Dynasty 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: James Michener's Dynasty
Director: Lee Philips
Cast: Stacy Keach, Harrison Ford, Amy Irving, Sarah Miles, Harris Yulin, Granville Van Dusen, Charles Weldon, Gerrit Graham, Stanley Clay, John Carter, Stephanie Faulkner, Ian Wolfe
Set in the early 1800s, this story covers deception and greed during 35 years in the lives of an Ohio pioneer family.
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The River Niger 1976  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Krishna Shah
Cast: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman, Roger E. Mosley, Jonelle Allen, Hilda Haynes, Tony Burton, Ralph Wilcox, Teddy Wilson, Shirley Jo Finney, Zakes Mokae, Ed Crick, Charles Weldon
Based on Joseph Walker's Broadway play, this is the story of an African-American family's–Mattie (Cicely Tyson) and her middle-aged house painter husband Johnny (James Earl Jones)–struggling adjustments and conflicting aims in dealing with the world around them. Mattie has learned that she has incurable cancer, and son Jeff (Glynn Turman) returns home with news that he was kicked out of the Air Force Officer's School. Unable to deal with the problems, Johnny goes on a drinking spree and becomes an alcoholic. Will this family be able to adjust and find their place in the world?
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Stir Crazy 1980 R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Miguel Angel Suarez, Nicolas Coster, Jonathan Banks, Lee Purcell, Charles Weldon, Joel Brooks, Erland van Lidth, Lewis Van Bergen, Karmin Murcelo
Out-of-work friends Harry Monroe and Skip Donahue (Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder) dress up as woodpeckers to promote a bank opening. Their costumes are stolen and used for a bank robbery, and now they are sentenced to 120 years in prison for a crime they did not commit. From there on, comedy reigns as Harry and Skip frustrate prison officials and finally break out of prison to pursue the real thieves.
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The Wishing Tree 2000 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Helen Shaver, Mary Alice, Blair Underwood, Charles Weldon, Leslie Carlson, Peter Haworth, Stephen Joffe, Kaleigh Nevin, Maria Ricossa
Clara (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown after the death of her mother, a well-known storyteller in the area. As she reminisces with family and friends, she is caught up in the legends told by her mother.
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| 1. Dynasty (1976)
aka: James Michener's Dynasty
2. The River Niger (1976)
3. Stir Crazy (1980)
4. The Wishing Tree (2000)
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