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The Chuck Taylor in Films: W		Hey, where did you get those cool looking black high top chucks?
	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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	Films on this page: Waiting, Walking and Talking, The War, Warlock: The Armageddon, The Warriors, Watch It, Watching the Detectives, Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Weekend at Bernie's, Weekend at Bernie's II, Weird Science, West Side Story, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, When a Stranger Calls, When Zachary Beaver Came To Town, Where the Buffalo Roam, White Squall, White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild, Wide Awake, Wild America, Wild Tigers I Have Known, Wildcats, WishCraft, The Witching of Ben Wagner, The Wiz Kid, Wolfen, The Wrong Guys, Wrong Turn.
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	Waiting. (2005) Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner, Luis Guzmán, Chi McBride, John Francis Daley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Robert Patrick Benedict, Alanna Ubachi. Directed by Rob McKittrick. Category: Comedy.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a DVD of Waiting from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Walking and Talking. (1996) Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Todd Field, Liev Schreiber, Randall Batinkioff, Kevin Corrigan. Directed by Nicole Holofcener. A comedy about four friends looking for love in the nineties. Categories: Comedy, Romance.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of Walking and Talking from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	The War. (1994) Kevin Costner, Elijah Wood, Mare Winningham, Lexi Randall, Christopher Fennell. Directed by Tom Avnet. With the help of their friends, Stu and Lidia Simmons are determined to build the ultimate treehouse in the summer of 1970. But some low life bullies are determined to prevent this from happening. Categories: Drama, Family, Coming of Age.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a VHS video of The War from The ChucksConnection click here. To purchase a DVD of The War from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Warlock: The Armageddon. (1993) Julian Sands, Paula Marshall, Chris Young, Joanna Pacula. Directed by Tony Hickox. Satan's only son, the warlock, plots to free his father from the fiery chains that imprison him and unleash his wrath upon the world. The only ones who can prevent this are two young warriors who alone possess the supernatural powers to challenge the warlock and stop the inevitable Armageddon. Categories: Drama, Horror.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of Warlock: The Armageddon from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	The Warriors. (1979) Michael Beck, James Remar, Marcelino Sanchez, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David Harris, Tom McKitterick. Directed by Walter Hill. When the Warriors, a New York City street gang, attend a gang summit meeting, they are set up and blamed for the death of a rival gang leader. Now they must try to return to their territory, with every other gang member out to get them. Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of The Warriors from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Watch It. (1993) Peter Gallagher, Suzy Amis, John C. McGinley, Jon Tenney, Cynthia Stevenson, Lili Taylor Tom Sizemore. Directed by Tom Flynn. A film about four thirty-something housemates in Chicago and their problems with making commitments to the women in their lives. Categories: Comedy, Romance.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of Watch It from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Watching the Detectives. (2007) Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu. Written and directed by Paul Soter. A video store owner wishes his life could be as exciting as the movies he watches. Enter Violet, a real life femme fatale who suddenly brings excitement into Neil's life. Categories: Comedy, Romance.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: NR	Back to the top.

	Wayne's World. (1992) Michael Meyers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrera, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle, Kurt Fuller, Colleen Camp, Donna Dixon, Meat Loaf. Directed by Penelope Spheeris. The first of two feature films based on the popular Saturday Night Live comedy segment about two young guys into the heavy metal scene who broadcast a weekly program on the Aurora, Illinois public access channel. Funny situations, creative dialogue, and Mike Meyer's self-deprecating approach to the project make this film work. Categories: Comedy, Teenagers.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a VHS video of Wayne's World from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Wayne's World 2. (1994) Michael Meyers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken, Tia Carrera, Ralph Brown, Aerosmith. Directed by Stepen Surjik. Wayne gets a message in a dream to put on a rock concert and so "Waynestock" is born in the sequel to the original blockbuster. But first Wayne and Garth must save his girl friend from a sinister record producer. Categories: Comedy, Teenagers.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a VHS video of Wayne's World 2 from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Weekend at Bernie's. (1989) Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine May Stewart, Terry Kisar. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. When Larry and Rchard, two ambitious young insurance company employees, accidentally uncover an embezzlement scheme, their boss Bernie rewards them by inviting them to his beachside house for the weekend. But when they arrive they find that Bermie is dead and has set them up as the fall guys. In order to stay and figure out how to what to do, they must maintain the illusion that he is still alive. Category: Comedy.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a DVD of Weekend at Bernie's from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Weekend at Bernie's II. (1993) Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Barry Bostwick, Terry Kisar, Tom Wright, Steve James, Troy Beyer. Directed by Robert Klane. Richard and Larry return to work only to discover that they have been fired as the suspects for the embezzlement. But they know that Bernie had stashed the stolen money in the Virgin Islands. The two head there, with Bernie's body still in tow, to find the money and clear their names. Category: Comedy.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG	To purchase a DVD of Weekend at Bernie's II from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Weird Science. (1985) Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock. Directed by John Hughes. Two nerdy teenagers are able to tap into a secret government project and create the "perfect woman" who helps them to realize their teen fantasies and become "cool at school." Categories: Comedy, Teenagers, Sexually Explicit.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a DVD of Weird Science from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	West Side Story. (1961) Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. This film version of the trend setting Broadway musical about two rival gangs in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen influenced a generation and won numerous Academy Awards. This modern day Romeo and Juliet remake has a fabulous musical score by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, impressive choreography by Jerome Robbins, and strong performances by the principal actors. Chucks have an important role in the costuming, with the Jets wearing white low cuts, and the Sharks wearing black low cuts. Categories: Drama, Musical.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: NR - probably PG-13	To purchase a DVD of West Side Story from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.

	What's Eating Gilbert Grape. (1993) Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington, Kevin Tighe. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Johnny Depp plays Gilbert and Juliette Lewis is the girl who turns his life around. Leonardo di Caprio received an Oscar nomination for his role as Gilbert's mentally impaired younger brother. Categories: Drama, Romance.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a VHS video of What's Eating Gilbert Grape from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	When a Stranger Calls. (2006) Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg. Directed by Simon West. A teenaged babysitter at an isolated house is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller. Categories: Horror, Mystery.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a DVD of When a Stranger Calls from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	When Zachary Beaver Came To Town. (2003) Jonathan Lipnicki, Cody Linley, Sasha Neulinger, Eric Stoltz, Jane Krakowsky, Kathllen Lancaster, Brady Coleman. Directed by John Schultz. Two young boys in a small Texas town begin to learn about life one summer when Zachary Beaver, "the world's fattest boy" comes to town. Categories: Drama, Family.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG	To purchase a VHS video of When Zachary Beaver Came To Town. from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Where the Buffalo Roam. (1980) Peter Boyle, Bill Murray, Rene Auberjonois, Bruno Kirby. Directed by Art Linson. Another film (see Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) celebrating the exploits of "gonzo" journalist Hunter Thompson. This time Bill Murray stars as the alcohol and chemical crazed reporter, who covers a drug trial in San Francisco, has a one-on-one bathroom interview with Richard Nixon, and gives away his Superbowl tickets so he can cover the game from his hotel room. Category: Comedy.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of Where the Buffalo Roam from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	White Squall. (1996) Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goddall, John Savage, Scott Wolf, Jeremy Sisto, Ryan Phillippe, David Lascher, Eric Michael Cole, Jason Marsden, David Selby, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Zeliko Ivanek, Balthazar Getty, Ethan Embry, Jordan Clark. Directed by Ridley Scott. Jeff Bridges plays a ship captain who takes a crew of high school students on a voyage to the Caribbean. But just before their return, a violent sea storm turns the journey into a test of their courage and will to survive. Categories: Drama, Coming of Age, Teenagers.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a DVD of White Squall from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II. (1993) Amy Dolenz, David Moscow, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Marc Riffon, Matt McCoy, Amy O'Neill. Written and directed by Catherine Cyran. Five teenagers on a two-week trip through the Cascade Mountains are severely challenged when their guide and teacher falls off a cliff and they must figure out how to rescue him. Categories: Drama, Coming of Age, Teenagers.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG	To purchase a DVD of White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.

	White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild. (1995) Elizabeth Berkley, Jeremy London, Corin Nemec, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Justin Whalein, Ele Keats. Directed by Terence Winkless. Given the chance to clear their school records, a group of misfit teens reluctantly ventures into the majestic but unforgiving wilderness to help a young naturalist save the vanishing wolves. After their leader is seriously injured, they must battle whitewater rapids, deadly predators, and ultimately themselves in order to survive. Categories: Drama, Coming of Age, Teenagers.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG	Back to the top.
	Wide Awake. (1998) Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Dana Delany, Denis Leary, Robert Loggia, Rosie O'Donnell. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Joshua Beal, a fifth grader attending an affluent Catholic school in the Philadelphia area is in the midst of a spiritual crisis. His beloved grandfather has recently passed away from bone marrow cancer, and Joshua has been depressed ever since. Only his best friend Dave O'Hara seems capable of keeping Joshua on the ball, and when Dave confronts him about his behavior, Joshua tells him that he is embarking on a spiritual mission to seek a sign from God that his grandfather is okay in order to validate all of the spiritual beliefs that he has learned in school. Categories: Drama, Family.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG	To purchase a DVD of Wide Awake from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Wild America. (1997) Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow, Jamey Sheridan, Frances Fisher. Directed by William Dear. Mark and Marty Stouffer have dreams of becoming filmmakers, and inspired by an article in an outdoor magazine, begin to photograph animals in their natural environments. When their mom buys them a used 16mm camera, they plan a trip to film the vanishing wildlife of America before it's too late. Marty and Mark set out on their trip, but soon discover an unexpected stowaway, Marshall, who didn't want to stay at home and miss the adventure. Categories: Family, Drama.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: G	To purchase a VHS video of Wild America from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Wild Tigers I Have Known. (2006) Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White, Max Paradise, Fairuza Balk, Hailey Anne Nelson, Kim Dickens. Written and directed by Cam Archer. A 13-year-old boy learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school. Categories: Coming of Age, Sexually Explicit.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: Not Rated, would be R	To purchase a DVD of Wild Tigers I Have Known from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Wildcats. (1986) Goldie Hawn, Swoozie Kurtz, James Keach, Nipsey Russell, Weslie Snipes, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Michael Ritchie. Molly McGrath is a high school track coach and football expert who wants to coach junior varsity football at her school. When she is denied the opportunity by the head football coach, she takes a job coaching at an inner city high school. Categories: Comedy, Sports.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of Wlidcats from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	WishCraft. (2002) Michael Weston, Alexandra Holden, Austin Pendleton, A.J. Buckley, Michael Aday. Directed by Danny Graves. When a high school student receives a mysterious totem that grants three wishes, he discovers that dreams can come true...with a vengeance. Categories: Horror.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a DVD of WishCraft from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.

	The Witching of Ben Wagner. (1987) Sam Bottoms, Harriet Hall, Bettina Rae, Justin Gocke, Sylvia Sidney, Elizabeth Shelmway, Jamie Ballard. Directed by Paul Arnett. Thirteen year old Ben Wagner is caught between friends and family when his father, a contractor, wants to develop the lakeside area where Ben's new friend Regina and her grandmother live. When strange things start to happen at the lake, Ben has a hard time not believing the rumors that Regina and her grandmother are witches. Categories: Comedy, Family.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: G	To purchase a VHS video of The Witching of Ben Wagner from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	The Wiz Kid. (1989) Martin Forbes, Gary Forbes, Ulrike Kriner, Heiner Lauterbach, Narcisa Kukavica, Jake Wood, Lloyd Powell, Alec Christie, Andreas Vitasek, Pierre Franckh, Richard Rogler. Directed by Gloria Behrens. Bodo is a kid with abnormally high intelligence, over absorbed parents, and robotic toy companions. Bullied at school, he can only long in his dreams for Nova, the rock singer girl friend of the school's meanest bully, until he creates Bodo 2, a clone who turns out to be a much more hip and agressive version of himself. Categories: Comedy, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Coming of Age.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13	To purchase a VHS video of The Wiz Kid from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Wolfen. (1981) Albert Finney, Daine Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines. Directed by Michael Wadleigh. New York Detective Dewey Wilson is determined to find out why people are disappearing and their bodies are turning up at the morgue in pieces. Soon he goes underground into abandoned areas of the city to track down the mysterious predators responsible. Categories: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a VHS video of Wolfen from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	The Wrong Guys. (1988) Louis Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye, Tim Thomerson, Brion James, John Goodman, Ernie Hudson. Directed by Danny Bilson. Five grown men, who peaked at age ten, get together to relive their glory days at their 25th Cub Scout reunion. Category: Comedy.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG	To purchase a VHS video of The Wrong Guys from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.
	Wrong Turn. (2003) Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Kevin Zegers, Lkndy Booth, Julian Richings. Directed by Rob Schmidt. Six young friends find themselves trapped in the Appalachian hills of West Virginia, hunted down by cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding. Category: Horror.
	ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R	To purchase a DVD of Wrong Turn from The ChucksConnection click here. Back to the top.

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