Movies by William Fichtner
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The Lone Ranger (2013)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
In this reboot of the 1950s television series, Native American warrior Tonto rescues wounded lawman John Reid and restores him to health, thus creating an often-contentious but effective…
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Elysium (2013)
Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Neill Blomklamp
In this dystopian thriller set in 2159, the wealthiest humans move to a fabulous private space station, while life on Earth grows ever more grim. With no other options, an ex-con agrees to…
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Wrong (2012)
Cast: Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena …
Directed by: Quentin Dupieux
When his beloved dog, Paul, goes missing, Dolph Springer scours the town for him. In the process, he affects the lives of an offbeat pet detective, a jogging addict, a sexy pizza delivery…
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The Big Bang (2011)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Tony Krantz
This noir thriller from director Tony Krantz stars Antonio Banderas as Los Angeles detective Ned Cruz, who signs on to a missing persons case to find a wayward stripper but winds up knee-deep…
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Drive Angry (2011)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Patrick Lussier
Career criminal Milton breaks free from hell to pursue the cult that killed his daughter and abducted her baby, racing to save the infant before the group sacrifices her. Milton in turn is…
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Date Night (2010)
Cast: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg …
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Who knew simple dinner reservations under a different name could turn one New Jersey couple's date night so terribly upside-down? Claire (Tina Fey) and Phil (Steve Carell) Foster leave…
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Starz Inside: Unforgettably Evil (2009)
Cast: Tobin Bell, David Carradine, James Cromwell …
Directed by: Sebastian Bauer
Starz Inside: Unforgettably Evil explores Hollywood's meanest, scariest and most chilling on-screen villians, from Psycho to Silence of the Lambs to The Dark Knight. James Cromwell,…
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The Dark Knight (2008)
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
In this blockbuster sequel to Batman Begins, the caped crusader (Christian Bale) teams with Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to continue…
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Blades of Glory (2007)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett …
Directed by: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes (Will Ferrell and Jon Heder) skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows…
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Ultraviolet (2006)
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Kurt Wimmer
When a vampirelike disease begins infecting the human population -- giving the afflicted enhanced intelligence, fantastic stamina and lightning-fast speed -- the world quickly divides into…
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First Snow (2006)
Cast: Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Mark Fergus
A roadside psychic shares two predictions with overconfident salesman Jimmy Starks, and one of them -- that he'll be hit with a major windfall -- seems to be coming true. Now, Jimmy must…
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The Chumscrubber (2005)
Cast: Jamie Bell, Glenn Close, Rita Wilson …
Directed by: Arie Posin
Director Arie Posin transforms his short story into a frightfully honest portrait of suburban dysfunction in this film about Dean (Jamie Bell), a young boy who finds his friend hanging from…
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Crash (2005)
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon …
Directed by: Paul Haggis
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple…
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Nine Lives (2005)
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman …
Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia, Rodrigo García
This series of revealing vignettes from writer-director Rodrigo Garcia (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her) peers into the private lives of nine women who are each pointed toward a…
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The Amateurs (2005)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Isaiah Washington, Tim Blake Nelson …
Directed by: Michael Traeger
Divorced and depressed, Andy Sargentee hatches a plan to produce an adult movie and get rich. But the production is plagued by a host of problems, not the least of which is a leading man who…
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Prison Break (2005)
Cast: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco …
When his brother, Lincoln (Dominic Purcell), is wrongly convicted of murdering the brother of the U.S. Vice President, engineer Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) resolves to bust his…
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Equilibrium (2002)
Cast: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs …
Directed by: Kurt Wimmer
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with an emotion-suppressing drug, and "sense offenses" are punishable by death. When an enforcer skips a…
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The Healer (2002)
Cast: Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland exposes viewers to the anguish that envelops a family as it watches one of its own die a slow, heart-wrenching death. Although the father, wracked by grief, is…
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Pearl Harbor (2001)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale …
Directed by: Michael Bay
The friendship between two fighter pilots is put to the test when they become entangled in a love triangle with a beautiful nurse. But the rivalry is put on hold when they find themselves at…
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What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo …
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Wealthy Max wakes one night to find Kevin robbing his house, and Max swipes Kevin's lucky ring when he reports the crime. Afraid he can't pull off another job without his ring, the…
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Black Hawk Down (2001)
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Based on a true story, U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans face…
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Drowning Mona (2000)
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell …
Directed by: Nick Gomez
Bette Midler stars as malicious Mona Dearly, who's the most despised woman in Verplanck, N.Y.: Her husband hates her, her children hate her, and her neighbors hate her. So, when Mona…
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Passion of Mind (2000)
Cast: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Alain Berliner
Marie's a French widow with two daughters to raise and a country villa to tend. Marty's a New York literary agent out to conquer the publishing world. But both women are…
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Go (1999)
Cast: Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley, Suzanne Krull …
Directed by: Doug Liman
Events conspire to bring together a disparate group of characters in unexpected ways as a day in their intertwining Gen-X lives plays out in director Doug Liman's fast-paced follow-up to…
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Armageddon (1998)
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck …
Directed by: Michael Bay
As a massive asteroid hurtles toward Earth, NASA's head honcho hatches a plan to split the deadly rock in two before it annihilates the entire planet, calling on the world's finest…
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Contact (1997)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) hears a signal being broadcast from outer space, the race is on to interpret humanity's first contact with alien intelligence in this adaptation of…
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Switchback (1997)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto …
Directed by: Jeb Stuart
After discovering his son missing and the baby sitter murdered, an FBI agent tracks a serial killer he's convinced committed the crimes. His investigation leads him to Texas, where two…
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Albino Alligator (1996)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey made his directing debut with this edgy crime drama about a trio of small-time hoods (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise and William Fichtner) fleeing after a bungled robbery in New…
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Strange Days (1995)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis …
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Ex-cop Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes) is a pusher of potent -- and illegal -- virtual-reality clips, peddling sex and violence to the masses in Los Angeles in this quasi-futuristic thriller set…
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The Underneath (1995)
Cast: Peter Gallagher, William Fichtner, Adam Trese …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
In this remake of the film-noir classic Criss Cross, scalawag Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) returns home for his mother's nuptials after running out on his gambling debts. Before…
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Virtuosity (1995)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe …
Directed by: Brett Leonard
Jailed ex-cop Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) gets a chance for redemption when he's freed to hunt down cyberspace escapee -- and virtual serial killer -- Sid 6.7 (Russell Crowe).…
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Heat (1995)
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer …
Directed by: Michael Mann
As two driven professionals -- an illustrious detective (Al Pacino) and a sophisticated thief (Robert De Niro) -- face off, they learn how much they need each other, and that the line between…
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Quiz Show (1994)
Cast: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes …
Directed by: Robert Redford
Robert Redford directs this infamous true story of Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), who rocketed to national fame as a repeat winner on the TV quiz show "Twenty-One." In the late 1950s,…
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High Lonesome (1994)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Joseph Mazzello, James Greene …
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
A 10-year-old sharecropper's son named Charlie (Joseph Mazzello) is orphaned when his abusive father dies during a fire. But he soon finds comfort from a kindly farmer named Walter…