7 Movies Starring Jeffrey Jones

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-06-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (222910 Reviews)

Director:

John Hughes

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

High school student Ferris Bueller wants a day off from school and he's developed an incredibly sophisticated plan to pull it off. He talks his friend Cameron into taking his father's prized Ferrari and with his girlfriend Sloane head into Chicago for the day. While they are taking in what the city has to offer school principal Ed Rooney is convinced that Ferris is, not for the first time, playing hooky for the day and is hell bent to catch him out. Ferris has anticipated that, much to Rooney's chagrin.

Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (31472 Reviews)

Director:

Willard Huyck

Cast:

Writer:

Steve Gerber (Marvel comics character: Howard the Duck)

Willard Huyck

Gloria Katz

Fullplot:

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

Without a Clue

Without a Clue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-10-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(6776 Reviews)

Director:

Thom Eberhardt

Cast:

Writer:

Gary Murphy

Larry Strawther

Fullplot:

This is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Here Dr Watson is the ace detective and has been using an actor to play the part Holmes. Holmes is a drunken actor and gets on Watson's nerves. When Watson tries to go it alone, he doesn't have much success, so he is forced to let Holmes take all the credit once more.

Mom and Dad Save the World

Mom and Dad Save the World

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-07-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (3326 Reviews)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Cast:

Writer:

Chris Matheson

Ed Solomon

Fullplot:

Emperor Tod Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make her his bride before blowing up the Earth. He and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful king to the throne.

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-09-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (1276 Reviews)

Director:

Francis Veber

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Matthew Broderick goes Out on a Limb in this surprising adventure about a financial whiz who takes a wild detour to come to the aid of his kid sister in the small logging town of Buzzsaw.

Stay Tuned

Stay Tuned

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(8055 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Hyams

Cast:

Writer:

Tom S. Parker (screenplay)

Jim Jennewein (screenplay)

Tom S. Parker (story)

Jim Jennewein (story)

Richard Siegel (story)

Fullplot:

The Knables are having marriage problems: Roy is a lousy plumbing supplies salesman by day and couch potato by night, and his wife, Helen, is a successful senior product manager for a vitamin company. Roy watches too much TV every night and Helen just cannot stand it. Then one night, Helen offers Roy a night to save their relationship: a romantic getaway without phones, their children, and especially no TV. Unfortunately, when Roy's hooked on the big screen, there's no going back. This frustrates and angers her and Helen decides to smash the family console with one of Roy's trophies as a wake-up call to reality. A heartbroken-to-disoriented Roy then hears the doorbell and finds out that it's a mysterious salesman named Spike who offers him the "ultimate getaway" from all the hate, frustration, and failures: a new remote controller and a new state-of-the-art satellite TV. Roy accepts the new TV by signing a free trial contract not knowing that he just sold his soul to the devil himself. But later, Helen is both not impressed and steamed. After a fight outside, the "dish" activates. Roy and Helen try as hard as possible to escape, but it was too late for the force of gravity from the dish sucks them into the "Cable Television World of Hell" - all six hundred and sixty-six channels worth. Now they must survive through every episode of shows such as the game show "You Can't Win", the U.W.W.F. (Underworld Wrestling Federation) match, "Northern Overexposure", "Driving Over Miss Daisy" and a cartoon sequence called "RoboCat", "Autopsies of the Rich and Famous", "Duane's Underworld", "HTV", and "Off With His Head", all within 24 hours. If successful, they will return back to home, but if they fail, the devil keeps their souls forever. After they survived one day without harm, Roy gets sent back home while Spike hold Helen hostage. Now with the help of their children, Daryl, a communication whiz, and Diane, a fashion freak, Roy must re-enter the underworld of Hell Vision TV and save his wife, while keeping a distance from Spike. It is then that Roy will learn the hard way that there's more things in life than only a television. Like commitment. (Formerly written by Christopher Howell)

The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-10-17

Languages:

English, German, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (239218 Reviews)

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew Neiderman (novel)

Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay)

Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Devil's Advocate thematically raises the preposition that 'is winning everything' in the legal profession.Does a lawyer commits the basic sin of Vanity if he believes his job is to win, as Kevin does. Further the movie in John Milton's trenchant speech questions the very notion of righteousness in the post-modern world. Milton's speech rips apart the whole discourse of religion when he presents the inherent contradiction of it. Kevin's dilemma reflects the modern man who accuses the circumstances for being what he is,the culture dominated by making money 'which build egos of the size of cathedral', the question is can one really call what one does 'freely-willed'?. The movie deals with these 'Hamltian questions' in a lawyer's mind.

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