Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History... 1976  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Paul Newman, Kevin McCarthy, Joel Grey, Burt Lancaster, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel, Frank Kaquitts, Will Sampson, Allan F. Nicholls, John Considine, Robert DoQui, Mike E. Kaplan, Bert Remsen, Bonnie Leaders, Denver Pyle
Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman) uses the legends of his life as the basis of his Wild West show. Chief Sitting Bull (Frank Kaquitts) agrees to be part of the show, but problems arise when Sitting Bull wants authenticity, and Buffalo Bill's lies about the past begin to catch up with him. This film points out the fraudulence of Buffalo Bill's accounts. However, the film is interesting as it shows how egotistic personalities write their own versions of history.
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Popeye 1980  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt, Richard Libertini, Linda Hunt, Donald Moffat, MacIntyre Dixon, Roberta Maxwell, Donovan Scott, Allan F. Nicholls, Bill Irwin, Robert Fortier
This financially less-than-successful rendition of the cartoon character who is "strong to the finish because he eats his spinach" is still OK, but slow, fare as Robin Williams plays the "human" version of Popeye the sailorman, and Shelley Duvall plays the light of his life, Olive Oyl. Popeye and Olive Oyl get together, and Popeye adopts Swee'pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), but problems lie ahead with Bluto (Paul L. Smith).
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Threshold 1981  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Pearce
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Allan F. Nicholls, Mare Winningham, John Marley, Michael Lerner, Robert Joy, Paul Hecht, Sharon Acker, Jessica Steen, Deborah Turnbull
Utilizing the documentary approach, director Richard Pearce depicts the first artificial heart transplant–performed against the advice of the Ethics Committee chairman.
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| 1. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History... (1976)
2. A Perfect Couple (1979)
3. Popeye (1980)
4. Threshold (1981)
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