Back Roads 1981  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, Nell Carter, Barbara Babcock, Alex Colon, Lee de Broux, Ralph Seymour, Royce D. Applegate, Bruce M. Fischer, John Dennis Johnston
Amy Post (Sally Field) is a prostitute who teams up with unemployed boxer Elmore Pratt (Tommy Lee Jones). The two become traveling companions and leave their dead-end lives in Alabama. They hitchhike to California where they hope to better their lives–and along the trek, they find themselves attracted to each other.
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Bang the Drum Slowly 1973  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Ann Wedgeworth, Patrick McVey, Danny Aiello, Barbara Babcock, Barton Heyman, Heather MacRae, Danny Burks, Selma Diamond, Maurice Rosenfield, Tom Signorelli, Marshall Efron
"Just one more season," is what Bruce Pearson (Robert De Niro) wants. He is a baseball catcher who knows that he has a fatal disease.
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The Black Marble 1980  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, James Woods, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley, Judy Landers
Joseph Wambaugh's screenplay provides good entertainment as he, once again, presents a police story. This time around, two cops, Valmikov (Robert Foxworth) and Natalie Zimmermann (Paula Prentiss), fall for each other while pursuing a dognapper.
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Far and Away 1992  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney, Rance Howard, Clint Howard, Cyril Cusack, Michelle Johnson, Eileen Pollock, Douglas Gillison, Wayne Grace, Niall Toibin, Jared Harris
Spectacular scenery of Ireland forms the early backdrop of this film about Irish immigrants who come to America in the late 1800s in search of land. Tenant farmer Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) is working in western Ireland when his father is killed during a protest against ruthless landowner Daniel Christie (Robert Prosky). Joseph seeks vengeance, but Daniel's daughter Shannon (Nicole Kidman) stabs Joseph. While he is recovering, Shannon convinces Joseph to join her on a trip to America to acquire land during the Oklahoma land rush. Shannon and Joseph set out on the voyage but encounter obstacles along the way. They finally arrive in Oklahoma and have fallen in love, but Shannon's father is now following them with plans to take Shannon back home to Ireland.
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Home Alone 4 2002  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Rod Daniel
Cast: Mike Weinberg, French Stewart, Jason Beghe, Joanna Going, Clare Carey, Erick Avari, Barbara Babcock, Missi Pyle, Gideon Jacobs, Sean Cameron Michael, Chelsea Russo, Lisa King, Craig Geldenhuys, Andre Roothman, Anton Smuts
The popular "Home Alone" series moves to TV and to Disney as Mike Weinberg takes on the role of Kevin. His parents have divorced, and Kevin plans on spending Christmas at the mansion of his dad's (Jason Beghe) girlfriend (Joanna Going). But one of the villains from the first two episodes, Marv (now played by French Stewart), has new partners and targets the mansion. Will the mansion's high-tech security and Kevin's cleverness save the day?
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The Lords of Discipline 1983 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn, Rick Rossovich, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, Matt Frewer, John Lavachielli, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Mark Breland, Malcolm Danare, Greg Webb, Ed Bishop
Set at Carolina Military Institute in the Deep South, racism is the theme of this story when the school admits its first Black cadet. Cadet Will McClean's'' (David Keith) faculty mentor (Robert Prosky) gives him the mission of trying to prevent the plots of a secret group, "The Ten," who are cadets determined to support their out-dated way of life.
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 Space Cowboys 2000  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, William Devane, Marcia Gay Harden, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Barbara Babcock, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly
Back in the 1950s, four young flying aces–Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Tank Sullivan (James Garner), and Jerry O'Neil (Donald Sutherland)–lost their chance to explore outer space due to politics associated with the creation of NASA. Now, 42 years later, they get a second chance: an emergency mission to steer a falling satellite back into orbit and, in the process, save the world. 1 User Review
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| | BRAD79 07/02/2009 | | THIS IS DEFINATELY ONE OF HIS TOP TEN MOVIES. WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE MORE WITH TOMMY LEE JONES. |
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That Was Then... This Is Now 1985 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer, Kim Delaney, Jill Schoelen, Barbara Babcock, Frank Howard, Larry B. Scott, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Dudley, Frank McCarthy, Ramon Estevez
Two teenagers (Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer) find that when a girlfriend enters the picture, their friendship suffers. It is an excellent depiction of what happens between carefree days of youth and young adulthood.
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| 1. Back Roads (1981)
2. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
3. The Black Marble (1980)
4. A Family for Joe (1990)
5. Far and Away (1992)
6. Heart of Dixie (1989)
7. Home Alone 4 (2002)
8. The Lords of Discipline (1983)
9. News at Eleven (1986)
10. Space Cowboys (2000)
11. That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
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