John GoodmanFilmography

Gigantic

Actors: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander

Synopsis: There Will Be Blood's Paul Dano stars as Brian, an unhappy mattress salesman whose infatuation with Happy (Zooey Deschanel), one of his attractive customers, temporarily pushes aside his obsession with adopting a Chinese baby in this unconventional romantic comedy from director Matt Aselton. John Goodman Read More

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Actors: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow

Synopsis: A Manhattan shopaholic (Isla Fisher) whose buying sprees have buried her in immense debt lands a columnist gig dishing out financial advice in this Touchstone comedy based on Sophie Kinsella's series of books. P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding) directs, with producing duties being handled by Jerry Bruckheimer Read More

In the Electric Mist

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen, Ned Beatty

Synopsis: A detective tracking a serial killer who preys on young women finds his investigation complicated by a glamorous Hollywood starlet and a ruthless crime kingpin in director Bertrand Tavernier's adaptation of the James Lee Burke novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski Read More

Bunyan & Babe

Actors: John Goodman, Kelsey Grammer, Eddie Griffin

Speed Racer

Actors: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, John Goodman

Synopsis: The Matrix masterminds Andy and Larry Wachowski usher anime icon Tatsuo Yoshida's classic 1960s-era hit into the new millennium with this family-friendly story of a young racecar driver who takes on the mysterious Racer X in a custom-made, gadget-loaded speed machine named the Mach 5. Speed Read More

Bee Movie

Actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman

Synopsis: Barry B. Benson (voice of Jerry Seinfeld) is your average honeybee. Despite having recently received his diploma from bee college and being virtually guaranteed a bright future in honey, Barry feels he has the skills to pursue a number of different career paths and resents the fact that his Read More

Death Sentence

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler, John Goodman

Synopsis: Part vigilante drama and part psychological thriller, the James Wan-directed Death Sentence stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a deceptively passive exec whose wife and children are attacked in a sadistic, gang-related hazing rite, and his oldest son killed. Hell-bent on cold-blooded vengeance, Hume Read More

Freshman Orientation

Actors: Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo, Kaitlin Doubleday

Synopsis: Can a young man win the hand of the girl of his dreams by convincing her that he prefers the company of men? That's the dilemma facing the protagonist of this independent comedy. Clay (Sam Huntington) was a big man on his high-school campus, but he discovers he's just another nobody when he starts Read More

Evan Almighty

Actors: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, Johnny Simmons, Graham Phillips

Synopsis: 40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell reprises his role as preening newscaster Evan Baxter in this heavenly sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey comedy hit. Shortly after television anchorman-turned-U.S. congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) relocates his family from Buffalo to Northern Virginia, God (Morgan Freeman Read More

Drunkboat

Tales of the Rat Fink

Synopsis: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was a genius of outlaw art who took America's obsession with all that is fast, loud and streamlined and built it into an empire. In the 1950's, Roth was a hot-rodder who moved from body work and helping guys fine-tune the look of their jalopies to building unique custom Read More

Cars

Actors: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: A pedal-to-the-metal race car determined to prove his worth on the tracks discovers that life isn't always about crossing the finish line first in Toy Story director John Lasseter's mechanically minded tale of friendship and loyalty. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) may be just a rookie Read More

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Actors: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, John Goodman, Sean Astin

Synopsis: Randall Miller's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny. Robert Carlyle portrays Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving Read More

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Actors: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Griffin, Carol Kane

Synopsis: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.'s 1974 animated classic comes to vivid life for a whole new generation of viewers in this live action holiday adventure starring John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, and Carol Kane. When a depressed Santa Claus (Goodman) announces plans to take Read More

Kronk's New Groove

Synopsis: The voice cast of Disney's 2000 animated hit The Emperor's New Groove returns in this sequel in which newly established restaurateur Kronk attempts to whip his diner into shape before the arrival of his visiting father. Business at his newly opened restaurant just isn't as good as Kronk had hoped Read More

Beyond the Sea

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn

Synopsis: Kevin Spacey serves as both director and star for this biopic based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Bobby Darin, which moves back and forth between his childhood and adult selves to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Born Bobby Cassotto and raised in the Bronx, young Bobby Read More

Clifford's Really Big Movie

Actors: John Ritter, Wayne Brady, Grey DeLisle, Jenna Elfman, John Goodman

Synopsis: Clifford the Big Red Dog finally arrives on the big screen in the animated adventure Clifford's Really Big Movie, directed by Robert Ramirez. Clifford (voice of the late John Ritter) lives on Birdwell Island with his owner Emily Elizabeth Howard (voice of Grey DeLisle). Even though he loves the Read More

Father of the Pride [Animated TV Series]

Crew: Composer (Music Score)

Actors: John Goodman, Cheryl Hines, Carl Reiner, Orlando Jones, Julian Holloway

Synopsis: It is not generally known that the CGI-animated NBC sitcom Father of the Pride was the second cartoon program inspired by the spectacular career of Vegas-based illusionists Siegfried and Roy. The first, a four-part miniseries titled Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible, was seen in Read More

The Sweatbox

Center of the Universe [TV Series]

Actors: John Goodman, Jean Smart, Diedrich Bader, Melinda McGraw, Spencer Breslin

Masked and Anonymous

Actors: Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson

Synopsis: Enigmatic rock legend Bob Dylan stars as an enigmatic rock legend (talk about a casting coup!) in this purposefully eccentric satiric comedy. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is an unscrupulous concert promoter who has figured out a way to cash in on the feelings of doubt and uncertainty that Read More

The Jungle Book 2

Actors: Haley Joel Osment, John Goodman, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk, Bob Joles

Synopsis: Mowgli the "man-cub" returns to the wilderness in this sequel to the Walt Disney Pictures animated favorite The Jungle Book. After leaving life in the jungle behind, Mowgli (voice of Haley Joel Osment) has been adopted, and now lives in the nearby village with his new parents and his younger Read More

Storytelling

Actors: Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Wisdom, Noah Fleiss

Synopsis: From the controversial director of Happiness comes another dark look at New Jersey, this time broken into two separate stories. The first is a 26-minute segment entitled "Fiction," which highlights the life of Marcus (Leo Fitzpatrick), an aspiring writer who was born with deformities due to Read More

Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War

Synopsis: Filmmakers Phillip B. Kunhardt III, Nancy Steiner, and Peter W. Kunhardt explore the eternal struggle for liberty in America while simultaneously illuminating the hypocritical underlying factors that undermined the colonist's bold "experiment in freedom," in a revealing documentary featuring the Read More

Dirty Deeds

Actors: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington

Synopsis: Directed by David Caesar, Dirty Deeds is an Australian crime picture inspired by real-life Sydney mobsters, and is set in the Sydney crime underworld of 1969. Bryan Brown stars as Barry Ryan, a prominent gangster whose ruthlessness rivals some of the toughest in the trade. He lives with his Read More

Monsters, Inc.

Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn

Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) and his one-eyed assistant Read More

My First Mister

Actors: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place

Synopsis: A first feature from acclaimed actress Christine Lahti (who won an Academy Award for her short film Lieberman in Love in 1995), My First Mister explores the delicate relationship between two unlikely individuals who bring each other out of their protective shells. Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski), the Read More

One Night at McCool's

Actors: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas

Synopsis: The debut project from co-star Michael Douglas' production company Further Films, this comic crime caper uses the narrative devices of multiple points of view and flashbacks, à la Rashomon (1951) and that classic film's many imitators. A late-night slaying at a bar called McCool's is the point of Read More

When Dinosaurs Roamed America

Synopsis: This video combines computer animation with live-action footage to show how dinosaurs might have looked striding over the landscapes of the United States. Each portion of the U.S. is profiled to show what it looked like millions of years ago and what animals strode that particular portion of the Read More

On the Edge

Actors: Andie MacDowell, Paul Rudd, Anthony LaPaglia, John Goodman, David Hyde Pierce

Synopsis: First seen over the Showtime cable network on June 29, 2001, On the Edge is a compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant. The first segment, directed by Helen Mirren, is "Happy Birthday," in which a straight-A student (Sidney Tamilia Poitier) seeks Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [12]

Actors: John Goodman, Ja Rule

Synopsis: This 2001 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Ja Rule. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Actors: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman

Synopsis: The writing, directing, and producing team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen created this picaresque comedy (inspired in part by Homer's The Odyssey) set in the Deep South during the Depression. Suave and fancy-talking Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney), dim-witted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) Read More

The Emperor's New Groove

Actors: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick

Synopsis: A ruler learns how the other half lives -- the animal half, that is -- in this animated comedy-adventure from the Walt Disney Studios. Kuzco (voice of David Spade) is the young emperor of an Inca nation who takes a self-centered joy in the troubles of others. Not surprisingly, Kuzco's attitudes Read More

Coyote Ugly

Actors: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, John Goodman, Melanie Lynskey

Synopsis: An aspiring musician becomes one of the most famous bartenders in New York in this high-spirited comedy-drama. Small-town girl Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) dreams of making a name for herself as a singer and songwriter, so she moves to New York City in hopes of landing her big break. Needing to Read More

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Actors: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott

Synopsis: The pride of Frostbite Falls and Whatsamatta U's most famous alumni find their way onto the big screen (and the real world) in this comedy inspired by the popular cartoon series. Years after their TV show is cancelled, Rocky the Flying Squirrel (voice of June Foray) and Bullwinkle J. Moose (voice Read More

What Planet Are You From?

Actors: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Aaron, Judy Greer

Synopsis: Garry Shandling makes his big-screen debut as a leading man in this sci-fi romantic comedy. Harold (Shandling) is an alien from another galaxy sent to Earth on a vital mission: in order to ensure that his civilization will prevail, Harold must impregnate an Earth woman. But he discovers that this Read More

Normal, Ohio [TV Series]

Actors: John Goodman, Joely Fisher, Anita Gillette

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [11]

Actors: John Goodman, Neil Young

Synopsis: This 2000 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Neil Young. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: The Best of the Clinton Scandal

Bringing Out the Dead

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: This tense urban drama stars Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce, a paramedic on the brink of physical and emotional collapse. Frank has worked for years in one of New York's most brutal neighborhoods, and the pressure of his job has taken its toll; plagued with self-doubt, he is haunted by the spirits Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [10]

Actors: John Goodman, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Synopsis: This 1999 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Now And Again [TV Series]

Actors: Eric Close, John Goodman, Margaret Colin, Dennis Haysbert, Heather Matarazzo

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Laughs

Synopsis: Like it or not, for 25 years, Saturday Night Live has graced our living rooms on Saturday nights. The show has gone through changes and ups and downs in its 25 year run and has become a breeding ground for many talented comics who use its stage as a trampoline to stardom. This side-achingly funny Read More

The Runner

Actors: Ron Eldard, Courteney Cox Arquette, Joe Mantegna, Bokeem Woodbine, John Goodman

Synopsis: A young man with an addiction to gambling (played by Ron Eldard) has managed to get himself into serious debt. In an effort to pay off the bookies, his uncle (Joe Mantegna) pulls a few strings and gets him a job working for a gangster (John Goodman) who needs a "runner" to place bets with various Read More

Futurama: Xmas Story

Actors: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom

Synopsis: Fry is sad about his first Christmas away from his family and Leela is sad because she's the only one of her species in the galaxy. Fry wants to comfort her, but he just ends up making her feel worse. To make up for it he goes out to buy her a present, despite warnings that an evil Robot Santa Read More

The Jack Bull

Actors: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley

Synopsis: John Cusack plays Myrl Redding, a horse trader who locks horns with a rancher who has callously mistreated two of his horses, as well as their handler, a Crow Indian. When the law gives Myrl no justice, he is forced to take matters into his own hands, leading to a cycle of violence and chaos. The Read More

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Actors: John Goodman, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Simmons

Synopsis: Bill Kowalchuk produced and directed this animated interpretation of the familiar Christmas fable about the eccentric reindeer, highlighted by nine musical numbers. Following the song's basic outline, dad Blitzen is embarrassed by the antics of cute yet offbeat Rudolph who has a glowing nose, gets Read More

Dirty Work

Actors: Norm MacDonald, Jack Warden, Artie Lange, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles

Synopsis: Shortly after leaving the "Weekend Update" anchor slot on Saturday Night Live, Norm Macdonald resurfaced in this comedy about smart-aleck Mitch Weaver who teams with buddy Sam McKenna (Artie Lange of Mad TV). They open a revenge-for-hire business (Dirty Work Inc.) in order to raise $50,000 so Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [9]

Actors: John Goodman, Paula Cole

Synopsis: This 1998 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Paula Cole. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Blues Brothers 2000

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples

Synopsis: Dan Aykroyd and John Landis teamed to script this sequel to The Blues Brothers (1980), which they also co-scripted. With Landis once again at the helm as director, Aykroyd re-creates his role of rhythm-and-blues man Elwood Blues, and the film's numerous R&B performances and production numbers Read More

The Big Lebowski

Actors: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Peter Stormare

Synopsis: The plot of this Raymond Chandler-esque comedy crime caper from the Coen Brothers (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) pivots around a case of mistaken identity complicated by extortion, double-crosses, deception, embezzlement, sex, pot, and gallons of White Russians (made with fresh cream, please). In Read More

Fallen

Actors: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini

Synopsis: Directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear), Fallen is a blend of the police drama and supernatural thriller genres. Homicide detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington) narrates, taking the audience back to "the time I almost died." This sets a flashback in motion, beginning at the prison cell of Read More

Roseanne: Season 09

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season nine of Roseanne begins with the Conners winning one hundred million dollars in the lottery, and the rest of the season maintains the same sort of unbelievability. A prince falls for Jackie, the Conners party with rich people, and Roseanne battles terrorists just in the first few episodes. Read More

The Borrowers

Actors: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie, Bradley Pierce

Synopsis: Peter Hewitt (Tom and Huck) directed this $30-million family film, an adaptation of Mary Norton's classic children's novels about a miniature family of wee folk, four inches high, living beneath the floorboards of an English cottage. The Borrowers family, so labeled because they "borrow" from the Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [8]

Actors: John Goodman, Jewel

Synopsis: This 1997 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Jewel. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [7]

Actors: John Goodman, Everclear

Synopsis: This 1996 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Everclear. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Mother Night

Actors: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst

Synopsis: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once summarized the moral of his novel Mother Night like so: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." In Keith Gordon's film adaptation of Vonnegut's book, Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright living in Read More

Roseanne: Season 08

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Sarah Chalke

Synopsis: Season eight of Roseanne is the last regular season, leading into the crazy departure of season nine. A lot of soap opera situations occur, with the birth of Roseanne's baby, the engagement of Leon and Scott, Darlene's pregnancy announcement, Darlene and David's wedding, and then Dan's heart Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [6]

Actors: John Goodman, The Tragically Hip

Synopsis: This 1995 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest the Tragically Hip. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Season 07

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season seven opens with Roseanne announcing her pregnancy, which later becomes medically complicated. Darlene and David break up and Roseanne tells Darlene she can't go back to school. Meanwhile, David still lives in the Conner family house, causing increasing tensions between him and Mark, which Read More

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Actors: John Goodman

Synopsis: Originally made for cable television, this biographical drama chronicles the life of Huey P. Long (John Goodman), whose corrupt political machine dominated Louisiana for years. The movie opens with a 1930's newsreel giving a report on Long's plan to a run for U.S. President while depicting him as Read More

A Streetcar Named Desire

Actors: Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, Diane Lane

Synopsis: This production presents the complete text of A Streetcar Named Desire, the 1947 Tennessee Williams masterpiece. The story centers on the destruction of a lonely Mississippi widow, Blanche DuBois (Jessica Lange), by her brutally outspoken brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin). The play Read More

Pie in the Sky

Actors: Josh Charles, Anne Heche, John Goodman, Peter Riegert, Christine Ebersole

Synopsis: This comedy chronicles the romantic exploits of a rather stodgy young man with a traffic fetish. Even as a child Charlie Dunlap was totally fixated by freeway traffic. Charlie's biggest idol is Alan Davenport, a radio traffic reporter. As a young man, Charlie falls in love with the lively Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [5]

Actors: John Goodman, The Pretenders

Synopsis: This 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest the Pretenders. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

The Flintstones

Actors: John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan

Synopsis: The good (if not fully evolved) citizens of Bedrock make their way to the big screen in this live-action adaptation of the popular animated series of the 1960s. Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) and his best friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) work together at the Slate and Company Rock Quarry. When Read More

The Best of Saturday Night Live: Hosted by John Goodman

Born Yesterday

Actors: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich

Synopsis: This 1993 remake of the 1950 film Born Yesterday (based on the 1946 Garson Kanin stage play) was retooled as a star vehicle for then-marrieds Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Roughneck self-made millionaire Harry Brock (John Goodman) wants to become a powerful Washington lobbyist. Brock's efforts Read More

Roseanne: Season 06

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sarah Chalke, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: In season six of Roseanne, Darlene moves away to art school in Chicago leaving David (Johnny Galecki) behind. However, David and Darlene try secretly living together for a few episodes, but Dan and Roseanne eventually find out and it causes a big uproar. The biggest change this season is actress Lecy Goranson Read More

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Actors: John Goodman, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno, Rene LeVant

Synopsis: In this animated children's film from Amblin Entertainment, a group of four dinosaurs, including a tyrannosaurus rex, a triceratops, a hadrosaur, and a pterodactyl, are brought forward in time to New York City to entertain and befriend the children. However, when the dinosaurs are threatened by an Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [4]

Actors: John Goodman, Mary J. Blige

Synopsis: This 1993 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Mary J. Blige. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

The Babe

Actors: John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter Donat

Synopsis: John Goodman is cast as the Sultan of Swat, whose excesses -- especially drinking -- and private demons can (in this context) be excused in view of his genuine love of baseball. The facts never get in the way of a good story for screenwriter John Fusco; we're even offered the umpteenth rehash of Read More

A Friend in New Orleans

Actors: John Goodman, Chappy Hardy

Roseanne: Season 05

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season five of Roseanne contains some of the best-remembered episodes of the show, and marked the first of many Emmy awards (Laurie Metcalf won for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series in 1992). The season started in the usual dire financial straits, with the bike shop out of business and Read More

Matinee

Actors: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub

Synopsis: John Goodman's full-throttle performance as a William Castle-inspired schlockmeister propels Joe Dante's delightful and charming comedy Matinee. The film takes place during the fall 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a time when America's innocence began to crumble. Goodman plays film producer Lawrence Read More

Frosty Returns

Synopsis: In this sequel to the much-loved "Frosty the Snowman" cartoon special, Frosty reappears to befriend a girl named Holly and help save Christmas from the invention of an evil snow-exterminating chemical. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [3]

Actors: John Goodman, Garth Brooks

Synopsis: This 1992 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Garth Brooks. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Barton Fink

Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Tony Shalhoub

Synopsis: The title character, played by John Turturro, is a Broadway playwright, based on Clifford Odets, lured to Hollywood with the promise of untold riches by a boorish studio chieftain (played by Michael Lerner as a combination of Louis B. Mayer and Harry Cohn). Despising the film capital and Read More

King Ralph

Actors: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths

Synopsis: Sometimes a family title, among the nobility of England, goes to the "collateral" heirs -- people not in the direct line of decent, like cousins, great-nephews and the like. On rare occasions, these people are not even aware that they are about to be elevated to the House of Lords, and they have Read More

Roseanne: Season 04

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season four of Roseanne starts with the opening up of Lanford Custom Cycle, Dan's (John Goodman) new bike shop, while Roseanne gets a job as a waitress at Rodbell's diner, with co-worker Bonnie (Bonnie Sheridan) and boss Leon (Martin Mull). Becky (Lecy Goranson) has an on-again/off-again Read More

Arachnophobia

Actors: Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Stuart Pankin

Synopsis: Referring to the fear of spiders, Arachnophobia features a particularly deadly species of spider that manages to make its way from the Venezuelan rain forest to a small California town, thanks to the many oversights of entomologist Julian Sands. Yuppie doctor Jeff Daniels, fed up with the dangers Read More

Stella

Actors: Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason

Synopsis: Bette Midler stars as Stella Claire, a working class, fun-loving barmaid in northern New York State. A brief affair with handsome Stephen Dallas (Stephen Collins) produces a daughter, Jenny (Trini Alvarado), who Stella insists upon raising alone, despite Dallas' marriage offer. As the years pass Read More

Roseanne: Season 03

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: Season three of Roseanne opened following the media frenzy surrounding the infamous baseball game where Roseanne slaughtered the National Anthem on television. Married to Roseanne in 1990, Tom Arnold makes a few guest appearances and starts writing episodes as well. The Conner family's problems Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [2]

Actors: John Goodman, Faith No More

Synopsis: This 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest Faith No More. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

Actors: John Goodman

Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years

Synopsis: Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years is a television special celebrating 50 years of Bugs Bunny cartoons, complete with testimonials from various celebrities and a terrific end-piece "50 Years of Bugs in 3 Minutes," which features a manic collection of highlights compiled by Academy Award-winner Chuck Workman Read More

Always

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn

Synopsis: For all its state-of-the-art special effects, Always is essentially a remake of the 1943 Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne fantasy vehicle A Guy Named Joe--minus the wartime context. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Read More

Sea of Love

Actors: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey

Synopsis: Sea of Love is a sexy, atmospheric thriller, very much in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, with involving characters, steamy love scenes, and surprising plot twists. Frank Keller (Al Pacino), is a lonely, tired, disillusioned, police detective, who has a problem with alcohol. Frank is investigating Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Goodman [1]

Actors: John Goodman, k.d. lang

Synopsis: This 1989 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Goodman and features musical guest k.d. lang & the Reclines. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

The Roseanne Barr Show

Roseanne: Season 02

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: The second season of Roseanne allowed for a lot less financial stability in the lives of the Conners, beginning with Roseanne's unemployment. She tries out several jobs this season, including telephone sales, computers, Chicken Divine, the Lobo Lounge, and the beauty salon. Dan's (John Goodman) Read More

Everybody's All-American

Actors: Jessica Lange, Dennis Quaid, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman, Ray Baker, Carl Lumbly

Synopsis: Everybody's All American covers 25 years in the life of college football hero Gavin Grey (Dennis Quaid). When he marries campus sweetheart Babs Rogers (Jessica Lange) and is picked up by the pros, a happily-ever-after denouement is predicted by friends and family. It is clear from the outset Read More

Punchline

Actors: Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Mark Rydell, Kim Greist, Damon Wayans

Synopsis: Sally Field goes the Roseanne route in Punchline. Field plays a housewife and mother who suddenly develops the urge to be a comedienne. Her comic instincts are on target, but her timing and delivery stinks. Tom Hanks, a stand-up comic with a few years' experience under his belt, offers to teach Field Read More

The Wrong Guys

Actors: Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye, Tim Thomerson

Synopsis: In this comedy, a group of former Cub Scouts (Louie Anderson, Richard Belzer, and Richard Lewis) get together for a reunion over twenty years later and land themselves in a mess of trouble when a deranged convict (John Goodman) takes them for FBI agents. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Roseanne: Season 01

Actors: Roseanne, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Alicia Goranson, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman

Synopsis: The first season of Roseanne served as an introduction to the working-class Conner family and their humorous struggles to get through the day in Lanford, IL. Roseanne is presented as the sarcastic head of the household, snapping rude comments to everyone and working full time at Wellman Plastics. Read More

The Big Easy

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Ebbe Roe Smith

Synopsis: A film that captures the steamy, colorful essence of New Orleans, this crime thriller tells the romantic story of a classy detective whose investigation of a gangland murder lands him in trouble with the city's new District Attorney, a woman with a rigid penchant for following the letter of the Read More

Burglar

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, G.W. Bailey, Lesley Ann Warren, James Handy

Synopsis: Director of the first Police Academy movie, Hugh Wilson is also responsible for the action comedy-caper Burglar. Bernice Rhodenbarr (Whoopi Goldberg) is a retired cat burglar who works at a bookstore. Bad cop Ray Kirschman (G.W. Bailey) blackmails her, so she agrees to do a job for Dr. Cynthia Read More

Raising Arizona

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe

Synopsis: Combining influences from Tex Avery cartoons to Sam Raimi horror movies to 1940s B-movies, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen followed up the stylish film noir of their debut, Blood Simple (1984), with this frantic screwball comedy. H.I. "Hi" McDonnough (Nicholas Cage) is a philosophical but slightly dim Read More

Moonlighting: Come Back Little Shiksa

Synopsis: Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) has left for parts unknown, and her partner-lover David (Bruce Willis) is sore annoyed. Burying himself in his detective work, David accepts an assignment from one Donald Chase (a pre-Roseanne John Goodman), who is willing to pay $10,000 to locate a previous "one night Read More

Murder Ordained

Actors: Keith Carradine, JoBeth Williams, Terry Kinney, Guy Boyd, Terence Knox

Synopsis: Murder Ordained is the true story of a crime of passion in Emporia, Kansas. Terry Kinney plays the reverend Tom Bird, whose wife Sandy (Annabella Price) was found dead in 1983. At first, it seems as though Sandy was killed in a car accident. But highway patrolman John Rule (Keith Carradine) has a Read More

True Stories

Actors: David Byrne, John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, Spalding Gray, Alix Elias

Synopsis: Director David Byrne (of Talking Heads) takes an outside-looking-in glance at Texas and Texans in True Stories. Casting himself as the protagonist/narrator, Byrne adopts what he thinks is "standard" western garb and drives his red convertible into the small town of Virgil. Here he observes the Read More

Sweet Dreams

Actors: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley

Synopsis: Patsy Cline was one of the first great female stars of country music, and her best-known hits (such as "Sweet Dreams" and "Walking After Midnight") not only broadened the audience for country but brought a new sophistication to the Nashville sound. Cline was at the peak of her popularity when she Read More

C.H.U.D.

Actors: John Heard, Kim Greist, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, George Martin

Synopsis: People are disappearing all over the Big Apple. Nobody cares, though, because most of the missing are homeless. But when investigative reporter Murphy (J.C. Quinn) tips off principled photographer George Cooper (John Heard) to a government conspiracy involving the dumping of nuclear waste beneath Read More

Maria's Lovers

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine, Anita Morris

Synopsis: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's first American film is a romantic tale about an American war veteran whose dreams of his childhood sweetheart are countered by a less sunny reality. John Savage stars as Ivan Bibic, who has returned home to a small town in Pennsylvania, having suffered a Read More

Revenge of the Nerds

Actors: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, Bernie Casey, Julia Montgomery

Synopsis: Revenge of the Nerds is the juvenile sex comedy perhaps most synonymous with the 1980s, alternating gags and scantily clad women with a power to the underdogs mentality that prompted three sequels. The handsome jocks of Alpha Beta, led by Stan (Ted McGinley), run Adams College, which means that Read More

The Survivors

Actors: John Goodman, Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright, Kristen Vigard

Synopsis: Director Michael Ritchie spoofs survivalists in this rambling black comedy. Donald Quinelle (Robin Williams) is a successful young executive who is called to his boss' office one morning and is fired by a parrot sitting in the CEO's chair -- a method the company uses to axe high-powered execs. Read More

Heart of Steel

Actors: Peter Strauss

Synopsis: Written for television by Gary Devore, Heart of Steel concentrates on a societal dilemma that has only gotten worse since 1983. Second-generation steelworker Peter Strauss loses the job he's held all his life when the mill closes down. Unable to find work, Strauss takes to drink, then vents his Read More

The Face of Rage

Synopsis: Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation facility. Here a group of rapists are required to confront their victims face-to-face. The film concentrates on the bitter verbal sparring session between assaulter Richard (Graham Bechel) and Read More

Chiefs

Synopsis: This TV miniseries concerns a Southern village where the murder of a boy has puzzled three different police chiefs since the 1920s. By the time that a black sheriff (Billy Dee Williams) takes over in 1962, he might have just enough evidence to find the culprit. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Eddie Macon's Run

Actors: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Leah Ayres, Lisa Dunsheath

Synopsis: The film may be called Eddie Macon's Run, but the title character (John Schneider) takes a back seat during most of the proceedings. Most of the footage is devoted to Eddie's chief nemesis, small-town lawman Marzack (Kirk Douglas). Arrested on a trumped-up charge, Eddie breaks out of prison and Read More

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