Once Upon a Time in the West / C'era una volta il West (1968)
Drama | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paolo Stoppa
Director: Sergio Leone
Philadelphia (1993)
Drama
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Ron Vawter
Director: Jonathan Demme
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Drama | War
In this tragic, dark, anti-war satire, a patriotic young American in WW1 is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack. Trapped in what's left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life.
Starring: Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Charles McGraw
Director: Dalton Trumbo
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
Drama
At the end of a long and hot summer day, members of one family gather in a large house. Everyone has something painful and offensive to say, and their silence is even worse.
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell
Director: Sidney Lumet
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
An accident puts the consciousness of an elderly dream researcher into the body of a bratty teenager. The problem? The kid prefers dreamworld limbo to real life.
Starring: Corey Feldman, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie, Meredith Salenger, Harry Dean Stanton, Corey Haim
Director: Marc Rocco
The Enemy Within (1994)
Drama | Thriller
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a coup planned and stop it, before it takes place. Unfortunately, there isn't much time.
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Sam Waterston, Dana Delany, Jason Robards, Josef Sommer
Director: Jonathan Darby
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Crime | Drama | History
Chicago, February 14th, 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organized crime. In a north-side garage, his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident and the lives affected, and in some cases ended by it.
Starring: Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale, Clint Ritchie, Frank Silvera
Director: Roger Corman
Quick Change (1990)
Comedy | Crime
Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
Starring: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Tony Shalhoub, Philip Bosco
Director: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Documentary
A documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog's epic Fitzcarraldo, showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Not only does he have major casting problems, losing both Jason Robards (health) and Mick Jagger (other commitments) halfway through shooting, but the crew gets caught up in a war between Peru and Ecuador, there are problems with the weather and the morale of cast and crew is falling rapidly.
Starring: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Mick Jagger
Director: Les Blank
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Western
A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens
Director: Sam Peckinpah
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him.
Starring: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Tim McIntire, Helene Winston, Charles McGraw
Director: L.Q. Jones
Julius Caesar (1970)
Drama | History | War
All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness towards the events.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg
Director: Stuart Burge
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Drama | History | Western
It's 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a'changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid has become a sheriff, tasked by cattle interests with ridding the territory of Billy. After Billy escapes, Pat assembles a posse and chases him through the territory, culminating in a final confrontation at Fort Sumner, but is unaware of the full scope of the cattle interests' plans for the New West.
Starring: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards, Bob Dylan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Parenthood (1989)
Comedy | Drama
A comedy about parenthood, and dealing with the lives of a family, from several points of view.
Starring: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis
Director: Ron Howard
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