Directed by Richard Loncraine. With Ren_e Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Eric McCormack, David Koechner, Mark Rendall, Kevin Bacon and Chris Noth. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2009.
Kevin Bacon in My One and Only
In 1977, after three years of silence, former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) agrees to sit down with British talk show host David Frost (Michael Sheen) to discuss his time in office and answer questions about the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. While Nixon intends to take advantage of the situation and use Frost to exonerate himself, Frost is more concerned with getting financial backing and selling the project to major networks. But, once the interviews begin, Frost realizes the importance of the meeting and sets out to deliver the truth. Directed by Ron Howard. With Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story, Politics. Year: 2008.
Kevin Bacon in Frost/Nixon
Tom (Kevin Bacon) is a railway engineer who loves trains more than anything else in his life. Davey (Miles Heizer) is a boy whose suicidal mother takes pills, then parks her car with the two of them in it on the tracks just when a train is scheduled to come. Tom is driving the train that almost kills the boy, and after the accident, the two of them get to know each other. Befriending the boy helps Tom come to terms with some difficult issues in his life, including his wife's illness. Directed by Alison Eastwood. With Marcia Gay Harden, and Bonnie Root. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.
Kevin Bacon in Rails & Ties
In the 1950's, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon), a manic comedian, and Vince Collins (Colin Firth), his cool and collected straight man, are the most beloved entertainers in America. When a dead beauty is found in their hotel room, their reputations are sullied and their partnership comes to an end. But, due to their airtight alibis, neither showman is ever charged with the crime. Fifteen years later, Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), a young female journalist, tries to uncover the truth behind the breakup and the events that led up to the unsolved murder. Directed by Atom Egoyan. With Maury Chaykin and Rachel Blanchard. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 2005.
Kevin Bacon in Where the Truth Lies
Jimmy (Sean Penn), Sean (Kevin Bacon) and Dave (Tim Robbins) were best friends until the day when Dave was abducted a man claiming to be a police officer. Years later, they find their lives thrust together again when Jimmy's daughter Katie (Emmy Rossum) is murdered. Sean, who is now a police detective, leads the investigation and questions Dave as a prime suspect. Jimmy, consumed with grief, sets out on a course of revenge to learn the truth, no matter the consequences. Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman and Tom Guiry. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2003/.
Kevin Bacon in Mystic River
Kate Mosley (Jennifer Aniston) is having difficulty getting ahead in her career because her boss believes that only married employees deserve promotions. To get the position she's earned, Kate pretends to be engaged to Nick (Jay Mohr), a man she recently met at a friend's wedding. In the beginning, her plan works perfectly, securing a promotion and helping her catch the eye of a coworker (Kevin Bacon), who only dates women who are already in relationships. But, when Nick reveals that he is falling in love with Kate for real, she'll have to reevaluate her priorities and decide if she is meant for true love. Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron. With Olympia Dukakis. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Kevin Bacon in Picture Perfect
After being largely ignored by the public at launch, Apollo 13 captures the nation's attention when they announce that they have a problem. Stranded in space in a crippled ship, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton), and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) do their best to make it back to earth in one piece. With help from flight director Gene Kranz (Ed Harris), astronaut Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) and the rest of the ground crew in Mission Control, the astronauts must race to improvise a solution before time runs out. Directed by Ron Howard. With Kathleen Quinlan and Clint Howard. Categories: Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 1995.
Kevin Bacon in Apollo 13
Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) and Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) are military defense lawyers assigned to defend two U.S. infantrymen accused of the murder of another soldier. Kaffee and Galloway must crack the impenetrable Col. Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson), the commanding officer who supposedly gave the order that lead to the soldier's death, amidst a storm of military intrigue and tight-lipped hostility between the men on trial and the lawyers trying to defend them. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak and J.T. Walsh. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1992.
Kevin Bacon in A Few Good Men
When John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner), an attorney from New Orleans, believes that the FBI isn't telling the whole story. As he begins a one man search for the truth, the details of that terrible day are revealed as the only criminal investigation connected to the assassination is brought to trial. Directed by Oliver Stone. With Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland and Jack Lemmon. Categories: Politics, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History. Year: 1991.
Kevin Bacon in JFK
When a group of medical students begins experimenting with near-death experiences, the secrets they unlock threaten to destroy them all. After having their hearts stopped, the students are revived and experience flashbacks of horrifying events from their childhoods. In their quest for answers, they have no choice but to journey deeper into the unknown to find a way to save themselves. Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt and Kimberly Scott. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi. Year: 1990.
Kevin Bacon in Flatliners
After his flight to Chicago is diverted and delayed due to bad weather, pretentious ad executive Neal Page (Steve Martin) decides to find another means of transportation in order to get home to his family for Thanksgiving. Joining Neal in his harrowing journey, much to his dismay, is shower curtain ring salesman Del Griffith (John Candy), an obnoxious blabbermouth who always seems to find a way to make a bad situation even worse. While the mismatched pair squabble their way from one detour to the next, they never give up and eventually bond over the shared disaster. Directed by John Hughes. With Kevin Bacon, Matthew Lawrence and Ben Stein. Categories: Comedy, Adventure. Year: 1987.
Kevin Bacon in Planes, Trains & Automobiles