Blue Hill Avenue 2001   R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig Ross Jr.
Cast: Allen Payne, William Forsythe, Clarence Williams III, Michael Taliferro, Angelle Brooks, William L. Johnson, Aaron D. Spears, Andrew Divoff, Richard Lawson, Veronica Redd, Brandon Hammond, Marlon Young
Childhood friends on the streets of Boston grow up to become drug dealers and, eventually, must confront the crime boss. Meanwhile, police are on their trail. But one of the friends, Tristan (Allen Payne), is beginning to feel guilty over what he has been doing, and his moral dilemma leads to a showdown. 1 User Review
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| | Victimized by Producers of Blue Hill Avenue | Anonymous 03/06/2007 | | For the truth behind the investor fraud involved in this movie and the fleecing by its producers, go to www.inspiredfilmsexposed.com. |
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The Brave 1997  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Johnny Depp
Cast: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carrillo, Frederic Forrest, Clarence Williams III, Max Perlich, Luis Guzman, Cody Lightning, Nicole Mancera, Pepe Serna, Lupe Ontiveros, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Alexis Cruz, Chuck E. Weiss
Raphael (Johnny Depp) is an alcoholic American Indian–just out of jail and unemployed–when McCarthy (Marlon Brando) offers him $50,000 to be tortured to death for a snuff film. Raphael lives with his wife Rita (Elpidia Carrillo) and their children, Frankie and Marta (Cody Lightning and Nicole Mancera) near a junkyard, and he accepts the offer because the money will help his family build a better life. Now, Raphael has one week to live and tries to teach Frankie how to take over his role as the man of the house. 1 User Review
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| | Firefly 03/23/2009 | | This is actually an excellent movie which has suffered its opening at Cannes 1997 for far too many years. It is beautifully acted and filmed, a very compelling and thought-provoking movie. |
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Constellation 2007  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Union, Melissa De Sousa, Hill Harper, Zoe Saldana, Ever Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, David Clennon, Rae Dawn Chong, Clarence Williams III, Daniel Bess, Alec Newman, Adam Nelson, Trey Rogers
As Carmel Boxer's (Gabrielle Union) African American relatives gather in Alabama for her funeral, her brother, Helms (Billy Dee Williams), arrives from Paris but wants nothing to do with the funeral or his extended family. Although society has changed over the years, Carmel's interracial affair with Bear Korngold (young Bear played by Daniel Bess) in the 1950s forced a wedge in the family that has remained for half a century. Now, Helms must confront his family and the demons that have plagued them over the years.
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Deep Cover 1992  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra, Rene Assa, Alex Colon, Sydney Lassick, Roger Guenveur Smith
When a police officer (Larry Fishburne) is given an undercover assignment that puts him in the Los Angeles drug world, he is slowly lured into the web of drugs and money–with devastating results.
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations 1993 TV, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dangerous Relations
On the Streets of L.A.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong, David Harris, Christopher M. Brown, Eddie De Harp, Luke Askew, Clarence Williams III, Tony Plana, Milt Kogan
A prisoner (Louis Gossett Jr.) is a prison "boss" until a new prisoner (Blair Underwood) challenges him for the leadership role. The new prisoner turns out to be the boss' son and their lives continue to intersect after parole. Made for TV.
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Frogs for Snakes 1998  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amos Poe
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Robbie Coltrane, Harry Hamlin, Ian Hart, John Leguizamo, Lisa Marie, Debi Mazar, Ron Perlman, Clarence Williams III, Justin Theroux
This gangster farce features Barbara Hershey in the role of Eva, a waitress who moonlights for her loan shark husband, Al Santana (Robbie Coltrane)–who, in turn, moonlights as an Off Off-Broadway performer. Eva is fed up with the collection game, but Al sends her out on one last assignment: collecting $100,000 from his son, Flav (Justin Theroux). "Frogs for Sale" combines violence with comedy and takes it too far over the limit.
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 The General's Daughter 1999 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon West
Cast: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Leslie Stefanson, Daniel von Bargen, Clarence Williams III, James Woods, Peter Weireter, Boyd Kestner
When General Campbell's (James Cromwell) daughter, Elisabeth (Leslie Stefanson), is found brutally murdered on the Army base, Paul Brenner (John Travolta) and Sarah Sunhill (Madeleine Stowe) are assigned to investigate the case.
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 Half Baked 1998 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tamra Davis
Cast: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams, Rachel True, Clarence Williams III, Laura Silverman, Tommy Chong, Snoop Dogg, R.D. Reid, Gregg Rogell, Kevin Brennan, Alice Poon, Rick Demas, David Bluestein
When Kenny (Harland Williams) lands in jail, his fellow pothead friends–Thurgood (Dave Chappelle), Scarface (Guillermo Diaz), and Brian (Jim Breuer)–contrive a drug-influenced plot to raise $100,000 as bail. Their plot involves stealing marijuana from a government pharmaceutical research lab and selling it on the streets.
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Happy Here and Now 2002 R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Almereyda
Cast: Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy, Josephine Martin, Gloria Reuben, Liane Balaban, Isabel Gillies, David Arquette, Quintron, Nic Ratner, Larry Fessenden
While searching for missing sister Muriel (Shalom Harlow), sixteen-year-old Amelia (Liane Balaban) is aided by ex-CIA agent Bill (Clarence Williams III). Together, they uncover a software program that disguises people on the Internet. Amelia goes online, pretending to be Muriel in her attempt to find her sister, and finds herself in a dreamlike world.
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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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The Immortals 1995 R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Brian Grant
Cast: Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, Tia Carrere, Tony Curtis, Chris Rock, Clarence Williams III, William Forsythe, Kevin Bernhardt, Kieran Mulroney, Michael Paul Chan, Alex Meneses, Oleg Vidov
Nightclub owner Jack (Eric Roberts) recruits an assorted group of eight criminals, who have not met before, to perform a series of robberies. They have one thing in common: they all have fatal illnesses, and, too late, they realize that this job is really a suicide mission.
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes, Antonio Fargas, Steve(2) James, John Vernon, Clu Gulager, Clarence Williams III, Damon Wayans
In typical Keenen Ivory Wayans style, satire reigns in this very funny movie about the 1970s treatment of blacks in film.
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The Legend of 1900 1998 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Melanie Thierry, Clarence Williams III, Bill Nunn, Peter Vaughan, Niall O'Brien, Alberto Vasquez, Cory Buck, Easton Gage
The Virginian is an ocean liner on which a worker finds an abandoned baby on 1 January 1900; he keeps the baby and names him Novecento/Nineteen Hundred. Nineteen Hundred (Tim Roth) grows to adulthood aboard the ship and becomes a fine musician–according to Max (Pruitt Taylor Vince), who tells the story. Now, as the ship is scheduled for destruction by explosives, Nineteen Hundred must make one final decision: stay aboard or start a new life ashore.
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 Life 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Nick Cassavetes, Clarence Williams III, Bokeem Woodbine, Brent Jennings
Two Mississippi convicts, Rayford Gibson (Eddie Murphy) and Claude Banks (Martin Lawrence), discover life during their seven-decade relationship that began after each had been wrongfully sentenced to life in prison.
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Maniac Cop II 1990 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z'Dar, Leo Rossi, Clarence Williams III, Lou Bonacki, Paula Trickey
In this sequel to "Maniac Cop," the infamous killer cop, amazingly, has been resurrected and is on the prowl again and on the lookout for victims.
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys 1991 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw, Ben Johnson, Tess Harper, Balthazar Getty, Mickey Rooney, Gary Busey, Clarence Williams III, Dub Taylor, Clu Gulager
This is a contemporary Western in which an aging rodeo bull rider goes home to recover from a serious rodeo injury. In the process, he saves his father from a nursing home, falls in love, and decides to try one last ride on the bull that almost killed him.
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 Purple Rain 1984  R, 111 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Albert Magnoli
Cast: Prince, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Apollonia Kotero, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Benton, Billy Sparks, Jill Jones, Charles Huntsberry, Dez Dickerson, Brenda Bennett, Susan Moonsie
Prince uses his Minneapolis surroundings to tell the story of a poor boy using music as a tool to better his life, and he does a great job weaving in his music with the plot. An Academy Award went to Prince for Best Musical Score. 1 User Review
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| | I don't like Musicals | Anonymous 04/02/2007 | | But this has me coming back when I feel low. Has comedy, drama, great music and Prince can act although Morris Day steals the show. One of my top feelgood movies. Next up ...Airplane! |
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 Reindeer Games 2000 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Clarence Williams III, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, James Frain, Danny Trejo, Isaac Hayes, Tom Heaton
Rudy (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are about to get out of prison when Nick is killed in a brawl. As Rudy leaves prison, he sees a woman (Charlize Theron) waiting for Nick–they had been corresponding and were ready to rumble. So, of course, Rudy takes on Nick's identity. The sex is great, but Rudy is now expected to help her brother (Gary Sinise) and his gang pull off a casino heist. Weak plot.
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Ritual 2000 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Bennett Clay
Cast: Clarence Williams III, Denise Nicholas, Shawn Michael Howard, Angelle Brooks, Gerrie Ellis
To the outside world, the wealthy African-American Beckers are a model family. But all is not right inside the household. Patriarch Leron (Clarence Williams III) was a 1960s' activist before meeting his rich wife Sylvia (Denise Nicholas). She is now an alcoholic and daughter Teresa (Angelle Brooks) performs her mother's duties, doting on her father. Son Mason (Shawn Michael Howard), home from college to "fix" things, dotes on his mother while constantly fighting with his father who does not understand Mason's being gay. When the parents are sent off on vacation, control of the family is on the line as the two siblings duke it out.
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Sprung 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Cast: Tisha Campbell, Rusty Cundieff, Paula Jai Parker, Joe Torry, Clarence Williams III, John Witherspoon, Jennifer Lee, David McKnight, Wes Hubbard, Moon Jones
Two couples connect and love in diametrically opposed ways as Clyde (Joe Torry) and Adina (Paula Jai Parker) plot to rid themselves of the other part of their foursome, Brandy (Tisha Campbell) and Montel (Rusty Cundieff).
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Sugar Hill 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leon Ichaso
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Theresa Randle, Abe Vigoda, Clarence Williams III, Ernie Hudson, Raymond Serra, Joe Dallesandro, Leslie Uggams, Vondie Curtis-Hall
On the surface, Roemello Skuggs (Wesley Snipes) has it all –girls, car, penthouse. However, he is haunted by his past and tries to fight the influences of Italian drug dealers.
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Tales from the Hood 1995 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Cast: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Paula Jai Parker, Wings Hauser, David Alan Grier, Joe Torry, De'aundre Bonds, Tom Wright, Michael Massee, Brandon Hammond, Samuel Monroe Jr., Anthony Griffith, Duane Whitaker, Rusty Cundieff, Lamont Bentley
As three drug dealers Bulldog, Stack, and Ball (Samuel Monroe Jr., Joe Torry, and De'aundre Bonds) sit in a mortuary waiting to receive their drugs, mortician Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III) tells them stories of terror about the deceased bodies lying in open caskets in his mortuary. Each of the four episodes is concerned with the master theme of death and, involve a Black cop (Tom Wright) who seeks revenge from beyond the grave, young Walter (Brandon Hammond) being tormented by a monster, racist Duke Metger (Corbin Bernsen) running for governor and failing to listen to the supernatural being in his home, and criminal Crazy K (Lamont Bentley) undergoing a scary behavioral modification program.
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Tough Guys Don't Dance 1987 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Mailer
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser, John Bedford Lloyd, Clarence Williams III, Lawrence Tierney, Frances Fisher, Penn Jillette, R. Patrick Sullivan
This movie takes place in a small coastal Massachusetts town where an ex-con wants to be a writer, but too many tough guys get in the way. Among the "toughies" are a porno star, a chief of police, and a neurotic Southern belle.
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| 1. 52 Pick-up (1986)
2. Blue Hill Avenue (2001)
3. The Brave (1997)
4. Constellation (2007)
5. Deep Cover (1992)
6. Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993)
aka: Dangerous Relations
aka: On the Streets of L.A.
7. Frogs for Snakes (1998)
8. The General's Daughter (1999)
9. Half Baked (1998)
10. Happy Here and Now (2002)
11. Hoodlum (1997)
12. The Immortals (1995)
13. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
14. King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
15. The Legend of 1900 (1998)
16. Life (1999)
17. Maniac Cop II (1990)
18. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
19. Purple Rain (1984)
20. Reindeer Games (2000)
21. Ritual (2000)
22. Sprung (1997)
23. Sugar Hill (1994)
24. Tales from the Hood (1995)
25. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
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