6 Movies Directed by Nick Castle

Tag: The Assassination Game

Tag: The Assassination Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-04-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(611 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Castle

Fullplot:

Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the attractive Susan Swayze. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may be more serious than most contenders realize...

The Last Starfighter

The Last Starfighter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-07-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (26971 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Castle

Fullplot:

Alex Rogan lives in a trailer court where his mother is manager and everyone is like a big extended family. He beats the Starfighter video game to the applause of everyone in the court and later that day finds he has been turned down for a student loan for college. Depressed, he meets Centauri, who introduces himself as a person from the company that made the game, before Alex really knows what is going on he is on the ride of his life in a "car" flying through space. Chosen to take the skills he showed on the video game into real combat to protect the galaxy from an invasion. Alex gets as far as the Starfighter base before he really realized that he was conscripted and requests to be taken back home. When he gets back home, he finds a Zando-Zan (alien bounty hunter) is stalking him. Unable to go home and live, Alex returns to the Starfighter base to find all the pilots have been killed and he is the galaxy's only chance to be saved from invasion. To defeat the invaders, who are paying the bounty on him, he must be victorious.

The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (4124 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Castle

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Fullplot:

Charlene Michaelson, her two children - teen-aged Amelia 'Milly' Michaelson and precocious adolescent Louis Michaelson - and their dog Max move into a new house in a new neighborhood after the passing of Charlene's husband/the kids' father, Donald Michaelson. Beyond life without Donald, they are all nervous about starting a new life, which, for Charlene, means getting back into the workforce after thirteen years. Milly quickly settles into the neighborhood if only because she becomes fascinated with their next door neighbor, teen-aged Eric Gibb, who authorities believe is autistic. Orphaned Eric has never spoken a word, and without having been told about the incident, began to think he could fly at the exact moment his parents died in a plane crash. Many believe Eric's belief is because he felt he could thus save his parents. Eric's guardian is his dipsomaniac Uncle Hugo Gibb. Milly's high school teacher, Mrs. Carolyn Sherman, who used to be a special needs teacher, looks after Eric as much as anyone. Mrs. Sherman believes that having Eric in her class with "normal" students is a positive environment for him, unlike the authorities who believe he should be institutionalized. Milly's official and unofficial tasks become to see what lies deep within Eric's psyche, and if there really is any validity to what people think Eric believes.

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-06-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (40518 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Castle

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Hank Ketcham (characters)

John Hughes

Fullplot:

Everyone's favorite kid from the comics is back. When his parents have to go out of town, he stays with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The little menace is driving Mr. Wilson crazy, but Dennis is just trying to be helpful. Even to the thief who's arrived in town.

Mr. Wrong

Mr. Wrong

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

3.7 (4192 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Castle

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Chris Matheson

Kerry Ehrin

Craig Munson

Fullplot:

Martha is a single woman working at a television talk show. When her younger sister gets married, everyone's wondering when Martha is going to meet Mr. Right and tie the knot. When by chance, Martha meets a handsome stranger named Whitman, the two fall madly in love with each other. But soon Martha discovers little quirks in Whitman... little quirks that become horrifying nightmares. But by the time Martha realizes that she must break up with him, it'll take more than subtle hints to make him go away -- she'll have to get into the most outrageous predicaments to rid herself of Mr. Wrong.

'Twas the Night

'Twas the Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-12-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (511 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Castle

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Lincoln (story)

Dan Studney (story)

Jim Lincoln (teleplay)

Dan Studney (teleplay)

Jenny Tripp (teleplay)

Fullplot:

A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.

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