Baja Oklahoma 1988 TV, 105 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Bobby Roth Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz, Billy Vera, Anthony Zerbe, William Forsythe, Julia Roberts, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Alice Krige, Bruce Abbott, Carmen Argenziano, Paul Bartel, Carole Davis, Linda Dona
Based on Dan Jenkins' novel, this is a delightful musical/comedy about a Texas barmaid who dreams of making a name for herself in the music business.
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Berkeley 2007 R, 87 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth Cast: Nick Roth, Laura Jordan, Henry Winkler, Bonnie Bedelia, Tom Morello, Jake Newton, Sebastian Tillinger, Wade Allain-Marcus, Sarah Carter, Sarah Bibb, Ruby Roth, Tracey Walter, Thomas Gibson, Reed Diamond, Henry G. Sanders
Eighteen-year-old Ben Sweet (Nick Roth) enrolls at UC Berkeley in 1968 to study accounting and as a means of avoiding the draft in the midst of the anti-war movement. While at Berkeley, Ben learns to party '60s' style–including sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He joins a rock band and goes through a number of life changes discovering by story's end that his "true self" lies in writing.
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Circle of Power 1983 R, 103 min. Genre: Drama aka: Mystique Brainwash The Naked Weekend
Director: Bobby Roth Cast: Yvette Mimieux, Christopher Allport, Cindy Pickett, John Considine, Scott Marlowe, Walter Olkewicz, Denny Miller, Hugh Gillin, Leo Rossi, Tony Plana, Carmen Argenziano, Mary McCusker
Bianca Ray (Yvette Mimieux) goes overboard in her duties as CEO when she requires officials in her company to attend in-depth encounter sessions.
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Heartbreakers 1984 R, 98 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth Cast: Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail, James Laurenson, Carol Wayne, Jamie Rose, Kathryn Harrold, George Morfogen, Jerry Hardin
Arthur Blue (Peter Coyote) and Eli Kahn (Nick Mancuso) are middle-aged bachelors whose friendship becomes strained when they both fall in love with Liliane (Carole Laure).
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Manhood 2003 R, 82 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth Cast: Nestor Carbonell, John Ritter, Janeane Garofalo, Bonnie Bedelia, Nick Roth, Lauren Tom, Barbara Williams, Barry Newman, Andrew J. Ferchland, Skyler Shaye, Sybil Temchen, Carole Davis
Reformed womanizer Jack (Nestor Carbonell) tries to put his life back together–starting with connecting to his son and nephew. This is a boring, dark drama of a dysfunctional family. Sundance Film Festival material was billed as a dark comedy, but the comedy is hard to find.
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| 1. Baja Oklahoma (1988)
2. Berkeley (2007)
3. Circle of Power (1983) aka: Mystique aka: Brainwash aka: The Naked Weekend
4. Heartbreakers (1984)
5. Independence Day (1975)
6. Manhood (2003)
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