Tag Archives: mykelti williamson

Forrest Gump (1994)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Eric Roth (Based on the novel by Winston Groom)

Posted in Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1994, adaptation, alan silvestri, arthur schmidt, black panther, boat, bob hope, dick cavett, dick clark, don burgess, elvis presley, eric roth, football, forrest gump, gary sinise, gerald ford, haley joel osment, john f. kennedy, john lennon, kurt russell, lieutenant, lyndon b. johnson, medal of honor, mykelti williamson, neil armstrong, ping pong, president, richard nixon, robert f. kennedy, robert zemeckis, robin wright, romance, run, runner, running, sally field, shrimp, shrimping, steve starkey, steve tisch, tom hanks, vietnam, war, watergate, wendy finerman, winston groom | Leave a comment

Streets of Fire (1984)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Walter Hill Writers: Walter Hill & Larry Gross This movie rules!

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller | Tagged 1984, action, amy madigan, andrew laszlo, bill paxton, concert, crime, diane lane, drama, ed begley jr., freeman davies, gang, jimmy iovine, joel silver, kathy griffin, kidnapped, kidnapping, larry gross, lawrence gordon, manager, mercenary, michael pare, michael ripps, michael tronick, motorcycle, music, musical, mykelti williamson, rick moranis, robert townsend, romance, ry cooder, singer, thriller, tour, walter hill, willem dafoe | Leave a comment

Primary Colors (1998)

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Elaine May (Based on the novel “Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics” by Joe Klein as Anonymous)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1998, adaptation, adrian lester, affair, allison janney, anonymous, arthur schmidt, bill maher, billy bob thornton, campaign, charlie rose, comedy, dianne ladd, drama, elaine may, election, emma thompson, geraldo rivera, governor, james earl jones, joe klein, john travolta, kathy bates, larry hagman, larry king, maura tierney, michael ballhaus, mike nichols, mykelti williamson, paul guilfoyle, political campaign, politician, politics, president, primary colors, rob reiner, ry cooder, scandal, sex, tony shalhoub | Leave a comment

Ali (2001)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard) Commemorative Edition.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2001, a. kitman ho, africa, athlete, barry shabaka henley, boxer, boxing, bruce mcgill, Cassius clay, christopher wilkinson, don king, drama, emmanuel lubezki, eric roth, fight, fighter, giancarlo esposito, gregory allen howard, howard cosell, islam, jada pinkett smith, james lassiter, jamie foxx, jeffrey wright, jon peters, jon voight, levar burton, lisa gerrard, lynzee klingman, malcolm x, maro van peebles, martin luther king jr., michael mann, muhammad ali, muslim, mykelti williamson, nation of islam, nona gaye, paul ardaji, pieter bourke, politics, ron silver, rumble in the jungle, sport, sports, stephen e. rivkin, stephen j. rivele, stuart waks, ted levine, vietnam, war, will smith, william goldenberg, zaire | Leave a comment

Heat (1995)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann One of the greats! Love it!

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1995, action, affair, al pacino, amy brenneman, armored car, art linson, ashley judd, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bud cort, california, cop, crime, criminal, danny trejo, dante spinotti, dennis haysbert, diane venora, diner, dov hoenig, drama, elliot goldenthal, gang, hank azaria, heist, henry rollins, investigation, jeremy piven, jon voight, kevin gage, los angeles, martin ferrero, mask, michael mann, murder, mykelti williamson, natalie portman, pasquale buba, police, robbery, robert de niro, shootout, suicide attempt, ted levine, thief, thriller, tom noonan, tom rolf, tom sizemore, tone loc, val kilmer, wes studi, william fichtner, william goldenberg | Leave a comment

Fences (2016)

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Denzel Washington Writer: August Wilson Based on the play “Fences” by August Wilson)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1950s, 2016, adaptation, athlete, august wilson, baseball, college, denzel washington, drama, family, father, fences, football, jovan adepo, mother, mykelti williamson, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, play, russell hornsby, scott rudin, son, sports, stephen henderson, tony kushner, viola davis, wife, working class | Leave a comment