Tom Skerritt
#1
Catch the Bullet
Synopsis:
U.S. marshal Britt MacMasters returns from a mission to find his father wounded and his son kidnapped by the outlaw Jed Blake. Hot on their trail, Britt forms a posse with a gunslinging deputy and a stoic Pawnee tracker. But Jed and Britt tread dangerously close to the Red Desert’s Sioux territory.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Jay Pickett,
Peter Facinelli
Plot:
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#2
Tears of the Sun
Synopsis:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless …
Starring:
Bruce Willis,
Cole Hauser,
Tom Skerritt
Plot:
civil war,
refugee,
rescue mission,
africa,
machete,
astronomical object in title,
rebel,
border,
doctor,
jungle
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#3
Contact
Synopsis:
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Starring:
Max Martini,
Tom Skerritt,
John Hurt
#4
Opposing Force
Synopsis:
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything does not go as expected, and the training mission turns into the real thing.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Richard Roundtree,
George Cheung
#5
Top Gun
Synopsis:
A heart-pounding combination of action, music and incredible aerial photography helped make Top Gun the blockbuster hit. of 1986. Top Gun takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a daring young flyer who's out to become the best. And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civili…
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Val Kilmer,
Michael Ironside
Plot:
pilot,
flying,
jet,
male objectification,
male camaraderie,
rivalry,
sex scene,
catch phrase,
u.s. navy,
jet fighter
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#6
The Dead Zone
Synopsis:
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Starring:
Tom Skerritt,
Nicholas Campbell,
Christopher Walken
#7
Alien
Synopsis:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortu…
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver,
Tom Skerritt,
John Hurt
Plot:
alien,
spaceship,
outer space,
creature,
female protagonist,
minimal cast,
android,
monster,
first of series,
trapped
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#8
M*A*S*H
Synopsis:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Starring:
Donald Sutherland,
Tom Skerritt,
Elliott Gould