Movies by Paul Schneider
As part of the cast:
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The Babymakers (2012)
Cast: Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan …
Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Devoted married man Tommy grows increasingly distressed by his failure to impregnate his wife, Audrey. In a desperate bid to have a child of their own, Tommy assembles an oddball group of…
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Water for Elephants (2011)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz …
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's…
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Beloved (2011)
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier …
Directed by: Christophe Honoré
In the 1960s, circumstances separated Madeleine from her husband. Flash-forward 30 years, and Madeleine watches history repeating itself in the life of her daughter, Véra. But as times…
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The Flowers of War (2011)
Cast: Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Ni Ni …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
In 1937, as the Japanese army brutally invades the Chinese city of Nanking, an American mortician is trapped inside a western cathedral and vows to protect a group of young schoolgirls and 13…
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Bright Star (2009)
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider …
Directed by: Jane Campion
Critically acclaimed Australian filmmaker Jane Campion helms this drama detailing the passionate three-year romance between 19th-century Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) -- who died…
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Parks and Recreation (2009)
Cast: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari …
Borrowing the mockumentary style of "The Office," this droll comedy about municipal workers focuses on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), a public employee with the Parks and Recreation department…
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Ted Levine …
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
After Robert Ford joins the most notorious gang in the West, he grows tired of the charismatic Jesse James and begins to resent his widespread fame. But by hatching a scheme to gun down…
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Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider …
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
When a delusional loner buys a life-sized sex doll over the Internet, promptly falls in love with her and starts telling people that she's his girlfriend, his brother and sister-in-law…
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Live Free or Die (2007)
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Carlo Alban, Kevin Dunn …
Directed by: Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin
Bad-boy wannabe John "Rugged" Rudgate (Aaron Stanford) fancies himself a criminal, yet his exploits amount to little more than counterfeiting rebate coupons. He soon teams with his dim friend…
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Elizabethtown (2005)
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is on the verge of ending it all. But he gets a new lease on life when he returns to…
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The Family Stone (2005)
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker …
Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
Although their relationship works in the city, things begin to fall apart for buttoned-up Manhattanites Everett (Dermot Mulroney) and Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) when they visit the…
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How to Lose Your Lover (2004)
Cast: Fred Willard, Paul Schneider, Jenn Page …
Directed by: Jordan Hawley
Tired of being the nice guy who never gets the girl, ghostwriter Owen McCabe (Paul Schneider) vows to leave Los Angeles and start afresh on the East Coast. But while a chance run-in with the…
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All the Real Girls (2003)
Cast: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Patricia Clarkson …
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Paul (Paul Schneider) lives large in a small Southern town, where he's made a sexual conquest of nearly every single, eligible female. Every one, that is, except for his best…
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George Washington (2000)
Cast: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Damian Jewan Lee …
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Four youngsters who are coming of age in rural North Carolina share a slow and regretful summer. After an accident claims one of their members, the group conspires to cover up their tragic…
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Pretty Bird (2008)
Cast: Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti, David Hornsby …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
Lovable loser Curtis Prentiss (Billy Crudup) enlists the help of his friend Kenny (David Hornsby) and ornery scientist Rick (Paul Giamatti) to build a rocket belt, which Curtis firmly…
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Big Spender (2003)
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Graham Greene, Corinne Conley …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
In this made-for-cable drama, work-release prisoner Eddie Burton (Casper Van Dien) is sent to a horse farm and entrusted to bring prize racehorse Big Spender -- who was once a world-class…
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The Retrievers (2001)
Cast: Robert Hays, Mel Harris, Alan Rachins …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
Life in the country is anything but peaceful for the Lowry family when a cagey golden retriever named Pilot claims the clan for her own shortly after they move to a tiny town in Northern…
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Lethal Vows (1999)
Cast: John Ritter, Marg Helgenberger, Megan Gallagher …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
After suffering from a mysterious illness for 15 years, Ellen Farris begins to suspect that her former husband may have been responsible for her poor health when his present wife displays…
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The Disappearing Act (1998)
Cast: Patty Duke, Kelly Rowan, Robert Floyd …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
When Timothy Dolan (Robert Floyd) meets Carolyn Blair (Kelly Rowan), they fall in love and plan to wed, much to the chagrin of Timothy's suspicious mother, Faye (Patty Duke). Soon,…
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Maid for Each Other (1992)
Cast: Dinah Manoff, Nell Carter, Joyce Van Patten …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman (Nell Carter) and her maid (Dinah Manoff) happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and now, they're hotfooting it away from…
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The Entertainers (1991)
Cast: Bob Newhart, Linda Gray, Richard Romanus …
Directed by: Paul Schneider
When Todd Wilson (Bob Newhart), a veteran performer who's earning his living as a second-tier nightclub comedian, gets an offer to play Las Vegas, he jumps at the chance despite two tiny…