"L" Titled Films!
These are all the movies I have seen that start with the letter 'L'. It will be continually updated as I view more and more films....
List activity
159 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
7 titles
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsBridget FondaBill PullmanOliver PlattFour people attempt to stop a gigantic crocodile, who is terrorizing residents in Black Lake, Maine.Co-starring: Betty White, Mariska Hargitay, Meredith Salenger, Adam Arkin (uncredited), Steve Miner (uncredited)
The movie Lake Placid has similarities to an episode on the X-Files (Season 3 episode 22 Quagmire) where a series of attacks happen on a lake where it is thought to be sea monster called "Big Blue" but turns out to be a crocodile. Other similarities include the farmers cow being killed while drinking from the water and a diver being killed.
The size of the crocodiles in the movie is actually much larger than anything recorded. The current largest crocodile in captivity (Guinness book of records, 2015) is 5.48 metres (about 18 ft), and although there are (unverified) reports of sightings over 20 feet in length, nothing is as large as the 30ft quoted in the movie
Steve Miner Director Cameo: Plane pilot transporting Kelly to Maine.
In the hospital, someone can be heard paging Mr. Miner in the background. Lake Placid was directed by Steve Miner.
Betty White's character is told that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) would be interested to learn of her alleged mistreatment of her cows. In reality, Betty White is a major on-air spokesperson for PETA. - DirectorTom ShadyacStarsJim CarreyMaura TierneyAmanda DonohoeA pathological liar-lawyer finds his career turned upside down when he inexplicably cannot physically lie for 24 whole hours.Also Starring: Anne Haney, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe, Jason Bernard, Swoosie Kurtz, Mitchell Ryan, Christopher Mayer, Eric Pierpoint, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Cheri Oteri, Marianne Muellerleile, Krista Allen, Don Keefer, Sara Paxton, Christopher Darden,
Max's teacher is reading to her class a story from Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham". Jim Carrey later played title characters in Seuss-based movies How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Horton Hears a Who! (2008).
Randall 'Tex' Cobb, has a cameo in this movie talking about returning a jacket he had borrowed from Fletcher. He also had a whole character in the movie but the scene was later deleted.
One trailer included moments from a deleted opening scene in which Fletcher unscrupulously defends an obviously guilty Mr. Skull against a terrified old man in court. Skull's actor, Randall 'Tex' Cobb also played a character who beat up Jim Carrey's car in the beginning of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), also directed by Tom Shadyac.
This was Don Keefer's final acting role before his death on September 7, 2014 at the age of 98.
The film is dedicated to Jason Bernard who played his last role in this film and shortly after died of a heart attack.
Steve Martin turned down the lead role in this film due to scheduling conflicts with another film.
When Fletcher is having the pen war in his office, he comes up from behind the desk with the word Blue written all over his face. On his right hand jaw side is written "B.B. King" amongst all the blues.
When Max asks his father, "If I keep making this face, will it get stuck that way?", Fletcher replies, "No. In fact, some people make a good living that way." This is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Jim Carrey's own career.
According to an interview with Jim Carrey, he says that the gag of Fletcher chasing his son as "The Claw" was something Carrey's father did to him and his siblings.
Jim Carrey declined the role of Dr. Evil in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) so he could be committed to this film. - DirectorGuy RitchieStarsJason FlemyngDexter FletcherNick MoranEddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.Also starring: Vinnie Jones, Lenny McLean, Steven Mackintosh, Nicolas Rowe, P.H. Moriarty, Frank Harper, Stephen Marcus, Vas Blackwood, Sting, Alan Ford, Victor McGuire
Vera Day, who plays Tanya the dealer, bears a striking resemblance to the character of Lady Fingers in the famous film The Cincinnati Kid (1965), a classic about a young card pro who takes on a older foe.
The character of Big Chris was allegedly based on real life ex-gangster Dave Courtney.
The ending to the film was altered some time after filming had been completed which is why Tom is wearing a woolen cap pulled low down - the actor had grown his hair in the intervening period and did not want to shave it short again.
Lenny McLean was ill during filming with what he believed was the flu. After filming had ended he was hospitalized and initially told that he had pleurisy. However, tests revealed that he had lung cancer which had metastasized to his brain. Lenny McLean was a famous bare knuckle boxer before he became an actor. The movie was dedicated to Lenny McLean, who played Barry the Baptist. He died of cancer exactly one month before the movie's debut in England.
Jason Statham has in real life worked as a street vendor, similar to the character he plays in the opening of the movie. This was Jason Statham's film debut. As it was the Film debut of Vinnie Jones.
Even though they did not share a single scene in this film, 18 years earlier P.H. Moriarty and Dexter Fletcher shared a brief scene in The Long Good Friday (1980) Dexter was the little boy who was watching Bob Hoskins car and P.H. Moriarty was 'Razors' Hoskin's driver/henchmen. - DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul FreemanAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.Also starring: Eddie Constantine, Paul Freeman, P.H. Moriarty, Pierce Brosnan, Stephen Davies, Paul Barber, Dexter Fletcher
Anthony Franciosa was originally cast as the Mafia boss Charlie but left after three days filming, claiming to be annoyed with the script alterations.
Dexter Fletcher is the Young Lad "protecting Harold's Car"
This movie is notable for its meat-works sequence where rival hoods are hung upside down on meat hangers.
The film was picked up by George Harrison's Handmade Films Ltd after being slated for a television release by ITC; upon viewing his newly-purchased production for the first time, Harrison said that he'd never have approved such a violent film had "Long Good Friday" began under Handmade.
This film is memorable for its distinctive theme music composed by Francis Monkman. The reason Francis Monkman's score is so loud during the final scene, drowning out any noise, is because director John Mackenzie was giving constant verbal direction to Bob Hoskins the entire time, so as to guide his acting; due to sound levels on both sides needing to sync, the producers decided to mute the whole thing and put the score over it.
First theatrical film role for Pierce Brosnan. Brosnan's part was supposed to be completely silent but he improvised one word of dialogue - "Hi".
Bob Hoskins voice was dubbed over by a Wolverhampton actor, for fear Americans wouldn't understand his London accent. After Hoskins threatened to sue Jack Gill and British Lion (the original producers before HandMade bought the rights) the dubbing was removed. - DirectorLen WisemanStarsBruce WillisJustin LongTimothy OlyphantJohn McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.Co-starring: Cliff Curtis. Kevin Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sung Kang, Chris Ellis, Matt O'Leary, Cyril Raffaelli, Tim Russ, Edoardo Costa, Yancey Arias,
Director Cameo
Len Wiseman: Pilot of the F35 jet.
When McClane is driving in Jersey and talking to the chief captain of Camden, the guy's name is Len Wiseman - the same name as the director.
When Gabriel is talking to McClane over the phone and pulling up his information on the computer, Bonnie Bedelia makes a cameo appearance in the form of her character Holly McClane's driver's license photo. The photo appears as though it may be either a publicity shot from a prior "Die Hard" film or a still photo (i.e. family portrait) from one of the movies.
This is the first Die Hard film without the music of film composer Michael Kamen. Kamen died in 2003. Portions of Kamen's previous "Die Hard" scores, however, were incorporated into the score by Marco Beltrami.
The Terminator action figure in Matt's apartment is a nod to executive producer William Wisher Jr. and composer Marco Beltrami. Wisher co-wrote and appeared in The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Beltrami composed the score for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).
The first film in the series where the antagonist does not use a fake accent. In Die Hard (1988), Hans Gruber faked an American accent to fool McClane; in Die Hard 2 (1990), Colonel Stuart fakes a Midwestern accent while guiding an airline pilot into crashing into the ground; and in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Simon fakes an American accent while posing as a city engineer.
In addition to the 'Agent Johnson' reference, several other elements from the first Die Hard (1988) film are revisited as series trademarks. Among them are: crawling on broken glass, use of air-ducts, elevator shafts, and maintenance areas in corporate buildings, a henchman falling down stairs, an inquiry on the E.T.A. of a helicopter, and McClane's "Yippie Ki Yay' catchphrase.
In the beginning credits when Kevin Smith's name comes on the screen. The "m" in smith disappears and you see "Sith" for a few seconds paying homage to Kevin Smith's love of all things Star Wars which also reflects in his character in the movie.
This film addresses the apparent continuity error in earlier installments - McClane is afraid of flying in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), but not Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). Here, he explains that he took flying lessons in order to "face his fears."
French actor and martial artist Cyril Raffaelli, who plays Rand, does his stunts almost without special effects and wires.
According to Bruce Willis and Director Len Wiseman in the DVD Commentary, the story originally involved McClane's son, Jack. Originally, he was supposed to be the computer hacker John has to deliver to the FBI. Eventually that idea was dropped and the hacker became the Matt Farrell character. It was then decided to bring in his daughter Lucy to keep up the series theme of McClane always having a personal stake in what happens in the story.
Bruce Willis' stunt double, Larry Rippenkroeger, was seriously injured when he fell 25 feet to the pavement. He suffered broken bones in his face and fractures in both wrists. Production was temporarily shut down. Willis picked up the tab at area hotels for Larry's parents and visited him a number of times at the hospital. Larry also doubles for James Caan in his TV series, Las Vegas (2003). Caan came and visited Larry in the hospital and joked around for over an hour. Larry told his parents he was glad when Caan left because he hurt so bad laughing at Caan's jokes.
It took four months to assemble and combine archive footage of past American presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush to create the televised warning from Gabriel. The goal was to create a video representation of a ransom note. ” - DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittBruce WillisEmily BluntIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.Also starring: Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Pierce Gagnon, Qing Xu (as Summer Qing) , Garret Dillahunt, Nick Gomez, Tracie Thoms
[from trailer]
Joe: I work as a specialized assassin, in an outfit called the Loopers. When my organization from the future wants someone to die, they zap them back to me and I eliminate the target from the future. The only rule is: never let your target escape... even if your target is you.
This is the third time Bruce Willis' character time travels and encounters his younger self. The first was Twelve Monkeys and the second was The Kid.
The scene where Young Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falls off the fire escape was filmed on the actor's 30th birthday. Gordon-Levitt was left hanging on the stunt wires while the crew sang "Happy Birthday" and wheeled out birthday cake.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt had prosthetics to make him look more like Bruce Willis in order to play his younger self. He also watched a lot of Bruce Willis films in preparation for the role so that he could impersonate some of his mannerisms. - DirectorScott StewartStarsPaul BettanyDennis QuaidCharles S. DuttonWhen a group of strangers at a dusty roadside diner come under attack by demonic forces, their only chance for survival lies with an archangel named Michael, who informs a pregnant waitress that her unborn child is humanity's last hope.Also starring: Tyrese Gibson, Jon Tenney, Kevin Durand, Adrianne Palicki, Willa Holland, Kate Walsh, Jeanette Miller, Doug Jones, Josh Stamberg, Yancey Arias, Chuck Hicks,
Gabriel: This can't be. You've disobeyed Him.
Michael: You gave Him what he asked for. I gave Him what He needed.
The name of the diner is "Paradise Falls", a reference to the changing nature of God's attitude to man and the nature of angels from protectors to destroyers. Also a nod to John Milton's Paradise Lost, where it describes the fall of Satan to earth and the war between angels and man.
The tattoos on Michael (and later Jeep) are Enochian, a language supposedly of the angels as recorded by John Dee and his seer Edward Kelley in the late 16th century, which they claimed was revealed to them by angels.