Being Human 1994   PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Robin Williams, John Turturro, Anna Galiena, Vincent D'Onofrio, Helen Miller, Hector Elizondo, Lindsay Crouse, Jonathan Hyde, Ewan McGregor, Lorraine Bracco
"Hector" (Robin Williams) is a man trying to discover life's meaning. In this series of vignettes "Hector" is a caveman, Roman slave, Crusader, shipwrecked Portuguese, and 1990s' American. What "Hector" is NOT is content, and the message is that for man, the meaning of life is elusive.
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Breaking In 1989  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint, Albert Salmi, Harry Carey Jr., Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alan Fudge
Burt Reynolds does a great job as a veteran safe-cracker who encounters a young hoodlum while robbing a wealthy home and decides to teach him his art. The two form a partnership of sorts and plan on stealing the Fourth of July take of an amusement park. A clever, well done film.
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Comfort and Joy 1984 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton, Roberto Bernardi, George Rossi, Peter Rossi, Billy McElhaney
Leave it to writer/director Bill Forsyth to come up with unusual films, and this is no exception. Bill Paterson is a popular disc jockey in Glasgow, Scotland, who gets involved in a war between rival ice cream businesses by trying to act as an on-air mediator. Good premise with some funny situations.
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Gregory's Girl 1981 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan, Billy Greenlees, Alan Love
This is a delightful romantic comedy about a gangling soccer player, Gregory (John Gordon Sinclair), who falls in love with his team's new player–a young woman, Dorothy (Dee Hepburn).
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Local Hero 1983  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, Norman Chancer, Jenny Seagrove, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Christopher Rozycki, Jennifer Black, John M. Jackson, Tam Dean Burn, Kenny Ireland, Harlan Jordan
Mac and Felix (Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster) represent Knox Oil and Gas, a company whose officers want to buy out a quiet fishing village and turn it into an oil refinery. Most of the citizens want to take the money and run, BUT old Ben (Fulton Mackay) sees the error of their decisions and holds out. Very clever and fun.
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| 1. Being Human (1994)
2. Breaking In (1989)
3. Comfort and Joy (1984)
4. Gregory's Girl (1981)
5. Housekeeping (1987)
6. Local Hero (1983)
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