William Hurt

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Altered States (1980): Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. William Hurt, Blair Brown; William Hurt plays a scientist with a penchant for mind exploration in his starring debut. Russell's overly talky but fascinating film has found a…
Body Heat (1981): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner; Loose remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a noir classic in itself. William Hurt and Kathleen Turner embark on a torrid affair and conspire to murder her…
Big Chill, The (1983): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt…; Old college friends gather together for a weekend after the funeral of one of their peers, where they reconcile their current lives in the 1980's…
Gorky Park (1983): Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy…; William Hurt plays a brooding Russian detective investigating horrific murders in Moscow. Meaty, convincing thriller.
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985): Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt; Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
Children of a Lesser God (1986): Dir. Randa Haines
Feat. William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie; Powerful drama in which teacher–for–the–deaf William Hurt falls in love with Marlee Matlin.
Broadcast News (1987): Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks…; Superb TV newsroom dramedy in which vacuous newsreader Hurt and neurotic reporter Brooks compete for the attentions of Holly Hunter.
Accidental Tourist, The (1988): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis…; A travel author faces problems with the two eccentric women in his life. A dry leisure.
I Love You to Death (1990): Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright…; Kevin Kline heads a great cast in this endearing black comedy about an embittered housewife who creatively tries to bump off her chronically…
Doctor, The (1991): Dir. Randa Haines
Feat. William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins…; Well–rounded drama starring William Hurt as a high–falutin surgeon who experiences the unsympathic health system after being diagnosed…
Until the End of the World (1991): Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill; Wim Wenders dream project, shot in nine countries, concerns global ambling at the end of the millenium before developing its best idea about…
Mr. Wonderful (1993): Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra, William Hurt…; The writer/director of TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY directs for the American market, and though a sweet enough romantic confection it lacks the genuine…
Second Best (1993): Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. William Hurt; An earnest Irish drama in which William Hurt sports a curly red wig for the role of an ordered and reclusive bachelor whose world is thrown into…
Trial by Jury (1994): Dir. Heywood Gould
Feat. Armand Assante, Joanne Whalley, Gabriel Byrne…; A ruthless mob boss (Armand Assante) on trial for multiple murders employs strong–arm tactics to 'influence' mother–of–two…
Smoke (1995): Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing…; The casual intersection of five lives in a modest corner of Brooklyn, NY, yields unexpected blessings. Writer Paul Auster's astute observations and…
Jane Eyre (1996): Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anna Paquin, William Hurt…; Zeffirelli's version of Charlotte Bronte's gothic romance, filmed in appropriately murky hues, preserves the sombre integrity of the novel. Charlotte…
Michael (1996): Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. John Travolta, William Hurt, Andie MacDowell…; Not even the star presence of John Travolta, William Hurt, and Andie MacDowell can revive this abysmal comic–fantasy about a cynical tabloid…
Loved (1996): Dir. Erin Dignam
Feat. Robin Wright, William Hurt; Robin Wright strongly commits to the difficult role of a woman oddly reluctant to testify against her abusive ex–husband, despite pressure from…
Couch in New York, A (1996): Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins…; Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman directs this Stateside curiosity, with Juliette Binoche as a Parisian dancer who swaps apartments with a New York…
Lost in Space (1998): Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman…; Warning! Warning! This ill–conceived big screen adaptation of a tele–series starts bad and does not get better, in fact, it's worth…
Dark City (1998): Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly…; Advancing on earlier efforts like THE CROW, director Alex Proyas, fabricates a shadowy urban jungle, replete with echoes of earlier sci–fi…
One True Thing (1998): Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Meryl Streep, William Hurt; Superlative take on the 'illness' genre, wherein Renee Zellweger returns home after sickness falls upon the family, rediscovering bonds with Mum and…
Big Brass Ring, The (1999): Dir. George Hickenlooper
Feat. William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob…; Curiosity–piece that updates a dusty Orson Welles script from 1980. William Hurt plays a US presidential candidate, whose murky past is being…
Miracle Maker, The (2000): Dir. Stanislav Sokolov, Derek Hayes
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Julie Christie, William Hurt…; Once you get used to the jerky, THUNDERBIRDS puppet–style, this version of the Bible–story is something quite unique, allowing the…
Dune (TV Series) (2000): Dir. John Harrison
Feat. William Hurt, Alec Newman, Giancarlo Giannini; Frank Herbert’s sci–fi classic, a mixture of New Testament, pulp fantasy and T.E. Lawrence, where the galaxy is enslaved to a…
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001): Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt; Speculative sci–fi at its most fascinating and opaque, this project developed by Stanley Kubrick is comparable to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in…
Rare Birds (2001): Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. William Hurt, Molly Parker; A nice comic blend of romance, light farce and Canadian eccentricity, set around the efforts of two restaurateurs to lure customers to their sleepy…
Varian's War (2001): Dir. Lionel Chetwynd
Feat. William Hurt, Julia Ormond, Maury Chaykin…; Mostly satisfactory telemovie which deals with the intriguing real–life case of Varian Fry, an American journalist who in WW2 helped smuggle…
Changing Lanes (2002): Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Toni Collette…; After a rush hour fender–bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and insurance agent Samuel L Jackson, a tit for tat game of ‘get even’ for high…
Tuck Everlasting (2002): Dir. Jay Russell
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt…; Family costumer set in 19th century Maryland, where a rebellious teenage girl discovers a mysterious world in the woods owned by her father. Therein…

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