Timothy Bottoms Movies

A dying soap opera star wrestles with the most difficult decision of her life while spending her last days with her best friend. The beautiful star of television's most popular soap opera, Jane Tetley (Leslie Ann Warren), has terminal cancer. Realizing that her days are numbered, Jane returns to her hometown of Walton Falls in order to reconnect with her best friend Ida Mae (Meredith Baxter. Though Ida Mae is devastated to learn that Jane is dying, she vows to remain by her friend's side to the end. As he two reminisce about old times, Jane tries to play cupid by setting Ida Mae up with handsome local entrepreneur Will (Timothy Bottoms), the owner of a small ceramics shop. Tensions between the two old friends begin to grow, however, when Jane expresses a desire to reveal a longstanding secret: Ida Mae's grown daughter Kate (Bridget Ann White) is actually Jane's biological daughter. Later, Kate's husband wrestles with the decision to accept a job offer in Seattle - a move that would mean leaving behind all of their family and friends. When Kate decides to remain by her mother's side, Ida Mae becomes terrified that the girl she raised as he daughter will leave her alone after learning the truth. Meanwhile, Jane connects with Kate's daughter Lila (Ellery Sprayberry), and forges a relationship with the young girl that gives her both clarity of mind, and the strength to do the right thing. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unlucky in life and love, quirky waitress Trudie (Melissa Joan Hart) takes the holidays -- and the law -- into her own hands. Unable to brave Christmas with her family as a single woman, Trudie kidnaps restaurant customer David Martin (Mario Lopez) and introduces him to her family as her boyfriend. Unable to escape the family vacation house, David agrees to play along until the police arrive. In the meantime, however, David ponders his own romantic life, and questions if he is falling in love with Trudie despite the unlikely circumstances. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Rosanna Arquette guest stars as convict Constance Ferguson, who tries to get out of solitary confinement by swallowing four razor blades--an act of pathetic bravado that earns the contempt of Cristina (Sandra Oh). Elsewhere, the newborn quintuplets and their mother (Margaret Welsh) are suffering serious post-natal problems, with one of the infants close to death. As Izzie (Katherine Heigl) cares for the ailing child, Addison (Kate Walsh) decides that it is time to teach the idealistic intern a painful but necessary lesson. Also, Alex (Justin Chambers) broods obessessively over a medical mistake, which only serves to make Izzie (Katherine Heigl) even more angry with him; and under pressure, George (T.R. Knight) agrees to treat a skin-cancer patient with leeches. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Having survived a traumatic encounter with hordes of dangerous locusts, Dr. Maddy Reardon (Lucy Lawless), a specialist in the behavior patterns of voracious insects, accepts what she thinks will be a stress-free job as a professor at Tate University in Louisiana. Unfortunately, Maddy is once again forced to put her knowledge to use--and her life on the line--when the body of a student is found, drained of blood. Assisted by her husband Dan (Dylan Neal) and by several of her more courageous (or should we say foolhardy?) students, Maddy endeavors to prove that the death of the student was caused by a flock of particularly vicious vampire bats, mutated into monstrosity by a recent toxic waste dump. Timothy Bottoms costars as Mayor Hank Poelker, who is covertly in cahoots with the chemical company that has caused this calamity. (Can it be that Bottoms was cast because of his resemblance to President George W. Bush, whom the actor has also played on several occasions?) Originally slated to be filmed in New Orleans, Vampire Bats shifted production to Canada to avoid the anticipated onslaught of Hurricane Katrina; the made-for-TV thriller debuted October 30, 2005 on CBS. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A woman finds herself walking a fine line between dreams and reality in this thriller. Zoey Drayden (Nicole Eggert) is a college student studying botany who has been having horrible dreams about a series of murders. One night, after receiving a telephone call frantically begging for help, Zoey discovers that her dreams bear a striking resemblance to the work of an actual serial killer, and Keegan (Callum Keith Rennie) and Stepnoski (Timothy Bottoms), a pair of police detectives, begin to believe Zoey may have psychic abilities that could help lead them to the killer. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

This suspense film features Dennis Hopper as JD, a crazed kidnapper who hijacks a school bus (not unlike his crazed kidnapper in Speed) and holds the students hostage (one of the students is played by former Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan). Even if the hostages are able to break free from their captors, they would have to survive the harsh terrain that surrounds the cabin in which they are being held. Lee Stanley's film was sold directly to Blockbuster Video, never gaining a theatrical release in the United States. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Jeff Burr's family friendly science fiction film The X-Treme Teens stars Bryan Neal as Andy, a teenager who one day discovers a special pair of powerful glasses. Not long after that, he is approached by aliens who need his help in order to retrieve a lost item that, in the wrong hands, could destroy Earth. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

In this youthful adventure fantasy, a young boy goes for a walk, accidentally falls into a deep hole, and finds himself face-to-face with the Greek god Atlas. The two become good friends, and after the legendary hero brings the boy to safety, the boy shows his gratitude by inviting Atlas to his home. Matters take an even stranger turn when Atlas falls head-over-heels in love with the boy's mother. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

A girl and her best friend hit the road in this family friendly comedy drama -- only the girl's friend weighs in at 4,000 pounds! Eddie (Remy Ryan) is a ten-year-old girl (her name is short for "Edwina") who has trouble communicating with her mother Sarah (Priscilla Barnes) and doesn't care for Sarah's layabout boyfriend, Jeffrey (Patrick Dempsey). A rag-tag circus comes to town, and Eddie finds herself bonding with Ava, the show's performing elephant. Slayton (Timothy Bottoms), the sleazy owner of the circus, learns that he's deep in debt to the IRS, and since Ava is insured for a large sum of money, he plots to kill the elephant in a way that will look like an accident in order to pay off his debts. Eddie, however, gets wind of Slayton's plan; she helps Ava escape, and runs away from home with her new pet at her side. As the hapless local sheriff (Kaye Ballard) and her staff try to find a missing child travelling with a two-ton elephant, Sarah learns that an escapee from prison is on the loose and she becomes afraid that the criminal will cross paths with her missing daughter. As it turns out, Eddie does meet Clayton (Georg Stanford Brown), the jailbird on the lam, but she soon finds that he means her no harm -- and he happens to know a few thing about Slayton and his business. Ava's Magical Adventure marked the directorial debut of actor Patrick Dempsey, who helmed the project in collaboration with Rocky Parker. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

This video offers a profile of filmmaker Bogdanovich's first great movie, The Last Picture Show, as Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Sam Bottoms, Polly Platt, Randy Quaid and others reveal the impacts that the film had on their lives. ~ Rovi

This poorly received sequel to the classic 1957 movie The Bridge over the River Kwai, is also based on a true story, as told in the book by Joan & Clay Blair, Jr. This story begins where the previous one left off, with the blowing up of the marvelous bridge. Here, the Australian POWs are rounded up to be shipped by rail and sea to Japan to serve as slave laborers. They have many harrowing experiences and near-escapes. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi