Fifth of July 1982  TV, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kirk Browning, Marshall W. Mason
Cast: Richard Thomas, Jeff Daniels, Swoosie Kurtz, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Hogan, Joyce Reehling, Helen Stenborg, Danton Stone
Lanford Wilson's play, directed by Marshall W. Mason, was brought to TV and now to video/DVD with satisfactory results. Kenneth (Richard Thomas), who lost both legs in the Vietnam War, shares a farm with his lover, Jed (Jeff Daniels). A death brings family and friends to their Missouri home on Independence Day where they reflect on their lives.
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He Said, She Said 1991 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Sharon Stone, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia, Stanley Anderson, Danton Stone, Charlayne Woodard, Rita Karin
Competing journalists (Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins) co-host their talk show. When the show becomes a hit, their personal relationship is almost ruined as they learn that they disagree on almost everything.
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Maria's Lovers 1984 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Robert Mitchum, Keith Carradine, Tracy Nelson, John Goodman, Danton Stone, Vincent Spano, Bud Cort, Bill Smitrovich
Returning from a Japanese prison camp after World War II, Ivan (John Savage), the husband of Maria (Nastassja Kinski), faces problems resulting from his years of torture.
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McHale's Navy 1997  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bryan Spicer
Cast: Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing, David Alan Grier, Tim Curry, Ernest Borgnine, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Danton Stone, Brian Haley, Honorato Magaloni, Eduardo Lopez Rojas
Retired skipper McHale (Tom Arnold) steams around the Caribbean in his PT boat peddling his wares to the sailors. But his old foe, Vladikov (Tim Curry), is tired of being called the "second best terrorist" and takes over an island on which to take over the world by building a nuclear site. So McHale is brought out of retirement, gathers his motley old crew, and attempts to stop this nonsense. Speaking of nonsense... Highlight: the original McHale in the 1960s' TV series, Ernest Borgnine, puts in an appearance.
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Once Around 1991  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, Laura San Giacomo, Gena Rowlands, Griffin Dunne, Roxanne Hart, Garry Goodrow, Danton Stone, Tim Guinee
Bostonian Renata Bella (Holly Hunter) finds love with obnoxious millionaire Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss) who does NOT fit her family's image of "family member."
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Series 7: The Contenders 2001 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Minahan
Cast: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Michael Kaycheck, Richard Venture, Merritt Wever, Angelina Phillips, Nada Despotovich, Donna Hanover, Danton Stone
This parody on reality-based TV shows centers on the TV program "The Contenders" on which contestants, selected at random by the lottery, find they must kill or be killed–all for the glory of winning the game.
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| 1. Fifth of July (1982)
2. He Said, She Said (1991)
3. Maria's Lovers (1984)
4. McHale's Navy (1997)
5. Once Around (1991)
6. Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
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