FILMS ...
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I COME WITH THE RAIN (FILMING)
RELEASE DATE: 2008
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Tran Nu Yên-Khê
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Anh Hung Train
PLOT OUTLINE: Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline (Hartnett) travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao, the missing son of a chinese billionaire. Enlisting Meng Zi (Wu) a friend and a former colleague now working for the Hong Kong Police, Kline follows a faint trail left by the ethereal Shitao. The path leads to local gangster Su Dongpo (Lee) and his beautiful, drug addicted girlfriend Lili (Tran). But Kline is distracted from his search, haunted by memories of the serial killer Hasford (Koteas)whose 'body of work' was the reason Kline quit the police force. Will Kline once again need to lose his mind to find his latest quarry?
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AUGUST (POST-PRODUCTION)
RELEASE DATE: 2008
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Naomie Harris
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Austin Chick
PLOT OUTLINE: August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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THE PRINCE OF COOL (PRE-PRODUCTION)
RELEASE DATE: 2008
CAST: Josh Hartnett
GENRE: Biography / Drama / Music
DIRECTOR: Bruce Beresfort
PLOT OUTLINE: A new take on the life of Chet Baker, the legendary trumpeter whose heroin addiction contributed to his (reported) suicide in 1988.
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30 DAYS OF NIGHT (COMPLETED)
RELEASE DATE: 19 october 2007
CAST: Josh Hartnett
GENRE: Horror
DIRECTOR: David Slade
PLOT OUTLINE: Based on the Steve Niles graphic novel. In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn't rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy Eben Olemaun (Hartnett), a husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love.
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RESURRECTING THE CHAMP (IN THEATRE)
RELEASE DATE: August 3 2007
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Samuel L. Jackson
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Rod Lurie
PLOT OUTLINE: Up-and-coming sports reporter Erik (Hartnett) rescues a homeless man ("Champ", Jackson) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
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THE BLACK DAHLIA
RELEASE DATE: 15 september 2006
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank.
GENRE: Drama / Triller / Crime
DIRECTOR: Brian De Palma
PLOT OUTLINE: An adaptation of James Ellroy's 1940s-set novel about two L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of fledgling actress Elizabeth Short.
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LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
RELEASE DATE: 31 March 2006
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley Lucy Liu and Bruce Willis.
GENRE: Drama / Triller
DIRECTOR: Paul McGuigan
PLOT OUTLINE: A case of mistaken identity lands a man (Hartnett) in the middle of a murder being plotted by one of New York City's biggest crime bosses.
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MOZART AND THE WHALE
RELEASE DATE: 2005 (in some countries only)
CAST: Josh Hartnett and Radha Mitchell
GENRE: Drama, comedy
DIRECTOR: Petter Næss
PLOT OUTLINE: A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose disabilites sabotage their budding relationship.
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SIN CITY
RELEASE DATE: 28 March 2005
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood,
Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen and Mickey Rourke.
GENRE: Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
DIRECTOR: Frank Miller e Robert Rodriguez
PLOT OUTLINE: An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Basin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.
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WICKER PARK
RELEASE DATE: 04 July 2004
CAST: Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger.
GENRE: Drama / Romance / Triller
DIRECTOR: Paul McGuigan
PLOT OUTLINE: A young Chicago advertizing executive (Hartnett) believes a woman he sees in a cafe is his long-lost love. His conviction leads to obsession, as he puts his life on hold to trail her.
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HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
RELEASE DATE: 10 June 2003
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Harrison Ford and Lena Olin.
GENRE: Action / Comedy / Triller
DIRECTOR: Ron Shelton
PLOT OUTLINE: Two LAPD detectives who moonlight in other fields investigate the murder of an up-and-coming rap group.
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40 DAYS &40 NIGHTS
RELEASE DATE: 01 March 2002
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
GENRE: Comedy / Romance
DIRECTOR: Michael Lehmann
PLOT OUTLINE: After a brutal breakup, a young man vows to stay celibate during the 40 days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.
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BLACK HAWK DOWN
RELEASE DATE: 18 December 2001
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor and Orlando Bloom
GENRE: Drama / History / War
DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott
PLOT OUTLINE: 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
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O - OTHELLO
RELEASE DATE: 26 May 2001
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles , Mekhi Phifer and Martin Sheen
GENRE: Drama / Triller
DIRECTOR: Tim Blake Nelson
PLOT OUTLINE: An update of 'Othello' with a teen cast, and set in a high school.
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PEARL HARBOR
RELEASE DATE: 21 May 2001
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Jon Voight, Cuba Gooding Jr & Alec Baldwin
GENRE: Drama / History / Romance / War
DIRECTOR: Michael Bay
PLOT OUTLINE: Pearl Harbor follows the story of two best friends, Rafe and Danny, and their love lives as they go off to join the war.
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TOWN AND COUNTRY
RELEASE DATE: 27 April 2001
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Charlton Heston, Andie MacDowell and Nastassja Kinski
GENRE: Comedy
DIRECTOR: Peter Chelsom
PLOT OUTLINE: A comedy about life, love, friendship and the sometimes blistering nature of marital bliss.
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BLOW DRY
RELEASE DATE: 07 March 2001
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alan Rickman e Rachel Griffiths
GENRE: Comedy / Drama / Romance
DIRECTOR: Paddy Breathnach
PLOT OUTLINE: The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil Allen and son Brian Allen run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
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MEMBER (SHORT FILM)
RELEASE DATE: 25 January 2001 - ICG Awards
CAST: Josh Hartnett
GENRE: Drama / Fantasy
DIRECTOR: David Brooks
PLOT OUTLINE: Josh Hartnett stars in this densely layered, kaleidoscopic road tour through nocturnal L.A., behind...
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THE SAME / STORIES OF THE LOST SOUL (SHORT FILM)
RELEASE DATE: 18 June 2001 - Zero 1
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Jason Acuña and Jacqui Maxwell
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Mark Palansky
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HERE ON EARTH
RELEASE DATE: 15 March 2000
CAST: J osh Hartnett, Chris Klein and Leelee Sobieski
GENRE: Drama / Romance
DIRECTOR: Mark Palansky
PLOT OUTLINE: A rich college kid is taught a lesson after a joy ride ends up destroying a country restaurant.
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VIRGIN SUICIDES
RELEASE DATE: 19 May 1999
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito and James Woods
GENRE: Drama / Mystery
DIRECTOR: Sofia Coppola
PLOT OUTLINE: A group of male friends become obsessed with a group of mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents after one of them commits suicide.
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THE FACULTY
RELEASE DATE: 12 November 1998
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood and Salma Hayek
GENRE: Horror / Sci-FI / Triller
DIRECTOR: Robert Rodriguez
PLOT OUTLINE: Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurances.
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DEBUTANTE (SHORT FILM)
RELEASE DATE: 01 September 1998 - Telluride Film Festival
CAST: Josh Hartnett and Selma Blair
GENRE: ?
DIRECTOR: Mollie Jones
PLOT OUTLINE: Nan, a teen, wakes up alone in a motel bed, walks shakily down a corridor, looks in a room, and sees a youthful boy kissing one of her friends...
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HALLOWEEN H2O
RELEASE DATE: 27 July 1998
CAST: Josh Hartnett, Jamie Lee Curtis e Janet Leigh
GENRE: Horror / Triller
DIRECTOR: Steve Miner
PLOT OUTLINE: Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
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CRACKER (TV)
RELEASE DATE: 1997 / 1998
CAST: Josh Hartnett
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Stephen Cragg e Michael Fields
PLOT OUTLINE: Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a doctor of psychology. To be able to pay the bills, he gives lectures at colleges...