Anywhere But Here 1999  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Shawn Hatosy, Bonnie Bedelia, Hart Bochner, Eileen Ryan, Corbin Allred, Ray Baker, John Diehl, Faran Tahir
Mother Adele (Susan Sarandon) and daughter Ann (Natalie Portman) flee Wisconsin and head for Los Angeles where, away from the bonds of family, they must rely on each other–no matter how difficult that may be.
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Bad Manners 1997  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaufer
Cast: David Strathairn, Bonnie Bedelia, Saul Rubinek, Caroleen Feeney, Julie Harris, Robin Poley, Daniel Koch, Steve Bruce
Based on David Gilman's play "Ghost in the Machine," this is the story of Wes' (David Strathairn) and Nancy's (Bonnie Bedelia) visit from Nancy's ex-lover Matt (Saul Rubinek) and his sexy new lover, Kim (Caroleen Feeney). When a $50 bill is missing, events lead to suspicion and intrigue.
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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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The Big Fix 1978 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, F. Murray Abraham, Fritz Weaver, Ofelia Medina, Nicolas Coster, Ron Rifkin, Mandy Patinkin
Detective Moses Wine (Richard Dreyfuss) tries to solve a crime of attempted sabotage in a campaign for governor and ends up solving a murder among ex-Berkeley radicals.
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Die Hard 1988 R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Godunov, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, De'voreaux White, Bruno Doyon, Andreas Wisniewski, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Joey Plewa, Lorenzo Caccialanza
When New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is trapped inside an L.A. high rise with highly skilled and well-armed hostage-holding terrorists, he comes to the rescue by attacking them from an upper floor of the building. The plot and performances are good, and there's lots of action.
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Die Hard 2 1990 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, William Sadler, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, John Leguizamo, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower, Sheila McCarthy, Don Harvey, Tony Ganios
Action, action, and more action fill the screen in this sequel to "Die Hard." John McClane (Bruce Willis) must come to the aid of his hostage wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia). This time, terrorists plan to invade Dulles Airport, and, as luck would have it, Holly's plane is about to land. John has no choice but to single-handedly fight the terrorists.
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Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, Natasha Richardson, John C. McGinley, Ron Frazier, Del Close, John Considine
This is the story of the building of the atomic bomb and the interplay between military and science to achieve success.
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The Fire Next Time 1993 PG, 195 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth, Jurgen Prochnow, Justin Whalin, Ashley Jones, Sal Lopez, Shawn Toovey, Charles Haid, Odetta, John Vernon
This made-for-TV propaganda film is set in 2017. Pollution and global warming have resulted in disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and other unpredictable weather–as well as oppressive pollution in parts of the Earth. The tale is told through the eyes of a Louisiana shrimp fisherman and his family who were victims of a hurricane.
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 Gloria 1999  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Mike Starr, George C. Scott, Bonnie Bedelia, Antonia Rey, Don Billett, Sarita Choudhury
Gloria (Sharon Stone) is released from prison after taking the rap for her boyfriend, Kevin (Jeremy Northam). When she arrives at Kevin's place, she robs him and makes off with a seven-year-old boy, Nicky (Jean-Luke Figueroa), whose family has been murdered by one of Kevin's hit men. While Kevin may have written Nicky and Gloria off, this time it doesn't work because Nicky has a computer disk Kevin needs. So, the chase is on.
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The Gypsy Moths 1969 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bedelia, William Windom, Sheree North, Ford Rainey, John Napier, Carl Reindel
Three skydivers (Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, and Scott Wilson) are set to perform in the Fourth-of-July celebration in a small Midwestern town. Romantic entanglements with local women take place, but the saving grace of this film is the spectacular aerial show.
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Heart Like a Wheel 1983 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Hoyt Axton, Bill McKinney, Dean Paul Martin, Dick Miller, Anthony Edwards, Paul Bartel, Ellen Geer
The National Hot Rod Association was for men only until Shirley Muldowney earned the right to compete big time. This is her story.
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Homecoming 1996 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Jean
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Kimberlee Peterson, Bonnie Bedelia, Trever O'Brien, Hanna Hall, William Greenblatt, Anna Louise Richardson, Scott Michael Campbell, Jacque Lynn Colton, R.D. Reid, Roger Dunn, Richard Fitzpatrick
The Tillerman children are orphaned when their mother disappears. They hit the road in search of their grandmother who has been estranged from the family. They locate her, but the loner grandmother Abigail (Anne Bancroft) is reluctant to take them in. It's going to take work for the children to soften her up.
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Lovers and Other Strangers 1970 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cy Howard
Cast: Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Gig Young, Michael Brandon, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, Harry Guardino, Diane Keaton, Anne Meara, Richard S. Castellano
This is the film adaptation of a humorous play, written by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna, in which two families from different social classes must come together for the ritzy wedding of their children. The song "For All We Know" won an Academy Award, and Richard S. Castellano was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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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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Message to My Daughter 1973 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Michael Lewis
Cast: Martin Sheen, Bonnie Bedelia, Kitty Winn, Neva Patterson, Mark Slade, Lucille Benson, Jerry Ayres, King Moody, Bob Goldstein, John Crawford
A troubled teenager (Kitty Winn) unearths some tapes her mother (Bonnie Bedelia) recorded before her untimely death several years earlier.
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 Needful Things 1993 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer, J.T. Walsh, Duncan Fraser, Ray McKinnon, Valri Bromfield, Shane Meier, Melvin Allen, William Morgan Sheppard
Stephen King's story is the basis for this film involving an antiques shop owner (Max von Sydow) who turns once friendly people against each other. He is really the Devil in disguise! The film just doesn't bring out the real horror of the book.
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Presumed Innocent 1990 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, Joe Grifasi, John Spencer, Anna Maria Horsford, Sab Shimono, Tom Mardirosian, Bradley Whitford, Christine Estabrook, Michael Tolan, Madison Arnold
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) is a deputy prosecutor forced to investigate the murder of a woman with whom he once had an affair. After a few twists and turns, Sabich becomes the accused killer who must go on trial for his life. The ending is a shocker.
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The Prince of Pennsylvania 1988 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Nyswaner
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Amy Madigan, Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia, Todd Bryant, Jay O. Sanders, Tracey Ellis, Jeff Hayenga, Dan Monahan, Kari Keegan
Rebellious teen Rupert Marshetta (Keanu Reeves) lives in a Pennsylvania coal community where he joins forces with Carla Headlee (Amy Madigan) to fake a kidnapping of his father, Gary (Fred Ward), who has been badgering Rupert ever since Gary found out about his wife's (Bonnie Bedelia) infidelity.
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Salem's Lot 1979  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kerwin, Lew Ayres, Ed Flanders, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor, Fred Willard, Kenneth McMillan, Ned Wilson
With a Stephen King novel to work from, you have a good story to work with. This movie, originally a two-parter made for TV, is with all the thrills and chills one would expect when vampires invade New England. Some video releases are shorter. There is a sequel: "Return to Salem's Lot." 1 User Review
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| | the best | rich-the-horror-lover 08/21/2007 | | probably my favourite horror - a brilliant story line. Very creepy and scary. Its weird, i do not like vampire films, yet this is my favourite film of all time!! |
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Shadow of a Doubt 1995 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian Dennehy
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Bonnie Bedelia, Fairuza Balk, Mike Nussbaum, Joe Grifasi, Michael MacRae, Kevin Dunn, Ken Pogue, Brent Jennings, Bruce McGill, Donnelly Rhodes, Fulvio Cecere, Don MacKay
Over-the-hill, alcoholic attorney Charlie Sloan (Brian Dennehy) has a chance to get back in the courtroom when an old flame, Robin (Bonnie Bedelia), asks him to defend her daughter, Angel (Fairuza Balk), who has been charged with murder. The prosecution not only takes on the defendant but also takes on Charlie in the courtroom. Can Charlie come through? Made for TV.
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Sordid Lives 2000 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Del Shores
Cast: Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedelia, Beth Grant, Ann Walker, Kirk Geiger, Leslie Jordan, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander
There are many skeletons in the closet of this Texas family, and the sordid affairs come out in the open as they gather for the funeral of the family matriarch, who died when she tripped over the wooden legs of her lover.
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Speechless 1994 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Bonnie Bedelia, Christopher Reeve, Ernie Hudson, Charles Martin Smith, Gailard Sartain, Ray Baker, Mitch Ryan, Steven Wright
Shades of real life Mary Matalin and James Carville, only this time it is Kevin Vallick (Michael Keaton) and Julia Mann (Geena Davis) representing their respective Republican and Democrat parties. Love amidst politics on the campaign trail is the theme for this "missable" movie.
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The Stranger 1987 R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Adolfo Aristarain
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Riegert, Barry Primus, David Spielberg, Marcos Woinsky, Julio De Grazia, Cecilia Roth, Federico Luppi, Ricardo Darin, Federico Luppi
After witnessing a murder, Alice (Bonnie Bedelia) suffers amnesia and tries to put the pieces of her lost memory together. Her psychologist (Peter Riegert) may or may not be helping her to regain the identity of the murderer.
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Then Came Bronson 1969 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia, Akim Tamiroff, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, Martin Sheen, Peter Brocco, Bert Freed, Ted Gehring, Gene Dynarski
James Bronson (Michael Parks) is a reporter who sets off on an American odyssey looking for his true values in life in this pilot for a TV series.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Dern, Michael Conrad, Al Lewis, Severn Darden, Robert Fields, Allyn Ann McLerie, Jacquelyn Hyde, Felice Orlandi, Art Metrano
A six-day marathon dance during the Great Depression brings out several desperate characters–including Gloria and Robert (Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin)–who want to win. Gig Young is excellent as the Master of Ceremonies and was awarded an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. There were also eight nominations, including Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Supporting Actress (Susannah York), and Director.
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| 1. Anywhere But Here (1999)
2. Bad Manners (1997)
3. Berkeley (2007)
4. The Big Fix (1978)
5. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
6. Die Hard (1988)
7. Die Hard 2 (1990)
8. Fallen Angels, Volume 2 (1993)
9. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
10. The Fire Next Time (1993)
11. Gloria (1999)
12. The Gypsy Moths (1969)
13. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
14. Homecoming (1996)
15. Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
16. Manhood (2003)
17. Message to My Daughter (1973)
18. Needful Things (1993)
19. Presumed Innocent (1990)
20. The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
21. Salem's Lot (1979)
22. Shadow of a Doubt (1995)
23. Sordid Lives (2000)
24. Speechless (1994)
25. The Stranger (1987)
26. Then Came Bronson (1969)
27. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
28. Violets Are Blue (1986)
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