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Robin Wright Penn filmography
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Robin Virginia Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model, both in Paris and Japan. After finishing the high-scool she decided to become an actress. She got a role in the daytime series "The "Santa Barbara" (1984)", for which she was nominated three times for an Emmy. Meanwhile, Wright starred in blockbuster hit "Princess Bride (1987)", in the title role. Thanks to the success, she got the starring role in "The Denial (1990)"(aka "Loon"), alongside Jason Patric, who she fell in love with. In 1990 she was in "State of Grace (1990)", where she met actor Sean Penn, by whom she had a daughter, Dylan Frances, and a son, Hopper Jack. In 1991 she was offered the role of Maid Marian in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)", with Kevin Costner. But, on becoming pregnant she backed out. Robin was back to Hollywood with one the best roles of her career: she played Tara in "Playboys (1992)". She was extremely stunning and brilliant. Then she acted in "The Toys (1992)" with Robin Williams and she gave a funny performance. In 1994 Wright was in top grossing "Forrest Gump (1994)", with Tom Hanks and Sally Field. For her performance as Jenny, she got a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She got a small role in "Crossing Guard (1995)", alongside Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston. After turning down 14 projects, she played the title role of MGM/UA upcoming "Moll Flanders (1996)", directed by Pen Densham. Her co-stars are Morgan Freeman and Stockard Channing. She just started to star in Erin Dignam's "Loved (1997)", with William Hurt . Beautiful and talented, she has been compared to Jessica Lange.
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| Rating: 8.2 |
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The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he's too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly. |
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| Rating: 8.2 |
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When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley's tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck's evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing? |
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| Rating: 8.2 |
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When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley's tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker, the love between Westley and Buttercup twists and turns on a path filled with adventure. Will the True Love of Westley and Buttercup win the day? Will Inigo Montaya find the six-fingered man who murdered his father? Will Humperdinck's evil plans come to fruition? And, more importantly, will Grandpa be able to tell the story without any of the yucky kissing? |
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| Rating: 7.8 |
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At fifty, Pippa Lee positively glows with female serenity, the devoted wife of a brilliant publisher thirty years her senior, proud mother of successful twins and a lovely and adored friend and neighbor. But, when her husband spontaneously decides that they should leave New York for a retirement home as a "pre-emptive strike against decrepitude," and has an affair with someone even younger than she is, Pippa finds her beatific persona unraveling in alarming ways. The truth is, the gracious woman of the present day has seen more than her fair share of the wild side. She has finally found love and security in a family of her own. And now, that cozy world, too, is in danger. |
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| Rating: 7.7 |
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This is a movie version of the original TV serial. The action takes place in Washington D.C. Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck), a US congressman accidentally dies near a subway station. At the same time a woman gets shot. These seemingly unrelated events are just the upper part of a huge iceberg of political intrigues that two Washington Globe journalists are going to discover. One of them, Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe), sticks to old-school methods: he digs for the info through the police and other personal connections. The other one, Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), is an active Internet user. While working on the story together, they both realize that they got involved into a dangerous and complicated play. |
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| Rating: 7.2 |
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David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a Philadelphia football-stadium security guard, is famous for his uncanny ability to survive all horrendous catastrophes. David is "unbreakable": he has never been injured or sick, not even a day.
Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a comic book dealer, is David's opposite. He is an accident-prone guy who even emerged from the womb with broken arms and legs. All his life, Elijah, nicknamed "Mr. Glass", has been sick because of his strange and rare bone disease. One day, after a disastrous train crash, David encounters the cripple Elijah, who offers an odd theory as to why David has so tremendous potential, why he has survived without a single scratch...
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| Rating: 7.1 |
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This touching comedy follows the story of a bashful, chain-smoking, successful playwright having a midlife crisis. Peter McGowan (Kenneth Branagh) runs out of inspiration; his new play is set to open, but he can't find a child to act the part of a 10-year-old character; his neighbors' dog barks all night; he is unnerved by his wife who insists on having a child. Fortunately, things take a turn for the better when a recently separated woman, Trina Walsh (Lucinda Jenney), and her 8-year-old cerebral palsy-afflicted daughter Amy (Suzi Hofrichter) move next door. Peter befriends the girl who helps him to see the world through other eyes... |
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| Rating: 7.0 |
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The Scandinavian mighty warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) has got orders from King Hrothgar (Anthony Hopkins) to protect his realm from a marauding ferocious beast named Grendel (Crispin Glover). Beowulf leads his brave crew of soldiers into a fierce battle with the monstrous troll. After defeating the evil creature, Beowulf incurs the wrath of Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie) who slays his men in revenge. The courageous warrior sets out to kill the monster's mother who takes the form of a beautiful, extremely sexy woman and promises him wealth and power if he makes love with her. Beowulf succumbs to temptation and sleeps with her but in doing so he procreates a new curse, a dragon that is far fiercer, far more powerful than Grendel... |
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| Rating: 6.7 |
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Two childhood friends face their past relationships, including their own, alongside a new friend in the 1980's in New York City. Their friendship becomes a love triangle as they struggle with a father's death and an unexpected pregnancy. Together, the shall face each other as they realize that everything they have may not be what they expected. |
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| Rating: 6.4 |
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Will Fransis (Jude Law), a successful landscape architect, discovers his office repeatedly burgled. He leaves his safe and familiar world to launch his own investigation which leads him to a young Muslim thief, Mirza Simic (Rafi Gavron). A Bosnian refugee, he lives in the shabby neighborhood of King's Cross with his widowed mother, Amira (Juliette Binoche), who works as a seamstress. Will decides not to report his discovery to the police as he realizes that the family can hardly make both ends. Moreover, he immediately gets drawn to Amira... |
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| Rating: 5.5 |
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Eddie (Sean Penn) and Mickey (Kevin Spacey) are dandied middle-aged casting agents who share a house in the Hollywood Hills where their two buddies, sarcastic, sycophantic producer and writer Artie (Gary Shandling) and paranoiac, out-of-work actor Phil (Chazz Palminteri), are frequent visitors. The guys sometimes try to appear as virtuous, honorable gentlemen, though they are actually degenerate men who see women as nothing more than sexual objects and enjoy pontificating about the meaning of life over a bottle of wine, smoking and sniffing coke every minute.
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| Rating: 5.4 |
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One day while jogging along the coast Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn), a divorced female journalist, finds a bottle containing a romantic and moving message addressed to a woman. The letter’s heart-wrenching poetry touches the chords of her soul and she decides to begin a search for the mysterious author known only as "G." The trail leads her to Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a North Carolina boat-restorer who grieves for his tragically dead wife. After Theresa and Garret meet, they soon make friends and feel warm affection towards each other. But Theresa encounters a significant obstacle to her happiness...
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