Alan Wilder
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Biography: Alan Wilder (born September 24, 1953) is an American former actor who has appeared in film and television. Wilder is also a member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company, and has appeared in over 55 Steppenwolf productions.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Birthday: September 24, 1953
Age: 71 years old
Gender: Male
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A Civil Action
Overview: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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Dream Breakers
Overview: A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing ideologies. One brother works for a power-hungry builder with underworld connections; the younger son, a priest in one of the city's poor parishes, is fighting the forces for which his brother works.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-02
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Betrayed
Overview: An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-26
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Poltergeist III
Overview: Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-10
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The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Overview: In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his traveling musician dad is deemed unfit to care for him, being on the road too much. Now, the only thing that can help is if a cold, bureaucratic adoption agency caseworker sees the error of her ways and allows them to be together.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-14
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Sour Grapes
Overview: The bond between cousins is tested when one wins a fortune with the other's money at Atlantic City.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-17
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Public Enemies
Overview: Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Genres: Crime History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-01
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Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Overview: When a young mother is murdered, Chicago police sergeant Jack Reed sets out to find her killer. But the secret world of undercover operations rears its ugly head.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-12
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Always Outnumbered
Overview: An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-21
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Home Alone
Overview: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-16
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Child's Play
Overview: An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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Straight Talk
Overview: Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-03
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A League of Their Own
Overview: As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-01
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Overview: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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A Wedding
Overview: Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-29
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Kiss the Girls
Overview: Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-29
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The Grapes of Wrath
Overview: A stage presentation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". The Steppenwolf Theater Company's production featuring the original Broadway cast. Desperately proud, but reduced to poverty by the loss of their farm, the Joads pile their few possessions on a battered old truck and head west for California, hoping to find work and a better life. Led by the indomitable Ma Joad, who is determined to keep the family together at any cost, and by the volatile young Tom Joad, an ex-convict who grows increasingly impatient with the intolerance and exploitation that they encounter on their trek, the Joads must deal with death and terrible deprivation before reaching their destination—where their waning hopes are dealt a final blow by the stark realities of the Great Depression.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-22
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