9 Movies Starring Frank Whaley

The Doors

The Doors

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-03-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (64238 Reviews)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Cast:

Writer:

Randall Jahnson

Oliver Stone

Fullplot:

Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals.

Swing Kids

Swing Kids

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-03-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (12782 Reviews)

Director:

Thomas Carter

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.

Homage

Homage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (129 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Medoff (play)

Mark Medoff (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-04-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (18287 Reviews)

Director:

George Huang

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Fullplot:

A young Hollywood executive becomes the assistant to a big time movie producer who is the worst boss imaginable: abusive, abrasive and cruel. But soon things turn around when the young executive kidnaps his boss and visits all the cruelties back on him.

Retroactive

Retroactive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (3990 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Morneau

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Hamilton-Wright

Robert Strauss

Phillip Badger

Fullplot:

Karen has to take a ride in Frank's car. He's travelling with his wife, on his way to sell computer chips, which he obtained illegally. He suspects his wife is being unfaithful and tragic things happen, following a discussion. Karen escapes, reaching a lab where a scientist has discovered how to go back in time, and she returns by accident some minutes before the violent events. Then she tries to make things better, but things tend to become worse, as time cycles keep being repeated.

When Trumpets Fade

When Trumpets Fade

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4680 Reviews)

Director:

John Irvin

Fullplot:

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.

Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-01-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

(356 Reviews)

Director:

John Putch

Fullplot:

An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.

The Jimmy Show

The Jimmy Show

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-01-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (469 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Whaley

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Marc Sherman (play)

Frank Whaley

Fullplot:

Jimmy O'Brien works in the stockroom of a grocery store, where he is reminded of his powerlessness by his boss. Only his love for his wife offers him comfort, but their obligations to his invalid grandmother and a new baby stifle their dreams. It is not until open-mike night at the local comedy club that he allows himself to do what he needs to do: run off at the mouth.

Vacancy

Vacancy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (74546 Reviews)

Director:

Nimrèd Antal

Fullplot:

David and Amy Fox find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car breaks down. Luckily, they come across a motel with a TV to entertain them during their overnight stay. However, there's something very strange and familiar about the Grade-Z slasher movies that the motel broadcasts for its guests' enjoyment. They all appear to be filmed in the very same room they occupy! Realizing that they are trapped in their room with hidden cameras now aimed at them filming their every move, David and Amy desperately find a means of escape through locked doors, crawlspaces and underground tunnels before they too become the newest stars of the mystery filmmaker's next cult classic!

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