Tag Archives: christopher plummer

National Treasure (2004)

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jon Turteltaub Writers: Jim Kouf and Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley (Story by Jim Kouf and Oren Aviv & Charles Segars

Posted in Action, Adventure, Mystery | Tagged 2004, action, adventure, american revolution, caleb deschanel, charles segars, christopher plummer, clue, clues, cormac wibberley, declaration of independence, diane kruger, fbi, gold, harvey keitel, historian, history, illuminati, jerry bruckheimer, jim kouf, jon turteltaub, jon voight, justin bartha, map, marianne wibberley, mercenary, money, mystery, national treasure, nicolas cage, oren aviv, pennsylvania, philadelphia, puzzle, sean bean, templar, tomb, treasure, treasure hunter, treasure map, Trevor Rabin, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

Wolf (1994)

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick

Posted in Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Tagged 1994, allison janney, career, christopher plummer, cop, david hyde pierce, david schwimmer, detective, douglas wick, drama, editor, eileen atkins, elaine may, ennio morricone, full moon, giuseppe rotunno, horror, investigation, jack nicholson, james spader, jim harrison, jon, kate nelligan, manhattan, michelle pfeiffer, mike nichols, moon, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, om puri, police, publisher, richard jenkins, rival, rivalry, romance, sam o'steen, thriller, werewolf, wesley strick, wolf, wolves | Leave a comment

The Insider (1999)

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Based on the Vanity Fair article “The Man Who Knew Too Much” by Marie Brenner) Great!

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1999, 60 minutes, adaptation, al pacino, biography, bracken meyer, brown & williamson, bruce mcgill, cancer, cbs, christopher plummer, cigarettes, colm feore, corporation, court, dante spinotti, david rosenbloom, debi mazar, diane venora, eric roth, gina gershon, interview, jeffrey wigand, journalism, journalist, kentucky, lawyer, lindsay crouse, lisa gerrard, lowell bergman, marie brenner, michael gambon, michael mann, mike wallace, nda, news, paul rubell, philip baker hall, pieter bourke, pieter jan brugge, producer, rip torn, russell crowe, school, science, scientist, smoking, stephen tobolowsky, teacher, television, the insider, the man who knew too much, tobacco, true story, tv, vanity fair, whistleblower, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

The Silent Partner (1978)

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Daryl Duke Writer: Curtis Hanson (Based on the novell “Think of a Number” by Anders Bodelsen) Had never heard of this before I came across it on Criterion Channel. Terrific crime thriller. Can’t go wrong with Gould and Plummer!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1978, adaptation, anders bodelsen, aquarium, bank, bank robber, bank robbery, billy williams, canada, canadian, christmas, christopher plummer, cop, crime, criminal, crook, curtis hanson, daryl duke, decapitation, drama, elliott gould, fish tank, george appleby, heist, holiday, investigation, joel b. michaels, john candy, mall, money, murder, oscar peterson, police, robbery, safety deposit box, santa claus, silent partner, stephen young, susannah york, the silent partner, thief, think of a number, thriller, toronto, vault | Leave a comment

The Sound of Music (1965)

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Wise Writer: Ernest Lehman (Based on the stage musical book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse)

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1965, adaptation, austria, austrian, captain, children, christopher plummer, convent, dama, eleanor parker, ernest lehman, family, howard lindsay, julie andrews, love, Maria von Trapp, marriage, music, musical, navy, nazi, nun, officer, oscar hammerstein II, peggy wood, richard haydn, richard rodgers, robert wise, romance, russel crouse, the sound of music, true story, wedding, widower | Leave a comment

Knives Out (2019)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rian Johnson Writer: Rian Johnson

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Tagged 2019, ana de armas, author, chris evans, christopher plummer, comedy, cop, crime, daniel craig, detective, don johnson, drama, edi patterson, estate, family, frank oz, investigation, jaeden martell, jamie lee curtis, k callan, katherine langford, knives out, lakeith stanfield, m. emmet walsh, michael shannon, murder, mystery, noah segan, police, raul castillo, rian johnson, riki lindhome, toni collette, wealth, wealthy, writer | Leave a comment

All the Money in the World (2017)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writer: David Scarpa (Based on the book “Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty” by John Pearson)

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged all the money in the world, billionaire, biography, charlie plummer, christopher plummer, crime, david scarpa, drama, family, getty, italy, j. paul getty, john paul getty III, john pearson, kevin spacey, kidnapping, mark wahlberg, michelle williams, oil, painfully rich, ransom, rich, ridley scott, romain duris, rome, timothy hutton, true story, wealth | Leave a comment

Malcolm X (1992)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Spike Lee Writers: Arnold Perl and Spike Lee (Based on the book by Alex Haley and Malcolm X)

Posted in Drama | Tagged adaptation, al sharpton, alex haley, angela bassett, arnold perl, assassination, biography, christopher plummer, debi mazar, delroy lindo, denzel washington, drama, fbi, gangster, giancarlo esposito, history, john david washington, john sayles, karen duffy, kkk, ku klux klan, malcolm x, martin donovan, mecca, michael imperioli, minister, muhammad ali, murder, muslim, nation of islam, nelson mandela, osier davis, prison, religion, richard schiff, spike lee, true story, vincent d'onofrio, wendell pierce, william fichtner | Leave a comment

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Nicholas Meyer Writers: Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flinn (Story by Leonard Nimoy and Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal) (Based on the television series “Star Trek” created by Gene Roddenberry)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | Tagged 1991, action, adaptation, adventure, christian slater, christopher plummer, deforest kelley, denny martin flinn, enterprise, gene roddenberry, george takei, iman, james doohan, kirk, klingon, km cattrall, kurt wood smith, lawrence konner, leonard nimoy, mark rosenthal, nichelle nichols, nicholas meyer, retirement, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, space, spock, star trek, star trek vi: the undiscovered country, walter koenig, william shatner | Leave a comment

Danny Collins (2015)

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Dan Fogelman Writer: Dan Fogelman

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical | Tagged 2015, al pacino, annette bening, bobby cannavale, celebrity, christopher plummer, comedy, dan fogelman, danny collins, drama, estranged, family, famous, jennifer garner, john lennon, josh peck, letter, melissa benoist, music, musical, musician, nick offerman, piano, rock star, sing, singer | Leave a comment

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