

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The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)

Summary: The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland ideas, as Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one in order to send four Republican senators to Washington. (imdb)

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Follow Me, Boys! (1966)

Summary: Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. Becoming more and more involved with the scout troop, he finds his plans to become a lawyer being put on the back burner, until he realizes that his life has been fulfilled helping the youth of the small town. (imdb)

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Guns of Diablo (1964)

Summary: 14-year-old Kurt Russell plays Jamie, an orphaned boy heading westward with a wagon train. Charles Bronson tops the cast as wagon scout Linc Murdock, who runs into difficulties when he meets old flame Maria (Susan Oliver), who is now married to corrupt lawman Rance Macklin (Jan Merlin). The jealous Macklin has Murdock arrested, but Maria frees him, permitting Murdock and Jamie to embark on a new adventure involving a "lost" gold mine.

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It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)

Summary: Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl, Sue-Lin, whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse, Diane. (imdb)

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