James Earl Jones
Actor
- King Lear (1974)
- Dir. Edwin Sherin
Feat. James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Rosalind Cash…
- Filmed version of a outdoors live performance of Lear, featuring a bravura performance by Jones. Part of the Broadway Theatre Archive series.
- Swashbuckler (1976)
- Dir. James Goldstone
Feat. Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle…
- Refreshingly unselfconscious pirate yarn with Robert Shaw crossing swords with a fey Peter Boyle against Caribbean backdrops.
Released at a time…
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
- Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)
- Dir. Marty Feldman
Feat. Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret…
- Marty Feldman directs and co–writes this star–studded satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently–filmed story of…
- Bushido Blade, The (1979)
- Dir. Shusei Kotani
Feat. Richard Boone, Frank Converse, James Earl Jones…
- Predating SHOGUN by a year, this martial arts adventure set in mid–19th century Japan, has an American marine (Boone) pledged to recover the…
- Soul Man (1986)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross…
- A privileged white student disguises himself as a black man in order to win a Harvard Law School scholarship, in this disappointing "blackface"…
- Gardens of Stone (1987)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones…
- Downbeat story of a frustrated soldier appointed to guard the US military cemetery during the Vietnam war.
- Matewan (1987)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell…
- In 1920s Virginia, miners unite against their strong–arm company who resort to 'scab' minority labour in response to strike action. Costly…
- Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones…
- Proficient, if dated adventure yarn in which explorer Chamberlain and archaeologist Stone set off to Africa in search of a missing brother. Mixes…
- Coming to America (1988)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones
- Wacky Eddie Murphy classic in which an African Prince (Murphy) accompanied by his side–kick (Arsenio Hall) pilgrimage to America in search of…
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster…
- Kevin Costner has his childhood fantasy fulfilled when he is asked by strange voices to build a baseball diamond in his corn–field.…
- Best of the Best (1989)
- Dir. Robert Radler
Feat. Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland…
- Five young men learn what it takes to compete at the highest level in this late eighties favourite. Think Karate Kid meets Breaking Away.
- Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Sean Connery, Adam Baldwin, Scott Glenn…
- Sean Connery plays a renegade Soviet captain of a high–tech submarine who deviates into Western waters. Is he hostile or is he trying to…
- Ambulance, The (1990)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Richard Bright…
- Enjoyable though minor genre effort from B–movie maestro Larry Cohen about a New York comic book artist (Eric Roberts) who discovers that their…
- True Identity (1991)
- Dir. Charles Lane
Feat. Lenny Henry, Frank Langella, Charles Lane…
- Anglo–African comedian Lenny Henry deploys his wonderful gift for mimicry as an actor who unwittingly learns a gangland secret, so assumes the…
- Meteor Man, The (1993)
- Dir. Robert Townsend
Feat. Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby…
- Black–American spoof of SUPERMAN doubles as a commentary on their urban crime problem. James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Luther Vandross help out…
- Sandlot, The (1993)
- Dir. David Mickey Evans
Feat. Art La Fleur, Denis Leary, Karen Allen…
- High–spirited comedy about a shy fifth–grader who befriends a gang of backyard baseballers. The adventures start when they lose their…
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer…
- Vulnerable hero Jack Ryan again in meatier, superior follow–up to PATRIOT GAMES that masterfully stages its action around a credible, complex…
- Cry, The Beloved Country (1995)
- Dir. Darrell Roodt
Feat. James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Tsholofelo Wechoemang…
- Dignified modern adaptation of Alan Paton's moving novel about a black South African priest and the wealthy father of a murdered white activist.…
- Second Civil War, The (1997)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, James Coburn
- Fairly realistic speculation of an American Civil War, occurring when present–day Idaho cedes from the Union, painted over with the lighter…
- Jack and the Beanstalk (2010)
- Dir. Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Feat. Colin Ford, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lloyd…
- Gently subversive telling of the classic tale with young Jack trading his computer for the requisite magic beans, and there's enough…
- Gimme Shelter (2013)
- Dir. Ron Krauss
Feat. Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser…
- A pregnant teenager forced to live rough after she is abandoned by her uncaring parents. Dramatically solid, though with a few strains of Vanessa…
- Angriest Man in Brooklyn, The (2014)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage…
- One of Robin Williams' last completed films, this finds the beloved comedian playing a curmudgeon who is informed by his doctor that he has 90…