The Gig 1985  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank D. Gilroy
Cast: Wayne Rogers, Cleavon Little, Andrew Duncan, Daniel Nalbach, Jerry Matz, Warren Vache, Joe Silver, Jay Thomas
Dixieland jazz buffs, who play together once a week for their own enjoyment, are hired to play for two weeks at a Catskill Mountain resort. One of their group drops out, and they are forced to hire a real professional, which is where the fun and problems begin.
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The Hospital 1971  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Roberts Blossom, Robert Walden, Frances Sternhagen
Incompetence in a major teaching hospital results in deaths of patients in this film, which won the Academy Award for "Best Script." Scott received an Oscar nomination for his acting.
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Last Embrace 1979  R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, Christopher Walken, Sam Levene, John Glover, Charles Napier, Jacqueline Brookes, David Margulies, Lou Gilbert, Andrew Duncan
Roy Scheider plays a paranoid government agent who believes that someone is trying to kill him. He meets a graduate student (Janet Margolin) and the suspense begins.
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A Little Romance 1979  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Anna Massey
This film won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score, which enhances the story of two families interfering in the romance of their two adolescents (Diane Lane and Thelonious Bernard).
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 Love Story 1970  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland, Tommy Lee Jones, Katharine Balfour, Andrew Duncan, Sudie Bond, Sydney Walker, Julie Garfield
Jenny (Ali MacGraw) and Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) are college students who marry and then discover that Jenny is dying. It is Jenny who says, "Love means never having to say you are sorry." Have plenty of handkerchiefs ready when you watch this one. The film won an Academy Award for Original Musical Score and received six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor (John Marley) and Director.
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Loving 1970  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Nancie Phillips, Janis Young, David Doyle, Paul Sparer, Andrew Duncan, Roland Winters, Sherry Lansing, Edgar Stehli
Based on a novel by J.M. Ryan, this slow comedy/drama follows freelance illustrator Brooks (George Segal) who lives in Connecticut with wife Selma (Eva Marie Saint) and two children. He also is having an affair with Grace (Janis Young) and longs for an opportunity to get into the fine arts arena. So let the cameras roll.
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The Rain People 1969 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Shirley Knight, Tom Aldredge, Marya Zimmet, Laurie Crews, Andrew Duncan, Margaret Fairchild, Alan Manson, Sally Gracie, Robert Modica
Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this thoughtful film is about a crisis in the life of pregnant Natalie Ravenna (Shirley Knight) who leaves her home for a cross-country odyssey during which she meets and learns lessons from an ex-football player (James Caan) and a motorcycle cop (Robert Duvall).
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 Slap Shot 1977 R, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, Strother Martin, Melinda Dillon, Jerry Houser, Andrew Duncan, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson, Yvon Barrette, Allan F. Nicholls
The Charleston Chiefs are a losing ice hockey team. Then coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) shows his team how violence reaps rewards. Funny stuff.
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An Unmarried Woman 1978 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Lisa Lucas, Cliff Gorman, Patricia(2) Quinn, Kelly Bishop, Andrew Duncan, Raymond J. Barry, Jill Eikenberry, Linda Miller, Daniel Seltzer, Matthew Arkin, Penelope Russianoff, Novella Nelson
Erica (Jill Clayburgh) works to find new meaning and purpose in her life after her husband, Martin (Michael Murphy), walks out on her and their daughter Patti (Lisa Lucas) after 17 years of marriage. First, Erica begins to take control of her life by bonding with her group of women friends and seeking therapy. Then, she begins life anew through her job at an art gallery and a romantic relationship with an understanding artist, Saul (Alan Bates). The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress (Clayburgh), and Screenplay.
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| 1. The Gig (1985)
2. The Hospital (1971)
3. Last Embrace (1979)
4. A Little Romance (1979)
5. Love Story (1970)
6. Loving (1970)
7. The Rain People (1969)
8. Slap Shot (1977)
9. An Unmarried Woman (1978)
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