"Kevin Bacon filmography The following is the filmography for actor Kevin Bacon. His most notable roles have been in ""National Lampoon's Animal House"" (1978), ""Friday the 13th"" (1980), ""Diner"" (1982), ""Footloose"" (1984), ""Flatliners"" (1990), ""Tremors"" (1990), ""Wild Things"" (1998), ""JFK"" (1991), ""A Few Good Men"" (1992), ""The River Wild"" (1994), ""Murder in the First"" (1995), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""Stir of Echoes"" (1999), ""Hollow Man"" (2000), ""Trapped"" (2002), ""Mystic River"" (2003), ""The Woodsman"" (2004), ""Death Sentence"" (2007), ""Frost/Nixon"" (2008) and """" (2011). In 2009, he starred in the television movie ""Taking Chance"", for which he won a Golden Globe Award for"
"the 1995 film ""Apollo 13""—reunited him with Ron Howard. Critics generally applauded the film and the performances of the entire cast, which included actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. The movie also earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning two. Later that year, Hanks starred in Disney/Pixar's CGI-animated hit film ""Toy Story"", as the voice of Sheriff Woody. Hanks made his directing debut with his 1996 film ""That Thing You Do!"" about a 1960s pop group, also playing the role of a music producer. Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman went on to create Playtone, a"
"between 1986 and 2000, their final collaboration being ""Space Cowboys"". Green's work on the 1992 western, ""Unforgiven"" earned him nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for best cinematography. He was also a nominee for the ASC Award for the 1995 film, ""The Bridges of Madison County"". Since 2000, Green has worked on over fifteen films in genres ranging from science fiction (""Serenity"") to action (""A Man Apart"") to comedy (""50 First Dates, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Hot Tub Time Machine""). He made his directorial debut with ""Traveller"", a 1997 crime drama starring Bill Paxton and Mark Wahlberg. Green"
"production. The project was purchased by Paramount Pictures, where producer Scott Rudin hired John Boorman to direct the film. Boorman cast Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton in the respective leading roles of Hank and Jacob Mitchell. The film marked Paxton and Thornton's second on-screen collaboration after ""One False Move"" (1992). Paxton learned of the novel ""A Simple Plan"" from his father five years before securing the role of Hank. He stated, ""... for five years, there was a whole list of actors and directors who kind of marched through it. Billy Bob and I were set to do these"
"Space Cowboys Space Cowboys is a 2000 American space drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older ""ex-test pilots"" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite. In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William ""Hawk"" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress piloted by navigator ""Tank"" Sullivan (James Garner) as"
"Twister (1996 film) Twister is a 1996 American epic action disaster adventure film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes. It was directed by Jan de Bont from a screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. Its executive producers were Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Gerald R. Molen. ""Twister"" was the second-highest-grossing film of 1996 domestically, with an estimated 54,688,100 tickets sold in the US. In June 1969 Oklahoma, young Jo (Alexa Vega) and her family are awoken by an approaching F5 tornado. The family seeks refuge in their storm cellar, but the tornado"
"starring Tom Hanks as Lovell, Bill Paxton as Haise, Kevin Bacon as Swigert, Gary Sinise as Mattingly, Ed Harris as flight director Gene Kranz, and Kathleen Quinlan as Marilyn Lovell. James Lovell, Eugene Kranz, and other principals have stated that this film depicted the events of the mission with reasonable accuracy, given that some dramatic license was taken. For example, the film changes the tense of Lovell's famous follow-up to Swigert's original words from, ""Houston, we've had a problem"", to ""Houston, we ""have"" a problem"". The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Harris)"
"set with Paxton during filming and befriended the film's director, Luca Guadagnino, who ultimately decided to dedicate the movie ""in loving memory of Bill Paxton."" Close friend and frequent collaborator James Cameron wrote a tribute to Paxton in an article for ""Vanity Fair"" detailing their 36-year friendship and expressing remorse over the projects they wouldn't be able to make together. Numerous other filmmakers and actors also paid tribute, including Rob Lowe, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Jordan Peele, William Shatner, Jamie Lee Curtis, as well as his years-long ""Big Love"" co-stars Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny"
"Bushwhacked (film) Bushwhacked is a 1995 American adventure comedy, film starring Daniel Stern, Jon Polito, Anthony Heald and Brad Sullivan. This was Greg Beeman's last theatrical film before he moved on to direct television movies for Disney Channel. This also marked Sullivan's last theatrical appearance before his retirement in 2000 and death in 2008. The film was originally conceived as a spin off film to the ""Home Alone"" franchise with Daniel Stern reprising his role as a reformed Marv explaining Max Grabelski's similar appearance and personality to Marv. Deliveryman ""Mad"" Max Grabelski (Daniel Stern) is charged with delivering packages to"
"the structure come the traditional pleasures as well."" At the 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, the film was nominated for Best Sound Editing. Space Cowboys Space Cowboys is a 2000 American space drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older ""ex-test pilots"" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite. In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William ""Hawk"" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to break a height record."
"Space Jam Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film starring basketball player Michael Jordan and featuring the ""Looney Tunes"" cartoon characters. The film was produced by Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka. Nigel Miguel was a basketball technical advisor. ""Space Jam"" presents an alternate history of what happened between Jordan's initial retirement from the NBA in 1993 and his comeback in 1995, in which he is enlisted by Bugs Bunny and his friends to help them win a basketball match against a group of aliens who want to enslave them for their amusement park. The film"
"lie elsewhere. He just wants to see the situation end with nobody getting hurt, and he butts heads with the network's owner and federal agents who demand harsher action. The owner of the satellite network, whose character is based on Jerry Falwell, demands that the National Guard be called in leading to a siege and climactic ending. The film was released on VHS by International Video Entertainment sometime after its theatrical run and later in 1991 by Avid Home Entertainment in the SLP Mode. Pass the Ammo Pass the Ammo is a 1988 American comedy film starring Bill Paxton, Annie"
"was announced that Cox would be directing Taron Egerton, starring opposite Ansel Elgort and Kevin Spacey in a remake of ""Billionaire Boys Club"". Despite accusations of sexual assault made against Spacey, the film was released on video on demand on July 17, 2018. James Cox (director) James Cox (born February 5, 1975) is an American film director. His short film ""Atomic Tabasco"" (which he made while a student at New York University) received an honorable mention at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival and a Bronze Medal at the 1999 Student Academy Awards. Cox then directed ""Highway"" in 2002 and ""Wonderland"""
"history. Paquin was a successful child actress, receiving multiple Young Artist Award nominations for her roles in ""Fly Away Home"" (1996), ""The Member of the Wedding"" (1997), and ""A Walk on the Moon"" (1999), and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for appearing in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film ""Almost Famous"" (2000). She played mutant superheroine Rogue in multiple films of the ""X-Men"" franchise and was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in the first installment. Paquin played the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO"
"Michael Sacks Michael Sacks (born September 11, 1948 in New York City) is an American actor and technology industry executive who played the role of Billy Pilgrim in George Roy Hill's ""Slaughterhouse Five"" (1972), an adaptation from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Sacks also appeared in Steven Spielberg's ""Sugarland Express"" (1974), as the kidnapped highway patrolman; ""The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover"" (1977), as Melvin Purvis; ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979), as Jeff; ""Hanover Street"" (1979), with Harrison Ford; the thriller ""Split Image"" (1982); and the television disaster film """" (1983). On Broadway, he was the bewildered Vietnam vet ""Mark"""
"I would listen to Oliver on the phone and sometimes he talks very rapid-fire, the way Gordon Gekko does"". Stone cites as influences on his approach to business, the novels of Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis and Victor Hugo, and the films of Paddy Chayefsky because they were able to make a complicated subject clear to the audience. Stone set the film in 1985 because insider trading scandals culminated in 1985 and 1986. This led to anachronisms in the script, including a reference to the Space Shuttle ""Challenger"" disaster, which had not yet occurred. Stone met with Tom Cruise about playing"
"Twister...Ride it Out Twister...Ride It Out was a special effects attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, based on the 1996 film ""Twister"". It was announced in 1997 and replaced the Ghostbusters Spooktacular attraction in the New York area of the park. The attraction was hosted by actors Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, who starred in the original film. The attraction closed on November 2, 2015 and replaced with ""Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon"", which opened on April 6, 2017. The attraction took guests to a small mock-up of the Oklahoma town of Wakita. Video monitors show home movies"
"Balto (film) Balto is a 1995 American live-action/animated epic drama adventure film directed by Simon Wells, produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is loosely based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to Nome. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings, Phil Collins (in a dual role) and Bob Hoskins, with Miriam Margoyles in the live-action sequences. The live-action portions of the film were shot in New York City's Central Park. The film was the third"
"to direct. Burton came on and Warner Bros. set a theatrical release date for the summer of 1998, the 60th anniversary of the character's debut in ""Action Comics"". Nicolas Cage was signed on to play Superman, Burton hired Wesley Strick to rewrite Smith's script and the film entered pre-production in June 1997. For budgetary reasons, Warner Bros. ordered another rewrite from Dan Gilroy, delayed the film and ultimately put it on hold in April 1998. Burton then left to direct ""Sleepy Hollow"". Burton has depicted the experience as a difficult one, citing differences with producer Jon Peters and the studio,"
"debut in ""Slab Boys"", with then-unknowns Sean Penn and Val Kilmer. However, it was not until he portrayed Timothy Fenwick that same year in Barry Levinson's film ""Diner""costarring Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Tim Daly, and Ellen Barkinthat he made an indelible impression on film critics and moviegoers alike. Bolstered by the attention garnered by his performance in ""Diner"", Bacon starred in the box-office smash ""Footloose"" (1984). Richard Corliss of ""TIME"" likened ""Footloose"" to the James Dean classic ""Rebel Without a Cause"" and the old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland musicals, commenting that the film includes ""motifs on book burning, mid-life"
"Office Space Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader. ""Office Space"" was shot in Dallas and Austin, Texas. It is based on Judge's ""Milton"" cartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking and his second full-length motion picture release, following ""Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"". The film's sympathetic depiction of ordinary"
"on June 18, 2017. The Vagrant (film) The Vagrant is a 1992 comedy horror film directed by Chris Walas and executive produced by Mel Brooks, through his Brooksfilms production company. The film stars Bill Paxton as Graham Krakowski, a financial clerk who is being driven insane by a homeless man (Marshall Bell) after moving into a new home across the street from where the homeless man had been squatting. Graham Krakowski is a middle class financial clerk who becomes paranoid that he is being stalked by a homeless man who camps across the street from Graham's house. Ultimately, Krakowski has"
"In & Out (film) In & Out is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart, Shalom Harlow, and Wilford Brimley. It is an original story by screenwriter Paul Rudnick. Joan Cusack was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The film was inspired by Tom Hanks's tearful speech when he accepted his 1994 Oscar (for his role in ""Philadelphia""), in which he mentioned his high-school drama coach Rawley Farnsworth, and his former classmate John Gilkerson, ""two of the"
"real directorial talent, and I hope he can build on this foundation."" Kevin Bacon was named Best Actor at the Giffoni Film Festival, and the film won the Children's Jury Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Digging to China Digging to China is a 1997 American drama film that marked the directorial debut of actor Timothy Hutton and the screen debut of Evan Rachel Wood. The screenplay by Karen Janszen focuses on the friendship forged between a precocious pre-teenaged girl with a vivid imagination and a mentally challenged adult male. Set in the mid-1960s, the story centers on"
"Pocahontas (1995 film) Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical romantic drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 33rd Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg and is loosely based on the life of the Native American woman of the same name. It portrays a fictionalized account of her historical encounter with Englishman John Smith and the Jamestown settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company. The voice cast stars Irene Bedard and Mel Gibson as Pocahontas and Smith, respectively, with David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Billy"
"was nominated for the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics. As of November 2018, ""One False Move"" holds a rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 50 reviews. One False Move One False Move is a 1992 American crime film directed by Carl Franklin and co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. The film stars Thornton alongside Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams. The low-budget production was about to be released straight to home video when it was finished, but became popular through word of mouth, convincing the distributor to give the film a theatrical release. Film critic Gene"
"Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ""One False Move"", and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film ""Sling Blade"" (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following ""Sling Blade"", including Oliver Stone's neo-noir ""U Turn"" (1997), political drama ""Primary Colors"" (1998), science"
"Seven (1995 film) Seven (stylized as SE7EN) is a 1995 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey, and Kevin Spacey. It tells the story of David Mills (Pitt), a detective who partners with the retiring William Somerset (Freeman) to track down a serial killer (Spacey) who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders. The screenplay was influenced by the time Walker spent in New York City trying to make it as a writer. Principal"
"tax credits in a new tax incentive program in the state. Space Jam Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film starring basketball player Michael Jordan and featuring the ""Looney Tunes"" cartoon characters. The film was produced by Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka. Nigel Miguel was a basketball technical advisor. ""Space Jam"" presents an alternate history of what happened between Jordan's initial retirement from the NBA in 1993 and his comeback in 1995, in which he is enlisted by Bugs Bunny and his friends to help them win a basketball match against a group of aliens"
"of which characters had appeared in the original show, while Brad William Henke played a new character. Going to California (TV series) Going To California is an American dramedy television series created for Showtime and airing from 2001 to 2002 on that channel. It starred primarily Sam Trammell and Brad William Henke as Kevin ""Space"" Lauglin and Henry ""Hank"" Ungalow respectively, two friends on a road trip across the continental United States. The show focused primarily on what happened to Hank and Space during their stops and detours along the way to California. John Asher played the recurring character ""Insect"
"alongside Rob Van Dam, Marrese Crump and Ja Rule in the action film titled ""Wrong Side of Town"". Bautista appeared as the villainous Brass Body in the Universal Studios film ""The Man with the Iron Fists"". He played Drax the Destroyer in the 2014 Marvel Studios film ""Guardians of the Galaxy"", which was a critical and commercial success. He played Mr. Hinx in the James Bond film, ""Spectre"" (2015), and starred as the villain Tong Po in the reboot of the 1989 martial arts film ""Kickboxer"", opposite Georges St-Pierre. Bautista joined the cast of ""Blade Runner 2049"" as Sapper Morton,"
"the film at 60% (""Fresh""). Conquest of Space Conquest of Space is a 1955 American Technicolor science fiction film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal, directed by Byron Haskin, that stars Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, and Mickey Shaughnessy. The storyline concerns the first interplanetary flight to the planet Mars, manned by a crew of five, and launched from Earth orbit near ""The Wheel"", mankind's first space station. On their long journey to the Red Planet, they encounter various dangers, both from within and without, that nearly destroy the mission. Mankind has achieved space flight capability and built ""The Wheel"""
"Frailty (2001 film) Frailty is a 2001 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Bill Paxton, and co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Powers Boothe. It marks Paxton's directorial debut. The plot focuses on the strange relationship between two young boys and their fanatically religious father, who believes that he has been commanded by God to kill demons disguised as people. Fenton Meiks (Matthew McConaughey) visits FBI Agent Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe) claiming that his brother Adam is the culprit in the ""God's Hand"" serial killings. Fenton says Adam has committed suicide, prompting Fenton to fulfill a promise to bury his"