Diamond Men 2000  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dan Cohen
Cast: Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg, Bess Armstrong, Jasmine Guy, George Coe, Jeff Gendelman, Douglas Allen Johnson, Kristin Minter, Nikki Fritz, Shannah Laumeister
Aging salesman Eddie Miller (Robert Forster) travels the Pennsylvania roads selling his diamonds to small-town jewelry stores. After a heart attack he is given a clean bill of health, but his company still thinks it's time for him to retire. His money is gone as a result of his late wife's cancer treatments so Eddie must work; thus, he resists retirement. He is, however, given a young man to train, which results in a new start in Eddie's life.
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Forever Love 1998  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Switzer
Cast: Reba McEntire, Tim Matheson, Bess Armstrong, Heather Stephens, Scott Foley, Gary Hershberger, Richard Biggs, Frances Bay, Andy Buckley, Kaitlin Orr, Garett Beck, Kirsten Holly Smith
Lizzie and Alex (Reba McEntire and Tim Matheson) are happily married with a little girl. Lizzie suffers a stroke and falls into a coma, and Alex cares for her over the years with help from Lizzie's best friend, Gail (Bess Armstrong). When Gail's husband dies, Alex and Gail start an affair. After 20 years, Lizzie awakens in good health and must cope with a world she doesn't know as well as dealing with the family problems. A heavy dose of soap.
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The Four Seasons 1981  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Bess Armstrong, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Len Cariou, Jack Weston, Robert Hitt, Elizabeth Alda, Beatrice Alda, Kristi McCarthy, David Stackpole
Using Vivaldi's score as a background, three couples–Jack and Kate Burroughs (Alan Alda and Carol Burnett), Nick and Anne Callan (Len Cariou and Sandy Dennis), and Danny and Claudia Zimmer (Jack Weston and Rita Moreno)–are followed through a series of vacations and changes in relationships as they approach middle age. Things get really tight when Nick dumps Anne for a younger woman (Bess Armstrong). Alda wrote, directed, and stars in this comedy.
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Jekyll & Hyde...Together Again 1982  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Belson
Cast: Mark Blankfield, Bess Armstrong, Krista Errickson, Tim Thomerson, Michael McGuire, George Chakiris, George Wendt
Robert Louis Stevenson would probably not be pleased with this version of his classic tale. This rendition depicts Jekyll/Hyde as a surgeon who changes into a sex-crazed hippie. 1 User Review
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| | cecil b demovie 12/19/2007 | | Awesome comedy that had the only kind of humor in the 80's that made sence, because as a man in my 20's at that time I was looking for women and doing that kind of drugs. It struck a cord with a generation that is looking backwards these days. |
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Mixed Blessings 1995  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Mixed Blessings'
Director: Bethany Rooney
Cast: Gabrielle Carteris, Scott Baio, Bruce Greenwood, James Naughton, Alexandra Paul, Bess Armstrong, Bruce Weitz, Julie Condra, Barbara Tyson, Janne Mortil, Ocean Hellman, Michelle Beaudoin
This film involves three couples who want to start their own families. Brad (James Naughton), who already had a daughter from a previous marriage, deals with his young wife (Bess Armstrong) who wants to start a family of their own. Diana and Andy Douglas (Gabrielle Carteris and Bruce Greenwood) have problems conceiving, and then there's Charles (Scott Baio) who figures out that his wife, Beth (Alexandra Paul), is not ready to be a parent. Based on Danielle Steele's novel.
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Nothing in Common 1986  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Tom Hanks, Eva Marie Saint, Bess Armstrong, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Sela Ward, John Kapelos, Tracy Reiner, Dan Castellaneta
This film combines insight and comedy into a difficult situation. After a long marriage, a son's parents are divorcing because they have nothing in common–except for the son from whom they both expect attention.
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Pecker 1998  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Mary Kay Place, Brendan Sexton III, Martha Plimpton, Lauren Hulsey, Lili Taylor, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy, Mink Stole
This satire on the New York art scene features Edward Furlong in the title role of a teenage photographer from Baltimore whose family pictures are spotted by an art dealer, Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor). She promotes Pecker's work in her gallery, and the pictures become the latest rage. 1 User Review
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| | I LOVE EDWARD FURLONG | GELLIE C. SERRANO 08/01/2009 | | |
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Second Sight 1989 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Bess Armstrong, Stuart Pankin, John Schuck, James Tolkan, William Prince, Michael Lombard, Christine Estabrook, Marisol Massey
John Larroquette plays a detective who uses a mystic (Bronson Pinchot) for insight in his cases.
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Take Me Home Again 1994 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lies Boys Tell
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson, Bess Armstrong, Bonnie Bartlett, Richard Gilliland, Ernest Thompson, Nancy McLoughlin, Lee Garlington, Anne Haney, Jason Hervey, Eileen Brennan, Marley Shelton
Elderly Ed Reece (Kirk Douglas) wants to spend his final days in the town where he was born. He talks his son (Craig T. Nelson) into accompanying him on this, his final journey. Based on a novel ("The Lies Boys Tell") by Lamar Herrin.
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 That Darn Cat 1997 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Bob Spiers
Cast: Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, George Dzundza, Peter Boyle, Bess Armstrong, Michael McKean, Dean Jones, Estelle Parsons, Dyan Cannon, John Ratzenberger, Megan Cavanagh, Rebecca Schull, Thomas F. Wilson, Brian Haley, Mark Christopher Lawrence
In this remake of "That Darn Cat" (1965), Christina Ricci takes the role of Patti whose cat, D.C. (Darn Cat), stumbles upon a kidnap victim who scratches the word "Help" on her wristwatch and attaches it around D.C.'s neck. Patti discovers the watch and joins forces with FBI rookie Zeke (Doug E. Doug), and together they tail D.C.–believing that he will lead them to the kidnap victim and, hopefully, to the abductors (Peter Boyle and Rebecca Schull).
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| 1. Diamond Men (2000)
2. Dream Lover (1994)
3. Forever Love (1998)
4. The Four Seasons (1981)
5. High Road to China (1983)
6. Jaws 3 (1983)
aka: Jaws 3-D
7. Jekyll & Hyde...Together Again (1982)
8. Mixed Blessings (1995)
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Mixed Blessings'
9. Nothing in Common (1986)
10. Pecker (1998)
11. Second Sight (1989)
12. Take Me Home Again (1994)
aka: The Lies Boys Tell
13. That Darn Cat (1997)
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