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Hawthorne James is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He is also known for his role as Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed and for guest-starring in Frasier as Bill in the season 1 episode "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street".
James was born James Hawthorne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Robert Hawthorne and A. M. Alene.
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Hawthorne James is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He is also known for his role as Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed and for guest-starring in Frasier as Bill in the season 1 episode "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street".
James was born James Hawthorne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Robert Hawthorne and A. M. Alene.
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Lucky Girl (2015)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors LeToya Luckett, Columbus Short, Ella Joyce, James Hawthorne, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Malik Yoba
Roles Reverend Thompson
Rating61%
On the day of her wedding, as SELENA JACKSON (LeToya Luckett) comes to terms with the long-lost love she's never quite gotten over, many of her guests, including her best friends and her own mother, also struggle with past loves, past regrets and past mistakes... The film is being released theatrically on January 5th, 2016 by Entertainment One domestically.
The Stick Up Kids (2008)
Directed by James Hawthorne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Mel Jackson, Bryce Wilson, James Hawthorne, Taurean Blacque, Robert Miano
Roles Uncle Bo
Rating61%
Four friends from Harlem resort to con games and armed robbery in order to make ends meet, but they find their friendship put to the test when an influential slumlord plots to gentrify their neighborhood. Now, in order to prove that they can't be bought out or pushed around by a man who thinks everyone has their price, these four young hustlers are about to carry out their most ambitious and treacherous scam to date.
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
, 1h24Directed by Stacy Title
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Horror, Animation
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Danny Trejo, Anson Mount, Daniella Alonso, Aries Spears
Roles Llore
Rating41%
The animated introduction revolves around how Devon (voiced by Snoop Dogg) becomes a Hound of Hell, in which he agreed to sell his soul to a demon named Liore (voiced by Hawthorne James) to bring back his dead sister (whom he has accidentally killed). Liore grants him knowledge, strength, and the power to decide who goes to heaven or hell for an unspecified period of time. The animation is switched out showing Devon as a real person, as he narrates the stories.
The System Within (2006)
Directed by Dale Resteghini
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Chingy, Taimak Guarriello, Sean Combs, Bryce Wilson, James Hawthorne
Roles Hays
Rating47%
The film is about an internationally famous model, Tony "Wise" Good (who is played by Tariq Alexander), that fought his way out of the inner city and rocketed straight to the top. But his swift rise to the top didn't take him high enough to protect him from the sudden fall he experiences. The corrupt corporate world, the government's support and participation in that corruption, and the jealousy and greed of people he knew best, all leading to a rapid downward spiral into a living hell.
Boss'n Up (2005)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Snoop Dogg, James Hawthorne, Lil Jon, Caryn Ward, Don "Magic" Juan
Roles Orange Juice
Rating47%
Cordé Christopher (Snoop Dogg) est un simple employé de supermarché à la vie frustrante et monotone, mais dont l'ambition dépasse ce mode de vie. Grâce à ses facilités avec les femmes et à Orange Juice, le plus charismatique des macs de L.A., Cordé va s'installer confortablement en tant que nouveau Pimp. Il paye très bien ses employées et s'attire ainsi celles des autres macs. Parallèlement aux autres macs, Cordé va devoir faire face à la police et à son amour pour une de ses employées : Chardonnay, un amour interdit par le code des Pimp.
Today You Die (2005)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Treach, Steven Seagal, Kevin Tighe, Sarah G. Buxton, Lesley-Anne Down, Mari Morrow
Roles Derrick
Rating42%
Harlan Banks (Steven Seagal) is a Robin Hood kind of thief who has always picked his own jobs and tried to pull heists that would leave him room to help out others. The work keeps getting riskier, and the urging of his girlfriend Jada (Mari Morrow), Banks has decided to pull one final job, going in with some men who are planning a $20 million robbery.
Auggie Rose (2000)
, 1h49Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Anne Heche, Timothy Olyphant, Nancy Travis, Joe Santos, Richard T. Jones
Roles MacDougall
Rating62%
Insurance salesman John Nolan witnesses the fatal shooting of Auggie Rose, an ex-convict that Nolan had never met before. Feeling responsible, Nolan finds out everything he can about Auggie Rose and discovers that he had a pen pal named Lucy who is coming to meet him for the first time, unaware of Auggie's death. When he goes to meet her, he pretends to be Auggie, lives in his apartment, and starts a relationship with Lucy.
Amistad (1997)
, 2h28Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Films about racism, Transport films, Political films
Actors Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne, Stellan Skarsgård
Roles Creole Cook
Rating72%
Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans captured in Sierra Leone who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinqué, a leader of the Africans, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. The mutineers spare the lives of two Spanish navigators to help them sail the ship back to Africa. Instead, the navigators deceive the Africans and sail north to the east coast of the United States, where the ship is stopped by the American navy and the 44 living Africans imprisoned as runaway slaves. In an unfamiliar country and not speaking a word of English, it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors. A lawyer named Baldwin, hired by the abolitionist Tappan and his black associate Joadson (a fictional character) decides to take their case, arguing that the Africans had been captured in Africa to be sold in the Americas illegally, and therefore were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. With help from James Covey, who speaks both Mende and English, Baldwin is able to start communicating with Cinque. The judge rules in favor of the Africans, but the case is eventually appealed to the Supreme Court. At this point, former U.S. President John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release, and is successful.
Campfire Tales (1997)
, 1h28Directed by Martin Kunert, David Semel
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors James Marsden, Amy Smart, Ron Livingston, Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor, Glenn Quinn
Roles Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
Rating57%
In the 1950s, Jenny (Amy Smart) and Eddie (James Marsden) are kissing in a car at a viewpoint. Jenny becomes nervous that someone is watching them after they hear a radio broadcast of a madman on the loose in the area. She forces Eddie to drive them back to town, thinking she sees someone lurking in the woods. They arrive at a drive-in, and Eddie walks to the window to order a milkshake. When he returns toward the car, he sees a hook hanging from the car's passenger door.
Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
, 2h12Directed by Phil Joanou
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Roles Victor Romero
Rating57%
A former police detective in New Orleans and a recovering alcoholic, Dave Robicheaux is living a quiet life in the swamplands of Louisiana with his wife Annie. The couple's tranquility is shattered one day when a drug smuggler's plane crashes in a lake, right before their eyes.
Se7en (1995)
, 2h10Directed by David Fincher
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about religion, Transport films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley
Roles George the Night Guard at the Library
Rating83%
In an unnamed American city, soon-to-be-retiring Detective William R. Somerset (Freeman) is partnered with short-tempered-but-idealistic Detective David Mills (Pitt), who recently transferred to the department. Together, their first case leads them to believe that they are chasing a serial killer whose killings each reflect one of the seven deadly sins. First, they discover an obese man who was tied to a chair and forced to eat food, and eventually, his own vomit, until his stomach exploded (representing gluttony). Next, they investigate the fatal bloodletting of a rich attorney, from whom a pound of flesh has been extracted (representing greed). Two days later, fingerprints left at the crime scenes lead them to an apartment, where they find an emaciated man strapped to a bed. Though he initially appears to be dead, they find he has been kept alive and immobile by the killer for one year to that day; a drug dealer and child molester before his capture (representing sloth). Though unable to learn anything from the insensate man, the detectives agree the killer has planned these crimes for more than a year.
Speed (1994)
, 1h56Directed by Jan de Bont
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Medical-themed films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Trucker films, Films about psychiatry, Road movies, Children's films, Chase films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff Daniels, Alan Ruck
Roles Sam Silver
Rating72%
Los Angeles SWAT officers Jack Traven and Harry Temple thwart an attempt by a bomber to hold an elevator full of people for a $3 million ransom. They corner the bomber, but he grabs Harry. Jack shoots Harry in the leg, forcing the bomber to release him. He turns and runs around a corner, apparently dying in an explosion. Jack and Harry are praised by their superior, Lieutenant "Mac" McMahon.
Caroline at Midnight (1994)
, 1h28Directed by Scott McGinnis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Clayton Rohner, Mia Sara, Timothy Daly, Paul Le Mat, Judd Nelson, Xander Berkeley
Roles Stan Donovan
Rating49%
Victoria is a dealer. She is playing a dangerous game. She is playing into the hands of her husband and his partner, who are dirty cops. Victoria is falling in love with a reporter, who knows all of their secrets.
The Doors (1991)
, 2h18Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Jennifer Tilly
Rating71%
The film opens during the recording of Jim's An American Prayer and quickly moves to a childhood memory of his family driving along a desert highway in 1949, where a Young Jim sees an elderly native American dying by the roadside. In 1965, Jim arrives in California and is assimilated into the Venice Beach culture. During his film school days studying at UCLA, he meets his future girlfriend Pamela Courson, and has his first encounters with Ray Manzarek, as well as the rest of the people who would go on to form the Doors, Robby Krieger and John Densmore.
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
, 2h2Directed by Robert Townsend
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry Lennix, Diahann Carroll, James Hawthorne
Roles Big Red
Rating74%
In the early 1990s, Donald "Duck" Matthews browses a Rolling Stone magazine, noticing an article questioning the recent exploits of The Five Heartbeats, The Temptations, and The Four Tops and why the groups disbanded.