Michael Shannon
Also Known As: Michael J Shannon, Michael J. Shannon
Biography: Michael Shannon was born on January 24, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Shadows (2012), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Superman II (1980).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Birthday: January 24, 1943
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 23, 2023
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Future Cop
Overview: A veteran street cop is assigned a new partner. The partner is not exactly what he seems to be, though--he is an experimental android who has been programmed by the police lab.
Genres: TV Movie Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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Möbius
Overview: An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-02-17
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The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Overview: A profile in courage, the film examines the trauma and effort that Senator Edward Kennedy's son went through after losing his leg to a rare form of cancer and with the rehabilitation that was required.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-24
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The Author of Beltraffio
Overview: A young American writer visits a famous author in the English countryside, and notices antagonism between the author and his wife over the upbringing of their young son.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-27
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That Lucky Touch
Overview: A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-07
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Afterward
Overview: A skeptical family moves into their new home despite warnings of a resident ghost. They soon become believers.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-17
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Out of the Shadows
Overview: A U.S. Embassy worker is helped by an Interpol agent to prove herself innocent of a murder in the Greek isles.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-02
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Cops and Robin
Overview: A veteran street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned to protect the five-year-old daughter of the widow who witnessed the killing of her police officer husband and now is stalked by the gangster who murdered him.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-28
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Never Never Land
Overview: Zena has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee Melvin. She is treated poorly by two of her cousins, and taking the lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Night Watch
Overview: UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the high-tech schemes of Martin Schraeder and his Korean cohort Mao Yixin
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-04
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Dark Shadows
Overview: Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-09
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The Raven
Overview: A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-09
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Royce
Overview: Royce is a member of the ultra-secret service "Black Hole", working for the US Government on top-secret missions. When the senator responsible for forming Black Hole disbands the organization, Royce's fellow Black Hole members plot revenge on the man responsible for them losing their jobs. Royce decides not to join them, instead deciding to thwart their attempts to exact revenge on the senator.
Genres: Comedy Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-31
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30 Years to Life
Overview: In a futuristic dystopia, a teenager is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn't commit.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-15
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Little Shop of Horrors
Overview: Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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Death of an Angel
Overview: Grace, a priest, tracks her missing daughter to a religious community where the strange father Angel is keeping a wooden Jesus figure that sheds actual blood. When the cross is stolen, Grace decides to help out to get her daughter back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-07
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Making Love
Overview: A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-12
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Murder on the Moon
Overview: After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. When a murder occurs on the outpost, both U.S. and Soviet investigators are forced to work on the case together.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-09
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The Affair
Overview: A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-14
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Fatherland
Overview: Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. Hitler wants to talk peace with the US president. An American journalist and a German homicide cop stumble into a plot to destroy all evidence of the genocide.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-26
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Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Overview: The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-17
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National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Overview: Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-22
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The Best Place to Be
Overview: A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-27
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American Gun
Overview: Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-15
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Overview: Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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Sheena
Overview: Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-17
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You've Got a Friend
Overview: A recently-orphaned 12 year old boy moves to a new town to live with his aunt and uncle, and finds an unlikely mentor in the town loner, who helps him build the soap box racer he dreamed of crafting with his dad.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Superman II
Overview: Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman, test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who made himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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Future Cop: Cops and Robin
Overview: To protect his former partner's widow, a veteran cop teams up with an android to keep her safe.
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Original Language: en
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Only Love
Overview: Two young lovers whose romantic dreams were shattered, are reunited years later in this sweeping story of fobidden love.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-10
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