Jean Speegle Howard

Scrooged (1988)

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Donner
CAST:  Bill Murray  •  Karen Allen  •  John Glover  •  John Forsythe

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing staff member Eliot Loudermilk on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Donner
CAST:  Bill Murray  •  Karen Allen  •  John Glover  •  John Forsythe

Apollo 13 (1995)

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The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Bill Paxton  •  Kevin Bacon  •  Gary Sinise

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Bill Paxton  •  Kevin Bacon  •  Gary Sinise

Matilda (1996)

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An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny DeVito
CAST:  Mara Wilson  •  Danny DeVito  •  Embeth Davidtz  •  Rhea Perlman

An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny DeVito
CAST:  Mara Wilson  •  Danny DeVito  •  Embeth Davidtz  •  Rhea Perlman

The Paper (1994)

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Robert Duvall  •  Glenn Close  •  Marisa Tomei

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Robert Duvall  •  Glenn Close  •  Marisa Tomei

Traveller (1997)

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack N. Green
CAST:  Bill Paxton  •  Mark Wahlberg  •  Julianna Margulies  •  James Gammon

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack N. Green
CAST:  Bill Paxton  •  Mark Wahlberg  •  Julianna Margulies  •  James Gammon

My Fellow Americans (1996)

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Segal
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  James Garner  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  John Heard

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Segal
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  James Garner  •  Dan Aykroyd  •  John Heard

Cocoon (1985)

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Tahnee Welch  •  Brian Dennehy  •  Don Ameche

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Tahnee Welch  •  Brian Dennehy  •  Don Ameche

Gung Ho (1986)

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Gedde Watanabe  •  George Wendt  •  Mimi Rogers

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Gedde Watanabe  •  George Wendt  •  Mimi Rogers

The Power Within (1995)

Stan Dryer, a teen, afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried to save from a group of attackers. The ring is a mate to a ring stolen by a double dealing art thief who had been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Art Camacho
CAST:  Ted Jan Roberts  •  Karen Valentine  •  Keith Coogan  •  John O'Hurley

Stan Dryer, a teen, afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried to save from a group of attackers. The ring is a mate to a ring stolen by a double dealing art thief who had been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Art Camacho
CAST:  Ted Jan Roberts  •  Karen Valentine  •  Keith Coogan  •  John O'Hurley

Huckleberry Finn (1975)

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Totten
CAST:  Ron Howard  •  Don Most  •  Royal Dano  •  Antonio Fargas

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Totten
CAST:  Ron Howard  •  Don Most  •  Royal Dano  •  Antonio Fargas

Mr. Murder (1998)

A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Stephen Baldwin  •  Julie Warner  •  Bill Smitrovich  •  Thomas Haden Church

A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Stephen Baldwin  •  Julie Warner  •  Bill Smitrovich  •  Thomas Haden Church

Hundred Percent (1998)

Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Koyanagi
CAST:  Darion Basco  •  Keiko Agena  •  Dustin Nguyen  •  Tamlyn Tomita

Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Koyanagi
CAST:  Darion Basco  •  Keiko Agena  •  Dustin Nguyen  •  Tamlyn Tomita

Spoiler (1998)

Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Burr
CAST:  Gary Daniels  •  Meg Foster  •  Bryan Genesse  •  Jeffrey Combs

Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Burr
CAST:  Gary Daniels  •  Meg Foster  •  Bryan Genesse  •  Jeffrey Combs

A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Winkler
CAST:  Dolly Parton  •  Bo Hopkins  •  Lee Majors  •  John Ritter

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Winkler
CAST:  Dolly Parton  •  Bo Hopkins  •  Lee Majors  •  John Ritter

I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992)

Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every evening. Theresa invites Bernie to see her play piano at her father's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Marcarelli
CAST:  Jason Alexander  •  Nia Peeples  •  Lainie Kazan  •  Eileen Brennan

Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every evening. Theresa invites Bernie to see her play piano at her father's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Marcarelli
CAST:  Jason Alexander  •  Nia Peeples  •  Lainie Kazan  •  Eileen Brennan

Los Locos (1997)

In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Mario Van Peebles  •  René Auberjonois  •  Tom Dorfmeister  •  Paul Lazar

In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Mario Van Peebles  •  René Auberjonois  •  Tom Dorfmeister  •  Paul Lazar

The Hiding Place (2000)

A son visits his aging mother and sees tragic, intermittent signs of senility, but she pleads with him not to send her to a sanitarium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Green
CAST:  Kim Hunter  •  Timothy Bottoms  •  Kim Greist  •  Hayden Tank

A son visits his aging mother and sees tragic, intermittent signs of senility, but she pleads with him not to send her to a sanitarium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Green
CAST:  Kim Hunter  •  Timothy Bottoms  •  Kim Greist  •  Hayden Tank

Express: Aisle to Glory (1998)

PBA Films and renowned bagging filmmaker Jonathan Buss bring the heart-pounding action of pro bagging to the screen in the inspiring story of a small town grocery bagger who emerges as one of the all-time bagging greats. The documentary follows bagging superstar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Buss
CAST:  Jay Michael Ferguson  •  Brandon Quinn  •  Jean Speegle Howard  •  Harry Kalas

PBA Films and renowned bagging filmmaker Jonathan Buss bring the heart-pounding action of pro bagging to the screen in the inspiring story of a small town grocery bagger who emerges as one of the all-time bagging greats. The documentary follows bagging superstar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Buss
CAST:  Jay Michael Ferguson  •  Brandon Quinn  •  Jean Speegle Howard  •  Harry Kalas