All the President's Men 1976  PG, 139 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Collins, Penny Fuller, John McMartin, Robert Walden, Frank Wills
Based on the bestseller by Washington journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, this award-winning film tells the story of the Watergate break-in and the investigation that led to President Nixon's resignation. The screenplay adaptation by William Goldman won an Academy Award, as did Jason Robards for Best Supporting Actor. Nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Jane Alexander).
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Comes a Horseman 1978  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon, Macon McCalman, James Keach, Basil Hoffman
A Montana land baron wants the acreage of two ranchers because he suspects oil is to be found under the land. The ranchers join forces in resistance, and love enters the picture.
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The Devil's Own 1997 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Ruben Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitch Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Simon Jones, Julia Stiles, Paul Ronan, Ashley Carin, David Wilmot, David O'Hara
An honest cop, Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford), unwittingly allows an Irish Republican Army leader, McGuire Devaney (Brad Pitt), into his home as a boarder and suffers the consequences when Devaney's other personality of cold-blooded killer emerges.
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Dream Lover 1986  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar, Justin Deas, John McMartin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Joseph Culp, Matthew Penn, Paul West, Jon Polito
After being attacked by an intruder whom she kills, Kathy Gardner (Kristy McNichol) seeks help overcoming her trauma. She goes to a dream research center, but suffers some unexpected results when her researcher, Michael Hansen (Ben Masters), uses Kathy as a guinea pig for his experiments.
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Klute 1971  R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Jean Stapleton, Rita Gam, Dorothy Tristan, Richard B. Shull, Vivian Nathan, Nathan George
Jane Fonda won an Oscar for her insightful depiction of a prostitute, Bree, whose life is in danger. John Klute (Donald Sutherland) meets her when the trail of his missing friend leads to Bree.
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The Parallax View 1974  R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Kenneth Mars, Kelly Thordsen, Stacy Keach Sr., Paula Prentiss, Anthony Zerbe, Bill McKinney, Ted Gehring, Walter McGinn, Chuck Waters, Earl Hindman, William Joyce, Jo Ann Harris
Following the assassination of a U.S. senator at the Seattle Space Needle, reporter Joseph Frady (Warren Beatty) gets involved in the case when he realizes that eyewitness reporters at the assassination are dying mysteriously. His ex-girlfriend and colleague Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss) was an eyewitness, and Frady is determined to uncover the truth behind the murders. His investigation leads him to a conspiracy involving the Parallax Corporation, and Frady, aided by his editor Bill Rintels (Hume Cronyn), goes undercover to infiltrate the corporation. But, Parallax knows about Joe, and he may be the next in line to lose his life. Thrilling all the way.
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The Pelican Brief 1993 PG-13, 141 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, Nicholas Woodeson, Anthony Heald, Stanley Anderson, John Finn
When young, law school student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) theorizes about details concerning the death of two Supreme Court justices, she guesses right! Ensuing events–including the death of her fiance Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard)–lead her to escape with help from Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington), a reporter for the "Washington Herald." This good film is based on John Grisham's novel.
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Presumed Innocent 1990 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, Joe Grifasi, John Spencer, Anna Maria Horsford, Sab Shimono, Tom Mardirosian, Bradley Whitford, Christine Estabrook, Michael Tolan, Madison Arnold
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) is a deputy prosecutor forced to investigate the murder of a woman with whom he once had an affair. After a few twists and turns, Sabich becomes the accused killer who must go on trial for his life. The ending is a shocker.
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Rollover 1981  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Martha Plimpton, Macon McCalman, Jodi Long, Ron Frazier, Howard Erskine
When ex-film star Lee Winters (Jane Fonda) inherits her murdered husband's business, she finds that she is in financial trouble. Coming to the rescue is Hub Smith (Kris Kristofferson) who has the know-how to guide Winters' financial AND romantic decisions.
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Sophie's Choice 1982 R, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Josef Sommer, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman, Josh Mostel, David Wohl, Robin Bartlett, John Rothman, Greta Turken, Marcell Rosenblatt, Moishe Rosenfeld, Eugene Lipinski, Joseph Leon
Sophie (Meryl Streep), a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, lives in a Brooklyn boarding house shared by Stingo (Peter MacNicol) and Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline). The trio becomes fast friends; however, through Sophie's stories about her tragic past, it becomes clear that she is not telling the truth. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her role as Sophie.
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Starting Over 1979 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Mary Kay Place, Charles Kimbrough, Austin Pendleton, Jay O. Sanders, MacIntyre Dixon, Alfie Wise, Wallace Shawn, Kevin Bacon, Richard Whiting, Sturgis Warner
Divorce from the male point of view is the theme of this film in which Phil Potter (Burt Reynolds) is told to "hit the road" because his wife, Jessica (Candice Bergen), wants to go it alone. He later meets and falls in love with Marilyn (Jill Clayburgh). For their work in this movie, Clayburgh received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, and Bergen was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Sterile Cuckoo 1969  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Wendell Burton, Tim McIntire, Elizabeth Harrower, Austin Green, Sandy Faison, Chris Bugbee, Jawn McKinley, Tim Laurie, Margaret Markov
College students meet on a bus and begin an ill-fated love affair. Liza Minnelli received the nomination for the Oscar for Best Actress in this, her first starring role. 1 User Review
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| 1. All the President's Men (1976)
2. Comes a Horseman (1978)
3. Consenting Adults (1992)
4. The Devil's Own (1997)
5. Dream Lover (1986)
6. Klute (1971)
7. The Parallax View (1974)
8. The Pelican Brief (1993)
9. Presumed Innocent (1990)
10. Rollover (1981)
11. Sophie's Choice (1982)
12. Starting Over (1979)
13. The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)
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