 American History X 1998   R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Kaye
Cast: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Avery Brooks, Stacy Keach, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Lien, Elliott Gould, Ethan Suplee, Guy Torry, William Russ, Alex Sol, Josepoh Cortese, Jason Bose Smith, Antonio David Lyons
While in prison, skinhead Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) forms an uneasy friendship with Black inmate Lamont (Guy Torry). When Derek is released, he seems eager to put racial hatred behind him but finds that convincing his younger brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), is not going to be easy. Norton was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
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Aria 1987  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Theresa Russell, John Hurt, Nicola Swain, Jackson Kyle, Buck Henry, Anita Morris, Beverly D'Angelo, Julie Hagerty, Genevieve Page, Bridget Fonda, Albie Selznick, Elizabeth Hurley, Peter Birch, Tilda Swinton, Sophie Ward
Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy"), Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H"), Ken Russell ("Altered States") and seven other well-known directors each interpreted a different aria in this film about opera. Each of the 10 segments is unique.
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Battle for Terra 2009  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Action / Thriller
aka: Terra
Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, James Garner, Chris Evans, Dennis Quaid, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Beverly D'Angelo, Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, Danny Trejo
In this 3-D animated adventure, young Mala (voice of Evan Rachel Wood) is enjoying life on her peaceful, gravity-defying planet Terra when humans from Earth, led by the evil General Hammer (voice of Brian Cox), invade Terra and kidnap Mala's father Roven (voice of Dennis Quaid). Mala captures Earth pilot Jim (voice of Luke Wilson) after he crash lands and nurses him back to health. She learns from Jim that the humans who have invaded Terra are the last of their species and that they have exhausted Earth's resources. Jim and Mala form a friendship, and, as they set out to rescue Mala's father, they realize that the inhabitants of Earth and Terra are not really different from each other. They may now hold the key to helping them coexist.
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Big Trouble 1986 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Robert Stack, Paul Dooley, Valerie Curtin, Richard Libertini, Steve Alterman, John Finnegan, Jerry Pavlon, Paul La Greca, Karl Lukas, Maryedith Burrell, Edith Fields
"The In-Laws" duo (Peter Falk and Alan Arkin) are back with some funny moments, but not as many as in the original film. An insurance agent (Arkin) needs more money if he wants to get his boys through college. One way is to help the flighty Blanche (Beverly D'Angelo) in her plot to kill her husband (Falk).
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Coal Miner's Daughter 1980  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens, William Sanderson, Robert Elkins, Bob Hannah, Frank Mitchell, David Gray, Bill Anderson Jr., Foister Dickerson, Malla McCown, Pamela McCown, Kevin Salvilla
Loretta Lynn's rise from the hills of Kentucky to the stage of the Grand Old Opry is the subject of this film in which Sissy Spacek gives a superb performance in the title role and received an Oscar for Best Actress. Loretta was married when she was only 13, and, at the age of 20, she was the mother of four children. Now, she is poor and uses her singing skills to become a star.
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The Crazysitter 1995  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Michael McDonald
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane, Brady Bluhm, Rachel Duncan, Phil Hartman, Nell Carter, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Landesberg, Sean Whalen, Tim Bagley, Eric Allan Kramer
The Van Arsdale kids (Brady Bluhm and Rachel Duncan) trick their wealthy parents–Treva (Carol Kane) and Paul (Ed Begley Jr.)–into hiring ex-con Edie (Beverly D'Angelo) as their governess. Edie quickly learns that taking care of the precocious children requires more than she had envisioned and decides to sell them while their parents are abroad. But, by story's end, they become good friends.
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Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will 1990 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jack Fisk
Cast: Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Amy Wright, Patrika Darbo, Bert Remsen, Molly McClure, Keith Carradine, Molly McClure, Newell Alexander, Justin Smith
Four oddball siblings, along with their spouses/friends, gather at their father's Texas home on the eve of his death, mainly to find out what is in the will for them. As they bicker, Daddy lets them know that he has lost the will. And the search is on in this adaptation of a stage play.
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Edie & Pen 1997 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Matthew Irmas
Cast: Stockard Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Scott Glenn, Stuart Wilson, Chris Sarandon, Michael O'Keefe, Michael McKean, Randy Travis, Joanna Gleason, Beverly D'Angelo, Martin Mull, Louise Fletcher
Pen and Edie (Stockard Channing and Jennifer Tilly) are both in Reno for quickie divorces and meet as they leave the courtroom. They hit it off and head to a bar for talk. They meet Harry (Scott Glenn) who is also recently divorced and unhappy mostly because his ex-wife got his dog. Along the way it comes out that Edie plans to marry Pen's ex-husband. Also, Harry does his best to get in bed with Pen.
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Every Which Way But Loose 1978 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Walter Barnes, George Chandler, Roy Jenson, James McEachin, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, John Quade, Dan Vadis, Hank Warden, Gregory Walcott
Clyde (an orangutan) steals the show in this film about beer-drinking truck driver Philo (Clint Eastwood) who travels with the ape. To earn extra money, Philo participates in bar room fights that are promoted by his pal Orville Boggs (Geoffrey Lewis). Along the way, he falls for Lynn Halsey-Taylor (Sondra Locke), picks up as many enemies as friends, and the chase is on.
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Eye for an Eye 1996  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo, Joe Mantegna, Charlayne Woodard, Keith David, Olivia Burnette, Alexandra Kyle, Darrell Larson, Philip Baker Hall, Wanda Acuna, Geoffrey Rivas, Armin Shimerman, Natalia Nogulich
While talking to her 17-year-old daughter over the cell phone, Karen McCann (Sally Field) listens helplessly as the conversation is interrupted, and her daughter is raped and murdered by Robert Doob (Kiefer Sutherland). Sgt. Denillo (Joe Mantegna) tracks down Doob, but, due to a police error, Doob escapes being convicted and is paroled. Karen's husband, Mack (Ed Harris), wants to forget the tragedy and go on with life, but Karen turns to hit man trainers for help and learns how to shoot a gun. How far will Karen go?
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Finders Keepers 1984 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Ed Lauter, David Wayne, Brian Dennehy, Jack Riley, John Schuck, Jim Carrey, Timothy Blake, Robert Clothier, Jayne Eastwood, Alf Humphreys, Barbara Kermode
Georgiana Latimer (Pamela Stephenson) and Josef Sirola (Ed Lauter) steal $5 million from her father and, through a set of bizarre circumstances, manage to get the money and themselves aboard a transcontinental train. Also along for the ride is a scam artist, Michael Rangeloff (Michael O'Keefe), who unknowingly is escorting the money inside a coffin. All three are in for some surprises.
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First Love 1977 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joan Darling
Cast: William Katt, Susan Dey, John Heard, Beverly D'Angelo, Robert Loggia, Swoosie Kurtz, Tom Lacy, June Barrett, Virginia Leith, Billy Beck, Pat O'Hara, Judy Kerr, Jenny Hill
Two college students, Elgin (William Katt) and Caroline (Susan Dey), confront problems in their relationship after Caroline has an affair with an older man.
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 Hair 1979 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden, Richard Bright, Nicholas Ray, Charlotte Rae, Miles Chapin, Antonia Rey, Michael Jeter
In this rock musical, a draft inductee (John Savage) visits NYC where he is befriended by a group of hippies...just before he must leave for Vietnam. The impact of this film is not the same today, but it does reflect the unrest in the country during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s.
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 2008 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Cast: Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Jack Conley, Roger Bart, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi Pyle, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Winter, Danneel Harris, Paula Garces
In this sequel to "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," stoners Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) head off to Amsterdam on vacation. They sneak a bong aboard the airplane, and after Kumar lights up the bong in the restroom, they end up in a cell in Guantanamo Bay as suspects in a terrorism plot. They manage to escape and, with Deputy Chief of Homeland Security Ron Fox (Rob Corddry) on their trail, try to reach the wedding of Kuma's ex, Vanessa (Danneel Harris), in Texas. Their hope is that Vanessa's fiance Colton (Eric Winter) will use his connections to clear their names, but more than a few obstacles lie in their way.
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High Spirits 1988 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Ray McAnally, Donal McCann, Connie Booth, Mary Coughlan, Liz Smith, Tom Hickey, Hilary Reynolds, Tony Rohr
Needing money to maintain his family's Irish castle, Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) rents rooms and advertises that the castle is haunted. He even goes so far as to provide "ghosts." Of course, it turns out that the castle really is haunted, and American tourists, including Jack and Sharon (Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), arrive for a visit. The fun really begins when Jack and Sharon become romantically interested in the real ghosts Mary and Martin (Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson).
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Honky Tonk Freeway 1981 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: William Devane, Beverly D'Angelo, Beau Bridges, Geraldine Page, Teri Garr, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Howard Hesseman, George Dzundza, Joe Grifasi
This enjoyable story is about residents of a small Florida town who are upset because there are no plans for an exit from the new super highway that will bypass their town.
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The House Bunny 2008 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Wolf
Cast: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Owen Benjamin, Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis, Dana Goodman, Katherine McPhee, Julia Lea Wolov, Hugh M. Hefner, Christopher McDonald, Beverly D'Angelo, Leslie Del Rosario, Kiely Williams, Monet Mazur
On her 27th birthday, beautiful, sexy Playboy Bunny, Shelley Darlingson (Anna Faris) is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion because she is now too old to be a Bunny. Desperately needing a place to stay, Shelley finds her new home at the sorority house Zeta Alpha Zeta where she will serve as house mother. The Zeta house is in bad shape and in danger of losing its charter if it does not sign up 30 new members. Zeta sisters recognize that Shelley has the magnet through her looks to attract boys who, in turn, will attract girls to the sorority. Shelley decides to help the Zeta girls learn the skills to turn them into desirable women more than able to compete with other sororities–especially the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu sorority.
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Illuminata 1998 R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Turturro
Cast: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Christopher Walken, Susan Sarandon, Beverly D'Angelo, Bill Irwin, Rufus Sewell, Georgina Cates, Donal McCann, Ben Gazzara
The opening performance of Tuccio's (John Turturro) new play falls flat and is panned by the influential critic, Umberto Bevalaqua (Christopher Walken). But it is the behind-the-scenes sex and infidelity of those involved in the play that provide this film's intrigue.
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In the Mood 1987 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Beverly D'Angelo, Talia Balsam, Michael Constantine, Betty Jinette, Kathleen Freeman, Peter Hobbs, Tony Longo, Brian McNamara
The premise for this movie was good, the movie wasn't. It is about a teenager who marries older women and becomes a media star. 1 User Review
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| | jonniesnowball 04/09/2011 | | Cant understand the revuer on this one, the wife and I loved this movie and watch it every chance we get. It i hillarous, a must see for anyone over 35 who remembers the way things were in the old days, when sex was a no no, |
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King of the Corner 2004 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Riegert
Cast: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Ashley Johnson, Eli Wallach, Rita Moreno, Jake Hoffman, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Bogosian, Dominic Chianese, Harris Yulin, Frank Wood, Peter Friedman, Steve Landesbert, Alecia Hurst, Penny Fuller
"Freelance Rabbi" Evelyn Fink (Eric Bogosian) offers spiritual advice to Leo Spivak (Peter Riegert) who is in the midst of a midlife crisis brought on by problems with his father Sol (Eli Wallach), daughter Elana (Ashley Johnson), and wife Rachel (Isabella Rossellini). The advice given to Leo helps him find hope for the future.
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Lansky 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Max Perlich, Anthony LaPaglia, Matthew Settle, Beverly D'Angelo, Illeana Douglas, Francis Guinan, Stanley DeSantis, Jeff Perry
This made-for-HBO crime film revolves around the life of the crime lord Meyer Lansky as it reviews his youth, gangster activities at the beginning of the 20th century, and his eventual rise to the top of the criminal world.
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Lightning Jack 1994 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Paul Hogan, Beverly D'Angelo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kamala Dawson, Pat Hingle, Richard Riehle, Frank McRae, Roger Daltrey, L.Q. Jones
Lightning Jack Kane (Paul Hogan) needs some public relations work, and, to that end, he stages new robberies. In the process, he gains a sidekick (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who happens to be mute. The results make for a fairly good western/comedy that is carried almost entirely by Hogan.
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Love Always 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jude Pauline Eberhard
Cast: Marisa Ryan, Moon Unit Zappa, Beverly D'Angelo, James Victor, Michael Reilly Burke, Beth Grant, Mick Murray, Doug Hutchison, Gerard O'Donnell, Aaron Kuhr
When Julie Bradshaw's (Marisa Ryan) Spokane boyfriend proposes marriage, she leaves San Diego and embarks on an odyssey via Boston and Las Vegas only to arrive in Spokane with enough sense to realize that Mark is NOT the man of her dreams. Yuck.
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Maid to Order 1987 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amy Holden Jones
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt, Theresa Randle, Merry Clayton, Rain Phoenix, Begonya Plaza
This is a Cinderella story in reverse. A spoiled, wealthy young girl (Ally Sheedy) is changed by her fairy godmother (Beverly D'Angelo) into an average person who is forced to find a way to make a living.
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Man Trouble 1992  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael McKean, Saul Rubinek, Veronica Cartwright, David Clennon, John Kapelos, Viveka Davis
An opera singer (Ellen Barkin) hires a guard-dog trainer (Jack Nicholson) to protect her from a psychotic's advances. Romance develops between the unlikely couple. Not exactly vintage Nicholson.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, Miriam Flynn, Juliette Lewis, E.G. Marshall, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Doris Roberts, Cody Burger, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Sam McMurray
One thing you can always say about the Griswolds is that they never give up. This time, instead of leaving home, Clark (Chevy Chase) prepares the family home for an old-fashioned Christmas. Relatives arrive, and pandemonium follows. 2 User Reviews
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| | HALARIOUS | RAVNFAN1 12/17/2010 | | I NEVER LET A CHRISTMAS GO BY WITHOUT SEEING THIS MOVIE...I PUT IT RIGHT UP THERE WITH , A WONDERFUL LIFE AND A CHRISTMAS STORY...LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. |
| | This is a true classic!!!! One of my MOST FAVORITE movies!! | Happy Holidays 07/20/2010 | | |
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National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
aka: European Vacation
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Eric Idle, Victor Lanoux, John Astin, Paul Bartel, Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Lively, Didier Pain, Cynthia Szigeti, Malcolm Danare, Kevi Kendall, William Zabka
The Griswold family is back at it again. This time, Clark and Ellen (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) and their children Rusty and Audrey (Jason Lively and Dana Hill) compete on a family game show and win a trip to Europe. There is plenty of trouble awaiting them in Europe–from London where Clark must learn to drive a European car, to Paris where their camcorder is stolen, and then on to Germany to meet relatives IF they can find the correct home. All of this culminates in the camcorder thief selling erotic pictures of Ellen and then Ellen being kidnapped by other thieves. By the vacation's end, the Griswold family is very happy to return to American soil. 1 User Review
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National Lampoon's Vacation 1983 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
aka: Vacation
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Eddie Bracken, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Frank McRae, Brian Doyle-Murray, Eugene Levy, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Jane Krakowski
Clark and Ellen Griswold (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) set off on a cross-country trip to visit Wally World theme park with their children Russell "Rusty" (Anthony Michael Hall) and Audrey (Dana Barron). On the trip, they experience troubles, bizarre events, and laughs that culminate with their arrival at Wally World–only to find it is closed for the season.
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Paternity 1981 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Steinberg
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Norman Fell, Paul Dooley, Elizabeth Ashley, Lauren Hutton, Juanita Moore, Mike Kellin
Bachelor Buddy Evans (Burt Reynolds) wants to be a father–without the benefit of marriage. He finds the ideal surrogate mother; Maggie (Beverly D'Angelo) is a musician in need of money. 1 User Review
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| | Oldie but goodie | Anonymous 06/20/2009 | | I had forgotten the name of this film, it's so ling since I've seen it. That being said, I'm now going to buy it just to watch it again. It is dated by today's standards, but it will never really go out of fashion. |
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Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills 1994 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Barry Humphries, Brion James, Moon Unit Zappa, Stephen McHattie, Aron Eisenberg, Sharon Martin, Brad Wilson
Pixie Chandler (Beverly D'Angelo) is turned into a pterodactyl after her paleontologist husband, Dick (Brad Wilson), upsets a shaman. The result is a silly story; but, somehow the acting and plot work together and result in enjoyable fare.
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A Rat's Tale 1997 G, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Michael F. Huse
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Jerry Stiller, Josef Ostendorf, Lauren Hutton, Steffen Wink, Andreas Herder, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Jack Recknitz, Jonathan Kinsler, Dee Bradley Baker, Scott MacDonald, Lynsey Bartilson, Raymond Guth, Donald Arthur
This is a children's tale, presented through the puppetry medium, in which a pack of NYC sewer rats is threatened when land developer Lou Dollart (Josef Ostendorf) engages in plans to replace the wharves with a parking lot. After much consideration, the rats come up with an alternate plan to purchase the wharves themselves.
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Relative Strangers 2006 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Greg Glienna
Cast: Ron Livingston, Neve Campbell, Danny DeVito, Kathy Bates, Edward Herrmann, Christine Baranski, Bob Odenkirk, Ed Begley Jr., Martin Mull, Beverly D'Angelo, Debbi Morgan, Michael McKean, Tracey Walter
Staid, upper-class psychologist Dr. Richard Clayton (Ron Livingston) learns that he is adopted and sets out to find his birth parents. He is successful, but they turn out to be the unrefined and crude Agnes and Frank Menure (Kathy Bates and Danny DeVito), and Richard's orderly life takes a nightmarish turn. 2 User Reviews
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| | Agular 01/09/2011 | | saw this on Comedy Central and loved it. Funny! |
| | Laughed My Ass off | dmorey 02/10/2007 | | Really funny. Danny Devito is great. I really liked this film, a tiotal surprise. |
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The Sentinel 1977 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, Jose Ferrer, Ava Gardner, Arthur Kennedy, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, Tom Berenger, Sylvia Miles, Deborah Raffin, Christopher Walken, Jerry Orbach, Beverly D'Angelo
Fashion model Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) rents an apartment in Brooklyn Heights, moves in, and becomes involved in a world of mysterious noises and a very strange neighbor, Father Francis Matthew Halloran (John Carradine) who is a blind priest. Alison's fiance Michael (Chris Sarandon) investigates and finds that previous tenants were murderers and that Alison's apartment building is situated at the entrance to Hell. Have evil forces chosen Alison for a specific purpose?
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 A Streetcar Named Desire 1984 TV, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Ann - Margret, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Rafael Campos, Erica Yohn, Ric Mancini, Raphael Sbarge, Fred Sadoff, Elsa Raven, Tina Menard, Dan Owens
Ann-Margret is at her very best in this good TV remake of the 1951 classic. Ann-Margret takes on the role of the Mississippi Southern belle, Blanche DuBois, who visits her pregnant sister Stella (Beverly D'Angelo) and Stella's working-class husband Stanley Kowalski (Treat Williams) in their rundown, New Orleans French Quarter apartment. Frictions flare between Blanche and Stanley, and the battle of wills between the two leads to problems when Stanley discovers that there is more to Blanche than meets the eye.
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 Vegas Vacation 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
Director: Stephen Kessler
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Christie Brinkley, Wayne Newton, Jerry Weintraub, Sid Caesar, Shae D'Lyn, Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Wallace Shawn, Julio Oscar Mechoso
This is the fourth in the series of Chevy Chase "Vacation" films about the hapless Griswold family who–by now–should know to NEVER take a family vacation together. The Griswolds visit Las Vegas, and Clark (Chevy Chase) hits the blackjack table and, encouraged by the dealer Marty (Wallace Shawn), loses all of his money. Meanwhile, Clark's wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) falls for lounge singer Wayne Newton (Himself) and is invited to sing with him. Their daughter Audrey (Marisol Nichols) joins up with her stripper cousin Vickie (Shae D'Lyn), and they visit dance clubs. To make the vacation a complete disaster, their son Rusty (Ethan Embry is great at playing dice and falls in with gangsters. Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) offers to help, but will Eddie succeed in bringing the family to its senses?
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With Friends Like These 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philip Messina
Cast: Robert Costanzo, David Strathairn, Adam Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Jon Tenney, Jon Polito, Elle Macpherson, Bill Murray, Amy Madigan, Laura San Giacomo
In this Hollywood farce, four stereotypical actors compete for a role as Al Capone in Martin Scorsese's upcoming feature film. When Johnny DiMartino (Robert Costanzo) got the call to read for a part, he made the mistake of telling his actor friends. Backstabbing becomes the rule of the day.
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| 1. American History X (1998)
2. Aria (1987)
3. Battle for Terra (2009)
aka: Terra
4. Big Trouble (1986)
5. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
6. The Crazysitter (1995)
7. Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will (1990)
8. Edie & Pen (1997)
9. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
10. Eye for an Eye (1996)
11. Finders Keepers (1984)
12. First Love (1977)
13. Hair (1979)
14. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
15. High Spirits (1988)
16. Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
17. The House Bunny (2008)
18. Illuminata (1998)
19. In the Mood (1987)
20. King of the Corner (2004)
21. Lansky (1999)
22. Lightning Jack (1994)
23. Love Always (1997)
24. Maid to Order (1987)
25. Man Trouble (1992)
26. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
aka: Christmas Vacation
27. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
aka: European Vacation
28. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
aka: Vacation
29. Paternity (1981)
30. Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1994)
31. A Rat's Tale (1997)
32. Relative Strangers (2006)
33. The Sentinel (1977)
34. A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
35. Vegas Vacation (1997)
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
36. With Friends Like These (1998)
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