TV Guide: John Badham

Listing: Drop Zone

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:30:00 -0400

Fri Oct 17 02:30 AM MOMAXe

Listing: Bird on a Wire

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:30:00 -0400

Wed Oct 15 06:30 AM HBO2e

Video: Bird On a Wire

iTunes — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:08:34 -0400

Superstars Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn team up with this non-stop action-comedy directed by John Badham. Hiding under the FBI Witness Protection Program, Rick Jarmin (Gibson) gets nervous when old flame Marianne Graves (Hawn) recognizes him. But before he can assume a new identity, the man he put in jail (David Carradine) is released and comes to pay his respects. Rick and Marianne find themselves thrown together on an exhilarating cross-country scramble, barely evading the gangsters, police and an amorous veterinarian (Joan Severance). Their whirlwind travels eventually lead to an unforgettable climax in an elaborate zoo exhibit. PBS-TV calls the film "a roller coaster of a movie with hot action and wild humor! This Bird soars!"

Video: The Hard Way

iTunes — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:20:09 -0400

Michael J. Fox and James Woods team up for hilarious action-adventure from director John Badham. Nick Lang (Fox) is a popular movie star who joins forces with a tough New York detective (Woods) in order to break out of his "nice guy" screen image. On the trail of a ruthless serial killer, the last thing Moss needs is a pampered Hollywood sidekick.

Video: Hard Way, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:24:28 -0400

Action film director John Badham bites the hand that feeds him in this action movie spoof that features ribbing of pretty-boy Hollywood action stars by Michael J. Fox and a parody of colorful, hair-trigger James Woods types by the man himself. Woods plays New York homicide detective John Moss, who is within an inch of closing in on a serial killer who calls himself The Party Crasher (Stephen Lang) because his specialty is shooting his victims in the middle of discos. Chasing The Party Crasher after his latest victim has been dispatched, Moss finds himself hanging onto the door of a speeding truck with The Party Crasher at the wheel. When Moss is thrown off the truck and nearly killed, The Party Crasher escapes, and Moss is taken off the case. Moss is given a new assignment --to tag around with Hollywood action film star Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), the popular hero of the Smoking Gun movies. Lang spotted Moss on a television news show and thinks he would be the ideal cop to study for adding authenticity to an

Video: Point Of No Return

Video Detective — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:17:02 -0400

Director John Badham's remake of French action thriller La Femme Nikita moves the action to the U.S., where Maggie (Bridget Fonda) is a strung-out Washington, D.C. drug addict who kills a policeman in a pharmaceutical-induced haze. Sentenced to death, Maggie is rescued by a shady operative, Bob (Gabriel Byrne), who offers to save her life if she'll become a covert government assassin. Maggie agrees and trains for a life as a professional killer under a new name, Claudia. Her classes include weaponry, martial arts, explosives, and even social graces under the tutelage of Amanda (Anne Bancroft). Claudia is transformed into a classy sophisticate and is assigned to Venice, California, where she falls for J.P. (Dermot Mulroney), an attractive photographer who lives downstairs. Claudia's highly dangerous job soon interferes when she's ordered to carry out a series of clever assassinations, including a hit in a restaurant and a hotel bombing. When one particular killing goes horribly wrong, she gets some assistance

Video: American Flyers

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:41:27 -0400

Academy Award-winning superstar Kevin Costner ("The Bodyguard," "Dances with Wolves") stars in this tale of two brothers who rekindle their relationship during a grueling three-day bicycle race -- a race that's "guaranteed to increase the viewer's adrenalin" (The New York Post). Director John Badham ("Point of No Return," "Stakeout") ably blends action and sentiment in this moving story by Oscar-winner Steve Tesich ("Breaking Away"). Featuring Jennifer Grey ("Dirty Dancing"), David Marshall Grant ("thirtysomething") and Robert Townsend ("The Hollywood Shuffle").