
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a woman who recently loses her husband. She hits the road with her young son, and is determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Kris Kristofferson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. Some of his famous songs are ‘Me and Bobby McGee’, ‘For the Good Times’, ‘Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down’, and ‘Help Me Make It Through the Night’. He is also remembered for his performances in ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’, ‘Heaven’s Gate’ and ‘A Star is Born’.
Kristofferson did odd jobs before venturing into the world of music. His first successful song was the single ‘Viet Nam Blues’ which was released in 1966. Following this, many other albums were released including ‘Border Lord’ (1972), ‘Jesus Was a Capricorn’ (1972), ‘Surreal Thing’ (1976), ‘Shake Hands with the Devil’ (1979), ‘Third World Warrior’ (1990), ‘This Old Road’ (2006), ‘Closer to the Bone’ (2006), and ‘Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends : The Publishing Demos’ (2010).
He made his acting debut with the movie ‘The Last Movie’ (1971). This was followed many other films including ‘Blume in Love’ (1973), ‘The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea’ (1976), ‘A Star Is Born’ (1976), ‘Heaven’s Gate’ (1980), ‘No Place to Hide’ (1993), ‘Girls’ Night’ (1998), ‘Blade’ (1998) and ‘7 Minutes’.
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a woman who recently loses her husband. She hits the road with her young son, and is determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a western drama film which tells the story of Pat Garrett, an honest lawyer, who is hired by a group of wealthy cattle barons to deal with Billy the Kid, a notorious outlaw. However, Pat and Billy are childhood friends.
When a 40-year-old skeleton is found in Rio County, Texas, Sheriff Sam Deeds is summoned to investigate. According to local stories, the tyrannical sheriff Charlie Wade was killed by deputy Buddy Deeds, Sam’s father, who succeeded Wade to become a much-loved sheriff. Sam, who had a difficult relationship with his father, digs deeper and learns to see Buddy in a different light.
Heaven’s Gate is an American Western drama film which revolves around Sheriff James Averill, of Jackson County, who gets involved in a a class war against Nathan Champion, a mercenary who has been supporting the rich cattle farmers in the area, while the poor immigrants are forced to live in terrible conditions.
Based on Marvel’s fictional superhero, the movie follows Blade, a Dhamphir, half-human, half-immortal with all the strengths of a vampire. He must control his own bloodthirst and stop the vicious vampire Deacon Frost who wants to control all humans by summoning an ancient evil God using Blade's blood.
A once-famous rock-star Cisco Pike, who is facing difficult times, gets convicted for drug dealing. Later, though he tries to lead a straight life with his girlfriend, a corrupt LAPD officer, Leo Holland, blackmails him into selling 100kg of confiscated marijuana within a weekend. As Cisco runs from pillar to post to meet the deadline, can he avoid getting arrested once again?
Convoy is a road action comedy film which tells the story of a few truck drivers, their adventures and their vendetta with an abusive sheriff.
After recovering from a gunshot, Porter sets out to find his wife, Lynn, and crime partner Val Resnick, both of who after a successful robbery, betrayed and left him for dead. He now wants his share of money and revenge, but the money is with a crime organization. Porter now has to deal with not just Resnick but also the syndicate bosses and corrupt cops
Loosely based on the life of Willie Nelson, this is a satirical comedy-drama film about a country music composer entangled in a legal contract with a Nashville thug entrepreneur. Swindled of the publishing rights of his songs, he gets nothing for his efforts. The film then goes on to show how he plans to get out of the deal and reunite with his ex wife.
Divorced after being caught with his secretary, a Californian divorce lawyer travels to Vienna, where he and his ex-wife had spent their honeymoon, all the while continuing to love and yearn for her. Meanwhile his wife now has a new boyfriend, an unemployed musician ten years her junior, and to make matters worse he finds that he actually likes the younger man.
A horse trainer Ben Crane is unable to connect with Cale, his precocious daughter. However, Sonador, an injured horse which is adopted by Ben becomes the reason that bridges the gap between the father and daughter.
Sawyer is a young boy who manages to save the life of a dolphin from a trap, but in the process, the dolphin loses its tail. He soon becomes friends with the dolphin and tries to give the dolphin a prosthetic tail.
Jack Starks, a Gulf War veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Vermont, where he is blamed for a policeman’s death. Sent to a mental asylum, he is subjected to experimental treatment by Dr. Becker, who puts him in a straitjacket-like device and locks in a morgue drawer. Starks experiences visions of his future, and approaching death. So, what’s in store for him?
I’m Not There is a 2007 musical drama film, in which six diverse characters inspired by the life and music of Bob Dylan, portray different aspects of his life.
In this second film of Marvel Comics’ Blade series, human-vampire hybrid superhero Blade and his team are asked to form an alliance with the Vampire Council’s high-powered team, The Bloodpack. Together, they are the last hope to thwart the threat of ‘The Reapers,’ a new, deadlier race of mutant super-vampires, who are set to wipe out human as well as vampire population.
During the filming of a Western in a Peruvian village, an actor dies in a stunt. Kansas, the horse wrangler, quits the film business and stays in the village with a former prostitute, Maria. Then the local priest asks for his help as the villagers, not knowing that movies are not real, start re-enacting the movie scenes with actual violence and killings.
Based on Greg Behrendt’s self-help book of the same name, the movie follows nine people who are trying to navigate the complicated waters of love and relationship. The only connecting thread between the different characters is Gigi, who keeps constantly misreading the romantic interests of her dates.
While touring Israel, Johnny Cash narrates the story of the life of Jesus Christ, and his death and his resurrection.
Addison and Liza, siblings on the run in Michigan after a failed casino heist, decide to cross the US-Canada border and part ways. On her way, Liza meets and falls in love with Jay, a newly-released from prison former boxer, on his way home for Thanksgiving.
Don Henderson is a marketing executive for a burger chain, whose boss sends him on an investigation assignment, after cow manure is found in the meat of the company’s top selling hamburger.
This drama film revolves around a former hitman who tries to track down his daughter Jessica, after serving 25 years in prison. Circumstances bring him and three other people together on Christmas Eve.
The human-vampire hybrid, Blade, is chased by the FBI as he has been framed for many murders. In the Syrian Desert, the vampires resurrect the original vampire, Count Dracula/Drake, to his undead state. To fight back this powerful opponent, Blade joins hands with vampire-hunters, Nightstalkers. They have only one chance to use the virus that can destroy Dracula and the vampires.
Lee Winters, an ex-film star, and widow of a murdered petrochemical tycoon, joins forces with financial expert Hubbell Smith, who is examining the liquidity of a bank. As they fall for each other, the two try to hunt for her husband’s murderer and inspect her financial issues, but end up discovering an international monetary conspiracy that could destroy the global financial system.
While searching for his co-worker chimpanzee, astronaut Leo Davidson accidentally travels through vast space and time to reach a planet ruled by talking apes that treat primitive humans as slaves. Supported by the sympathetic chimpanzee Ari, he rallies a small group of human rebels against the ape army of human-hating General Thade and his associate Colonel Attar.
Joyful Noise is a musical comedy drama film which revolves around Rose, a woman who is appointed as the new director of a choir. She takes control of the choir using traditional Gospel style, and this brings her at odds with Sparrow, the previous director’s widow. Sparrow disagrees that this is how their choir should perform at the national competition. When children get involved in the choir, the rivalry heats up further.
The residents of a small Californian town are troubled by the unruly and lawless behavior of the oil-field workers. Ben Arnold, a local, hires his brother, Vietnam veteran Aaron Arnold, who along with his tough troupers controls the law-breaking. But then the veterans proceed to take over the community. Now the residents turn to Ben to put an end to this terror.
D-Tox is an American psychological thriller film which revolves around an FBI Agent Jake Malloy, whose girlfriend is killed by the serial killer whom he is pursuing. He becomes depressed and soon descends into alcoholism, and attempts suicide. He is admitted into a rehab but soon it appears that the killer has begun his killing spree again.
Fire Down Below is an action drama film which tells us the story of an environmental protection agent Jack Taggart, who loses his best friend at the hands of a corrupt crime syndicate that is also involved in the mismanagement of toxic waste. Taggart makes the decision to avenge the death of his friend.
A farmer with a passion for being a performer finds a circus tend in his yard after a storm. By a strange happenstance, he collaborates with a group of whimsy animals and performers to put on a great show.
Kris Kristofferson Awards
A Star Is Born | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | 1977 |
Winner | Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group | 1976 |
Winner | Best Country Song | 1972 |
Winner | Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group | 1974 |
Winner | Lifetime Achievement Award | 2014 |