Duane Whitaker
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Duane Whitaker (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor. Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley (based on his own successful stage play). Whitaker also wrote, directed and appeared in Together and Alone. Other notable roles include; a racist cop in Tales from the Hood, the bouncer Roadrash in Hobgoblins, Boss Man in Feast, The Sheriff in Trailer Park of Terror, Luther in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (which he also co-wrote), Buddy in Dead Letters (film), Winslow in Broke Sky, Mickey in Cordoba Nights and Dr. Bankhead in The Devil's Rejects. Most recently Duane has appeared in the feature films Albino Farm and Dozers and on TV in the Cold Case episode "The Brush Man" and appears in the new Rob Zombie film Halloween II. Whitaker has also written numerous screenplays including "Stripteaser." On March 31, 2010, American Cinematheque hosted a screening of Eddie Presley and "Together and Alone" at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Duane is a graduate of Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Duane Whitaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Abilene, Texas, USA
Birthday: June 23, 1959
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Gender: Male
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Pulp Fiction
Overview: A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-10
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The Devil's Rejects
Overview: The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
Genres: Drama Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-22
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Feast
Overview: When a motley crew of strangers find themselves trapped in an isolated tavern, they must band together in a battle for survival against a family of flesh-hungry creatures.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Trailer Park of Terror
Overview: Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor, return from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains. During a raging storm, their bus crashes, hopelessly stranding them in the middle of the Trucker's Triangle, a forgotten locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-21
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Halloween II
Overview: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Overview: A bank-robbing gang of misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar, the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood.
Genres: Crime Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-16
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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Overview: Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a deserted Texas road. Here they are stalked by the menacing Leatherface and his demented family...a bizarre cannibalistic clan with blood on their hands and a feast on their minds. The students’ only chance for escape is a survivalist with enough firepower to blast Leatherface and the rest of the grisly predators to hell. A depraved shocker of intense terror from the gruesome beginning to the bloody finish.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-12
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Tales from the Hood
Overview: A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-24
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Albino Farm
Overview: College students exploring the Ozark Mountains for a school assignment, stumble upon a group of scary, redneck cave-dwellers.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-09
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Puppet Master 5
Overview: Sutekh, the dark pharaoh from another dimension, sends his own puppet, Totem, to continue his quest to kill Rick and steal the magic which animates the puppets.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-21
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The Butcher
Overview: A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps. They used to call him "The Butcher" as a joke, but the laughter turns to screams when Merle returns to deliver the ultimate punchline.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-10
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Rich Men, Single Women
Overview: Three women plot to catch wealthy husbands by throwing a party at a mansion to which they have temporary access. Obvious love stories follow involving an ex-ballplayer, a secretly wealthy mechanic and an ad exec.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-29
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Spoiler
Overview: Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-15
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Vice Academy Part 2
Overview: When a criminal female named Spanish Fly threatens to contaminate the city water with aphrodisiacs, it is up to a duo of attractive female police officers to stop her.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-25
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Lucky Louie
Overview: A retired cop teams up with four ex-convicts and a behavioral science student to solve a fifty year old bank robbery.
Genres: Family Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-02
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Children of the Corn: Genesis
Overview: Tim and Allie seek shelter in a remote desert compound after becoming lost and stranded. A strange Manson-like character, Preacher, reluctantly allows them inside with strict orders to be gone by morning and not wander "where you are not invited."
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-30
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Broke Sky
Overview: Two Mexican road workers make a terrible discovery that tests their friendship.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-16
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Deadly Dreams
Overview: Alex is caught in a web of distrust between his brother, his best friend, a beautiful stranger and the renewed dreams of the slaughter of his family.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-26
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Disrupted
Overview: An Oakland widower's thirst for justice is rekindled when a local killing is oddly similar to his wife's unsolved murder from decades ago.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-17
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Saturday Night Special
Overview: Travis arrives like a hot wind on a steamy summer night, he's a mystery man who sings his passion at the local road house. The stakes are rising and someone is bound to lose. It's an erotic game of cat and mouse, that will keep you guessing until the final, sizzling scene.
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-20
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Cordoba Nights
Overview: Finn (Raymond Turturro), drives around in an old car at night with a portable record player in the back seat pumping out a variety of tunes to help him make it through the night. Why is he out driving around every night? Because he's a burned out pizza delivery guy delivering pizzas in a city that seems as burned out as he is.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Urban Decay
Overview: Cab driver Stan slams into a homeless man who gets up and walks away, leaving behind a scarf covered with writhing maggots. Obsessed with the mystery, Stan hunts the figure through the city, discovering a trail of mangled, half-eaten victims, and an urban legend: Puss Head was a sewer worker who came back from an uncharted tunnel changed into something both living and dead. Parents warn their children that the shuffling zombie will get them if they stay out on the streets too late. But as the body count rises, Stan finds that the legend is alive and hungry.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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The Haunted Sea
Overview: A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, their joy quickly succumbs to greed, paranoia and fear, as they must battle the murderous creature which guards the accursed treasure.
Genres: Horror Mystery Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Sally Floss: Digital Detective
Overview: In response to the financial crisis set forth by COVID-19, a shy teenager starts an internet-based detective agency to save her family home. She solves mysteries through digital footprints, virtual interviews, a brilliant mind, and an inherited intuition she never knew she had.
Genres: Mystery Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-28
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Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Overview: Distraught over losing his son, Nick finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-14
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The Red Tide Massacre
Overview: A television reporter is attacked by a monster while investigating an environmental disaster in Florida.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-10
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Rex
Overview: Chase attempts to save his farm from being stolen by the corrupt sheriff that framed and murdered his father 20 years earlier. In the process, Chase begins mixing meth in the farm's basement and becomes involved in a love triangle between his best friend and his girlfriend
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-06
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Suffrage
Overview: The murder of a famous actress' mother sends private eye Natasha Hall spiraling down a rabbit hole of Hollywood and political conspiracy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-27
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Within the Rock
Overview: Space miners sent to stop a moon's collision course with the earth discover a hibernating creature that soon revives and starts slaughtering the mining crew.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-08
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Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Overview: Harold Buttleman, small town tuxedo salesman, thinks he's the next great daredevil stuntman. He's not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-08
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Bad Ass
Overview: Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-12
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Stripteaser
Overview: As Zipper's Clown Palace (a strip bar) closes, Neil wanders in and decides to hold the dancers, bartender, and remaining customers hostage. He torments them with little tasks he wants performed, playing on their weaknesses and relying on his gun for intimidation. Eventually the hostages begin formulating plans to thwart his control. Meanwhile, two policemen are observing the outside of the strip joint, realizing that something's wrong and trying to decide if it's worth ruining their buzz to intervene.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-23
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Marked for Murder
Overview: A snooty female production assistant and an eager gopher at a TV station are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Hobgoblins
Overview: A group of hobgoblins, who allow you to live out your fantasies but kill you in the process, escape from a studio vault, and a security guard and his friends must stop them before dawn.
Genres: Horror Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-14
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Groom Lake
Overview: When Kate discovers she has a terminal illness, she persuades boyfriend Andy to visit Groom Lake, a reputed hotbed of alien activity, hoping to discover proof of life beyond this terrestrial sphere. Soon, the pair crosses paths with desperate government scientists, eccentric locals and a surprising -- and inspiring --conspiracy of epic proportions.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-21
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Night Club
Overview: Three friends - aided by one of the residents - start a night club in a retirement home, after taking a job there working the night shift to put themselves through USC.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-11
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Night of the Scarecrow
Overview: A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-08
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The Low Budget Time Machine
Overview: A conniving professor and his gorilla side-kick convince down-and-out astronauts to go on a time-journey to benefit mankind. Once transported to the future, they meet beautiful but deadly space babes, a horrible monster and an army of mutants. The last doomed survivors of earth are trapped by a cosmic plague unleashed in an apocalyptic future!
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-01
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Cold Ones
Overview: Every stranger has a secret in writer-director Garrett Clancy’s indie drama, also released as Dead Letters. Ten years after his first novel went down in flames, the hard knocks just won’t stop for K.C. Corcoran (C. Thomas Howell) - his girlfriend’s just thrown him out. K.C. hopes to get his life back on track by writing another book and heads to a remote mountain cabin to work on it … but the locals prove more hazardous than he could have guessed.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Getting Grace
Overview: Grace, a teenage girl dying of cancer crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies but ends up teaching the awkward funeral director, Bill Jankowski how to celebrate life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-23
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Together and Alone
Overview: Stories and characters interweave during one night in Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Edge of Town
Overview: Summer Roome has her world up-ended when her adrift younger brother and wayward father reenter her life. As new information about old mistakes comes to light, Summer discovers what she has in common with her family and what she doesn't.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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American Nightmares
Overview: Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-11
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Scammerhead
Overview: A Global Film Noir with dark comic elements about Silas Breece, a legendarily unorthodox business hustler who travels the world seeking capitol from bizarre investors, mobsters and government officials for a series of increasingly elaborate projects.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-29
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3 from Hell
Overview: After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.
Genres: Horror Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-16
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Mark of the Rougarou
Overview: Story about the search for identity. With the lead character being adopted and trying to find the missing puzzle piece of where she comes from. With the help of modern technology and DNA testing she is able to make a connection with a biological relative, who invites her and her friends down to Louisiana. However with this new connection comes an old family secret, one that was suppose to stay hidden from her.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-25
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My Brothers' Crossing
Overview: My Brothers' Crossing is the true story about a tragic accident that happened in August 2015. In remote southwest Virginia, during the time when we were experiencing riots and racial hate crimes, an African-American man is involved in a horrific accident which claims the lives of Bobby and Pam Clark—a Caucasian couple. What followed was a community rising up, blind to our different heritages, to heal and show incredible forgiveness in the wake of this tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-03
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I Don't Know
Overview: A failed cartoonist scores a dangerous win at a high-stakes poker game, and flees the criminal underworld of Los Angeles with his resilient sex worker fiancé.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-02
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Eddie Presley
Overview: Eddie Presley is a down on his luck ex-Elvis impersonator. With his days of fromer glory performing in small to medium-sized clubs behind him, he's stuck in a dead-end security job, making barely enough to live out of his van. But Eddie's luck is about to change when he's offered a comeback gig at a seedy Hollywood nightclub... until he has a breakdown on stage and gives the audience a powerful, improvised performance they'll not soon forget.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-20
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