The first major Hollywood film he showed was the Western "Tombstone, " starring Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell.

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Actors Michael Douglas, Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell and Hugh Grant were among the competitors last time.

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Adjacent to the 1880 Union Hotel, a Wells Fargo stagecoach stop, stood an authentic saloon-turned-wine salon owned by winemaker and actor Kurt Russell.

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Has nothing changed since the Beau Bridges and Kurt Russell characters abandoned Norma Rae and Karen Silkwood mid-crusade because dinner wasn't being served on time?

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It was with some trepidation, therefore, that he attended an early screening of the German's modern-day interpretation of Poseidon starring Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss.

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The plot centers on estranged brothers Kurt Russell (a soon-to-be-legendary firefighter) and William Baldwin (an anxious apprentice), who work out their differences in the midst of mysterious arsons and towering infernos.

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