Direction: Taylor Hackford

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Damian Chapa · Jesse Borrego · Benjamin Bratt · Enrique Castillo

Synopsis Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Jamie Foxx · Kerry Washington · Regina King · Clifton Powell

Synopsis The Life Story of Ray Charles. Soul singer Ray Charles' life transpires on-screen, from his humble beginnings in Georgia, where he went blind at the age of seven, to his pre-fame life touring the South, and on to his career...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Kathy Bates · Jennifer Jason Leigh · David Strathairn · Judy Parfitt

Synopsis Eighteen years ago, the abusive husband of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) died under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled an accident despite the suspicions of police detective John Mackey. Now the elderly woman she has nursed for many years has...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Keanu Reeves · Al Pacino · Charlize Theron · Jeffrey Jones

Synopsis In The Devil's Advocate (1997), a talented young lawyer, Kevin Lomax, is recruited by a prestigious New York law firm after a string of unbeaten cases in Florida. Seduced by wealth and power, he moves with his wife to the...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Mikhail Baryshnikov · Gregory Hines · Isabella Rossellini · Helen Mirren

Synopsis Nikolai Rochenko, a Russian ballet dancer who 8 years ago defected to the West. He is in a plane flying over Russia when all of a sudden, a malfunction forces the plane to land in Russia. The KGB tells everyone...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Ray Sharkey · Tovah Feldshuh · Peter Gallagher · Paul Land

Synopsis Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Richard Gere · Debra Winger · Louis Gossett Jr. · David Caruso

Synopsis An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) follows Zack Mayo, a determined but troubled young man who enrolls in the rigorous U.S. Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School. Under the tough guidance of Drill Sergeant Foley, Zack faces intense physical and emotional...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Robert De Niro · Leslie Mann · Hannibal Buress · Danny DeVito

Synopsis A look at the life of an aging insult comic.

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Russell Crowe · Meg Ryan · David Morse · Pamela Reed

Synopsis In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company's subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt,...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Jason Statham · Jennifer Lopez · Michael Chiklis · Wendell Pierce

Synopsis When Parker turns down a job offer to pull off a jewel heist, he narrowly escapes with his life. He then teams up with a female real estate agent who is familiar with the local town and has nothing to...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Jessica Lange · Dennis Quaid · Timothy Hutton · John Goodman

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Rachel Ward · Jeff Bridges · James Woods · Richard Widmark

Synopsis An interesting love triangle evolves when recently cut quarterback Terry Brogan (Bridges) is asked by his nightclub owning/bookie buddy, Jack (Woods), to travel to Mexico and bring back Jack's sultry girlfriend, Jessie (Ward). Then Terry discovers that Jessie is the...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Helen Mirren · Joe Pesci · Sergio Peris-Mencheta · Bryan Cranston

Synopsis A drama centered around a married couple who opened the first legal brothel in Nevada. Based on real events.

Direction Ken Robinson · David McKenna · Taylor Hackford · David Barrett

Cast Benjamin Bratt · Aunjanue Ellis · Dennis Hopper · Kelly Rutherford

Synopsis E-Ring is a television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005. The title of the show refers to the structure of The Pentagon, which...

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Charles Bukowski

Synopsis The poet Charles Bukowski is filmed going to San Francisco to give a poetry reading.

Direction Taylor Hackford

Cast Susan Cronkite · Suzanne Crough · Wesley Thompson · Timothy Wead