Racing with the Moon 1984  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda, Kate Williamson, Max Showalter, Crispin Glover, Arnold Johnson, Dana Carvey, Barbara Howard, Bob Maroff, Dominic Nardini, John Brandon, Eve Brent
It is Christmas 1942, and two friends, Hopper and Nickey (Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage) are due to report to the Marine Corps in just a few weeks. During the holiday season, Hopper falls in love with a rich girl, Caddie Winger (Elizabeth McGovern), who comes from a world far removed from his drab surroundings. A good, often humorous, view of the 1940s during World War II.
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Short Eyes 1977 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Slammer
Director: Robert M. Young
Cast: Bruce Davison, Jose Perez, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Shawn Elliott, Mark Margolis, Curtis Mayfield, Miguel Pinero, Tito Goya, Joseph Carberry, Bob Maroff, Keith Davis, Bob O'Connell, Richard Matamoros, Freddy Fender
Based on Miguel Pinero's play, this is a powerful story about prison life. Short Eyes is prison lingo for "child molester," and Bruce Davison takes on that role as prisoner Clark Davis at "The Tombs"–the Manhattan House of Detention–whose fellow detainees treat him as they would the lowest form of life. Many in the cast are not professional actors; instead they are former convicts, and this adds to the believability of the story.
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| 1. Racing with the Moon (1984)
2. Short Eyes (1977)
aka: Slammer
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