Faced with the prospect of another summer spent at football camp, Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen), the two most popular guys in their high school, decide to change things up and go to cheerleading camp instead. While their initial plan is just to take advantage of being surrounded by beautiful young women all day, Shawn and Nick eventually start to take things seriously so that they can do well in the cheer competition finals, and help Shawn win over Carly (Sarah Roemer), the head cheerleader. Directed by Will Gluck. With Molly Sims, John Michael Higgins and Danneel Harris. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2009.
Philip Baker Hall in Fired Up
Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) is a successful hit man for a Polish mob family in Buffalo. But, when his excessive drinking causes him to botch an important assignment, Frank's uncle send him to the west coast to try to kick the habit. There, he connects with Laurel (Téa Leoni), a sharped-tongued woman who helps him start a new way of life. Later, when Frank finds out that an Irish gang is moving in on his family's business, he and Laurel head home to face the trouble together. Directed by John Dahl. With Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall and Bill Pullman. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.
Philip Baker Hall in You Kill Me
After complaining about how terrible his life is, Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey), a local news reporter, gets a visit from God (Morgan Freeman). In need of a vacation, God challenges Bruce to see if he can do a better job, giving him all of his powers and responsibilities. While Bruce enjoys the perks of his new position, the world's problems and prayers begin to build up in his absence. And, when his attitude and weird behavior begin to push away his loving girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston), Bruce is forced to reassess his priorities and take responsibility for his own actions. Directed by: Tom Shadyac. With Catherine Bell, Philip Baker Hall and Steve Carell. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy. Year: 2003.
Philip Baker Hall in Bruce Almighty
CIA Agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) is brought in when Russia elects a new president and the director of Counter Intelligence (Morgan Freeman) suspects that this new leader cannot be trusted. It turns out that a third party plans to push Russia and America into war by detonating a mobile nuclear bomb at a football game in Baltimore. It's up to Jack Ryan to foil this plot. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. With Liev Schreiber and Alan Bates. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2002.
Philip Baker Hall in The Sum of All Fears
Thirty years after Colonel Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) saved his life in Vietnam, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) is asked to defend his old friend in a military court. On trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong, Childers chooses Hodges as his lawyer, trusting him as a brother Marine who knows the pressures and risks of battle. But, as the case develops, Hodges begins to have doubts about the man who saved him all those years ago. Directed by William Friedkin. With Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley and Bruce Greenwood. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2000.
Philip Baker Hall in Rules of Engagement
Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) knows that the information he holds concerning the truth about cigarette addiction and tobacco industry malpractice could open a floodgate of litigation against Big Tobacco. After Wigand contacts Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino), a producer for CBS's "60 Minutes," the industry sets out to discredit the doctor and shut him down any way they can. With Bergman's backing, Wigand's story finally makes it to the air and the two men form a relationship built upon a shared struggle to reveal the truth despite personal and professional hardships. Directed by Michael Mann. With Christopher Plummer, Michael Gambon and Diane Venora. Categories: Biography, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Philip Baker Hall in The Insider
Nine people who share a connection to a children's game show find their lives intertwined during one random day in the San Fernando Valley. Through a series of chance encounters, coincidences and unforeseen drama, each experiences drastic changes in their lives before a strange and totally unexpected climax. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, Jeremy Blackman and Alfred Molina. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
Philip Baker Hall in Magnolia
Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), a seemingly average and unassuming man, is hired by Herbert Greenleaf (James Rebhorn) to go to Italy and convince his playboy son Dickie (Jude Law) to return home. In Italy, Ripley is immediately embraced by Dickie and his beautiful ex-patriate girlfriend Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow), and experiences what it's like to live in luxury and have dear friends for the first time in his life. But, when Dickie tires of his interference, Tom cannot handle the rejection and goes to dangerous extremes to make Greenleaf's lifestyle his own. Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport and Philip Baker Hall. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1999.
Philip Baker Hall in The Talented Mr. Ripley
Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) is a handsome, uneducated teenager with a huge, natural gift. While working in the kitchen of a nightclub, he is discovered by John Horner (Burt Reynolds), a successful porn producer, who lures him into a promising career in the adult entertainment industry. But, after a rapid rise and fall and numerous attempts to leave the business behind, Eddie and the other actors form an unlikely family, with Horner acting as patriarch and starlet Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) the surrogate mother. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With John C. Reilly, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzmán, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina and Philip Baker Hall. Categories: Drama. Year: 1997.
Philip Baker Hall in Boogie Nights
Karen McCaan (Sally Field) falls apart after the horrible rape and murder of her young daughter, Julie (Olivia Burnette). After the police deny her request to hold Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland), the suspect in the case, Karen decides to take matters into her own hands. While her quest for revenge is temporarily delayed by her husband Mack (Ed Harris), Doob's return convinces Karen that she must defend her family using any means necessary. Directed by John Schlesinger. With Joe Mantegna, Beverly D'Angelo and Darrell Larson. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Philip Baker Hall in Eye for an Eye
After world-weary card shark Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) meets John (John C. Reilly), a reckless, down-and-out gambler, he takes the downtrodden young man under his wing and shows him how to exploit the casino perk system. Years later, the surrogate father and son enjoy being successful gamblers, until John falls for a troubled cocktail waitress (Gwyneth Paltrow) and gets mixed up with an untrustworthy stranger (Samuel L. Jackson). Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Philip Seymour Hoffman. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Philip Baker Hall in Hard Eight