Airport '77 1977  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Christopher Lee, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, M. Emmet Walsh
Another sequel to "Airport"–if you can watch yet another disaster film, then this one is for you as a private plane crashes into the ocean after being sabotaged. Will there be a rescue?
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The Boynton Beach Club 2006  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman, Michael Nouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Renee Taylor, Mal Z. Lawrence
Harry (Joseph Bologna), Lois (Dyan Cannon), Jack (Len Cariou), Sandy (Sally Kellerman), Donald (Michael Nouri), and Marilyn (Brenda Vaccaro) have moved into an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. They attend a support group for bereaved senior citizens and find themselves replaying the dating game.
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Capricorn One 1978 PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, David Huddleston, James Sikking, David Doyle, Lee Bryant, Denise Nicholas, Alan Fudge, Robert Walden
There is a flaw in the design of the spaceship, and as a means of protecting the reputation of NASA, mission controller Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook) stages a Mars landing that is never meant to take place. The astronauts–(James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston)–are removed from the spaceship before it is launched and taken to a studio where they must pretend to be on the journey to Mars. But, journalist Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould) becomes suspicious and investigates the conspiracy, which will go so far as to end the astronauts' lives as the means of keeping the hoax a secret.
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Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure 2003 G, 79 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Mario Piluso
Cast: Julia Duffy, David Beron, Amanda Bynes, Anndi McAfee, Maria Bamford, Harrison Chad, Rob Paulson, Debi Derryberry, Brenda Vaccaro, Dawnn Lewis, Jerry Houser, Bridget Sienna
In this sequel (30 years later) to the original film based on E. B. White's children's story, Wilbur the Pig befriends a lonely lamb, Cardigan, who is new to the farm. When Farmer Zuckerman sells the lamb, Wilber, Templeton the Rat, and Charlotte's three daughters set out to find Cardigan. "Love conquers all" again prevails.
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 Cookie 1989  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Michael V. Gazzo, Brenda Vaccaro, Lionel Stander, Jerry Lewis, Adrian Pasdar, Bob Gunton, Ricki Lake
Peter Falk stars as a mobster just getting out of prison after 13 years who has a misfit teenage daughter, Cookie (Emily Lloyd), from his mistress. Of course, he also has a wife who doesn't know anything about either one of them. To complicate matters, in trying to form some sort of father-daughter bond, he hires Cookie to act as his chauffeur.
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Death Weekend 1976  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The House by the Lake
Director: William Fruet
Cast: Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata, Richard Ayres, Kyle Edwards, Don Granberry, Ed McNamara, Michael Kirby, Richard Donat
Four sadistic young men arrive at the remote home–in the countryside of Ontario, Canada–of a playboy dentist. They kill the dentist and then plot horrendous acts against his girlfriend.
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The First Deadly Sin 1980 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, James Whitmore, David Dukes, Brenda Vaccaro, Martin Gabel, Anthony Zerbe, George Coe, Joe Spinell, Bruce Willis, Anna Navarro, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Devaney, Hugh Hurd, Robert Weil
Police detective Edward Delaney (Frank Sinatra) is nearing retirement, and his wife Barbara (Faye Dunaway) is dying and looking for a miracle to save herself. Meanwhile, Edward is stalking a psychotic killer (David Dukes) in this chilling drama.
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Going Home 1971  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert B. Leonard
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jason Bernard, Sally Kirkland, Josh Mostel, Joseph Attles, Lou Gilbert, George DiCenzo
During a drunken bout, Harry K. Graham (Robert Mitchum) killed his wife. Now, after his release from prison, he seeks to re-establish a relationship with his very angry son, Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent).
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Honor Thy Father 1973 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro, Raf Vallone, Marc Lawrence, Richard S. Castellano, Joe De Santis, Gilbert Green, Louis Zorich, Felice Orlandi, James Sloyan, Joseph Campanella, Carmine Caridi
Gay Talese's book about the Bonanno family of the Mafia and their participation in the internal fighting is the subject of this movie. Not bad.
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Love Affair 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Capshaw, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Mazursky, Glenn Shadix
This is a remake of 1939's film and the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr version, "An Affair to Remember." Granted, this is a sentimental love story, but those who like to bring handkerchiefs to the theater (or to the TV room) will enjoy this one.
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 Midnight Cowboy 1969   R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes, Ruth White, Jennifer Salt, Bob Balaban, Paul Benjamin
New York's 42nd Street is the setting for this great movie about a hick, Joe Buck (Jon Voight), from Texas who comes to the big city to find work as a male prostitute, teams up with petty thief Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), and gets out-hustled in the process. The film depicts the seedy side of America and does it so well that it won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Additionally, Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight were nominated for Best Actor, and Sylvia Miles was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. 1 User Review
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| | sam 08/05/2007 | it was a classic movie which had two fine actors nominated for the oscar who in
normal years deserved to win it the proof of the pudding is to this day it stands out the preformances of jon voight and dustin hoffman were overwhelming they both later won oscars and had great careers as actors it won best picture which it deserved |
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 The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Barbra Streisand
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vaccaro, Austin Pendleton, Elle Macpherson, Taina Elg, Ali Marsh, Leslie Stefanson, Lucy Avery Brooks, Thomas Hartman, David Kinzie
Society's obsession with beauty is questioned in this love story about dowdy, English Professor Rose Morgan (Barbra Streisand) who becomes involved with–and then accepts terms of a platonic marriage to–calculus Professor Gregory Larkin (Jeff Bridges). The marriage lasts for a while, until Rose wants more. Lauren Bacall was nominated for Best Supporting Actress as Rose's mother, Hannah.
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Once Is Not Enough 1975 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Deborah Raffin, Melina Mercouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Gary Conway, Lillian Randolph, Renata Vanni
Superficial jet setters are all too plainly shown in this film adaptation of the popular novel. It misses the chance to have fun with the sleaziness. Brenda Vaccaro received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.
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Sonny 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Cage
Cast: James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Mena Suvari, Brenda Vaccaro, Seymour Cassel, Nicolas Cage, Josie Davis, Willie Metcalf, Janet Shea, Scott Caan, Marc Coppola
Twenty-six-year-old, Army vet Sonny Phillips comes home to New Orleans to visit his mother, Jewel (Brenda Blethyn), before beginning a new life in Texas. But Jewel has her own plans for Sonny; she wants Sonny to return to his life as a New Orleans gigolo. After a brief stay in Texas, Sonny does come back to Jewel who teams him up with a hooker (Mena Suvari), and Sonny is back under his mother's control. 1 User Review
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| | great | ellie 03/05/2007 | | i liked it |
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Summertree 1971 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Newley
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jack Warden, Brenda Vaccaro, Barbara Bel Geddes, Rob Reiner, Kirk Callaway, Bill Vint, Jeff Siggins, Garry Goodrow, William Smith
Poor Jerry–he drops out of college, finds himself selected by the Draft, and decides to flee to Canada. Kirk Douglas produced this so-so film.
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Supergirl 1984 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter Cook, Simon Ward, Marc McClure, Hart Bochner, David Healy
Superman's cousin, Supergirl (Helen Slater), comes to Earth and is immediately embroiled in a fight against the evil forces of the jealous Selena (Faye Dunaway).
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Ten Little Indians 1989 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
Director: Alan Birkinshaw
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Frank Stallone, Herbert Lom, Sarah Maur Thorp, Brenda Vaccaro, Warren Berlinger, Yehuda Efroni, Paul L. Smith, Neil McCarthy, Moira Lister
Don't bother with this version of the often-filmed Agatha Christie novel. Incredibly this version is set on an African safari rather than in an eerie mansion. The invited "guests" are killed off one-by-one.
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Water 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dick Clement
Cast: Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter, Billy Connolly, Maureen Lipman, Dennis Dugan, Fulton Mackay, Jimmie Walker, Dick Shawn
When mineral water is discovered and becomes the object of investment possibilities on a tiny Caribbean island, Governor Baxter Thwaites (Michael Caine) must deal with outside forces struggling for control of his once-peaceful island.
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| 1. Airport '77 (1977)
2. The Boynton Beach Club (2006)
3. Capricorn One (1978)
4. Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003)
5. Cookie (1989)
6. Death Weekend (1976)
aka: The House by the Lake
7. Fast Charlie...The Moonbeam Rider (1979)
aka: Fast Charlie and the Moonbeam
8. The First Deadly Sin (1980)
9. Going Home (1971)
10. Honor Thy Father (1973)
11. Love Affair (1994)
12. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
13. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
14. Once Is Not Enough (1975)
aka: Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
15. Sonny (2002)
16. Summertree (1971)
17. Supergirl (1984)
18. Ten Little Indians (1989)
aka: Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
19. Water (1985)
20. Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981)
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