 How the West Was Won 1962  N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Spencer Tracy, Agnes Moorehead, Lee J. Cobb, Carolyn Jones, Carol Baker, Robert Preston, Richard Widmark
This stirring epic of the settling of the West uses the Preston family (Debbie Reynolds, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Malden, and Carol Baker) as its core for telling the trials and exhilarations of the move West. From farming to mining to fighting outlaws, this film is memorable. Dozens of movie stars add to the pleasure, as do the photography and musical score. The film won three Oscars and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.
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Let's Get Lost 1988 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Bruce Weber
Cast: Chet Baker, Carol Baker, Vera Baker, Paul Baker, Viggo Mortensen, Carey Lowell, Dean Baker, Missy Baker, Lisa Marie, Flea, Louie Leonardo, Jack Sheldon, Dick Bock, William F. Claxton, Diane Vavra
Jazz artist Chet Baker's music as well as his destructive personality are scrutinized in this outstanding documentary, which features interviews with his family–wife Carol and children Missy, Paul, and Dean. Highlights are film clips from Baker's 1960s' Italian films. Drug addiction was his nemesis, and Baker fell to his death from a hotel window in 1988. The film was nominated for Best Documentary.
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