Bill Pullman
Actor
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy…
- A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
- 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.
- Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae
- Based on an apparently true story of a man's nightmare journey to into the eerie world of voodoo. Filmed on location in Haiti and scarier for it.
- Cold Feet (1989)
- Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits…
- A deranged assassin and a strange couple concoct a scheme to smuggle emeralds over the Mexican border. Bawdy, off–kilter Southern romp features…
- Brain Dead (1989)
- Dir. Adam Simon
Feat. Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort
- Long unreleased in New Zealand (which possibly explains why Peter Jackson also claimed the title), this arrives a bit of a lost gem from the halcyon…
- Sibling Rivalry (1990)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Kirstie Alley, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher…
- Hysterical screwball comedy with Kirstie Alley playing an aspiring writer and neglected wife, whose fling with a handsome stranger leads to mistaken…
- Bright Angel (1991)
- Dir. Michael Fields
Feat. Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard…
- Sombre mid–western road movie avoids genre cliches and maintain its grip once it takes hold.
- Newsies (1992)
- Dir. Kenny Ortega
Feat. Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Ann-Margret…
- Disney musical based loosely on the 1899 New York City Newsboys' strike, in which the young newspaper hawkers of the city rose up to demand fair…
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Dir. Nora Ephron
Feat. Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman
- Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan consummate a romance over 3000 miles via a soapy talk–back show. The two leads and a witty, old–fashioned script…
- Last Seduction, The (1993)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, J.T. Walsh…
- Magnificent modern noir in which Linda Fiorentino offers the most brazen female performance in years, power–driving her way through a script…
- Malice (1993)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman
- An unlikely but nonetheless ripping yarn unfolds when a brilliant but dubious doctor is sued for medical negligence by his college pal's wife.…
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher…
- Lonely girl Sandra Bullock comes to the aid of a romanticised stranger after he is mugged, murmurs that she was going to 'marry him', and so is taken…
- Casper (1995)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriaty…
- Technology breathes fresh air into that rather soppy '60s cartoon creation, the friendly ghost without a real friend. Enter spook–psychologist…
- Mr. Wrong (1996)
- Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman
- Ellen DeGeneres, of TV's 'Ellen', playing the dating game of the 90s, meets a handsome stranger only to find his 'perfect' veneer is a creepy…
- Independence Day (ID4) (1996)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Will Smith
- Absurdly mega–hyped sci–fi blockbuster revels in its own trashiness, but to its credit revives an old high–concept with (then)…
- Mistrial (1996)
- Dir. Heywood Gould
Feat. Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood…
- Frustrated by the legal system, cop Bill Pullman pours gasoline on community tensions by kidnapping a judge and jury – to put a suspected…
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty…
- Welcome to Lynchland. Where picket fences surround troubled, violent, sexual twisted souls who converse in awkwardly measured rhythms.
David Lynch…
- End of Violence, The (1997)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne, Andie MacDowell
- After a 5yr hiatus dir. Wim Wenders proffered this elliptical tale of alienation and desires for omniscience, this time enacted in sunswept,…
- Zero Effect (1997)
- Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. Bill Pullman, Ryan O'Neal, Ben Stiller…
- Bill Pullman is Darryl Zero, a bizarre millionaire–genius gumshoe hired by business tycoon Ryan O'Neal to track down his blackmailer, while…
- Lake Placid (1999)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt
- Gleefully silly horror contrivance abitrarily plonks a 30ft Asian crocodile down in Black Lake (where did Lake Placid go?) to dine on pigs, chickens…
- Brokedown Palace (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman
- OE–gone–awry flick has an impetuous Claire Danes and demure Kate Beckinsale land in major difficulties during their Thai holiday after…
- Titan A.E. (2001)
- Dir. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Feat. Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo…
- Unique combination of traditional animation and computer–generated images draws new inspiration from the debris of other sci–fi sources,…
- Igby Goes Down (2002)
- Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum…
- More than meets the eye in this indie New York satire about an over–educated ‘slacker’ experiencing growing pains amid upper…
- Rick (2003)
- Dir. Curtiss Clayton
Feat. Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner…
- A faithful and somewhat underrated adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", updated into the modern office world, where a top executive…
- Grudge, The (2004)
- Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Bill Pullman…
- Unnerving imagery and soundscapes abound in the Japanese director's remake of his own horror film for a western audience, that while recast with…
- Dear Wendy (2005)
- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman
- Pressed from the same pattern as DOGVILLE, this stylised allegory scripted by Lars Von Trier also proffers a tale set in some timeless era of the…
- Scary Movie 4 (2006)
- Dir. David Zucker
Feat. Anna Faris, Bill Pullman, Leslie Nielsen…
- Fourth entry in the horror–movie spoof series actually manages to improve on its predecessor with the Zucker–Abrahams team (FLYING HIGH)…
- Torchwood (TV Series) (Children of Earth; Miracle Day) (2006-2011)
- Feat. John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman…
- This Dr. Who spin–off series, set in present day Cardiff, focuses on 'The Captain' (a former travel companion of the Doctor), who travels…
- Nobel Son (2007)
- Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy…
- Peppy crime caper about a recent Nobel Prize winner whose son is kidnapped and ransomed for the $2 million prize money.
Directed with whiz, pop,…
- Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
- Dir. Daniel Barnz
Feat. Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning…
- Affecting drama starring Elle Fanning (Dakota's little sister) as an gifted but unstable young girl who retreats into the fantastical world of Alice…