Always Outnumbered 1998  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, Natalie Cole, Bill Duke, Laurie Metcalf, Cicely Tyson, Daniel Williams, Alan Wilder, Bill Nunn, Isaiah Washington, Bridgid Coulter, Kevin Carroll, John Toles-Bey, Jamaal Carter
Laurence Fishburne stars as violent ex-con Socrates Fortlow returning to his Watts neighborhood looking for work. Despite his bitterness, he befriends and counsels young Darryl (Daniel Williams) and gets involved in the marriage of his friend, Right Burke (Bill Cobbs). Made for HBO.
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Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard Dysart, David Hooks, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala, Josephine Premice, Teddy Airhart, Ted Arroyo, Will Hare, Katherine Helmond, Thalmus Rasulala, Valerie Odell, Arnold Wilkerson
This historical drama is based on the story of fictional 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson) who reminisces about her experiences from the American Civil War until the 1960s' Civil Rights Movement. Shown through flashbacks, the story begins when the Civil War ends, and young Jane escapes from the KKK. As a newly freed woman, she fights to overcome adversity–even enduring the murder of her husband by racists in the North. Finally, she takes a positive position in the Civil Rights Movement. This television movie won nine Emmy Awards, including Best Actress (Tyson), Director, and Screenplay.
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Because of Winn-Dixie 2005  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Courtney Jines, Nick Price, Luke Benward, Elle Fanning, Marca Price, Lenore Banks, John McConnell
Ten-year-old Opal (AnnaSophia Robb) is lonely; her preacher father (Jeff Daniels) has just moved her to a dusty village in Florida where the citizens have been depressed since the candy factory closed. Opal needs friends and finds one at a grocery store when she encounters a homeless dog that she brings home and names Winn-Dixie. Opal and Winn-Dixie bond, and the pair befriends many of the town's lost souls. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/29/2009 | | I saw this movie for the first time over the weekend and it was excellent. There's not a star in it that wasn't just great!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Bustin' Loose 1981  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Oz Scott
Cast: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Angel Ramirez, Jimmy Hughes, Edwin DeLeon, Edwin Kinter, Alphonso Alexander, George Coe, Bill Quinn, Roy Jenson
After ex-con Joe Braxton (Richard Pryor) is hired to drive a busload of mentally handicapped kids to Washington, D.C. to protest the closing of their school, Braxton's life is changed forever.
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The Comedians 1967  N/R, 156 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Lillian Gish, Paul Ford, Roscoe Lee Browne, Raymond St. Jacques, Cicely Tyson
Political violence in Haiti under Papa Doc Duvalier is the undercurrent of this film. The story involves an affair between a hotel owner (Richard Burton) and the wife (Elizabeth Taylor) of a South American diplomat (Peter Ustinov).
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The Concorde...Airport '79 1979 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
aka: Airport '79
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, George Kennedy, Sylvia Kristel, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, Martha Raye, Cicely Tyson, John Davidson, Andrea Marcovicci, Jimmie Walker, David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge
Co-pilots (George Kennedy and Alain Delon) are flying a Concorde jet from Washington, D.C., to Moscow when their jet becomes the target of missile fire and in danger of crashing over the Alps. The reason behind their dangerous situation is that a passenger, reporter Maggie (Susan Blakely), is carrying secret documents that threaten Harrison Industries, and its leader (Robert Wagner) wants to destroy the information and the carrier as well.
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 Diary of a Mad Black Woman 2005 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Darren Grant
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, Terrell Carter, Carole Mitchell-Leon, Avery Knight, Vickie Eng
Based on Tyler Perry's hit stage play, this story switches back and forth from comedy to melodrama. Helen (Kimberly Elise) thinks she is living the perfect life: married 18 years to successful attorney Charles (Steve Harris), beautiful mansion, and wealth–until Charles kicks her out and wants to marry her best friend (Lisa Marcos). Helen returns to her ghetto roots and tries, successfully and unsuccessfully, to put her past with Charles behind her.
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Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 PG-13, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Avnet
Cast: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Searcy, Cicely Tyson, Chris O'Donnell, Stan Shaw, Gailard Sartain, Lois Smith, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba, Grace Zabriskie, Macon McCalman, Raynor Scheine
Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) meets octogenarian Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) while visiting a nursing home. They become close friends, and Ninny tells stories about Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker) who lived in Georgia in the 1930s. Through flashbacks, Ninny's story is told beginning when Idgie and Ruth open a cafe in Whistle Stop, Alabama, where they serve fried green tomatoes. Despite problems, they succeed in the business, and their friendship endures. Evelyn is inspired by Ninny's stories, and she becomes a stronger woman.
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 1968 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Cast: Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Chuck McCann, Biff McGuire, Stacy Keach, Cicely Tyson, Laurinda Barrett, Peter Mamakos, Percy Rodrigues, Jackie Marlow, John O'Leary, Wayne Smith
Alan Arkin plays John Singer, a sensitive deaf-mute, who shares a friendship with Spiro Antonapoulos (Chuck McCann), another deaf-mute. When Spiro must be institutionalized, John moves to stay close to his friend. After supporting Spiro until his death, John then commits suicide–feeling helpless in an alien world. Alan Arkin received an Oscar Nomination as Best Actor, and a nomination also went to Sondra Locke as Best Supporting Actress.
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Heat Wave 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Hooks
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, David Strathairn, Robert Hooks, Adam Arkin, Margaret Avery, Charlie Korsmo
Good acting and story make this made-for-TV film, based on the 1965 Watts riots, worth watching
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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1978  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin, Glynn Turman, David Groh, Kevin Hooks, Harold Sylvester, Bill Cobbs, Kenneth Green, Erin Blunt, Claire Brenner, Arthur French, Sheila Wills, Arnold Johnson
The focus of this film is Benjie (Larry B. Scott), a 16-year-old boy who becomes addicted to drugs. After Benjie's ghetto parents, Butler and Sweets (Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson), and his grandmother (Helen Martin) become alienated from him, Benjie relies on a social worker (Claire Brenner) for help in dealing with his addiction.
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Hoodlum 1997  R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson, Chi McBride, Clarence Williams III, Richard Bradford, William Atherton, Queen Latifah, Loretta Devine, Mike Starr, Beau Starr, Paul Benjamin, Joe Guzaldo
Set in Harlem during the 1930s, this story involves Black and White gangs fighting for control of the numbers racket in Harlem. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) works for the queen of the Harlem's numbers racket Stephanie St. Clair (Cicely Tyson)–despite the fact that social worker Francine Hughes (Vanessa Williams) urges him to get out of the numbers game. When a White gang intrudes on the Black gang's turf, Bumpy declares war on Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) who is leading the effort to get in on the action. Violence ensues as the body count escalates.
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 Idlewild 2006 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bryan Barber
Cast: Andre Benjamin, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Paula Jai Parker, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jackie Long
In this Prohibition Era drama/musical, Speakeasy piano player Percival (Andre Benjamin) falls in love with club singer Angel (Paula Patton) and is confronted with prior obligations to his father (Ben Vereen). Meanwhile, Percival's life-long friend and club manager Rooster (Big Boi) must deal with his moonshine supplier, gangster Trumpy (Terrence Howard), who wants to take over the club.
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The Kid Who Loved Christmas 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Michael Warren, Sammy Davis Jr., Gilbert Lewis, Ken Page, Della Reese, Esther Rolle, Ben Vereen, Vanessa Williams, Trent Cameron
This touching Christmas story is about a young orphan (Trent Cameron) who is determined to join his musician father for the holidays. This film, co-produced by Eddie Murphy, was Davis' last appearance.
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King 1978 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
Director: Abby Mann
Cast: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lonny Chapman, Ossie Davis, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman Jr., Clu Gulager, Dick Anthony Williams, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren J. Kemmerling
This TV miniseries is a good chronicle of Martin Luther King's (Paul Winfield) early peaceful protests against segregation through his assassination in 1968.
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The Last Angry Man 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Luther Adler, Joby Baker, Joanna Moore, Billy Dee Williams, Godfrey Cambridge, Cicely Tyson, Nancy R. Pollock
Dr. Sam Abelman (Paul Muni) is an elderly doctor who has spent his lifetime helping his patients without regard for financial gain. Now the media is interested in him, and he is determined to remain true to his idealism. Muni received an Academy Award nomination.
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A Lesson Before Dying 1999 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Stuart Culpepper, Patty Mack, Elijah Kelley
Set in the South during the 1940s, Don Cheadle plays the role of Grant Wiggins–a teacher, who at the request of a condemned man's mother, Miss Emma (Irma P. Hall) and aunt Tante Lou (Cicely Tyson), goes to visit Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) daily while he awaits execution. Jefferson was wrongly convicted in a brutal trial that took away his dignity; it falls on Wiggins to help restore this black man's self esteem.
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Madea's Family Reunion 2006 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tyler Perry
Cast: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Maya Angelou, Rochelle Aytes, Jenifer Lewis, Tangi Miller, Keke Palmer, Cicely Tyson
In this sequel to "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," Tyler Perry wrote, directed, and took on the role of gun-toting grandma Mable "Madea" Simmons who, while planning a family reunion, contends with her unhappy nieces Vanessa and Lisa (Lisa Arrindell Anderson and Rochelle Aytes). She also must deal with a juvenile delinquent, Nikki (Keke Palmer), who has been placed under her care. Despite family troubles in this touching comedy, lessons about love and life are learned. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent, excellent, and excellent | Anonymous 03/23/2007 | | |
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Mama Flora's Family 1998 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Erika Alexander, Mario Van Peebles, Hill Harper, Preston Brant, Della Reese, Sharon Blackwood, DJ Qualls
This TV miniseries is based on Alex Haley's book and is the saga of a large family during a 50-year span with Mama Flora (Cicely Tyson) at the center during a time of great change in the U.S.
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A Man Called Adam 1966 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leo Penn
Cast: Sammy Davis Jr., Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra Jr., Peter Lawford, Mel Torme, Lola Falana, Jeanette Du Bois, Kenneth Tobey, Johnny Brown, George Rhodes, Michael Silva, Michael Lipton
Jazz trumpeter Adam Johnson (Sammy Davis Jr.) has many problems: prejudice against Blacks, feeling guilt for an accident that killed his family, a non-caring agent, etc. When the only White member of his band is beaten by racists, it's too much for our hero. A depressing story, but the all-star cast and good music throughout help save it.
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Marriage: Year One 1971  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Sally Field, Robert Pratt, Cicely Tyson, William Windom, Agnes Moorehead, Neville Brand, Bob Balaban, Lonny Chapman, Michael Lerner, Mantan Moreland
Sally Field is the only bright spot in this comedy/love story as a poor medical student (Robert Pratt) and a rich, strong heiress (Field) marry and try to live on his meager salary.
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Odds Against Tomorrow 1959 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame, Wayne Rogers, Cicely Tyson, Richard Bright, Will Kuluva, Zohra Lampert
This is a violent drama about crime and racism told through the exploits of three criminals plotting a robbery.
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Riot in the Streets 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Riot
Director: Galen Yuen, Richard Di Lello, David C. Johnson, Alex Munoz
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Luke Perry, Melvin Van Peebles, Cicely Tyson, Douglas Spain, Mako, Peter Dobson, Kieu Chinh, Alexis Cruz, Lucy Liu
Four stories are interwoven into the theme of events that surrounded the 1992 Los Angeles riots when citizens, learning of the Rodney King court verdict, took to the streets.
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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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Roots 1977  TV, 573 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Cast: LeVar Burton, John Amos, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Maya Angelou, O.J. Simpson, Ben Vereen, Moses Gunn, Leslie Uggams, Lynda Day George, Beverly Todd, Edward Asner, Madge Sinclair, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene
Alex Haley's classic story of his family history involving Kunta Kinte's (LeVar Burton) abduction in 18th-century Africa and then being sold into slavery and sent to America is the focus of Chapter 0ne in this six-part made-for-TV epic. The mini-series received 37 Emmy nominations and won nine. Chapters continue through Kunta's (now played by John Amos) marriage to Bell (Madge Sinclair) and the birth of their daughter Kizzie. Then the saga follows with the birth of Kizzie's (Leslie Uggams) son Chicken George (Ben Vereen) who grows up to buy his freedom and pave the way for future generations to live in freedom following the Civil War.
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The Rosa Parks Story 2002 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Dash
Cast: Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Cicely Tyson, Dexter King, Nick LaTour, Tonea Stewart, Von Coulter, Charde Manzy, Stephanie Astalos-Jones, Sonny Shroyer
Rosa Parks (excellently played by Angela Bassett) is best known for her refusal to obey bus segregation rules, but she was a pioneer in the civil rights movement. This is her story, diluted somewhat, but still powerful as it traces her life from her school days, to membership in the NAACP, and resulting major Civil Rights activities.
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Martin Sheen, Cicely Tyson, Roxanne Hart, Joe Seneca, Stan Shaw, James Avery, Conchata Ferrell, Guy Boyd, Janet Carroll, Jordan Charney
Vietnam vet Mitch Snyder (Martin Sheen) engaged in a political crusade for the homeless and staged hunger strikes in the White House neighborhood–until his tragic death.
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Sounder 1972 G, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Carmen Mathews, James Best, Janet MacLachlan, Sylvia Kuumba Williams, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Teddy Airhart, Richard Durham, Myrl Sharkey, Inez Dunham, William T. Bennett
Set during 1933 in Louisiana, this is an uplifting story about a Black sharecropper, Nathan Morgan (Paul Winfield), who is sent to jail on a false charge. His wife, Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), manages to keep the family together until Nathan's return. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Winfield) and Actress (Tyson).
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Wilma 1977 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bud Greenspan
Cast: Shirley Jo Finney, Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Joe Seneca, Charles Blackwell, Denzel Washington, Norman Matlock, Larry Scott, Paulette Pearson, Andrea Frierson
This made-for-TV docudrama is the story of Wilma Rudolph (Shirley Jo Finney) who overcame polio to become a triple gold medal winner in the 1960 Olympics. This is Denzel Washington's film debut.
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The Women of Brewster Place 1989 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Donna Deitch
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Jackee, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens, Olivia Cole, Lonette McKee, Mary Alice, Leon, Paula Kelly, Paul Winfield
The inner-city tenements are the setting of this story of the lives of black women and how they cope with life.
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| 1. Always Outnumbered (1998)
2. Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
3. Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
4. The Blue Bird (1976)
5. Bustin' Loose (1981)
6. The Comedians (1967)
7. The Concorde...Airport '79 (1979)
aka: Airport '79
8. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
9. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
10. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
11. Heat Wave (1990)
12. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)
13. Hoodlum (1997)
14. Idlewild (2006)
15. The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
16. King (1978)
aka: King: The Martin Luther King Story
17. The Last Angry Man (1959)
18. A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
19. Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
20. Mama Flora's Family (1998)
21. A Man Called Adam (1966)
22. Marriage: Year One (1971)
23. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
24. Riot in the Streets (1997)
aka: Riot
25. The River Niger (1976)
26. Roots (1977)
27. The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
28. Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
29. Sounder (1972)
30. Wilma (1977)
31. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
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