Jason Lee
Also Known As: Jason Michael Lee, ジェイソン・リー, Linus Peacock, جیسون لی
Biography: Jason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, singer, photographer, and former professional skateboarder. He's known for his role as Earl Hickey on the NBC television series My Name Is Earl, Dwight Hendricks in Memphis Beat (2010–2011), voice of Syndrome in the film The Incredibles, Dave Seville in the Alvin and the Chipmunks films, and his work with director Kevin Smith. His roles in Kevin Smith films include Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks II, and Cop Out. Lee won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in Chasing Amy. His other notable film roles include starring in Enemy of the State, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Stealing Harvard, A Guy Thing and The Ballad of Jack and Rose. His voice acting credits include Syndrome in The Incredibles, Bones in Monster House and the title character in Underdog. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV series in 2005 and 2006 by The Golden Globe for his role as Earl Hickey in the series My Name is Earl. A former professional skateboarder, Lee is the co-founder and co-owner of Stereo Skateboards, founding the company in 1992 with fellow skateboarder Chris "Dune" Pastras.[1] Since 1992, Stereo manufactures and distributes skateboard decks, equipment and apparel, as well as producing skate videos.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, California, USA
Birthday: April 25, 1970
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Gender: Male
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Big Trouble
Overview: The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-05
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Almost Famous
Overview: In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-15
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Chasing Amy
Overview: Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-04
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Mallrats
Overview: Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others and take care of their respective nemeses.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Overview: When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-22
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Clerks II
Overview: A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-21
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Dogma
Overview: An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and reenter Heaven.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-12
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Vanilla Sky
Overview: David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance Drama Fantasy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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Heartbreakers
Overview: Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-23
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Drop Dead Sexy
Overview: When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-12
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Alvin and the Chipmunks
Overview: A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-13
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Underdog
Overview: A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Genres: Family Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-03
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Drawing Flies
Overview: Donner and his roomates are out of money and about to get evicted from their home. So as a diversion from their situation, he invites them to his father's cabin in the Canadian wilderness. They all go along, but soon learn that there's no cabin - he's really trying to find Sasquatch.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-12
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Mumford
Overview: When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-24
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Dreamcatcher
Overview: Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-21
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Overview: Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school's music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes - Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette. Romantic and musical sparks are ignited when the Chipmunks and Chipettes square off.
Genres: Comedy Family Animation Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-21
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Cop Out
Overview: Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites—especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time and without any backup—except for each other.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-26
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I Love Your Work
Overview: A fictional movie star, Gray Evans, goes through the disintegration of his marriage, his gradual mental breakdown, and his increasing obsession with a young film student who reminds him of his own life before becoming famous. A dark psychological drama, I Love Your Work explores the pressures of fame and the difference between getting what you want and wanting what you get.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-05
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Stealing Harvard
Overview: John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
Overview: A documentary exploring the rise and fall of 80s skateboard legend Mark "Gator" Rogowski.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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Monster House
Overview: Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-30
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A Guy Thing
Overview: Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his fiancée, Karen, from finding out what may or may not be the truth, he tells her a teensy lie. Soon his lies are spiraling out of control and his life is a series of comical misunderstandings.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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Enemy of the State
Overview: The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday shopping. Unbeknownst to Dean, he's just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the trail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious NSA official named Reynolds. Using satellite surveillance, bugs, and other sophisticated snooping devices, the NSA infiltrates every facet of Dean's existence, tracing each physical and digital footprint he leaves while also framing him for murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, he attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-20
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American Cuisine
Overview: Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and moves to France, to learn haute cuisine under a four star chef...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-10-21
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Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Overview: An in-depth look about the controversy surrounding Kevin Smith's "Dogma", and the effects it had on those involved in its production.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Kissing a Fool
Overview: An egotistical television personality enlists the assistance of his best friend in putting the fidelity of his fiancé to the test in this amiable comedy of the sexes. Told in flashback, the film takes a familiar love-triangle scenario and gives it a bitter twist. With a bride who seems too good for either suitor, the film is sustained by one question - who will she choose?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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A Better Place
Overview: A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-01
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Overview: Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Overview: Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-14
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Columbus Circle
Overview: An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-05
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Video Days
Overview: Video Days is a skateboarding video by Blind Skateboards released in 1991.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-18
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A Visual Sound
Overview: The debut full-length video from Stereo Skateboards.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding
Overview: Grain Media and Burn Energy Drink tell the story of snowboarding through the eyes of the people who made it happen. From its origins in the culturally shifting 1960s, to its boom in the 90s, to its acceptance as a mainstream sport, snowboarding has had a roller coaster history. A fully immersive archive film narrated by Jason Lee and a cast of dozens of snowboarders, We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding is the first feature film to tell the story of how this outsiders' sport became huge.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-31
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Behaving Badly
Overview: Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to deal with his best friend's horny mom, a drug abusing boss and even the mob if he ever hopes to land the girl of his dreams. Love is never easy!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-14
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The Pixar Story
Overview: A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
Overview: Directed by the wife of 'That Kevin Smith', Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, a feature length documentary looking at the behind the scenes making of JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-17
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Way Out East
Overview: "Way Out East" is a Super 8 & 16mm motion picture extravaganza shot during a 3 week road trip to London, Paris & New York with skateboarders Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Clint Peterson, Benny Fairfax & Keegan Sauder. During these trips a series of art shows were held exhibiting the original art work of Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Clint Peterson, Matt Irving, Beth Riesgraf & Tobin Yelland, as well as old skateboard graphics and ads from the original conception of Stereo.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-30
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Tincan Folklore
Overview: The second full-length from Stereo Skateboards Carl Shipman, Chris Pastras, Ethan Fowler, Greg Hunt, Jason Lee, Matt Rodriguez, Mike Frazier, Neville Sandzabar
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Weapons of Mass Distraction
Overview: As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations they own to destroy each other's reputations.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-17
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Tell
Overview: Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his wife, his parole officer, and two corrupt detectives from stealing it from him.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-04
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Away and Back
Overview: Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?
Genres: Drama Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-25
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Overview: Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City - and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-17
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Mi Vida Loca
Overview: Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-08
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The 4:30 Movie
Overview: In the summer of 1986, three sixteen year old friends spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each of the teens learn more about life and love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-13
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Jersey Girl
Overview: Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-25
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The Incredibles
Overview: Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-27
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Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc
Overview: A documentary about the production, release and reception of Kevin Smith's 1997 Miramax cult classic "Chasing Amy."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-04
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Creating the Characters
Overview: A featurette about the making of the show, ‘My Name is Earl’, featured on the Season 3 Home Release.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-30
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Growing Up Smith
Overview: In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-03
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The Man Who Souled the World
Overview: Steve Rocco, the controversial godfather of street, led a cultural revolution during the early 1990s topping the corporate giants who controlled the skateboard industry and ushering in the most degenerate, savage, innovative & entertaining era in the history of skateboarding. For better or worse his legacy shaped skateboarding as we know it today like no other.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-08
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Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'
Overview: Feature-length documentary about the making of Clerks II.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-28
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Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Overview: Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-15
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Year 13
Overview: A new cinematic offering from the captivating mind of Jim Greco, with guest appearances from Jeremy Klein, Chris Pastras, Jason Lee, and Danny Sargent. Shot by Tobin Yelland and Joey Sinko. Enjoy...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-02
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Jack-Jack Attack
Overview: The Parrs' baby Jack-Jack is thought to be normal, not having any super-powers like his parents or siblings. But when an outsider is hired to watch him, Jack-Jack shows his true potential.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-15
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Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Overview: For stylish airs, no one came close to Christian Hosoi. At his peak in the mid-80s he was the "rock star" of skating, pulling down money that rivaled Tony Hawk's paycheck. Innovating crazy vertical maneuvers like the "Christ Air," Christian knew how to stoke an audience. Then it all came crashing down when Hosoi plowed into self-destruction, getting hooked on crystal meth and hitting rock bottom with a prison sentence for drug smuggling. Completely annihilated, Christian turned to the Bible for answers and found new strength. With lots of action footage and a slammin' soundtrack, this gritty, inspiring film goes deep inside the world of skateboarding as seen through the incredible highs and lows of this legend's life, revealed through never-before-released home movies and interviews with Christian's family and friends including top skaters Jason Lee, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Mark Ragowski and many more!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-07
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We Bare Bears: The Movie
Overview: When Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear's love of food trucks and viral videos get out of hand, the brothers are now chased away from their home and embark on a trip to Canada, where they can live in peace.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-30
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411VM: Issue 65
Overview: 411VM presents "Double Trouble"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-27
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Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Overview: The outrageous insider's look at the creation of a cult classic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-20
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The House From...
Overview: Focuses on memorable homes from movies and TV series, and includes interviews with residents of such properties to share the unique experience of living there while dealing with fan attention.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-28
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