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Pub. Date
c2008
Formats
Description
Watch John 'Four Leaf' Tayback as he fights a gruesome battle during the Vietnam War. But, this is actually a scene from 'Tropic Thunder,' a big-budget adaptation of Tayback's wartime memoir. Starring as the central platoon are Speedman, Lazarus, Chino and Portnoy, as well as young character actor Kevin Sandusky. To play the character of African American Sgt. Osiris, Lazarus dyes his skin dark and refuses to break from character. When a scene goes...
3) The deal
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.
4) The Hero
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
5) Gemini
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth, and celebrity.
7) Get Shorty
Pub. Date
2005, c1995
Description
Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
8) The hero
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
After he receives a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, a former Western film star re-evaluates his life.
10) Finding you
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Talented aspiring violinist Finley meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small village in Ireland. An unexpected romance develops as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous revival, and she inspires him to take charge of his future until the pressures of his stardom get in the way.
11) I'm Still Here
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Follows Joaquin Phoenix as he transitions from a career in acting to attempting a career as a rapper.
Description
Rosalee Futch works as a grocery clerk living in rural West Virginia. She enters a contest to win a date with her movie idol actor Tad Hami;ton and wins. When Tad meets Rosalee and gets a taste of what he's been missing in the real world, he decides to move to West Virginia, which becomes a nightmare for Tad's movie agent.
14) Paparazzi
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers who almost cause the death of his family.
15) Game of Death
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"Billy Lo (Lee), is a young kung fu movie star with a flourishing career and a promising future. As the leader of a syndicate known for its exploitation of enteratiners, Dr. Land (Dean Jagger) jumps at the chance to capitalize on Billy's celebrated status and that of his singer-girlfriend. Refusing to sign with Land, Billy's martial arts mastery is put to the test when he is brutally harassed by Land's men in an attempt to change his mind. In a stunning...
Series
Entourage. The complete second season volume Second season
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
After three months shooting an indie film in NYC, the boys are back in LA. Eric is officially Vince's manager, Turtle is running the house. Drama is hoping to enhance his onscreen assets... and Ari is pushing a blockbuster superhero role for is golden-boy client.
18) A Star is Born
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a shot at stardom, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamour machine . She and her idol Norman marry; but as her star rises, his comes crashing down.
19) Paradise Texas
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
A boy from a small town meets a Hollywood actor when they're cast in the same movie, and teach each other life lessons. One tries to shake his father's plans for him, as the other tries to salvage the family his career has torn apart.