David Anspaugh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Anspaugh (born September 24, 1946) is an American television and film director. Born in Decatur, Indiana, Anspaugh studied at Indiana University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, after which he taught high school in Colorado. His work as an associate producer on television movies led to his producing and directing Hill Street Blues, for which he won two Emmy Awards. He followed this with St. Elsewhere and Miami Vice before making his feature film debut with Hoosiers. His additional screen credits include Fresh Horses, Rudy, Moonlight and Valentino, and The Game of Their Lives. An upcoming move is being made called Little Red Wagon which will come out in 2011. Anspaugh was married to actress Roma Downey from 1995 to 1998. The couple have a daughter, Reilly Marie. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Anspaugh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Fresh Horses (1988)

A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She says she's 20, but he finds out she's 16 and married to an abusive husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Andrew McCarthy  •  Ben Stiller  •  Patti D'Arbanville

A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She says she's 20, but he finds out she's 16 and married to an abusive husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Andrew McCarthy  •  Ben Stiller  •  Patti D'Arbanville

Hoosiers (1986)

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Barbara Hershey  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Sheb Wooley

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Gene Hackman  •  Barbara Hershey  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Sheb Wooley

The Game of Their Lives (2005)

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has yet won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Gerard Butler  •  Wes Bentley  •  Gavin Rossdale  •  Costas Mandylor

Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has yet won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Gerard Butler  •  Wes Bentley  •  Gavin Rossdale  •  Costas Mandylor

WiseGirls (2002)

Meg, Raychel and Kate are three waitresses at a restaurant frequented by mob bosses. Their lives become complicated when one of the women witnesses a crime, and the three friends suddenly find themselves entangled in their customers’ dangerous world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Mira Sorvino  •  Mariah Carey  •  Melora Walters  •  Arthur J. Nascarella

Meg, Raychel and Kate are three waitresses at a restaurant frequented by mob bosses. Their lives become complicated when one of the women witnesses a crime, and the three friends suddenly find themselves entangled in their customers’ dangerous world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Mira Sorvino  •  Mariah Carey  •  Melora Walters  •  Arthur J. Nascarella

Rudy (1993)

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Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Sean Astin  •  Jon Favreau  •  Ned Beatty  •  Greta Lind

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Sean Astin  •  Jon Favreau  •  Ned Beatty  •  Greta Lind

The Last Leaf (1983)

An Easter Parable: As lingering pneumonia takes her will to live, a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine outside her window. Her neighbor, an elderly artist frustrated by his inability to paint what is in his heart, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Hermione Baddeley  •  Sydney Penny  •  Pat Billingsley  •  Art Carney

An Easter Parable: As lingering pneumonia takes her will to live, a young girl decides that she will die when the last leaf drops from a dying vine outside her window. Her neighbor, an elderly artist frustrated by his inability to paint what is in his heart, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Hermione Baddeley  •  Sydney Penny  •  Pat Billingsley  •  Art Carney

Deadly Care (1987)

True story about a nurse's descent into the nightmarish world of substance abuse which endangers her life and the lives of her patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Cheryl Ladd  •  Jason Miller  •  Jennifer Salt  •  Belinda Balaski

True story about a nurse's descent into the nightmarish world of substance abuse which endangers her life and the lives of her patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Cheryl Ladd  •  Jason Miller  •  Jennifer Salt  •  Belinda Balaski

Little Red Wagon (2012)

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With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Chandler Canterbury  •  Anna Gunn  •  Frances O'Connor  •  Daveigh Chase

With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Chandler Canterbury  •  Anna Gunn  •  Frances O'Connor  •  Daveigh Chase

Two Against Time (2002)

This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Marlo Thomas  •  Ellen Muth  •  Peter Friedman  •  Karen Robinson

This film finds a mother and her teen daughter both being diagnosed with cancer. This discovery helps to overcome the longtime antagonistic relationship that the two have developed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Marlo Thomas  •  Ellen Muth  •  Peter Friedman  •  Karen Robinson

In the Company of Darkness (1993)

An undercover policewoman (Helen Hunt) alarms her colleague lover (Jeff Fahey) as she role-plays to lure out a serial killer (Steven Weber) to secure evidence for the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Helen Hunt  •  Steven Weber  •  Jeff Fahey  •  Juan Ramírez

An undercover policewoman (Helen Hunt) alarms her colleague lover (Jeff Fahey) as she role-plays to lure out a serial killer (Steven Weber) to secure evidence for the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Helen Hunt  •  Steven Weber  •  Jeff Fahey  •  Juan Ramírez

L.A. County 187 (2003)

It's another night in L.A. County 187 for policeman Walter Drazin and his team, but when they find the corpses of an Asian family in a burned down club, arson and murder come to the fore. As Drazin investigates the guests of the club, the sordid truth about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Miguel Ferrer  •  Richard Bradford  •  Kevin Dunn  •  Sy Richardson

It's another night in L.A. County 187 for policeman Walter Drazin and his team, but when they find the corpses of an Asian family in a burned down club, arson and murder come to the fore. As Drazin investigates the guests of the club, the sordid truth about the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Miguel Ferrer  •  Richard Bradford  •  Kevin Dunn  •  Sy Richardson

Moonlight and Valentino (1995)

A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Kathleen Turner  •  Elizabeth Perkins  •  Gwyneth Paltrow

A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Kathleen Turner  •  Elizabeth Perkins  •  Gwyneth Paltrow

Swing Vote (1999)

A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have serious implications on his own family's harmony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Andy García  •  Harry Belafonte  •  Robert Prosky  •  Ray Walston

A newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice must settle a controversial moral and legal dilemma with his tie-breaking decision which may also have serious implications on his own family's harmony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Anspaugh
CAST:  Andy García  •  Harry Belafonte  •  Robert Prosky  •  Ray Walston