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John Travolta is an American actor, film producer and writer. He was born in 1954 at Englewood, New Jersey. He first came to prominence starring as 'Tony Manero' in the 1977 film 'Saturday Night Fever' before again starring in the 1978 musical 'Grease'.
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Kelly Preston (real name Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis) is an American actress and former model. She was born in 1962 at Honolulu, Hawaii. Kelly Preston was 'discovered' by a fashion photographer when she was sixteen and became a model. She auditioned for the starring role in the 1980 film 'The Blue Lagoon' but was rejecetd in gavour of Brooke Shields. In 1986 she married Kevin Gage, getting divorced two years later and marrying John Travolta in 1991 after which she decided to become a mother and housewife first, and an actress second.
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A Civil Action is a courtroom drama starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H Macy and John Lithgow in a story about compensation claims following the death of a number of children in an American town, supposedly due to water contamination by local factories. A Civil Action was directed by Steven Zaillian in 1998.
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Battlefield Earth is a Sci-fi adventure starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates and Richard Tyson in a story about a band of resistance fighters opposing alien oppressors who have enslaved the earth in the year 3000. Battlefield Earth was directed by Roger Christian in 2000.
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Broken Arrow is an action thriller starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis and Delroy Lindo in a story about an Air Force pilot taking off with a cargo of nuclear missiles, intent on holding the Pentagon to ransom.
Broken Arrow was directed by John Woo in 1996.
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Carrie is a horror film starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta and Nancy Allen in a story based upon the novel by Stephen King about a repressed teenager bullied by her mother and ridiculed by her classmates who has secret supernatural powers. Carrie was directed by Brian De Palma in 1976.
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Face Off is a thriller starring John Travolta, Nicolas Cage and Joan Allen in a story about the hunt for a bomb hidden in Los Angeles and the man who planted it. Face Off was directed by John Woo in 1997.
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Get Shorty is a crime drama starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina and Delroy Lindo in a story about a Miami gangster travelling to Hollywood to collect a gambling debt from a film producer, only to be seduced by the film industry and proposes his own idea for a film. Get Shorty was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld in 1995.
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Grease is a musical starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward and Didi Conn in a story about a 1950's prudish American high-school student who goes to a new school after the summer break only to find her summer romance is also a student, and how her new friends teach her some street credibility so that she may win him back. Grease was directed by Randal Kleiser in 1978.
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Look Who's Talking is a comedy starring John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis and George Segal in a story about a pregnant single woman who goes into premature labour in a kind-hearted taxi driver's cab. Look Who's Talking was directed by Amy Heckerling in 1989.
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