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Robert Downey Jr.

About: The son of an underground filmmaker, Robert Downey Jr. was born in New York City on April 4, 1965. His first film role was as a puppy in his father's film Pound (1970).After a series of memorable supporting roles -- including one in Weird Science (1985) -- Downey joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" for one season. Soon, he moved to Hollywood and landed the title role in director James Toback's The Pick-Up Artist (1987). His role as a drug addict that same year in Less Than Zero eerily foreshadowed Downey's personal demons that would haunt him later in life.With great ease, Downey manages to move from comedic roles (Soapdish, Home for the Holidays and Wonder Boys) to dramas (Short Cuts and The Gingerbread Man) to the outright bizarre (Natural Born Killers and Gothika). He earned his first Best Actor Oscar nomination for a note-perfect portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in 1992's Chaplin. Sixteen years later, he got his second Oscar nod for his role playing a black man in the comedy Tropic Thunder.

U.S. Marshals

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1998

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About: Convicted murderer Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes) is on his way to prison accompanied by stalwart U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) when their jet nose-dives into the Louisiana bayou. Sheridan helps Gerard save some lives, then hits the road, with Gerard and his team of fugitive-hunters close behind. Before long, Gerard realizes there's more to Sheridan's case than meets the eye.
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A Scanner Darkly

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2006

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About: Keanu Reeves shoulders another futuristic role in director Richard Linklater's sci-fi thriller based on Philip K. Dick's novel. Working as an undercover cop in a world where almost everyone is addicted to Substance D -- which produces split personalities in its users -- Fred Arctor (Reeves) sets up an elaborate sting to nab a notorious drug runner named Bob. But little does Fred know that "Bob" is … his alter ego.
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2008

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About: This documentary takes an in-depth look at the influential career of iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her earliest artistic efforts to her storied tenure at Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair magazines and beyond. Intimately filmed by Annie's sister Barbara Leibovitz, the program features interviews with the artist as she works at home, along with telling insights from many of the celebrities she has photographed, such as Mick Jagger.
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2006

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About: Robert Downey Jr. stars in director Dito Montiel's autobiographical coming-of-age drama set in tough, blue-collar Queens, N.Y. While his young friends all seem to end up as junkies, inmates or corpses, Dito (Downey) miraculously escapes the same fate -- a fact he can only attribute to divine intervention. The film's high-powered supporting cast includes Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, Eric Roberts and Rosario Dawson.
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Two Girls and a Guy

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1998

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About: Writer and director James Toback (Black and White) explores a contemporary love triangle in this comedy-drama. When two girls (Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner) find themselves waiting outside an apartment building, they come to realize they're there to meet the same guy (Robert Downey Jr.) -- who's been sleeping with them both! Armed with this knowledge, the girls break into the guy's apartment and prepare for the ambush.
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Good Night, and Good Luck

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2005

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About: George Clooney's Academy Award-nominated docudrama pits veteran television newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) against a determined Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his single-minded crusade to quell the red threat at home. Despite corporate pressure to back off, Murrow and his CBS staff vow to examine the lies and fear tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his Communist witch-hunts. Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels co-star.
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Johnny Be Good

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1988

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About: Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael Hall) is a nice, normal teenage boy who happens be a star football player -- such a star that he's got every college in America bucking to get him on their team. As he's lured and baited with a dizzying array of extracurricular temptations, can Johnny really be good -- and stay that way? Robert Downey Jr. co-stars.
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