Attack of the 5'2" Women 1994  R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Attack of the 5'2" Women
Attack of the 5 foot 2 Women
Director: Richard Wenk, Julie Brown
Cast: Julie Brown, Stella Stevens, Adam Storke, Sam McMurray, Khrystyne Haje, John Robert Hoffman, Bridget Sienna, Eric Edwards, Priscilla Barnes, Dick Miller
Spoofmaster Julie Brown comes up with two wild ones in this National Lampoon film. In the first, "Tonya: The Battle of Wounded Knee," she plays Tonya Hardly, who is out to win an Olympic Gold Medal in skating–but "Miss Perfect," Nancy Cardigan, is in the way. She plays Lenora Babbitt in the second sketch, "He Never Gave Me an Orgasm," which justified the removal of his penis. A raunchy flick.
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Death Becomes Her 1992 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Sydney Pollack, Michael Caine, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Mary Ellen Trainor
Years ago, after Madeline (Meryl Streep) stole Helen's (Goldie Hawn) plastic surgeon fiance Ernest (Bruce Willis), Helen ended up in a mental institution. Now, Helen has recovered from her breakdown and is determined to kill Madeline and get Ernest back. But, both women have been taking potions to prevent aging that has left them immortal, and their violent attacks on each other only leave them with injuries. As a result, both become dependent on the plastic surgery services of Ernest. The special effects in this film are worth the price of admission.
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A Gathering of Old Men 1987  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Murder on the Bayou
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca, Woody Strode, Julius Harris, Will Patton, Adam Storke, Dave Petitjean, Rosanna Carter, Tiger Haynes, Papa John Creach, Walter Breaux, Joe "Flash" Riley, Danny Barker
This is an excellent drama depicting social mores of rural Louisiana. When a White racist is shot, plantation manager Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter) gathers together a group of 18 elderly Black men to keep vigilantes away from the chief suspect, Black sharecropper Mathu (Louis Gossett Jr.). Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) does confront them, and the men courageously step forward as a unit and claim responsibility for the act.
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 Mystic Pizza 1988  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, Conchata Ferrell, Joanna Merlin, Matt Damon, Porscha Radcliffe, Arthur Walsh, John Fiore, Gene Amoroso, Sheila Ferrini, John Cunningham
This little movie about three girls–sisters Kat Arujo and Daisy Arujo (Annabeth Gish and Julia Roberts) and new girl in town Jojo (Lili Taylor)–who become best friends turned out to be a hit. It is about their summer jobs at a Mystic, Connecticut, pizza parlor, their loves, and disappointments–all a part of growing up.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance / Mystery
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Dance, Teri Polo, Ian Richardson, Andrea Ferreol, Adam Storke, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean Rougerie, Andre Chaumeau, Marie-Therese Orain, Marie-Christine Robert, Marie Lenoir, Anne Roumanoff, Jacques Mars, Jean Dupouy
Charles Dance takes the role of the Phantom in this campy remake of the classic horror story about the disfigured man who haunts the opera house in Paris. Erik (also played by Dance) is the disfigured son of Carrier (Burt Lancaster) who is the dismissed director of the Paris Opera House. Erik lives beneath the opera house and falls in love with beautiful opera singer Christine (Teri Polo). He helps Christine with her career and trains her in an abandoned music room. But, when Christine falls in love with the arrogant Count De Chagny (Adam Storke), Erik seeks vengeance as the masked Phantom.
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Too Far to Go 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Kathryn Walker, Ken Kercheval, Josef Sommer, Glenn Close, Reed Birney, Doran Clark, Lori Loughlin, Adam Storke
Based on John Updike's tales, this adaptation was originally made for TV and features Michael Moriarty and Blythe Danner as Richard and Joan Maple whose marriage is disintegrating on a downward spiral. This film marks Glenn Close's film debut.
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| 1. Attack of the 5'2" Women (1994)
aka: National Lampoon's Attack of the 5'2" Women
aka: Attack of the 5 foot 2 Women
2. Death Becomes Her (1992)
3. A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
aka: Murder on the Bayou
4. Mystic Pizza (1988)
5. The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
6. Too Far to Go (1979)
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