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- Recent and classic films where chucks have a role. . . .
- To qualify for a listing, one or more of the lead or main supporting characters in the film is seen wearing chucks -- Converse "Chuck Taylor" All Stars.
- Clink on the underlined title links to see a complete review with plot description, commentary, and discussion of the best "chucks" scenes of selected films.
- Actors who wear chucks in the films are highlighted in the credits list.
- Films on this page: I, Robot, I.Q., Ice Cream Man, Igby Goes Down, In the Land of Women, The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, Infestation, The Indian in the Cupboard, Inspiration Point, Instrument: Ten Years with the Band Fugazi, The Invasion, Invisible Mom, The Island, Island of Lost Souls, It, It Could Happen To You.
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I, Robot. (2004) Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell. Directed by Alex Provas. Will Smith plays a chucks-wearing technophobic cop investigating a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, a violation of the first law of robotics in this film based on the classic Isaac Asimov novel.
Categories: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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I.Q. (1994) Tim Robbins,
Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Gene Saks, Lou Jacobi. Directed
by Fred Shepisi. A witty romantic comedy about a young auto repairman
who comes up with a theory of quantum physics to impress his would-be
girl, the daughter of Albert Einstein. Walter Matthau steals the
show with his portrayal of Einstein.
Categoies: Comedy,
Romance.
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MPAA Rating: PG
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Ice Cream Man.
(1995) Clint Howard, Sandahl Bergman, JoJo Adams,
Mikey LeBeau, Anndi McAfee, Zachary Benjamin, Olivia Hussey,
Matthew McCurley, David Warner, Lee Majors II, Jan-Michael
Vincent. Directed by Norman Apstein. The local ice cream man in
a suburban town has a different agenda than just making and selling
ice cream -- he catches and kills people or critters he doesn't
like and, you guessed it -- mixes them into his ice cream. When
a local kid comes up missing, a group of local kids and the police
start investigating. This low budget horror film has one great
redeeming feature: nearly all of the main characters wear chucks.
Category: Horror.
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MPAA Rating: R
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Igby Goes Down. (2002) Kieran Culkin, Jeff Goldblum, Claire Danes, Jared Harri,. Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman, Susan Sarandon. Written and directed by Burr Steers. An adolescent who has grown up in a dysfunctional, wealthy family tries to strike out on his own and find meaningful relationships, but must continually deal with the machinations of his mother, stepfather, and older brother, and the legacy of his mentally ill father.
Categories: Drama, Coming of Age.
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MPAA Rating: R
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In the Land of Women. (2006) Elena Anaya, Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Olympia Dukakis. Written and directed by Jon Kasdan. Devastated over his breakup with his actress girlfriend, Carter Webb leaves L.A. to stay with his wacky grandmother in her suburban Detroit home, across the street from the Hardwicke family. As Carter struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn into the pains and loves of the Hardwicke women -- all of whom, in their way, fall in love with Carter, and help him find his way back.
Categories: Drama, Romance.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie. (2003) Kevin Zegers, Gena Rowlands, Brenda James, Justin Chatwin, Heather Wahlquist, James Caan. Directed by Paul Johnson. A troubled teen caught stealing a purse is given a chance to redeem himself by working for its owner, Mrs. Ritchie, and her mongoloid sons.
Categories: Drama, Coming of Age.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Infestation. (2009) Chris Marquette, Brooke Nevin, Ray Wise. Written and directed by Kyle Rankin. A slacker office worker ends up leading the fight against a strange infestation of huge insects who have suddenly taken over the world and put most of the people into cocoons.
Categories: Science Fiction, Horror.
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MPAA Rating: R
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The Indian in the
Cupboard. (1995) Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse,
Richard Jenkins, Rishi Bhat, David Keith, Steve Coogan. Directed
by Frank Oz. A nine year old boy receives a wooden cupboard for
his birthday, and is greatly surprised when he discovers that
the little plastic figures he put in there overthen night have
come to life in his room. The film then deals with how the boy
copes with this fantastic turn of events in relation to his family,
friends, and the outside world.
Categories: Drama, Science
Fiction/Fantasy, Family, Coming of Age.
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MPAA Rating: PG
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Inspiration Point. (2009) Connor Truesdell, Patricia McArcle, Linda McLaughlin, Ralph Sariego, Warren Gaston, Chris Mooney. Written and directed by Brian McLaughlin. When 17 year old Kevin Corrigan ends up working in a local coffee shop as an advice-giving polar bear, he is surprised that he can actually influence the lives of the local townpeople.
Categories: Comedy, Coming of Age.
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ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: [NR, would be PG]
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Instrument: Ten Years With the
Band Fugazi. (1999) Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Ian MacKage,
Guy Picciotto. Directed by Jem Cohen. Filmmaker Jem Cohen
spent ten years documenting the Washington D.C. based punk rock
band Fugazi. The band is seen in casual and performance situations.
Categories: Documentary, Musical.
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MPAA Rating: [NR, would
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The Invasion. (2007) Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright, Josef Sommer, Celia Weston. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. A crashed space shuttle brings a mysterious epidemic to earth that takes over and alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist discovers that the epidemic's origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect herself and her son from her ex-husband and the ever-increasing legions of people who have been infected and are slowly taking over the world.
Categories: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Invisible Mom. (1995) Dee Wallace-Stone,
Barry Livingston, Trenton Knight, Russ Tamblin, Stella
Stevens, Christopher Stone, Phillip Van Dyke, Giuseppe Andrews.
Directed by Willaim C. Martell. A family's life is thrown into
comical chaos after mom accidentally drinks her inventor husband's
latest invention, an invisibility potion.
Categories: Comedy,
Science Fiction.
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MPAA Rating: PG
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The Island. (1980) Michael Caine,
David Warner, Frank Middlemass, Don Henderson. Directed
by Michael Ritchie. A film version of the novel by Peter Benchly
about a journalist and his son who stumble on a society of modern
day pirates in the Caribbean.
Category: Action/Adventure.
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 MPAA Rating: R
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Island of Lost Souls. (2007) Sara Langebæk Gaarmann, Lucas Munk Billing, Lasse Borg, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Lars Mikkelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Anders W. Berthelsen, Beate Bille. Frank Thiel. Written and directed by Nikolaj Arcel. Great special effects highlight this story of three kids and a disillusioned spirit hunter living in a small Danish town who take on a malevolent supernatural force trying to take over the world. The action starts when one of the kids is possessed by a spirit from the past who was leading the fight against the evil necromancer.
Categories: Action/Adventure,Family, Fantasy.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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It. (1990)
Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Richard Masur, Annette O'Toole,
Tim Reid, John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Tim Curry, Jonathan
Brandis, Brandon Crane, Adam Faraizl, Seth Green, Ben
Heller, Emily Perkins, Marlon Taylor, Drum Garrett.
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. A malevolent predatory force in
a 1960s New England town takes on the shape of a clown to prey
on young kids, until a group of seven 12-year-olds band together
to stop it. When the force reappears 30 years later, the seven
must re-confront the terrors of their youth to make a last stand
against "It".
Categories: Drama, Horror, Crime
and Mystery.
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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It Could Happen To You. (1994) Nicholas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Hayes, Víctor Rojas, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci. Directed by Andrew Bergman. A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a watress in lieu of a tip. When the numbers actually come in, all kinds of complications emerge between the policeman, his wife, and the waitress.
Categories: Comedy, Romance.
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MPAA Rating: PG
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