Movies starring Michael Murphy

Biography: Was once a high school English teacher.

Salvador (1986)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Salvador
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: James Woods | James Belushi | Michael Murphy | John Savage | Elpidia Carrillo | Tony Plana | Colby Chester | Cynthia Gibb | Will MacMillan | Valerie Wildman | José Carlos Ruiz | Jorge Luke | Juan Fernández | Salvador Sánchez | Rosario Zúñiga
Directors: Oliver Stone
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A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.

Shocker (1989)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Shocker
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
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A murderous TV repairman, Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi) is killing people in a small town left, right and center. He eventually finds the home of Lt. Parker (Michael Murphy), who is investigating his crimes, and savagely murders Parker’s wife, son and daughter. His other son, Jonathan (Peter Berg) has a strange connection to Pinker through his dreams, and he directs his father to Pinker’s business, where a small group of officers enter. Pinker escapes in a horrific spree, killing four officers and then targeting Jonathan’s girlfriend, Alison. Another dream leads Jonathan and his dad to a residence where they catch Pinker in in the act of kidnapping. Pinker is arrested after a fight with Jonathan and sentenced to die in the electric chair. When executed, Pinker – who supposedly had given his soul to the devil in exchange for the power to come back as an energy source – takes over people’s bodies and continues committing murders, until Jonathan devises a plan to bring Pinker into the real world, and then cut off his power source…

Private Parts (1997)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Private Parts
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Howard Stern | Robin Quivers | Mary McCormack | Fred Norris | Paul Giamatti | Gary Dell'Abate | Jackie Martling | Carol Alt | Richard Portnow | Kelly Bishop | Henry Goodman | Jonathan Hadary | Paul Hecht | Allison Janney | Michael Murphy
Directors: Betty Thomas
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Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970’s college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio.

Private Parts (1997)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Private Parts
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Howard Stern | Robin Quivers | Mary McCormack | Fred Norris | Paul Giamatti | Gary Dell'Abate | Jackie Martling | Carol Alt | Richard Portnow | Kelly Bishop | Henry Goodman | Jonathan Hadary | Paul Hecht | Allison Janney | Michael Murphy
Directors: Betty Thomas
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Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970’s college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio.

Kansas City (1996)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Kansas City
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh | Miranda Richardson | Harry Belafonte | Michael Murphy | Dermot Mulroney | Steve Buscemi | Brooke Smith | Jane Adams | Jeff Feringa | A.C. Tony Smith | Martin Martin | Albert J. Burnes | Ajia Mignon Johnson | Tim Snay | Tawanna Benbow
Directors: Robert Altman
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Robert Altman’s jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930’s Kansas City. When Blondie O’Hara’s husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held at the Hey Hey Club, she lauches a desperate plan to release him. She kidnaps the wife of a powerful local politician in an attempt to blackmail him into using his connections to free Johnny. Despite this being election time, he risks exposure by putting the political machine into action to free Johnny and thereby save his wife. Mrs. Stilton, meanwhile, has befriended Blondie and is impressed by her love and devotion to Johnny, especially in contrast to her own loveless marriage.

Clean Slate (1994)

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Clean Slate
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Dana Carvey | Valeria Golino | James Earl Jones | Kevin Pollak | Michael Gambon | Michael Murphy | Jayne Brook | Vyto Ruginis | Olivia d'Abo | Angela Paton | Mark Bringleson | Christopher Meloni | Timothy Scott | Gailard Sartain
Directors: Mick Jackson
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Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a ‘blank slate’. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.

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Greta (2009)

Monday, December 7th, 2009
Greta
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Gil Deeble | John Farrer | William Fowle | Maury Ginsberg | Mark Havlis | Mike Hurt | Julian Joseph | Will MacAdam | Michael McGuirk | Michael Murphy | Robert Oppel | Evan Ross | Dave Shalansky | Oren Skoog | Eric Sheffer Stevens
Directors: Nancy Bardawil
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Hilary Duff will play the title role of Greta a waitress who falls for an ambitious cook (Ross) at the restaurant where they work. But as their summer romance heats up, she has to overcome the concerns of her grandparents (Burstyn, Murphy) about her boyfriend’s criminal past.

Cloak & Dagger (1984)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Cloak & Dagger
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Henry Thomas | Dabney Coleman | Michael Murphy | Christina Nigra | John McIntire | Jeanette Nolan | Eloy Casados | Tim Rossovich | William Forsythe | Robert DoQui | Shelby Leverington | Linden Chiles | Robert Curtin | William Marquez
Directors: Richard Franklin
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A young boy, with a penchant for spy thrillers and video games, finds himself in the middle of real espionage when he’s relentlessly pursued by spies after he comes into possession of a video game cartridge containing top-secret government info.

Hunt for Justice (2005)

Monday, March 30th, 2009
Hunt for Justice
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Wendy Crewson | John Corbett | Stipe Erceg | William Hurt | Michael Murphy | Heino Ferch | Claudia Ferri | Jacques Godin | Gabrielle Boni | Leslie Hope | Neville Edwards | Bertrand Calmeau | Jasson Finney | Mark Antony Krupa | David Rigby
Directors: Charles Binamé
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The heroic struggle of Canadian Louise Arbour, Chief War Crimes Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as she battles world politics and fierce opposition to indict Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity.

Away from Her ()

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Away from Her
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Julie Christie | Gordon Pinsent | Olympia Dukakis | Kristen Thomson | Michael Murphy | Wendy Crewson | Alberta Watson | Grace Lynn Kung | Stacey LaBerge | Lili Francks | Andrew Moodie | Deanna Dezmari | Judy Sinclair | Tom Harvey | Carolyn Heatherington
Directors: Sarah Polley
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Fiona and the Subsidy are a couple of Ontário whom they were married during more than 40 years. Now, in the near twilight of his years, they are forced being in front of the fact that “the oblivion” of Fiona in fact is the Disease of Alzheimer. After distant vague Fiona and it is considered after being lost, they accept that she must enter in a hospital. For the first time in five decades his relation measured for spans, they are forced suffering a separation of long term since the hospital has a politics “of not” during first 30 days of the stay of a patient, so they can adjust to his new way. When the Subsidy visits Fiona after the direction period, he is devastated to discover that not only he can tell to forget it apparently, Fiona transferred his affections to another man. Another man is Aubrey, one turns mute tied by the chair that also is patient in the hospital. Like the distance between husband and wife grows, the Subsidy must draw on his love for Fiona to execute an act of the act of self-denial to secure his happiness.

Fiona e a Subvenção são um par de Ontário quem estiveram casados durante mais de 40 anos. Agora, no crepúsculo próximo dos seus anos, eles são forçados a ficar em frente do fato que “o esquecimento” de Fiona de fato é a Doença de Alzheimer. Depois que Fiona vaga longe e é considerada depois de ser perdida, eles aceitam que ela deve entrar em uma casa de saúde. Pela primeira vez nas cinco décadas a sua relação mediu por palmos, eles são forçados a sofrer uma separação de longo prazo desde que a casa de saúde tem uma política “de não” durante 30 primeiros dias da estadia de um paciente, portanto eles podem ajustar ao seu novo meio. Quando a Subvenção visita Fiona depois do período de orientação, ele é devastado para descobrir que não só pode mandar esquecer ela aparentemente ele, Fiona transferiu os seus afetos para outro homem. Outro homem é Aubrey, uma roda mudo atado pela cadeira que também é paciente na casa de saúde. Como a distância entre marido e esposa cresce, a Subvenção deve desenhar sobre o seu amor por Fiona para executar um ato do ato de abnegação para assegurar a sua felicidade.

Batman Returns ()

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Batman Returns
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Michael Keaton | Danny DeVito | Michelle Pfeiffer | Christopher Walken | Michael Gough | Michael Murphy | Cristi Conaway | Andrew Bryniarski | Pat Hingle | Vincent Schiavelli | Jan Hooks | Steve Witting | John Strong | Rick Zumwalt | Anna Katarina
Directors: Tim Burton
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Having conquered the Joker, Prescription makes face supporting to the Penguin – one distorted and distorted the individual who is solved being accepted in the society Gotham. The twisted businessman Max Schreck is forced in the portion of him to become the mayor of Gotham and them them two the try to display Prescription in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, the secretary of Max, is thrown from the top of a building and transformed in Catwoman – a mysterious face with same riot of personality as with Prescription. Prescription must try to clear its name, just by deciding at all times on what must be made with Catwoman.

Ayant vaincu le Joker, l’Ordonnance fait face maintenant au Pingouin – un déformé et a déformé l’individu qui est résolu étant accepté dans la société Gotham. L’homme d’affaires tordu Max Schreck est forcé dans la portion de lui à devenir le maire de Gotham et eux les deux la tentative d’exposer l’Ordonnance dans une différente lumière. Plus tôt cependant, Selina Kyle, le secrétaire de Max, est lancée du haut d’un bâtiment et est transformée dans Catwoman – une figure mystérieuse qui a le même désordre de personnalité que l’Ordonnance. L’ordonnance doit essayer de dégager son nom, en décidant tout le temps juste ce qui doit être fait avec le Catwoman.

Tart (2001)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Tart
Genres: Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Myles Jeffrey | Brad Renfro | Bijou Phillips | Mischa Barton | Alberta Watson | Scott Thompson | Michael Murphy | Nora Zehetner | Jacob Pitts | Dominique Swain | Lacey Chabert | Melanie Griffith | Shawn Lawrence | Peter Snider
Directors: Christina Wayne
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After her only friend is expelled by her private school in the upper eastern side Manhattans, Cat Storm wants to come close to a boy to whom it is drawn and with new friends refresh. But her new friends are unreliable, her friend is disturbed, her parents are cold and uninterested, and she is found increasingly unbeloved by somebody.

Nachdem ihr einziger Freund von ihrer Privatschule in der Oberen Ostseite Manhattans vertrieben wird, will Cat Storm in der Nähe von einem Jungen kommen, zu dem sie angezogen wird und mit neuen Freunden erfrischen. Aber ihre neuen Freunde sind unzuverlässig, ihr Freund wird beunruhigt, ihre Eltern sind kalt und gleichgültig, und sie findet sich zunehmend ungeliebt durch irgendjemanden.