Rudy (1993)
Biography | Drama | Sport
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Starring: Sean Astin, Ned Beatty, Charles S. Dutton, Jason Miller, Lili Taylor, Robert Prosky
Director: David Anspaugh
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Drama | Family
Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Starring: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia, Mac Davis, Mac Davis, Kris Kristofferson, Ned Beatty, Dabney Coleman
Director: Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury
Hopscotch (1980)
Adventure | Comedy
Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.
Starring: Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, David Matthau
Director: Ronald Neame
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt
Director: Mike Nichols
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Thriller
A Soviet spy smuggles parts for a nuclear bomb into England. His goal: detonate a device next to an American airbase and blame the Yanks. In an era when nuclear terrorism is an all-too-real threat, The Fourth Protocol makes for compulsive viewing.
Starring: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough
Director: John Mackenzie
Network (1976)
Drama
Newscaster Howard Beale has a message for those who package reports of cute puppies, movie premieres and fender benders as hard news: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore." A satire (an Academy Award-winning screenplay) about the things people do for love…and ratings.
Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty
Director: Sidney Lumet
1941 / The Night the Japs Attacked (1979)
Action | Comedy | War
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, mass hysteria breaks out in Southern California, while the bumbling crew of a Japanese sub searches for Hollywood and an "honorable" target to destroy.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee
Director: Steven Spielberg
The Big Ask / Teddy Bears (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Three couples head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anything for him – except for the one thing he wants.
Starring: Gillian Jacobs, Zachary Knighton, David Krumholtz, Melanie Lynskey, Ahna O'Reilly, Jason Ritter, Ned Beatty
Director: Thomas Beatty, Rebecca Fishman
Only specific members can view this post! Check the TIPS4U page to find more details.
Midnight Crossing (1988)
Mystery | Thriller
A group of adventurers sneak into Cuba to try to recover $1 million in cash that when hidden when Fidel Castro took over in 1959. They find themselves trying to avoid detection by Cuban authorities while also battling modern-day pirates who are also after the treasure.
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Daniel J. Travanti, Kim Cattrall, John Laughlin, Ned Beatty
Director: Roger Holzberg
Only specific members can view this post! Check the TIPS4U page to find more details.
Physical Evidence (1989)
Crime | Thriller
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Theresa Russell, Ned Beatty, Kay Lenz, Ted McGinley, Tom O'Brien
Director: Michael Crichton
The Toy (1982)
Comedy
Writer Jack Brown needs a job to save his house from foreclosure, but the only job he can find is as a "cleaning woman" in the department store owned by tycoon U.S. Bates. There Jack is seen working by Eric Bates, the tycoon's spoiled but lonely son, who is home from military school for his annual one-week visit. Eric's father has said he can have "anything" in the store — and Eric wants Jack!
Starring: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Director: Richard Donner
Deliverance (1972)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Four friends whose canoeing weekend turns into a horrifying test of survival. Boorman's taut direction builds the tension and fear to a raging climax, as the men travel way beyond their comfort zone and are forced to face more than they could have ever imagined.
Starring: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, James Dickey
Director: John Boorman
He Got Game (1998)
Drama | Romance | Sport
Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. Jesus and his dream to make it to the big ranks in professional basketball are overshadowed by his father, Jake, who is spending his life in prison for killing Jesus' mother.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Bill Nunn, Ned Beatty
Director: Spike Lee
Rampart (2011)
Crime | Drama
Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Ned Beatty, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon
Director: Oren Moverman
In the Electric Mist (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Investigating a series of grisly murders, a reformed alcoholic detective navigates his way through layers of corruption, long-buried secrets, ancient grudges and lethal alliances on the Louisiana bayou. Meanwhile, the world around him struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – and there's money to be made.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen, Ned Beatty
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Superman II (1980)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
You haven't seen all the Superman films until you've seen this Superman II with a never-before-seen beginning and resolution. Director Richard Donner began shooting his vision of Superman II while concurrently filming Superman The Movie. For the first time, his unique vision is here. Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently found footage) appears in key new scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the relationship between father and son. Lois Lane plots more schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With so many changes, large and small, this version is an eye-opening alternate experience.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas
Director: Richard Donner
Superman: The Movie (1978)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty and Margot Kidder star in this enduring adventure spanning the Man of Steel's life, from his Krypton infancy and Midwest boyhood to his career as Daily Planet reporter Clark Kent, and through his titanic struggle with archnemesis Lex Luthor.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Margot Kidder
Director: Richard Donner
Rango (2011)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Western
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin, Ned Beatty
Director: Gore Verbinski
