Below, are short summaries, and potential release dates (ALWAYS subject to change!) of many of Ethan's films. For those that we have seen, we have provided a rating.
| A = | Loved It, Loved It, Loved It! |
| B = | A Good, Enjoyable Viewing Experience |
| C = | Could've Been Better, Could've Been Worse |
| D = | Don't Bother - Nothing Special At All About This One |
| F = | Dreadful, Dreadful, Dreadful! |
- Pre-teen boys create a space shuttle and travel to a foreign planet.
(Also stars River Phoenix)
DAD [Our Grade: C+]
- When he learns his father is dying, Danson and family return home to care for the dying man.
(Also stars Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Baker)
DEAD POETS SOCIETY [Our Grade: A]
- A charismatic English teacher arrives to a prep school and inspires students in poetry and in life.
(Also stars Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles)
WHITE FANG [Our Grade: B-]
- Ethan plays a young gold prospector who moves to Alaska and befriends a wolf. Based on the Jack London novel of the same name.
(Also stars Dick Mackey)
MYSTERY DATE [Our Grade: C+]
- A wild goose chase of mistaken identity as Hawke is repeatedly mistaken for his criminally - minded brother while on first date with the girl of his dreams.
(Also stars Teri Polo, Brian McNamara)
A MIDNIGHT CLEAR [Our Grade: B]
- A very emotional tale of American soldiers on a mission during WWII in the Ardeness Forest.
(Also stars Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Gary Sinise)
WATERLAND [Our Grade: B-]
- An English teacher, dealing with personal problems of his own, uses his class time as an opportunity to tell his students about his past.
(Also stars Jeremy Irons, Pete Postlethwaite)
RICH IN LOVE [Our Grade: TBA]
- A young girl tries desperately to keep her family together.
(Also stars Alfre Woodard, Kyle MacLachlan, Suzy Amis)
ALIVE [Our Grade: B+]
- True story of an Argentinian rugby team that survives 72 days in the Andes mountains after their plane crashes en route to a rugby match.
(Also stars Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Ileana Douglas)
REALITY BITES [Our Grade: A]
- Story of Gen-X'ers trying to find love, lives and jobs in a cruel, cruel world. (Includes probably the best onscreen kiss we've ever seen!)
(Also stars Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller)
FLOUNDERING [Our Grade: C-]
- Ethan appears only briefly in this story of an individual becoming totally overwhelmed with the injustices of life.
(Also stars John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Viggo Mortensen)
SEARCH & DESTROY [Our Grade: TBA]
- Follows the schemes of a wanna be Hollywood big-wig, trying to obtain financing for what he thinks will be the greatest movie of all time.
(Also stars Christopher Walken, Ileana Douglas, Griffin Dunne)
BEFORE SUNRISE [Our Grade: B+]
- While traveling by train across Europe, an American taveller convinces the girl he has just met to get off at Vienna to spend the night together.
(Also stars Julie Delpy)
GATTACA [Our Grade: A-]
- A genetically flawed Vincent (Ethan) dreams of working in Gattaca, a NASA of the future that only accepts employees that are genetically perfect.
(Also stars Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin)
GREAT EXPECTATIONS [Our Grade: B]
- Based on the Dickens classic, tells the tale of Finn (Hawke), destined to love one woman, even if she never returns that love.
(Also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert DeNiro)
THE NEWTON BOYS [Our Grade: B-]
- Story of the Newton brothers, the most prolific and successful bank robbers in the history of America.
(Also stars Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich)
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS [Our Grade: A-]
- Ethan plays a reporter, haunted by the memory of a lost love while covering her husband's murder trial.
(Also stars James Cromwell, Sam Shepard, Youki Kudoh)
THE VELOCITY OF GARY [Our Grade: B-]
- Hayek stars as a woman in love with an adult-film actor (D'Onofrio) who becomes HIV-positive. Ethan appears to have a small role in this film.
(Also stars Salma Hayek, Thomas Jane, Olivia d'Abo, Vincent D'Onofrio)
MONTEREY POP [Our Grade: TBA]
(Also stars Claire Danes)
JOE THE KING [Our Grade: TBA]
- Ethan plays a guidance counselor, trying to help a delinquent teenager (Fleiss).
(Also stars Val Kilmer, Noah Fleiss, Max Ligosh)
HAMLET [Opening Date: May 12, 2000]
- The classic Shakespearean tale of Hamlet, convinced that his uncle (now married to his mother) deliberately killed his father.
(Also stars Kyle MacLachlan, Bill Murray, Sam Shepard, Diane Venora)
OTHER POSSIBLE PROJECTS COMING DOWN THE PIKE:
ANGELS: An ex-con joins a desperate single mother on a cross country road trip.