The Chuck Taylor in Films

U - V

• 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.
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• Actors who wear chucks in the films are highlighted in the credits list.
• Films on this page: Uncle Sam, An Unexpected Family, The United States of Leland, Unstrung Heroes, U.S. Marshals, Venom, The Very Thought of You, The Video Dead.
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Uncle Sam. (1997) Leslie Neale, Christopher Ogden, Isaac Hayes, David 'Shark' Fralick, Bo Hopkins, Ann Tremko, Timothy Bottoms. Directed by William Lustig. After perishing in a helicopter crash from "friendly fire", Desert Storm war hero Sam Harper makes his last trip home. But Sam's got new orders. He's back from the dead and he's on a mission of murder against all who offend him. Category: Horror.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R

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An Unexpected Family. (1996) Stockard Channing, Stephen Collins, Christine Ebersole, Noah Fleiss, Chelsea Russo. Directed by Larry Elikan. When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children, her unmarried sister is reluctantly left to take care them. Categories: Drama, Family.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG

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The United States of Leland. (2003) Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams. Written and directed by Matthew Ryan Hope. After seemingly ordinary 15-year-old Leland Fitzgerald stuns his community with a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl, a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland's unusual story into a book. Categories: Drama, Crime and Mystery.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R

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Unstrung Heroes. (1995) Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chakin, Nathan Watt. Directed by Diane Keaton. When young Stephen needs a break from the pressures of his parents' household, he moves in with his eccentric uncles and learns some lessons about life. Categories: Drama, Family, Coming of Age.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG

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U.S. Marshals. (1998) Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Kate Nelligan, Tom Wood, Lorenzo Clemons, Ray Toler, LaTanya Richardson, Irene Jacob. Directed by Stuart Baird. U. S. Marshals is actually a sequel to the successful film version of The Fugitive. This time, instead of tracking the escaped Dr. Richard Kimble, Gerard is tracking Mark Sheridan who is wanted for the murders of two government agents in New York. Another difference is that you see Gerard working with a team of deputy marshals. Categories: Drama, Crime and Mystery, Action/Adventure.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13

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Venom. (2005) Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona, Rick Cramer, Bijou Phillips, Meagan Good. Directed by Jim Gillespie A loner redneck made fun of by teenagers in a small Louisiana town is possessed by 13 evil souls in the form of snakes when he tries to help an accident victim. Once possessed he relentlessly pursues the teenagers with a pickaxe and his pickup. Category: Horror.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R

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The Very Thought of You. (1998) Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander, Joseph Fiennes, Ray Winstone. Directed by Nick Hamm. A young American girl going to London to "find herself" independently meets three best friends, all of whom fall in love with her. Two of the friends are actively in pursuit of her, but she is in pursuit of the third friend. He struggles with his own guilt, because he feels he is betraying his friends to be with her. Category: Comedy, Romance.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13

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The Video Dead. (1987) Rocky Duvall, Roxanna Augesen, Sam David McClelland, Patrick Treadway. Written and directed by Robert Scott. A family takes delivery of a new television set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world. Later the Blair family takes over the house and possesion of the tv, and then discover that they have to fight the zombies or die. Category: Horror.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R

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