The Angel Levine 1970  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Kadar
Cast: Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O'Shea, Gloria Foster, Barbara Ann Teer, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Stephen Strimpell, Sam Raskyn
An old Jewish man has lost faith in God due to the setbacks he and his family have suffered over the years. Then along comes an Angel-in-training (Harry Belafonte) whose task is to convince the man to change his outlook.
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Folks! 1992  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson, Robert Pastorelli, Michael Murphy, Kevin Chevalia, Margaret Kay Murphy, Joseph Miller, T.J. Parish, J. Patrick McCormack, Jon Favreau
Stockbroker Jon Aldrich (Tom Selleck) lives the good life with his wife Audrey (Wendy Crewson) and kids–until his parents (Don Ameche and Anne Jackson) move in with them. The move triggers problems: Audrey moves out, and then Jon is fired for insider trading. As if things were not bad enough, Jon's sister, Arlene (Christine Ebersole), moves in with him and brings her kids along. What more could go wrong?
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Funny About Love 1990 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky, Stephen Tobolowsky, Susan Ruttan, Anne Jackson, Jean De Baer, David Margulies, Tara Shannon, Wendie Malick, Robert Hy Gorman, Freda Foh Shen, Scott Groff, Ramy Zada
Liberal political cartoonist Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) falls in love with and marries a chef, Meg (Christine Lahti). All goes well–for awhile–until Duffy thinks about having a baby, and Meg wants her career. They drift apart, and Duffy finds another "love of his life," Daphne (Mary Stuart Masterson). Only after Daphne becomes pregnant does Duffy realize how much Meg means to him.
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The Journey 1959  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Robert Morley, E.G. Marshall, Jason Robards, Kurt Kasznar, Anne Jackson, Anouk Aimee, Ron Howard, David Kossoff
Ron Howard and Jason Robards made their film debuts in this story about a busload of neutrals who are stopped at the border during Hungary's 1956 uprising.
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Lovers and Other Strangers 1970 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cy Howard
Cast: Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Gig Young, Michael Brandon, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Diane Keaton, Anne Meara, Richard S. Castellano
This is the film adaptation of a humorous play, written by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna, in which two families from different social classes must come together for the ritzy wedding of their children. The song "For All We Know" won an Academy Award, and Richard S. Castellano was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Nasty Habits 1977 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Edith Evans, Anne Meara, Susan Penhaligon, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach
Satirizing the 1974 Watergate "burglary," this comedy is set in a Philadelphia convent where the conniving Sister Alexandra (Glenda Jackson) rules the roost (ala Nixon). Sandy Dennis, as Sister Winifred, plays the "John Dean" character to a tee. Good idea, but doesn't quite make the grade despite the good cast.
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Out on a Limb 1987  TV, 235 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Charles Dance, John Heard, Anne Jackson, Jerry Orbach, Fabia Drake, Kathryn Skatula, Jenny Gago, Anki Liden
This TV miniseries is based on Shirley MacLaine's best-selling autobiography, and she plays herself in this production. Her "new" beliefs, formed when she was about 40, are described, with how they affected her life. Included are an affair with a member of the British Parliament and the influence of her advisors.
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women 1997 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Elizabeth Perkins, Nicky Guadagni, Michael Cameron, Fraser McGregor, Al Waxman, Sela Ward, Anne Jackson, Fritz Weaver, Michael Landes, Theresa Tova
In this premier entry in a series of omnibus films, two separate stories of resistance are offered as two women–a nanny (Elizabeth Perkins) and a Catholic rectory secretary (Sela Ward) perform individual acts of heroism in saving Jews during World War II.
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The Secret Life of an American Wife 1968 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Axelrod
Cast: Walter Matthau, Anne Jackson, Patrick O'Neal, Edy Williams, Richard Bull, Paul Napier, Gary Brown, Albert Carrier, Cristy Hall, Todd Baron
When Victoria Layton (Anne Jackson) feels she has turned into a bored and dowdy housewife, she decides to create excitement in her life by becoming a call girl. As luck would have it, her first customer is a movie star (Walter Matthau) who is also the friend and client of her husband, Tom (Patrick O'Neal).
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 The Shining 1980 R, 142 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, Anne Jackson, Tony Burton, Barry Dennen, Manning Redwood
This film begins with a father (Jack Nicholson) moving his family (Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd) up to a mountain retreat where he will be its caretaker for the winter. Sounds heavenly, but then Dad starts to go more than a little stir crazy and is transformed into a demon whose aim is to do in his little family. Based on Stephen King's novel.
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Tall Story 1960 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston, Marc Connelly, Anne Jackson, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Patterson, Bart Burns, Tom Laughlin, Bob Wright
Although Ray Blent is a star college basketball player, he requires the aid of his girlfriend, June (Jane Fonda) to pass an important exam. Fonda's film debut.
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The Tiger Makes Out 1967 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, John Harkins, David Burns, Ruth White, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dustin Hoffman, Sudie Bond, Frances Sternhagen
A mailman (Eli Wallach) makes his stand against society by kidnapping a housewife (Anne Jackson) in this film marking the film debut of Dustin Hoffman.
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Zigzag 1970  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: False Witness
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, Joe Maross, Dana Elcar, Walter Brooke, Anita O'Day, Joan Tompkins
Dying of a brain tumor, Paul Cameron (George Kennedy) frames himself for a murder so that his family will get the reward money. After he collapses at the trial, laser surgery on his tumor is performed and he is cured. Now Paul must find the real murderer in order to clear himself.
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| 1. The Angel Levine (1970)
2. The Bell Jar (1979)
3. Folks! (1992)
4. Funny About Love (1990)
5. The Journey (1959)
6. Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
7. Nasty Habits (1977)
8. Out on a Limb (1987)
9. Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1997)
10. The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
11. The Shining (1980)
12. Tall Story (1960)
13. The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
14. Zigzag (1970)
aka: False Witness
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