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Ed Asner
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American film and television actor and former President of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. More recently, he provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in...
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Up
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and is the first animated film to open the 2009 Cannes...
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Common Ground
Common Ground is a 2000 Showtime television movie directed by Donna Deitch and written by Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally and Harvey Fierstein. It stars Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Steven Weber, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Edward Asner and James Le...
Daniel
Daniel is a 1983 film which was adapted by E. L. Doctorow from his novel The Book of Daniel. It was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Like the novel it was based on the story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 for giving nuclear...
Elf
Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum and released in the United States on November 7, 2003.
It stars Will Ferrell as the film's central character "Buddy," with Ed Asner as Santa Claus, Bob...
JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by...
The Animal
The Animal is a 2001 comedy film, directed by Luke Greenfield. It stars Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, Edward Asner, and John C. McGinley.
Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider) is a meek, uncoordinated man who dreams of being a police officer like his dad...
The Satan Bug
The Satan Bug (1965) is a science fiction film in which a US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain,...
Skin Game
Skin Game is a 1971 movie comedy starring James Garner and Louis Gossett, Jr.
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Quincy Drew claims to be a down-on-his...
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure is an American made-for-TV comedy movie. It premiered December 20, 2003 on NBC. It is the sequel to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, although it is more of a spin-off...
Gus
Gus is a 1976 movie by Walt Disney Productions. Its center character is Gus, a football-playing mule.
Gus is a film about a football-kicking mule ("Gus") and his trainer "Andy" (Gary Grimes).
The film opens with a soccer game, and the Petrovic...
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After is the name of an animated film created by Filmation in 1988 and released to theaters 5 years later, in 1993, by First National. The story is an unofficial sequel to the Snow White fairy tale. Aside from Snow White herself and the...
Fort Apache, The Bronx
Fort Apache, The Bronx is a 1981 crime drama film made by Producers Circle, Time-Life Television Productions Inc., and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Daniel Petrie and produced by Martin Richards, Thomas...
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1997) is an animated film version of the book of the same name by Charles Dickens. It features eight new songs and an all-star voice line-up including Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Asner and Michael York.
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The Man Who Saved Christmas
The Man Who Saved Christmas is a film based on the true story about the efforts of toymaker Alfred Carlton Gilbert (portrayed by Jason Alexander) of the A. C. Gilbert Company to continue making toys during World War I.
The movie revolves around A.C....
Perfect Game
Perfect Game is a 2000 made-for-TV comedy-drama about an eleven year old boy who loves baseball and yearns to play on his local Little League team.
It was produced for the Disney Channel, where it was first aired.
Kanin Crosby, an 11-year old boy...
Change of Habit
Change of Habit is a 1969 musical drama film starring Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore. It was Presley's final acting role; his remaining two film appearances were concert documentaries. It was also Mary's fourth and final film under her brief...
Kate's Secret
Kate's Secret is a 1986 television movie starring Meredith Baxter and Ben Masters about a woman who has bulimia.
Kate Stark (Meredith Baxter) is married to a successful lawyer and has a daughter, and has bulimia. Opening scenes show her "binging and...
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show is a 60-minute CBS retrospective television special commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1970-1977 sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show which aired on February 18, 1991.
It was hosted by Mary Tyler Moore...
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion is a 60-minute CBS retrospective television special, hosted by Mary Tyler Moore, celebrating her classic 1970-1977 sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show which aired on May 13, 2002.
It features clips from past episodes with...
Gigantic
Gigantic is a 2009 independent comedy film directed by Matt Aselton and starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Edward Asner and Jane Alexander. The script, written by Aselton and his college friend Adam Nagata, tells of Brian (Dano), a...
Christmas Is Here Again
Christmas Is Here Again is a 2007 animated Christmas film released on DVD by Universal Studios. The first feature production from the Renegade Animation studio, it was co-written, co-produced and directed by Robert Zappia. Narrated by Jay Leno, the...
The Gathering
The Gathering is a 1977 drama film, made for television, directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Edward Asner and Maureen Stapleton.
Adam Thornton (Edward Asner), an ill-tempered executive who walked out on his family, learns that he only has a...
