Eric Schneider Movies
- 1999
After recovering an ancient table in a room where three Goa'uld resistance leaders have been found dead, Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), suddenly goes insane. A killing parasite, the anti-Goa'uld technology created by Jackson's "alter ego" Ma'chello, is the cause of Jackson's madness. Soon thereafter, the parasite infects O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Teal'c (Christopher Judge) and Dr. Frasier (Teryl Rothery), forcing General Hammond (Don S. Davis) to make an extremely difficult decision. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
The ad copy for this ABC TV movie (part of the network's "Crimes of Passion" series) pretty much says it all: "Lying. Manipulation. Murder. The Things We Do For Love." Police detective Rick Barrish (Greg Evigan) is enmeshed in a sordid love triangle with his female partner Dusty (Alexandra Powers) and his mysterious new fiancée Laura Trevelyn (Brenda Bakke). At the same time, Barrish is piecing together the distrurbing clues--and following the trail of corpses--involved in a major heroin case. The two separate plot strands are inextricably intertwined as the story races to a truly unexpected climax. Based on a novel by a former Miami crime reporter, Edna Buchanan's Nobody Lives Forever originally aired March 26, 1998. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Greg Evigan, Kevin Dobson, (more)
- 1997
The SG-1 team is convinced that their comrade Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) was burned to death during an escape from the planet Oannes. In truth, Jackson is still alive and a captive of the amphibious humanoid Nem (Gerald Plunkett). Playing for time, Jackson agrees to help Nem locate his partner Omorca, who lived on earth during the Babylonian era. As Jackson and Nem discover that they have more in common than might be suspected, Jackson's earthbound team members, who are now not so certain that Daniel is dead, undergo hypnosis in hopes of retracing the events leading up to their cohort's "demise." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
In the conclusion of Stargate SG-1's opening episode, Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and his SG-1 team have located scientist Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), discoverer of the ancient Stargate technology enabling Earth to contact other solar systems. Jackson, who has proof that other Stargates exist throughout the galaxy, has for the last year been living on the planet Abydos with his alien wife, Sha're (Vaitare Bandera), and her brother, Skaara (Alexis Cruz). Sha're is kidnapped by the evil Egyptian god Apophis (Peter Williams), who hopes to use the Stargates to take over the universe with the help of the Goa'ulds, parasitic snake creatures who need humans as host bodies. Newly relocated to the planet Chulak, Apophis rules the populace with Sha're (her body taken over by Goa'ulds) as his queen. Though they cannot rescue Sha're, the SG-1 team hope to save themselves and Skaara, so that they can continue thwarting Apophis throughout the universe. In this pursuit, they find an unexpected ally in the form of Teal'c (Christopher Judge), a Jaffa soldier in Apophis' army who carries a larval Goa'uld in his own belly. Originally telecast as a two-hour episode, "Children of the Gods" has since been divided into two hour-long installments for syndication. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
The first episode of the TV series Stargate SG-1 takes place one year after the events in the 1994 Stargate theatrical feature. After quickly establishing that the Stargate portal was developed by an ancient Earth civilization in order to contact other solar systems, the focus of the story shifts to Col. Jack O'Neil (Richard Dean Anderson), who has been in retirement ever since defeating the megalomaniac Ra on the planet Abydos. Restored to active duty by General Hammond (Don Davis), who is now in charge of Earth's Stargate Project, O'Neil is instructed to rescue scientist Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), who may have survived the destruction of Abydos' Stargate. Assembling an exploratory team including his old comrades Kawalsky (Jay Acovone) and Ferretti (Brent Stait), as well as astrophysicist Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), O'Neill manages to locate Jackson, who has found a huge cartouche in hieroglyphics, indicating that there are thousands of Stargates throughout the galaxy. The trick now is to hide this valuable information from the evil Apophis (Peter Williams), a revived mythological Egyptian god who intends to use the Stargate technology to take over the universe. Originally telecast as a two-hour episode, "Children of the Gods" has since been divided into two hour-long installments for syndication. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Rudyard Kipling's classic novel is re-told in this made-for-television adaptation. Robert Urich stars as Troop, the captain of a schooner who rescues a child (Kenny Vadas) after he falls overboard from a passing ship. The boy -- a spoiled, orphaned, rich kid -- learns valuable lessons about life and the sea as Captain Troop and his son make him earn his passage on their vessel. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide
Satan opens an antique shop in a small town and lures the residents into evil actions in this supernatural chiller. Based on a novel by the prolific Stephen King, the film bears many of the author's trademarks, such as the New England setting and the focus on regular people tempted by the forces of supernatural evil. Here, the enticements toward bad behavior comes from the "Needful Things" shop, owned by new resident Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow). Gaunt's shop offers an odd collection of goods, each of which happens to be the object of desire of a local resident. Instead of money, however, Gaunt demands that townspeople perform a series of simple pranks. He has a plan, and these actions escalate until the town is at violent war with itself. The residents are brought to life by a talented cast, led by von Sydow's suave devil and including Ed Harris as the local sheriff, J.T. Walsh as a corrupt politician, and Amanda Plummer as a seemingly innocent baker. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, (more)
- 1993
Having survived the attack that killed Tessa in the previous episode, Richie (Stan Kirsch) realizes that he, like his friend Duncan (Adrian Paul), is an Immortal. Thus emboldened, Richie fearlessly stops an attempted assassination, bringing about the death of another Immortal, the husband of Irish terrorist Annie Devlin (Sheena Easton). Realizing that Annie will not rest until she gets even with Richie, Duncan decides to teach his friend the art of Immortal self-defense -- all the while coming to grips with the fact that, long ago, he and Annie were close friends. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, (more)
Wealthy-but-troubled Vietnam vet Jeff Fahey, his trailer-trash wife Karen Allen, and drifter Keith Carradine are the characters essential to the action in Backfire. Fahey's horrific flashbacks to his days in Nam plunge him into a catatonic state. Though he has previously drawn up a document granting his wife power of attorney in case this should happen, Fahey's protective sister Dinah Manoff keeps this fact secret, hoping to cut off the mercenary Allen--and her lover Dean Paul Martin--without a penny. Drowning her problems at a local bar, Allen makes the acquaintance of Carradine, who shortly afterwards moves into the family mansion, bag and baggage. Fed up with being treated like garbage, and equally fed up with her noncommunicative husband, Allen enmeshes Carradine in an insidious plan that will regain her the riches she feels she deserves. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, (more)
- 1979
In an uneven curiosity from Dutch director Bert Haanstra that seems to have no singular objective, the mistreatment of a company boss comes under scrutiny. When Old Slieps (Paul Steenbergen) retires from managing a baby-buggy factory, he passes his mantle on to Hein Slotter (Kees Brusse), a dull yet efficient manager. Time goes by, and Slotter survives the cold shoulders of the company directors who intensely dislike the man. These directors develop a plan to humiliate Slotter at a celebration of his 25th anniversary as manager as a means of venting their feelings. They concoct a story of his being "thrashed" by a younger employee and indirectly challenge Slotter to handle this embarrassment as best he can. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kees Brusse, Bernard Droog, (more)
- 1975
After one of his peers apparently commits suicide, a doctor (Hiram Keller) discovers that the dead man had developed a drug which halts the aging process. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hiram Keller, Klaus Kinski, (more)
- 1975
Flanagan is a psychotic and far-from-charming ex-convict who abuses a series of women who find him erotically thrilling. He is out to get revenge on his brother for letting him take the blame for a robbery they both committed. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eric Schneider
- 1974
Incest is added to rape and swindling as comprising the qualities of the family in this Dutch film. Two brothers and a mute sister take over an abandoned house near a city and try to persuade a finance company officer to give them a loan to buy the house, using the mute sister's sexual favors as payment. Then their father shows up and explains that the girl is mute because he raped her when she was quite young. One of the brothers, rather than continue to bed his sister, brings a nymphomaniac into the household and from there on, things go downhill for the household. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Memorably described by Pauline Kael as "a beautiful pipe dream of a movie," Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller reimagines the American West as a muddy frontier filled with hustlers, opportunists, and corporate sharks -- a turn-of-the-century model for a 1971 America mired in violence and lies. John McCabe (Warren Beatty) wanders into the turn-of-the-century wilderness village known as Presbyterian Church, with vague plans of parlaying his gambling winnings into establishing a fancy casino-brothel-bathhouse. McCabe's business partner is prostitute Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), who despite her apparent distaste for McCabe helps him achieve his goal. Once McCabe and Mrs. Miller become successful, the town grows and prospers, incurring the jealousy of a local mining company that wants to buy McCabe out. Filmed on location in Canada, McCabe & Mrs. Miller makes use of such Altman "stock company" performers as Shelley Duvall, René Auberjonois, John Schuck, and Keith Carradine. The seemingly improvised screenplay was based on a novel by Edmund Naughton and the movie features a soundtrack of songs by Leonard Cohen. McCabe & Mrs. Miller joined such other Altman efforts as M*A*S*H, The Long Goodbye, and Thieves Like Us in radically revising familiar movie genres for the disillusioned Vietnam era. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, (more)
- 1966
Linda Christian plays the wife of an American attorney in this psychological thriller. When her husband is found murdered, a painter (Eric Schneider) who is accused of the crime refuses to defend himself. A police inspector who believes the man is innocent investigates to find the truth. Flashbacks show the wife telling the police the painter murdered the attorney so he could marry the woman. The title refers to the estimated time of the victim's death. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Linda Christian, Eric Schneider, (more)
