Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard and Bailee Madison. Categories: Drama, War. Year: 2009.
Sam Shepard in Brothers
When talk radio host Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman) advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, Patrick (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the jilted ex, takes revenge by filling out a marriage license with both their names on it. The initially harmless prank causes Emma to rethink her engagement and safe life with her fiancé Richard Bratton (Colin Firth) and the world's most unlikely couple becomes drawn to each other. Directed by Griffin Dunne. With Lindsay Sloane, Ajay Naidu and Sam Shepard. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2008.
Sam Shepard in The Accidental Husband
As the notorious and charismatic outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he must battle against the men who want to capture him for fame and a fortune in reward money. Meanwhile, Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), an admire of James, joins his gang, only to become resentful of his former hero and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. Directed by Andrew Dominik. With Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell and Sam Shepard. Categories: Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.
Sam Shepard in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek star as two female Latinas who begin robbing banks in turn-of-the-century Mexico when a corrupt railroad baron starts bankrupting the locals. Cruz plays a farmer's daughter, while Hayek is from a wealthy family. Sam Shepherd plays the retired robber who shows them the ropes in this action-packed, comic Western. Directed by Espen Sandberg. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Western. Year: 2006.
Sam Shepard in Bandidas
When the military develops "EDI," a deadly new aircraft that flies using an advanced artificial intelligence, US Navy test pilots Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), Kara Wade (Jessica Biel) and Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx) are hesitant to accept their new wingman. Their opinions begin to change when EDI proves useful during their first mission. But, when a lightning storm fries EDI's circuitry and turns it stops following commands, it is up to the human pilots to ground the renegade aircraft and prevent a nuclear war. Directed by Rob Cohen. With Sam Shepard and Joe Morton. Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2005.
Sam Shepard in Stealth
Based on the real life destruction of two Black Hawk helicopters in Somalia that left over 100 U.S. Rangers stranded in Mogadishu in the middle of an army of opposing gunmen. Facing incredible firepower and scattered throughout the city, the troops must to repel enemy attacks while simultaneously devising a plan for extraction. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana and Sam Shepard. Categories: Action, Drama, History, War. Year: 2001.
Sam Shepard in Black Hawk Down
John Travolta stars as Gabriel, the head of a covert counter-terrorist operation who is desperately trying to access information locked inside a government computer. He hires Stanley (Hugh Jackman), a desperate computer expert, to help him hack into the system. Halle Berry plays Ginger, Gabriel's gorgeous accomplice, while Don Cheadle is a government agent trying to crack the caper. Directed by Dominic Sena. Categories: Action, Thriller, Crime. Year: 2001.
Sam Shepard in Swordfish
Following the murder of two Supreme Court Justices, law school student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) researches the judges' records and cases pending before the court. When her professor (Sam Shepard) and his friend (John Heard) are killed soon after reading the resulting brief, which outlines who would benefit from the judges' deaths, Darby goes on the run in fear for her life. Turning to the only man she trusts, investigative reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington), Darby sets out to uncover the truth, despite threats from a wealthy oil tycoon and the White House. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Tony Goldwyn, William Atherton, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Anthony Heald. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1993.
Sam Shepard in The Pelican Brief
In a small town Louisiana beauty parlor, a close-knit circle of friends come together during the best and worst of times. Visiting Truvy (Dolly Parton), the shop's owner, are Shelby (Julia Roberts), a diabetic who's set to marry a Southern lawyer (Dylan McDermott), her bossy mother M'Lynn (Sally Field), Ouiser Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine), an ill-tempered woman with a quick wit, and Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis), a recent widow. Directed by Herbert Ross. With Sam Shepard, Tom Skerritt and Kevin J. O'Connor. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1989.
Sam Shepard in Steel Magnolias
J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) is a determined career woman living in Manhattan's fast-paced business world. But her life is thrown into a tailspin when she learns that she has inherited a newborn baby girl from a deceased relative. Eventually, her new responsibility leads to the loss of both her boyfriend and her job, and forces Wiatt to examine her priorities. Directed by Charles Shyer. With Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis and James Spader. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 1987.
Sam Shepard in Baby Boom
Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard), the first man to break the sound barrier, and the astronauts in the Mercury 7 program, including U.S. Marine John Glenn (Ed Harris) and U.S. Navy pilot Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), rely on their exceptional skills and incomparable courage to become heroes during the early days of the US space program. Competitive and uncompromising, these pioneers blaze a trail toward the future, forming a lasting bond under the gruelling conditions of the Cold War. Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum. Categories: Politics, Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 1983.
Sam Shepard in The Right Stuff