John Stockwell
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Stockwell (born March 25, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, writer and former model. Stockwell was born John Stockwell Samuels IV in Galveston, Texas, the son of an attorney. His first feature film as an actor came in 1981's So Fine. His well known roles came in the 1983 comedy film Losin' It as Spider; later that year, he starred in the John Carpenter horror movie Christine as Dennis Guilder and the 1985 comedy film, My Science Project as Michael Harlan. In 1986 he appeared in Top Gun as Cougar. He made guest appearances on TV shows including The Young Riders and Friday the 13th: The Series. He began his career as international model, spending much of his time in Italy. During his time as a model, John became a friend of Andy Warhol and Stockwell was mentioned frequently in the artist's memoirs,The Warhol Diaries. Stockwell directed several films, including Cheaters (2000), Crazy/Beautiful (2001), Blue Crush (2002), Into the Blue (2005), Turistas (2006), and Heart (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Stockwell (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: March 25, 1961
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Top Gun
1986-05-16
Top Gun
Overview: For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-16
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Christine
1983-12-09
Christine
Overview: Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-09
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Losin' It
1983-04-08
Losin' It
Overview: In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-08
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Heckler
2007-11-04
Heckler
Overview: HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-04
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Radioactive Dreams
1986-09-19
Radioactive Dreams
Overview: After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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My Science Project
1985-08-09
My Science Project
Overview: His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable gizmo. He finds one... and unwittingly unleashes the awesome power and energy of the unknown. Twisted dimensions. Time warps. A fantastic realm where the past, present, and future collide in a whirling vortex of startling adventure and superlative special effects.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-09
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Dangerously Close
1986-05-09
Dangerously Close
Overview: Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and quite possibly American society, of what they deem to be its undesirables because of ethnicity, politics, etc. Our hero recruits a teacher and some other "less desirable" classmates to undermine the elitists, and, naturally, things get quite violent.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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The Nurse
1997-01-01
The Nurse
Overview: A traumatized nurse plots revenge against a catatonic businessman whom she blames for the death of her family. By integrating herself as his personal nurse, she plots revenge by killing off his family members one by one.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Born to Ride
1991-05-03
Born to Ride
Overview: The US Army has decided to modernize its cavalry, so Colonel James E. Devers is ordered by a general to convert a horse unit to motorcycles, but his men are easily outclassed as riders by a pack of rowdies, especially Grady Westfall; when he is arrested risking a long jail term, he's given one way out: enlisting as Corporal, assigned as driving instructor. Unit commander Captain Jack Hassler reviles his unorthodox boyish methods as undermining discipline and tradition, not to mention flirting with the Colonels daughter Beryl Ann, but he's needed, especially when his unit is deployed on a secret mission in Spain.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-03
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Billionaire Boys Club
1987-11-08
Billionaire Boys Club
Overview: The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S. back in the early '80s. Known as the BBC, the story involves a couple of guys recruited into Hunt's company on the promise of making millions. However, every time Hunt's lapdogs think his boss has used his cleverness to make them filthy rich, they instead find themselves with financial losses. Trying to recoup a mounting pile of debt made from giant b.s. deals, the ruthless Hunt involves select members of the BBC to aid in the worst of crimes to get what they want. But a few, scared of how far Hunt will go, try to stop Hunt's brutal reign of terror possibly before real damage begins.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-08
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The Eyes of the Panther
1989-11-26
The Eyes of the Panther
Overview: A crusty Old West hermit relates the story of the love of his life, Irene. Before her birth, Irene's family was visited by a mysterious panther, which has followed them through the years, and interferes in the security of her marriage and future.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-26
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Quarterback Princess
1983-12-03
Quarterback Princess
Overview: The Maida family has moved to Oregon, and daughter Tami wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. There's just one problem. She's a girl. With everyone from the coach to her next door neighbor against her, she's out to prove that not only can she can play football, but she can win the state championship. (Based on a true story)
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-03
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Breaking the Girls
2013-07-26
Breaking the Girls
Overview: A naive college student loses a scholarship at the hands of a classmate and makes a pact with a mysterious friend to kill off each other's enemies.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-26
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Nixon
1995-12-22
Nixon
Overview: A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Christine: Ignition
2004-09-28
Christine: Ignition
Overview: A look at the making of "Christine" (1983).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-28
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Christine: Fast and Furious
2004-09-28
Christine: Fast and Furious
Overview: A look at the making of "Christine" (1983).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-28
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Christine: Finish Line
2004-09-28
Christine: Finish Line
Overview: A look at the making of "Christine" (1983).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-28
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I Shot a Man in Vegas
1996-10-18
I Shot a Man in Vegas
Overview: Friends flash back to a fight between pals that left one dead earlier that night in Las Vegas.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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Eddie and the Cruisers
1983-09-23
Eddie and the Cruisers
Overview: A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson — may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-23
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City Limits
1985-09-01
City Limits
Overview: A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they unite against an evil corporation, as represented by evil CEO Robby Benson who wants to control everything.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-01
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Breast Men
1997-12-13
Breast Men
Overview: We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different paths. One becomes the surgeon of the everyday woman while the other's career freefalls and has to settle with strippers and actresses. The film covers their history and their inventions, from the sixties until today.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-13
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Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994-03-25
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
Overview: In their very last adventure, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart travel to The Big Apple, where a play she wrote in college is being produced on Broadway. But there's sabotage going on, and when a stagehand is murdered, everyone's a suspect - even Jonathan!
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-25
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Millions
1991-02-01
Millions
Overview: A pack of money-grabbing relatives try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-02-01
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So Fine
1981-09-25
So Fine
Overview: While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success - the bottomless pants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-25
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Cheaters
2000-05-20
Cheaters
Overview: In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-20
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Legal Deceit
1997-11-18
Legal Deceit
Overview: Sydney Banks learns the hard way that being driven and educated is not the path to success;under the wing of Todd Hunter (Morgan) her career takes off. Sydney then gets pulled into corporate blackmail and murder, but with the help of boyfriend Derek (Morris), she begins her own deception.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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Stag
1997-04-01
Stag
Overview: An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-01
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Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995-01-01
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Overview: There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims responsibility for the crashes. She believes her father was killed by the FBI as part of a cover-up operation and wishes to avenge his death by threatening to down more aircraft using the same electromagnetic pulse method. She also intends to crash a stolen military jet into the White House. There's no time to ground the planes: just enough time to try to stop her.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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