Tom Woodruff, Jr.: Movies

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Alien vs. Predator  (2004)

An unidentified heat source draws some unsuspecting people to Antartica.  But instead of getting to explore an old pryamide, they end up caught in a war.  The battle, waged between the Yautja (Predator 1 & 2) and the Xeomorphs (Alien 1-4) catches the explorers off guard, and they must fight to save, not only themselves, but also the human race.  Tom Woodruff, Jr. is the Alien creatures, he also has a cameo appearance in the film.  AVP was directed by Paul W. S. Anderson,  special affects by ADI, special visual effects supervised by John Bruno.

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Looney Tunes: Back in Action  (2003)

 DJ Drake (Brendan Fraser), is a stuntman trying to rescue his father, a famous actor (played by Timothy Dalton).  He stumbles into a plot to possess a mysterious blue diamond. He finds help in the forms of Looney Tunes cartoon characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, as well as the studio executive who fired him.  The film was directed by Joe Dante and written by Larry Doyle.  Tom Woodruff, Jr. played the Metaluna Mutant.

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Evolution  (2001)

Wayne Grey (played by Seann William Scott,) practising in the desert of Glen Canyon, Arizona for his fireman's exam, where he witnesses the impact of a meteorite. The next day, biology teacher Dr. Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and geology teacher Harry Block (Orlando Jones) from the local Community College go to the meteorite, which is at the bottom of a cave. Taking a sample, they discover blue slime coming out of the meteorite.  Later, Ira Kane finds myriads of single-celled life-forms in the fluid, which evolve at an incredible rate, quickly becoming multicellular organisms. What first seems like a sure nomination for a Nobel Prize soon becomes a nightmare: the Aliens start spreading, soon leaving the cave and threatening the public.  Also, the Military comes in, with Dr. Allison Reed (Julianne Moore)  taking over the research.  When the time comes to eliminate the threat, the army heads in the wrong tactical direction, ignoring the warnings of Kane, and Block.  The film is directed by Ivan Reitman and produced by Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck and  
Ivan Reitman.  Tom Woodruff Jr. plays lead primate creature, which Dan Aykroyd's character Governor Lewis calls a "fuzzy no-nose chimp!"
Bedazzled  (2000)

 Elliot Richards (Brendan Fraser) has no real friends and has a terrible dead-end job.  He has a crush on a co-worker, Alison (Frances O'Connor). After Elliot is ditched while trys to talk to Alison at a bar,  he desperately wishes she was his. The Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) hearshim, and offers Elliot a deal. Elliot gets seven wishes, and the Devil gets his soul.  Of course, there's a catch: no matter what Elliot asks for, the Devil manipulates it so Elliot is unhappy.  He confronts her, but she tells him that his problems are his own fault: his wishes aren't specific enough.  Elliot gives up and tries to get out of the deal with the Devil, but she won't go for it, showing her true colours- in the form of a creature played by Tom Woodruff.  Not only that, she has tricked him into giving up one of his wishes!  She has him locked in jail to contemplate his next move...with some surprising results. 

Mattress of Solitude  (2000)
AKA "Hotel Superman"                                                                                                                                                                                                            

A short parody film that shows what happens when Superman, finally tired of saving the planet, takes a few well deserved days off and discovers how freeing being locked in a cheap hotel actually is.  The cast includes Alec Gillis as Superman, with an appearance by Tom Woodruff Jr.  Directed by Shannon Shea, written by Alec Gillis and Shannon Shea.  You can view one version of the film here, at YouTube.com.

Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr.




Hollow Man  (2000)

 A group of scientists, including is Linda Foster (Elisabeth Shue,) and Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) are working on a serum to make people invisible. They find it, and when another scientist tries the serum, he slowly vanishes.   To make matters worse, the formula has an unexpected side effect: the invisible man goes insane, threatening the lives of his fellow researchers, and the process doesn't seem to be reversable.  Tom Woodruff is Isabelle the Gorilla in this film.  Hollow Man was directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Alan Marshal and Douglas Wick.
 The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)

FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigated paranormal phenomena for five years, until the X-Files is closed down by the government.  They are reassigned to solve other crimes, such as the destruction of a Federal Building in Dallas which led to the deaths of 4 firemen and a child.  The chilling result is the explosion that destroyed the building was caused by the government.  Mulder unearths protected information regarding alien activity on Earth, with added clues coming with the outbreak of alien activity in Texas with a dangerous discovery in an ancient cave.  This time, Mulder and Scully are aided by a doctor (Martin Landau) as they try to stop a dangerous and possibly alien virus that could destroy life on Earth.  To find answers, they must come against the dangerous Syndicate, a group of powerful and dangerous men.  Tom Woodruff is the first Alien creature.
Alien: Resurrection  (1997)

200 years after Ellen Ripley's death, she is cloned on the USM Auriga using some blood by a group of military scientists in an attempt to remove an alien creature from her.  A group of smugglers are hired to bring some kidnapped people to the ship to serve as hosts.  The scientists begin reproducing the alien creatures using 8 they have cloned, including a queen from Ripley clone # 8 (, but despite state of the art technology,  they escape.  Most of the crew on the ship are evacuated or killed, leaving a handful of original workers, as well as the crimminals.  The ship, on course to earth, must be destroyed or retaken, and it's up to an escaped Ripley to lead the survivors. To make matters worse, the Queen then gives birth to strange and dangerous hybrid alien.
Tom Woodruff Jr. once more dons the alien suit as the lead alien creature.  Alien 4 was written by Joss Whedon and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

Alien 3  (1992)


A fire on the Sulaco causes the cryo-capsules carrying Ripley and her companions to be evacuated.  The EEV crashes, with Ripley being the only survivor.  Ripley finds herself on Fiorina 161, a former maximum security prison.  The planet is still inhabited by it's extremely violent all male inmates.  Ripley is distinctly unwelcome among the the small group who have now claimed to have found religion. The crimminals start to revert in the presence of a woman, the situation extenuated as the bodies began to pile up.  Fighting disbelief, Ripley attempts to organize the inmates to fight the alien, only to realize that she too carries a nightmare.
Pumpkinhead  (1989)

 A boy is killed in a dirtbike accident, and a group of teenagers camping try to cover it up.  The victim's aggrieved father (Lance Henriksen) vows revenge, and has a local witch conjure up a monster to kill those responsible for his son's death.  The father sees the murders in his mind when the killing, and believes the monster went too far.  The father of the dead boy then attempts to aid the teenagers.  Pumpkinhead is the directorial debut of Stan Winston.  The Pumpkinhead character is played by Tom Woodruff.
The Monster Squad  (1987)

Dracula seeks the help of Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman (Tom Woodruff) to aid him in his plot to rule the world.  Dracula's plan involves a powerful amulet, once they find it they will have the power to rule the planet.  However, a group of young children, the Monster Squad stand up to the threat when they discover the evil plot.  Together, these kids who are viewed as misfits by their peers prepare their own plan to save humanity.
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