Jeff bridges is a hot shot lieutenant in the bomb squad of the boston p. Jeff bridges true grit and tommy lee jones the fugitive team up for this actionfilled, edgeofyourseat thriller about a mad bomber terrorizing boston. A retired cop lloyd bridges is chained to a piece of playground equipment and wired to a bomb. Hope springs is a 2012 american romantic comedydrama directed by david frankel, written by vanessa taylor and starring meryl streep, tommy lee jones, and steve carell. Blown away is a 1994 thriller directed by stephen hopkins, starring jeff bridges, tommy lee jones, forest whitaker, and lloyd bridges ryan gaerity jones, an insane irish terrorist, escapes from his cell in a castle prison in northern ireland. Blown away is a 1994 thriller directed by stephen hopkins, starring jeff bridges, tommy lee jones, forest whitaker, and lloyd bridges.
Both movies are similar, but very different, especially with the endings. The santa barbara film festival has selected oscarwinning actor jeff bridges as recipient of its american riviera award at a career tribute to. The mad bomber tommy lee jones holds a remote control device which will blow up jeff bridges girlfriend while she plays violin for the boston pops. Black moon rising released january 10, 1986 goremaster. Blown away 1994 movie trailer jeff bridges, tommy lee jones. Jones has rigged an abandoned ship with a rube goldberg device in which bottles topple over, and balls roll down chutes, and switches and levers are triggered, and. Jeff bridges appeared in two mad bomber movies, which were this film, and arlington road 1999 with oscar winners tommy lee jones and tim robbins respectively. Killed by faye dunaway as jones challenges her to shoot him before he stabs her. Jimmy dove in the action film blown away, opposite tommy lee jones and forest whitaker. The story is partially inspired by a reallife incident involving brown, who was asked.
Before he made the maneating lion thriller the ghost and the darkness and the special effectsladen lost in space, director stephen hopkins helmed this ludicrous and critically panned thriller pitting a cop on the boston police bomb squad jeff bridges against a mad irish bomber tommy lee jones whos still holding a grudge from their early years. The cop and the mad bomber in this one are jimmy dove jeff bridges, a veteran of the boston bomb squad planning to retire from the force, and ryan gaerity tommy lee jones, a revengecrazed explosives expert who has recently escaped from a detention center in northern ireland. During the course of the movie you hear u2s with or without you and i still havent. Hell or high water is nearly undone by its leftist leanings.
An irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the boston bomb squad. Strangely enough, blown away, which pits bomb disposal expert jeff bridges against vindictive saboteur tommy lee jones, has something even more heartstopping than the threat of instant. Playing texas ranger hamilton, bridges is in somewhat of his true grit rooster cogburn mode, seasoned by a pinch of tommy lee jones from no country for old men. Bridges, caught up in the irish trying to get the english out of ireland, worked with jones in ireland, but when one of the bombings goes bad, he splits, and jones gets arrested. Blown away full movie action1994 english jeff bridges, tommy lee jones, krotokan balunge. Blown away vhs, 1994, spanish subtitled movie time for sale. Whitaker, jeff bridges, lloyd bridges, suzy amis, tommy lee jones. Excellent acting by jeff bridges, tommy lee jones and forest whitaker, awsome sound effect and bass especially if you have a good subwoofer. Remembering blown away and the worst irish accents ever put to film. Tommy lee jones plays the role of the mad irish bomber who just got out of prison and has decided to target members of the boston police bomb squad, it just so happens that jeff bridges is about. The clock is ticking as a short fuse is lit counting down to the moment of detonation, in the explosive 1994 actionthriller blown away. Tommy lee jones wants jeff bridges and anybody he knows blown away in this 1994 film, also starring suzy amis, forest whitaker and lloyd bridges.
Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive his other notable starring roles include texas ranger woodrow f. Jeff bridges and academy award winner tommy lee jones light a fuse under this actionpacked, tensionfilled, edgeoftheseat thriller which will hold you hostage for 120 electrifying minutes louis b. The problem with this movie is that in that small little paragraph i just wrote above, it tells you practically the whole plot of the movie. Movie, blown away movie,blown away trailer,blown away 1994. Tommy lee jones 1946 film deaths elizas horoscope 1975 tommy lee. One is a member of the boston police departments bomb squad, the other an es. See more ideas about tommy lee jones, tommy lee and actor. With chris pine, ben foster, jeff bridges, gil birmingham. Gaerity has made his way to the boston area, sees his old friend lieutenant jimmy dove on tv once again saving the day, and now seeks revenge. Jeff bridges and tommy lee jones chew scenery in 1994s other. This tauntingmadbomber thriller, pitting an irish exterrorist gone straight and rechristened jimmy dove jeff bridges against his former compatriot ryan gaerity tommy lee jones on the. His real life father lloyd bridges also featured in the film, playing the uncle of bridges character. After staging a particularly gory jailbreak, irish republican army agent ryan gaerity tommy lee jones makes his way to boston and begins systematically picking off members of the police bomb squad. Tommy lee jones 1946 actor, film director ed harris 1950 actor, film.
The film was partially filmed in and around portland, oregon and silver falls state park. The film, directed by robert schwentke red, is based on a comic book series, and the vibe of this trailer definitely seems more reminiscent of the will smith and tommy lee jones films, with some. Call in the tv miniseries lonesome dove, agent k in. Blown away, a thriller film starring corey haim, nicole eggert and corey feldman blown away 1994 film, an action film starring tommy lee jones and jeff bridges blown away tv series, a canadian glassblowing reality competition show. May 20, 2016 enter texas ranger marcus bridges, a grizzled oldtimer whos basically filling the tommy lee jones role from no country with a punchier sense of humor. Good 90s flick about two former irish freedom fighters who specialize in bombs. The 1994 movie, blown away starring tommy lee jones and jeff bridges, was a film dealing with a plot line about an irish terrorist seeking out his former partner in boston for revenge. Enter texas ranger marcus bridges, a grizzled oldtimer whos basically filling the tommy lee jones role from no country with a punchier sense of humor. During the course of the movie you hear u2s with or without you and i still havent found what im looking for and the characters. Blown away is the kind of movie that people should be sentenced to.
Blown away vhs, 1994, spanish subtitled movie time for. Jeff bridges and tommy lee jones chew scenery in 1994s. Jeff bridges, don johnson, tom berenger and richard dean anderson were all considered for the lead role that eventually went to tommy lee jones. Aug 18, 2016 playing texas ranger hamilton, bridges is in somewhat of his true grit rooster cogburn mode, seasoned by a pinch of tommy lee jones from no country for old men. He has received four academy award nominations, winning best supporting actor for his performance as u. The movie starts off believable, tommy lee jones playsryan gaerity, a crazy bomber who escapes from a northern ireland prison. Aug 11, 2016 jeff bridges, borrowing tommy lee jones character from no country for old men, plays a retirementbound texas ranger who finds it amusing to pursue one last caper. Marshal samuel gerard in the 1993 thriller film the fugitive. Blown away 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The head of the studio was former paramount executive frank mancuso sr. Tommy lee jones and jeff bridges star respectively as a psychotic but. The most famous phrases, film quotes and movie lines by jeff bridges. A divorced father and his excon older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their familys ranch in west texas.
Tommy lee jones born september 15, 1946 is an american actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Tommy lee jones, barry pepper, julio cedillo, dwight yoakam, january jones mike norton pepper has just moved to town to join the border patrol with his beautiful young wife lou ann jones. The film was distributed and financed by mgm, a studio which was in financial difficulty at the time. Black moon rising, 1986 is an action film directed by harley cokeliss, written by john carpenter and starring tommy lee jones, linda hamilton and robert vaughn. Tommy lee jones making the bomb in blown away with u2 song. Blown away vhs, 1998, movie time for sale online ebay. Blown away is a 1994 action thriller film directed by stephen hopkins and starring jeff bridges, tommy lee jones, forest whitaker, and lloyd bridges. Portland scenes were filmed in oxbow park, the south park blocks, and tom mccall waterfront park. Blown away full movie action1994 english jeff bridges. Jeff bridges, borrowing tommy lee jones character from no country for old men, plays a retirementbound texas ranger who finds it amusing to pursue one last caper.
Mar 19, 2014 tommy lee jones making the bomb in blown away with u2 song. Blown away 1994 is a thriller film starring jeff bridges and tommy lee jones. Jones has rigged an abandoned ship with a rube goldberg device in which bottles topple over. Jeff bridges to receive santa barbara film festival. The film, contains two main characters, the bomb man staring tommy lee jones and his old time friend who tries to stop him staring jeff bridges. Watch this offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases or premieres, or occasionally our own inscrutable whims. Ryan gaerity jones, an insane irish terrorist, escapes from his cell in a castle prison in northern ireland. Blown away 1994 trailer jeff bridges tommy lee jones youtube. Jimmy dove jeff bridges is a veteran bomb disposal technician for the boston police department bomb squad.
This movie is loaded with stars, jeff and lloyd bridges a father and son team from ireland, jeff is a ex ira bomber who is now on bostons bomb squad, until bad guy tommy lee jones shows up, and he plays the expert bomb maker who is crazy and after jeff bridges for past wrongs. Blown away 1994 trailer jeff bridges tommy lee jones. The technical adviser for the film was tom brown, jr. It was nominated for a golden globe and won a peoples choice award. Starring an allstar cast led by screen legends jeff bridges and tommy lee jones, the city of boston is transformed into a deadly and volatile war zone as menacing explosions besiege the iconic irish enclave of america.