Movies by Marcia Gay Harden
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If I Were You (2011)
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling, Joseph Kell …
Directed by: Joan Carr-Wiggin
In a bungled plot to pay back her husband's infidelity, a jilted wife (Marcia Gay Harden) finds herself forced to star as King Lear in a spectacularly terrible production, with her…
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Detachment (2011)
Cast: Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan …
Directed by: Tony Kaye
When a substitute teacher takes a new assignment at an inner-city school, he finds himself becoming involved in the lives of his colleagues and students. At home, he houses a young prostitute…
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A Cat in Paris (2010)
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Anjelica Huston, Matthew Modine …
Directed by: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol
In this Oscar-nominated animated feature, little Zoe discovers that her cat, Dino, moonlights as the companion to Nico, a burglar with a heart of gold. Soon Zoe is drawn into a thriller…
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
Cast: Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic …
Directed by: John Kent Harrison
In the early days of World War II, Polish Catholic social worker Irena Sendler (Anna Paquin, in a Golden Globe-nominated turn) devises a daring plan: Disguised as nurses, she and colleagues…
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Whip It (2009)
Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig …
Directed by: Drew Barrymore
Escaping her smothering mother's beauty pageant plans for her, small-town teen Bliss joins an all-girl roller derby team in Austin and begins living a thrilling double life as Babe…
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The Christmas Cottage (2008)
Cast: Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Peter O'Toole …
Directed by: Michael Campus
When his mother is in danger of losing her home, young Thomas Kinkade learns lessons about love and friendship as artist Glen Wessler leads the community to help save the house. Meanwhile,…
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The Maiden Heist (2008)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy …
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
Over the years, museum security guards Roger, Charles and George each fall in love with a work of art in their care. But now, the new curator is shipping them out. Desperate to save their…
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Sex and Lies in Sin City (2008)
Cast: Mena Suvari, Matthew Modine, Johnathon Schaech …
Directed by: Peter Medak
Based on a true story, this drama chronicles the unlikely romance between Las Vegas stripper Sandy Murphy (Mena Suvari) and fast-living casino owner Ted Binion (Matthew Modine), an affair…
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Home (2008)
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Gaston, Marian Seldes …
Directed by: Mary Haverstick
Poet Inga (Marcia Gay Harden) wants to buy and restore an old house that reminds her of her childhood. The situation -- along with her suffering marriage, her beloved daughter (Eulala…
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The Invisible (2007)
Cast: Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: David S. Goyer
After high schooler Nick is brutally attacked and left for dead, he regains consciousness and then discovers that he's invisible to everyone -- except for a troubled young girl running…
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Into the Wild (2007)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn …
Directed by: Sean Penn
A young man gives up everything -- including his trust fund and ties to a seemingly stable family -- to lead a solitary life in the wild. Eschewing convention to trek across Alaska's…
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Rails & Ties (2007)
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer …
Directed by: Alison Eastwood
When a mother commits suicide by parking her car on the train tracks, an unlikely bond forms between her son and the tormented engineer who was driving the train that day. The engineer's…
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The Mist (2007)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden …
Directed by: Frank Darabont
After a brutal thunderstorm pounds a small town, the residents discover a malevolent mist hanging over their homes, killing anyone who remains outside. Now trapped in a grocery store, a band…
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Canvas (2007)
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart …
Directed by: Joseph Greco
When Mary's (Marcia Gay Harden) mental illness puts herself and her family in jeopardy, her husband (Joe Pantoliano) and son (Devon Gearhart) helplessly watch as she's torn from the…
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American Dreamz (2006)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore …
Directed by: Paul Weitz
For the first time in four years, President Staton picks up a newspaper and becomes a virtual hermit as he begins questioning his narrow worldview. To get him back in the limelight, his chief…
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Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
Cast: Tony Kushner, Marcia Gay Harden, Justin Kirk …
Directed by: Freida Lee Mock
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning playwright Tony Kushner -- who's best known for "Angels in America" -- by combining interviews…
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The Hoax (2006)
Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
After billing his authorized "autobiography" of eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes as the 20th century's most important book, writer Clifford Irving begins to believe his own hype. But…
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Bad News Bears (2005)
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Richard Linklater
By finding each kid's special talents, a grizzled little league coach named Buttermaker tries to lead a ragtag team of misfits and delinquents to victory in this remake of the 1970s classic.
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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Marcia Gay Harden, John Schneider …
Directed by: Nadia Tass
Based on the popular American Girl series of dolls and books, this tale set in colonial Williamsburg follows 10-year-old Felicity Merriman (Shailene Woodley) as she becomes enamored with a…
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American Gun (2005)
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Forest Whitaker, Linda Cardellini …
Directed by: Aric Avelino
Nominated for Best Feature for the Independent Spirit Awards, director Aric Avelino's ambitious drama tackles the controversial issue of gun ownership by weaving disparate story lines…
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American Masters: Willa Cather: The Road Is All (2005)
Cast: David Strathairn, Marcia Gay Harden
Through vintage photos, interviews and reenactments of the abiding novels that illuminate her spirit, this entry in the "American Masters" series spotlights writer Willa Cather, who penned…
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Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Maura Tierney …
Directed by: Donald Petrie
Former U.S. President Monroe Cole (Gene Hackman) plans to retire in a small northeastern coastal town, but he has his hands full when he tries to fill an empty mayoral seat. The unlikely…
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P.S. (2004)
Cast: Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Paul Rudd …
Directed by: Dylan Kidd
Divorced and in her late 30s, college admissions officer Louise Harrington is looking for someone special. But the only man she's ever loved died 20 years ago ... until a college…
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She's Too Young (2004)
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Alexis Dziena, Mike Erwin …
Directed by: Richard Kletter
Average working mother Trish (Marcia Gay Harden) discovers that her daughter, Hannah (Alexis Dziena), has contracted an STD, even though she's only 14 years old. Battling an apathetic…
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Casa de los Babys (2003)
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Steenburgen …
Directed by: John Sayles
In writer-director John Sayles's drama, six American women, frustrated with the lengthy adoption process in America, travel to a Latin American country to adopt impoverished children.…
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Mystic River (2003)
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Tragedy reunites childhood friends Sean (Kevin Bacon), Dave (Tim Robbins) and Jimmy (Sean Penn) when they're linked together in the Boston-based murder investigation of Jimmy's…
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles …
Directed by: Mike Newell
At Wellesley College in 1953, the all-female student population constitutes the best and the brightest, yet they're still measured by how well they marry until the arrival of professor…
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King of Texas (2002)
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly …
Directed by: Uli Edel
Shakespeare's King Lear goes Western in this drama starring Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden and Lauren Holly. The Battle of the Alamo is about to commence, and John Lear (Stewart), a…
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Gaudi Afternoon (2001)
Cast: Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor …
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Barcelona hasn't turned out to be the romantic dreamland fledgling translator Cassandra (Judy Davis) thought it would be. She's about to return to America when the mysterious…
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Space Cowboys (2000)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
A Russian satellite is about to fall back to Earth, and only retired engineer Frank Corvin knows how to stop it. When NASA begs for help, Corvin agrees on one condition: He and his…
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Pollock (2000)
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower …
Directed by: Ed Harris
This riveting biopic follows abstract painter Jackson Pollock -- who's alternately neurotic, misogynistic and brilliant -- from the start of his career through his marriage to fellow…
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Desperate Measures (1998)
Cast: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
A police officer desperately searches for a compatible bone-marrow donor for his cancer-stricken son. The only potential donor is a convicted homicidal sociopath who seizes the opportunity of…
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Meet Joe Black (1998)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani …
Directed by: Martin Brest
When the grim reaper (Brad Pitt) comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for…
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Flubber (1997)
Cast: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald …
Directed by: Les Mayfield
On the verge of losing his girlfriend and his job, a scatterbrained college professor accidentally invents a bouncy material called Flubber. The substance stands to save the day -- if the…
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Path to Paradise (1997)
Cast: Paul Guilfoyle, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Leslie Libman
This gripping docudrama recounts how global terrorism first arrived in the United States with the bombing of New York City's World Trade Center in 1993. Chronicling events preceding the…
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The Spitfire Grill (1996)
Cast: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Lee David Zlotoff
Just-out-of-jail Percy Talbott (Alison Elliott) lands in idyllic Gilead, Maine, and with the local sheriff's help, she finds employment and a place to stay at the Spitfire Grill. Percy…
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The First Wives Club (1996)
Cast: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton …
Directed by: Hugh Wilson
Erstwhile college chums Elise (Goldie Hawn), Annie (Diane Keaton) and Brenda (Bette Midler) reunite for the funeral of a friend who committed suicide after her husband traded her in for a hot…
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Spy Hard (1996)
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Andy Griffith …
Directed by: Rick Friedberg
Leslie Nielsen stars in this spoof as bumbling secret agent Dick Steele, who's summoned out of retirement to stop mastermind Gen. Rancor from destroying the planet. At his side is KGB…
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Far Harbor (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Dan Futterman, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: John Huddles
Academy Award winners Jennifer Connelly and Marcia Gay Harden co-star in this emotional ensemble drama about eight 20-somethings who gather at a beach house for a much-needed getaway, only to…
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Convict Cowboy (1995)
Cast: Jon Voight, Kyle Chandler, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Sentenced to prison in Montana, Clay Treyton (Kyle Chandler) winds up living at a convict ranch operated by an enterprising warden (Ben Gazzara). Here, Clay gets a chance to learn about rodeo…
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Safe Passage (1994)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Nick Stahl, Sam Shepard …
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
Estranged from her husband (Sam Shepard) and left with a nearly empty nest, suburban mother of seven Mag Singer (Susan Sarandon) gets a terrifying jolt when she learns that her son Percival…
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Crush (1992)
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, William Zappa, Donough Rees …
Directed by: Alison MacLean
A dark, comic tale of seduction, Crush follows Lane (Marcia Gay Harden), whose reckless driving leaves her friend Christina hospitalized. Like a bull in a china shop, Lane wreaks havoc and…
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Used People (1992)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy …
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Love is the last thing newly widowed Pearl Berman is looking for, but that's what she finds when suave Joe Meledandri attends her husband's funeral. As it turns out, Joe has loved…
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Late for Dinner (1991)
Cast: Brian Wimmer, Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: W.D. Richter
On the lam in 1962 for a crime he thinks he committed, family guy Willie Husband (Brian Wimmer) flees his picture-perfect Santa Fe wife, Joy (Marcia Gay Harden), and child, lands in a…
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Miller's Crossing (1990)
Cast: Ethan Coen, Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden …
Directed by: Joel Coen
Trusted adviser to 1920s Irish crime boss Lee O'Bannon, Tom Reagan's loyalty is tested when he takes up with O'Bannon's gal pal, Verna Bernbaum. Meanwhile, rivals Johnny…