 Being There 1979  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Fran Brill, Denise DuBarry, Ernest McClure, Oteil Burbridge, Ravenell Keller III, Donald Jacob
Simple-minded gardener Chance (Peter Sellers) is suddenly placed in the real world instead of the television world through which he has experienced life. When asked for political and financial advice, his naive answers are mistaken for insightful, intelligent answers. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in his role as a political kingmaker and Peter Sellers was nominated for Best Actor.
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Betrayed 1988   R, 128 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, John Mahoney, Betsy Blair, Ted Levine, Jeffrey DeMunn, Albert Hall, David Clennon, Richard Libertini
An FBI agent (Debra Winger), posing as an itinerant farm worker to expose a right-wing organization's involvement in the killing of a television personality, falls in love with a farmer and discovers that he's a racist murderer.
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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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The Couch Trip 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Chevy Chase, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Arye Gross, Michael Ensign
A mental patient trades places with his attending psychiatrist and then finds himself hosting a radio talk show in Los Angeles. The film is based on the notion that there is a thin line between sanity and insanity, yet it does not shed any new light on the issue.
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Downtown 1989 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Rick Aiello, Art Evans, Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, Wanda De Jesus, Francis X. McCarthy, Kimberly Scott
After policeman Alex (Anthony Edwards) tickets a well-connected man in his up-scale suburb, he is reassigned to a dangerous, inner-city precinct. Disgruntled, Alex tries to adapt and is assigned to work with gruff Dennis (Forest Whitaker). As they get to know each other, they become involved in a major drug-ring case.
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The Escape Artist 1982  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall, David Clennon, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, Harry Caesar
Based on David Wagoner's novel, this story involves young magician Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) who is always getting in trouble. Danny steals the wallet of Stu Quinones (Raul Julia) who just happens to be the son of corrupt Mayor Leon Quinones (Desi Arnaz). Danny finds that the wallet is filled with graft money, and this time, he finds himself in over his head and suffers the consequences.
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Falling in Love 1984 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Dianne Wiest, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin, David Clennon, Victor Argo, Frances Conroy, Kenneth Welsh, Wiley Earl, Jesse Bradford, James Ryan
Frank (Robert De Niro) and Molly (Meryl Streep) commute between Westchester County and Manhattan but do not meet until they run into each other while Christmas shopping for their respective families and their packages get mixed up. They meet again on the train home months later, and their brief encounters grow into romance as their marriages are thrown to the wind in an instant of passion.
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Go Tell the Spartans 1978 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Post
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger, David Clennon, Dolph Sweet, Clyde Kusatsu, James Hong, Dennis Howard, Evan C. Kim, John Megna, Hilly Hicks, Clyde Kusatsu, Tad Horino
Set during the Vietnam War, this story examines the U.S. involvement in the war. Major Asa Barker (Burt Lancaster) questions the wisdom behind his assignment but leads his platoon of U.S. soldiers and a group of hardened Vietnamese mercenaries to an isolated outpost, which they must defend. When the Viet Cong forces attack and overrun the outpost killing everyone–including Barker–Barker's doubts are proved justified.
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Hanna K. 1983 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Jean Yanne, Gabriel Byrne, Mohammed Bakri, David Clennon, Shimon Finkel, Oded Kotler, Michal Bat-Adam
A Jewish-American lawyer, Hanna Kaufman (Jill Clayburgh), lives in Tel Aviv where she opts for a relationship with a Zionist, Joshua Herzog (Gabriel Byrne), instead of Palestinian activist Selim Bakri (Mohammad Bakri) in this controversial pro-Palestinian film.
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Hide in Plain Sight 1980 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Caan
Cast: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Joe Grifasi, Barbra Rae, Kenneth McMillan, Danny Aiello, David Margulies, Josef Sommer, David Clennon
The Witness Relocation Program has hidden a factory worker's (James Caan) ex-wife, his children, and her new husband. This is the true story of one man's fight against the political system.
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Legal Eagles 1986 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill, Roscoe Lee Browne, Christine Baranski, David Clennon, John McMartin
Robert Redford and Debra Winger are good together as they play attorneys on opposite sides of an art theft case.
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Light Sleeper 1992  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon, Mary Beth Hurt, Victor Garber, Jane Adams, David Spade, Paul Jabara, Sam Rockwell, Robert Cicchini, Rene Rivera, Christopher Northup, Steven Posen, Ken Ladd
Drug dealing and living outside the law is how John LeTour (Willem Dafoe), who suffers from insomnia, exists. When John's boss Ann (Susan Sarandon) decides to get out of the drug business, John must make decisions about his future. In the midst of John's dilemma, he runs into his ex-girlfriend Marianne (Dana Delany) and looks to her as the answer to his problems. But, Marianne is a recovering drug addict and doesn't want to become involved with John. John's problems grow even larger when the police investigate the murder of a woman involved in a drug transaction, and John worries that the clues are leading to him. Touches of humor offset the "heavy" subject.
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Man Trouble 1992  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael McKean, Saul Rubinek, Veronica Cartwright, David Clennon, John Kapelos, Viveka Davis
An opera singer (Ellen Barkin) hires a guard-dog trainer (Jack Nicholson) to protect her from a psychotic's advances. Romance develops between the unlikely couple. Not exactly vintage Nicholson.
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Matinee 1993 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, Lucinda Jenney, Jesse White, Dick Miller, John Sayles, David Clennon
Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) brings his horror film to the Key West area just as the Cuban Missile crisis is in full swing. The combination of real and pretend horror sets off a chain of events that affects some teenage lives.
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 Missing 1982 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule, Charles Cioffi, Jerry Hardin, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto, Keith Szarabajka, John Doolittle, Ward Costello, Hansford Rowe
This fine drama concerns a family's frantic search for journalist Charles Horman (John Shea) who disappeared during a coup in Chile. Jack Lemmon plays the father who teams up with his daughter-in-law (Sissy Spacek) in an attempt to uncover the truth in a very tense situation. The film received an Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for three others: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress.
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Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 1993 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Larry Shaw
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Robert Loggia, David Clennon, Hilary Edson, Farrah Forke, Jennifer Lopez, Paula Marshall, Tom Irwin, Joan McMurtrey, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Jay Patterson, Sergio Calderon
Medically trained personnel are flying to a medical station in the rain forest when their plane crashes in a Mexican jungle. Survivors aid the wounded until help arrives, and then difficult decisions must be made on how to evacuate. Based on a true story.
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On the Yard 1978 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raphael D. Silver
Cast: John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin, Richard Bright, Joe Grifasi, Lane Smith, David Clennon, Don Blakely, J.C. Quinn, Dominic Chianese
Convict Juleson (John Heard) becomes involved in a power struggle with inmate kingpin Chilly (Thomas D. Waites) in this well-acted, but not very exciting, prison drama.
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The Paper Chase 1973 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Bridges
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, John Houseman, Lindsay Wagner, Graham Beckel, Edward Herrmann, James Naughton, David Clennon, Lenny Baker, Craig Richard Nelson, Blair Brown, Robert Lydiard, Regina Baff, Irma Hurley, Bill Moher, Richard Whelan
Things are bad enough for struggling graduate student James T. Hart (Timothy Bottoms) attending Harvard Law School. However, his troubles are compounded when he falls in love with Susan (Lindsay Wagner) who just happens to be the daughter of his demanding law professor, Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr. (John Houseman). Houseman received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
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Star 80 1983 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon, Josh Mostel, Sidney Miller, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Neva Patterson
In 1980 Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway) was "Playmate of the Year," but her husband Paul (Eric Roberts) could not endure his exclusion from her fame. He turned a shotgun on Dorothy and, after killing her, committed suicide. This is Bob Fosse's last directorial effort, and it provides the same documentary style that he introduced in his movie, "Lenny."
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Sweet Dreams 1985 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, P.J. Soles, Bruce Kirby, Terry Gardner
Who else could this movie be about but country singer Patsy Cline? Jessica Lange does a remarkable job portraying the singer who lived life on the edge by hard drinking and fast living. Lange received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
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The Thing 1982 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Mazur, Donald Moffat, Charles Hallahan, Keith David, Peter Maloney, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Polis, Norbert Weisser, Larry J. Franco, Nate Irwin
In this remake of the 1951 film, an American scientific expedition, whose 12 members include MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Copper (Richard Dysart) goes to Antarctica and finds a spaceship embedded in the ice. Strange occurrences begin, and it is soon evident that the expedition is in deep trouble when The Thing appears, and it becomes evident that The Thing can mutate into anyone that it kills. Lots of gory special effects.
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The Visit 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Billy Dee Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Talia Shire, David Clennon, Glynn Turman, Efrain Figueroa
Based on a play that, in turn, is taken from a true story, "The Visit" is about convicted rapist Alex Waters (Hill Harper) who is dying in prison when he calls on his family to visit. Along with psychiatrist Dr. Coles (Phylicia Rashad), his mother (Marla Gibbs), father (Billy Dee Williams), and brother (Obba Babatunde) try to sort out what went wrong.
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| 1. Being There (1979)
2. Betrayed (1988)
3. Constellation (2007)
4. The Couch Trip (1988)
5. Downtown (1989)
6. The Escape Artist (1982)
7. Falling in Love (1984)
8. Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
9. Hanna K. (1983)
10. Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
11. Legal Eagles (1986)
12. Light Sleeper (1992)
13. Man Trouble (1992)
14. Matinee (1993)
15. Missing (1982)
16. Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 (1993)
17. On the Yard (1978)
18. The Paper Chase (1973)
19. Star 80 (1983)
20. Sweet Dreams (1985)
21. The Thing (1982)
22. The Visit (2000)
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