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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Life Is Ruff 2005 TV, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Charles Haid
Cast: Kyle Massey, Kay Panabaker, Mitchel Musso, Carter Jenkins, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Judith Moreland, Ibrahim Abdel-Baaith, Yolanda Wood, Sierra Squires, Ben Hammond
Calvin Wheeler (Kyle Massey) has ways of getting himself almost anything, and when he and his best friend Figg (Mitchel Musso) discover the first episode of his favorite comic book at a small store, he feels that he must get the money to buy it. When Preston Price (Carter Jenkins) brags about the money he makes with his dog, Calvin decides this could be the solution to his problem, and he goes to the animal shelter. Unfortunately for Calvin, the only dog he can take is Tyko, a wild Labrador/St. Bernard mix. With Emily's (Kay Panabaker) help, will Tyko be well enough trained to be in the dog competition, or will his troublesome ways keep Calvin from receiving the prize he is after? (Review by LW)
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Oliver's Story 1978  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Ed Binns, Ray Milland, Swoosie Kurtz, Charles Haid, Kenneth McMillan, Josef Sommer, Benson Fong, Sully Boyar, Meg Mundy
This sequel to "Love Story" again stars Ryan O'Neal as Oliver Barrett IV, but now he is looking for a new love following the death of his "Love means never having to say you are sorry" wife.
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Riders of the Purple Sage 1996  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Haid
Cast: Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, Norbert Weisser, G.D. Spradlin, Bob L. Harris, Rusty Musselman, Lynn Wanlass, Jerry Wills
The often-filmed Zane Grey tale is updated in this good made-for-TV film, which still maintains the spirit of the book. Set in the late 1800s, Jane (Amy Madigan) defies a church-dictated marriage, which causes retribution. Jim Lassiter (Ed Harris), with revenge on his mind, comes to the aid of Jane. Perhaps the best of the films of this story.
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Six Against the Rock 1987  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: David Carradine, Richard Dysart, Dennis Farina, Charles Haid, Howard Hesseman, David Morse, Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Mahon, Tom Reese, J.P. Bumstead
Based on a failed escape in 1946, this made-for-TV movie relates the efforts of inmates at Alcatraz Prison who hatch a plot to take guards hostage and, traveling by boat, escape from the island.
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 Storyville 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Frost
Cast: James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards, Charlotte Lewis, Michael Warren, Michael Parks, Chuck McCann, Charles Haid, Piper Laurie, Chino "Fats" Williams, Woody Strode, Jeff Perry
Congressional aspirant Cray Fowler (James Spader), a lawyer and member of a powerful political family, meets waitress Lee Tran (Charlotte Lewis) at a fundraiser, and they spend the night together–as the surveillance camera rolls. When he awakens, Lee is gone and her father lies dead in Cray's room. After Lee is charged with the crime, Cray defends her while also investigating who is trying to frame him.
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The Third Miracle 1999 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael Rispoli, Charles Haid, Ken James, Barbara Sukowa, James Gallanders, Jean-Louis Roux, Caterina Scorsone
A Chicago priest, Father Frank Shore (Ed Harris), is a Vatican-appointed investigator of purported miracles, who is sent to look into the events surrounding the recovery of a terminally ill girl. But Father Frank soon questions his life's purpose when he falls in love with Roxanne (Anne Heche), the daughter of the woman being considered for sainthood.
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Who'll Stop the Rain? 1978 R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dog Soldiers
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Mazur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, David Opatoshu, Charles Haid, Joaquin Martinez, Timothy Blake, James Cranna, Jean Howell, Shelby Balik, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel "Dog Soldiers," this story begins with Marine Corps combat veteran John Converse (Michael Moriarty) returning to Vietnam as a journalist and deciding to smuggle heroin into the United States. Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks (Nick Nolte) delivers the drugs to John's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld) in California, but then thugs–Smitty and Danskin (Ray Sharkey and Richard Mazur)–steal the drugs. It isn't long before Ray and Marge are on the lam–with crooked narcotics agent Antheil (Anthony Zerbe) close behind.
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| 1. Altered States (1980)
2. Code of Vengeance (1985)
3. Cop (1987)
4. The Execution of Private Slovik (1974)
5. The Fire Next Time (1993)
6. Iron Will (1994)
7. Life Is Ruff (2005)
8. Oliver's Story (1978)
9. The Rescue (1988)
10. Riders of the Purple Sage (1996)
11. Six Against the Rock (1987)
12. Storyville (1992)
13. The Third Miracle (1999)
14. Who'll Stop the Rain? (1978)
aka: Dog Soldiers
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