Melora HardinFilmography

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Actors: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso

Synopsis: Hannah Montana: The Movie opens with Hannah's ($Miley Cyrus) hectic lifestyle wrecking the important relationships in her life. Because she gets into a catfight over shoes with Tyra Banks, she forgets to say goodbye when her brother leaves for college, and she's late for her best friend's sweet Read More

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Crew: Director

Actors: Melora Hardin, Gildart Jackson, Brenda Strong, Allison Mack, Amy Pietz

Synopsis: Actress Melora Hardin makes her feature directorial debut with this affecting family drama starring and penned by her real-life husband Gildart Jackson. Miranda (Hardin) and Rawdon (Gildart Jackson) have the perfect marriage. When Miranda dies unexpectedly, Rawdon contends with the pain of losing Read More

The Dukes

Actors: Chazz Palminteri, Robert Davi, Peter Bogdanovich, Frank D'Amico, Elya Baskin

Synopsis: Actor Robert Davi steps behind the camera to direct himself, Chazz Palminteri, and Peter Bogdanovich in The Dukes. The title comes from the name of a doo-wop act that at one time had the most popular song in the country. Decades later, the group desperate for cash, the musicians decide to work Read More

27 Dresses

Actors: Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Judy Greer, Edward Burns

Synopsis: A single woman who has served as a bridesmaid a shocking 27 times wrestles with the prospect of supporting her sister at the altar on number 28, despite having fallen helplessly in love with her smitten sibling's handsome husband-to-be. Jane (Katherine Heigl) has the kind of altruistic traits that Read More

The Office: Season 05

Synopsis: Love and reinvention -- sometimes touching, other times cringe-worthy -- are major themes in Season 5 of the acclaimed mockumentary that perfectly captures the petty agonies and daily lunacies of corporate America. The first episode sets up story arcs that resonate throughout the season. Repressed Read More

The Comebacks

Actors: David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, Matthew Lawrence, Brooke Nevin

Synopsis: The producers of Wedding Crashers are back with the comedy The Comebacks. Spoofing countless inspirational sports movies, the film stars David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Lambeau Fields, a football coach who suffers from a streak of bad luck that has become the stuff of Read More

The Office: Season 04

Synopsis: Season 4 of the acclaimed mockumentary opens with the discovery that Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) has ascended the corporate ladder from fresh-faced intern to stylishly bearded corporate chieftain. The young gun promptly exercises his authority by charging Dunder Mifflin into the digital age, an Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk is On the Air

Synopsis: Notorious "shock jock" Max Hudson (Steven Weber) is at the radio studio in middle of his daily broadcast when his wife Jeannette is killed at home. Though the police are persuaded that Jeannete's death was accidental, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) suspects that Max is a murderer, despite his "perfect" Read More

Thank You for Smoking

Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott

Synopsis: The directorial debut from Jason Reitman, the media satire Thank You for Smoking stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick, a man who has turned spinning news and information into a successful career for the tobacco lobby. He plots strategies with his colleagues (Maria Bello and David Koechner) on how to make Read More

Gilmore Girls: Partings

Synopsis: After Luke (Scott Patterson) postpones the wedding for the umpteenth time, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) solicits the advice of her parents' dinner guest, psychologist Carolyn Bates (Melora Hardin) -- and ends up uttering the words she thought she'd never say about any man. Meanwhile, Rory (Alexis Bledel Read More

The Violin

Actors: Drew Berenc, Melora Hardin, Michael Perl, Raviv Ullman, Sarah Drew

Boxboarders!

Actors: James Immekus, Austin Basis

Synopsis: A lazy day lounging under the California sun turns into a cash windfall for two high school surfers who create a new sport that starts to spread like wildfire. Bored teens Ty Neptune and James James were just attempting to have a bit of fun when they spotted a refrigerator box in a dumpster Read More

The Office: Season 03

Synopsis: As Season 3 of The Office gets underway, Pam (Jenna Fischer) remains unable to express her feelings for Jim (John Krasinski) after the pair recently shared a kiss and now Jim has taken a promotion that means transferring to Connecticut. Michael (Steve Carell) has discovered that Oscar (Oscar Read More

The Office: Season 01

Actors: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak

Synopsis: The American TV version of the award-winning British sitcom The Office opens by establishing its faux documentary format, as Michael Scott (Steve Carell), regional manager of a branch office of Dunder-Mifflin Paper, jumps through hoops to convince the filmmakers that he presides over a happy Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk and Mrs. Monk

Synopsis: Can it be that Monk's beloved wife Trudy, reportedly killed by a bomb blast in 1997, is still alive? That's what Valerie (Traylor Howard) thinks when she sees a woman (Melora Hardin) who not only looks like Trudy, but is also overheard admitting that she faked her own death to save her family from Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra

Synopsis: Author John Ricca (Harry Groener) is murdered, apparently for writing a nasty, warts-and-all biography of legendary Kung Fu movie star Sonny "The Cobra" Chow. In the course of his investigation, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) gathers evidence which seems to indicate beyond doubt that Ricca was murdered by Read More

The Office: Season 02

Actors: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak

Synopsis: Season 2 of the hit mockumentary opens with the hardly coveted Dundie Awards, the annual ceremony honoring Scranton employees in such esteemed categories as Hottest in the Office and Whitest Tennis Shoes. In a typical move, regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell) emcees the show and picks Read More

Dynasty: The Making Of a Guilty Pleasure

Actors: Pamela Reed, Alice Krige, Ritchie Singer, Bartholomew John, Melora Hardin

Synopsis: In the tradition of Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company and Growing Up Brady comes the telemovie Dynasty: the Making of a Guilty Pleasure: a slightly tongue-in-cheek docudrama that purports to tell the scintillating story behind the scenes of ABC's nine-season prime time Read More

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

Actors: Justine Bateman, Elizabeth Peña, George Hamilton, Laura Johnson, David Gail

Synopsis: As the wife of fading Hollywood producer Kit Freers (Andrew McCarthy), children's book illustrator Holly Freers (Justine Bateman) would love to have some of the fame and fortune of her movie star neighbors rub off on her just once in a while. However, there is one aspect of living in Beverly Hills Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine

Synopsis: Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is placed on a new medication which modifies his obsessive-compulsive disorder, making him a more relaxed and well-adjusted person--in fact, he's now so laid back that he's abandoned his conservative business suit in favor of a garishly flowered Hawaiian shirt! Unfortunately Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk and the Game Show

Synopsis: Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is reunited with his former father-in-law Dwight Ellison (Bob Gunton), the producer of the popular TV game show "Treasure Chest." Convinced that the game's current champion Val Birch (Larry Brandenberg) is cheating, Ellison asks Monk to investigate. The solution to the mystery Read More

The Hot Chick

Actors: Rob Schneider, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Robert Davi

Synopsis: A carefree young woman wakes up to discover her greatest nightmare is a reality -- she's become trapped in the body of Rob Schneider -- in this shape-shifting comedy. Jessica (Rachel McAdams) is a beautiful teenager whose life would be the envy of any high school student -- she's head of the Read More

Seven Girlfriends

Actors: Tim Daly, Olivia D'Abo, Jami Gertz, Melora Hardin, Laura Leighton

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a man gets an insider's perspective on his drawbacks as a boyfriend. Jesse (Tim Daly) has never had much luck sustaining a romance. When one of his former girlfriends dies, he asks his current flame (Olivia D'Abo) to marry him. After she turns him down, he decides to visit Read More

Erasable You

Actors: Timothy Busfield, Jennifer Grant, Melora Hardin, M. Emmet Walsh

Synopsis: Harry Bromley-Davenport directed this wacky black indie comedy about ad exec Brian (Timothy Busfield), happily married to his second wife, Calamity (Melora Hardin). Unfortunately, his first wife, Stephanie (Jennifer Grant), supports her wild shopping sprees with alimony payments that squeeze Brian Read More

Absolute Power

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis

Synopsis: In this thriller, an aging cat burglar becomes a crusader embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game involving murder and a government cover-up. Adapted by distinguished scenarist William Goldman from a novel by David Baldacci and featuring a powerful all-star cast, the story works at different Read More

Tower of Terror

Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst, Nia Peeples

Synopsis: Steve Guttenberg stars in this thriller as a once-respected reporter who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid. He happens upon a story that he hopes might put him back in the good graces of better newspapers; in 1939, five people disappeared in an accident aboard the Read More

The Undercover Kid

Actors: Bradley Pierce, Melora Hardin, Nicholas Surovy, Erick Avari, Trishalee Hardy

Synopsis: In this family-oriented comedy adventure, parents think their boy is crying "wolf!" when he tells them that his pets have told him of a conspiracy to kill the president. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Touched By an Angel: The Big Bang

Synopsis: Forced into a bank vault during an armed robbery, Monica (Roma Downey) is trapped therein by an earthquake, along with bank president Max Chamberlain (Jack Scalia) and pregnant bank officer Alison Craig (Lisa Jane Persky). It turns out that the holdup man is Alison's husband Jackson Spears (Lisa Read More

Friends: The One with the Stoned Guy

Synopsis: Monica (Courteney Cox) knocks herself out to impress a restaurant owner (Jon Lovitz) in hopes of getting a job as gourmet chef. Alas, the restauranteur is a bit beyond caring this evening, having already "blazed up a doobie." Meanwhile, Chandler (Matthew Perry) reacts strangely to a promotion at Read More

The Pornographer

Actors: Jason Tomlins, Nicholas Cascone, Melora Hardin, Alix Koromzay, Margot Kidder

Synopsis: This film contrasts the sleazy and unscrupulous behavior of Greyson (Jason Tomlins), a successful commercial artist who really steals the work of others and passes it off as his own, with that of his old college buddy Connie (Nicholas Cascone), who makes pornographic films for a living but treats Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Roadkill

Synopsis: In Texas, a member of a truck-hijacking ring turns up murdered. The evidence points to Rob Platt (Patrick Cassidy), the son of Wayne Platt (Earl Holliman), owner of a small trucking firm that was being victimized by the crooks. Inasmuch as Wayne is an old friend of Jessica Fletcher (Angela Read More

Reckless Kelly

Actors: Yahoo Serious, Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle, Hugo Weaving, Kathleen Freeman

Synopsis: Following up his debut, Young Einstein (1988), Yahoo Serious wrote, directed and starred in this broad comedy as the titular hero, a modern-day, fictional descendant of a real-life Australian Robin Hood, Ned Kelly. Carrying on the family tradition of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor Read More

Miles From Nowhere

Actors: Rick Schroder, James Farentino, Marlyn Mason, Shawn Phelan, Melora Hardin

Synopsis: When his brother is left in a coma after a near-fatal car accident, a young man decides it's time to do something on his own. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Rocketeer

Actors: Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino

Synopsis: After getting his start as a visual effects artist on the original Star Wars trilogy, Spielberg protege Joe Johnston found success as a director with his debut film, the blockbuster family adventure Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. For his sophomore outing, Johnston helmed this action-adventurer, set in Read More

Lambada

Actors: J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Shabba-Doo, Ricky Paull Goldin, Basil Hoffman

Synopsis: One of several films released to trade on the short-lived Lambada craze (it was an especially sexy Latin dance in case you don't remember), Lambada stars J. Eddie Peck as Kevin Laird, a mathematics teacher at an exclusive Beverly Hills high school who by night puts away his slide rule and Read More

Big Man on Campus

Actors: Allan Katz, Corey Parker, Cindy Williams, Melora Hardin, Tom Skerritt

Synopsis: This light comedy is a contemporary--and wacky--version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In this version, a malformed young man hangs out in the bell tower of a California college campus and has to face a number of prejudices when he is brought out into the light. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Soul Man

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Arye Gross, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones, Melora Hardin, Leslie Nielsen

Synopsis: An ambitious-but -spoiled rich white kid wins a scholarship to Harvard Law School by pretending to be African-American in this broadly-played comedy. After his father cuts him off financially, Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) wins a full tuition scholarship to Harvard by claiming to be Read More

Iron Eagle

Actors: Shawnee Smith, Louis Gossett, Jr., Jason Gedrick, David Suchet, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Robbie Rist

Synopsis: A seat-of-the-pants militia attitude gets a boost from this conventional drama about the heroics of a teen son anxious to free his father from captivity in a small Middle Eastern nation. Doug's (Jason Gedrick) father is an Air Force pilot who was shot down on a mission near the border of an Arab Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Luther Gillis - File #521

Synopsis: Eugene Roche makes his first appearance as Luther H. Gillis, a seedy "old school" private eye from St. Louis. Arriving in Hawaii on a missing-persons case, Luther manages to drag Magnum (Tom Selleck) into the proceedings--and as a result, both men are suspected in the murder of a drug dealer whose Read More

Little House on the Prairie: Look Back to Yesterday

Synopsis: Although the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie ran its course in March of 1983, producer/star Michael Landon managed to extend the property's life for an additional year with the aid of three expensively mounted TV-movie sequels. The first of these was Little House: Look Back to Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Next Stop, Nowhere

Synopsis: After a teenager named Zack (Kelly Ward) dies while slam-dancing at a busy disco, it is determined that the cause of death was a stabbing. But Quincy (Jack Klugman) isn't satisfied by this verdict: he claims that the real villain is Punk Rock, whose "suicidal" lyrics have transformed otherwise Read More

What Are Best Friends For?

Actors: Melora Hardin, Dana Hill, Susan Adams, Tasha Zemrus, Sally Kemp

Synopsis: Amy Warner (Melora Hardin) and Michelle Mudd (Dana Hill) are two 12-year-old girls with one thing in common: Their parents are going through the process of a divorce. Both girls are angry and resentful, especially because they feel they've been "deserted" by their fathers. Out of their grief the Read More

Haywire

Synopsis: Haywire was adapted for television by Ivan Davis and Frank Pierson from the best-selling autobiography of Brooke Hayward. Played herein by Deborah Raffin, Brooke is the daughter of legendary Broadway producer Leland Hayward (Jason Robards) and the brilliant stage and film actress Margaret Sullavan Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Never a Child

Synopsis: Performing an autopsy on a teenage prostitute who has committed suicide, Quincy (Jack Klugman)characteristically takes a personal interest in the case. It seems that the victim had been killed after seeing "Uncle Harry" (Alan Manson), the man who led her into prostituation, persuading an even Read More

The North Avenue Irregulars

Actors: Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine

Synopsis: One of the bigger non-cartoon moneymakers for Disney in the 1970s, The North Avenue Irregulars is predicated on the premise of the "Neighborhood Watch" system. Priest Michael Hill (Edward Herrmann), newly arrived on North Avenue, decides to buck the patriarchal notions of his superiors by Read More