44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out 2003   R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Mario Van Peebles, Andrew Bryniarski, Oleg Taktarov, Ray Baker, Douglas Spain, Jullian Dulce Vida, Dale Dye, Clare Carey, Alex Meneses, Katrina Law
This made-for-cable TV film is based on a real event that is often considered to have been the most intense shootout in Los Angeles Police history. On February 28, 1997, two bank robbers–who were known as "The High Incident Bandits" due to their crime spree–attempted to rob a bank in North Hollywood. The heavily armed pair kept numerous police and S.W.A.T. team members at bay for 44 minutes. This film recreates (with some fictionalization) that event. 1 User Review
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| | THE BEST | WISH I WAS THER 05/08/2007 | | THEY SHOULD OF DONE MORE DAMAGE FUCK THE POLICE.THATS WHAT U CALL GAME I BET IT WOKE ALL THEM FUCKING COPS UP THAT DAY EH |
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Cherry Falls 2000 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, Jay Mohr, Gabriel Mann, Jesse Bradford, Douglas Spain, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Natalie Ramsey, Candy Clark, Amanda Anka
This horror/comedy begins with a killer murdering virgins at Cherry Falls High School. As the carnage increases, the remaining virgins arrange a sex party to make themselves ineligible as victims.
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The Reading Room 2005  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Cast: James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy, Georg Stanford Brown, Tim Reid, Kathryne Dora Brown, Keith Robinson, Douglas Spain, Austin Marques, Gabby Soleil, Monique Coleman, Lynne Moody, Christian Monzon, Jeanne Sakata
William Campbell (James Earl Jones) promised his wife (Lynne Moody) on her deathbed that he would open a reading room in their inner-city neighborhood to help teach illiterate neighbors how to read. He opens the reading room, but almost insurmountable problems arise and threaten his efforts to help the neighborhood. 2 User Reviews
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| | Truely inspirational | Anonymous 11/18/2009 | | Character building storyline steering a "not for profit" work project, James Earl Jones fills the screen with the intelligent emotion of a worthwhile act. |
| | Very Enjoyable | 03/14/2007 | | Useful for leadership training in Education at schools. Very well done and it was clean. |
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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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Star Maps 1997  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Miguel Arteta
Cast: Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa, Kandeyce Jorden, Martha Velez, Lysa Flores, Annette Murphy, Robin Thomas, Luis Guizar, Vincent Chandler, Al Vicente
Carlos (Douglas Spain) has dreams of becoming a success as a Hollywood star, but his father Pepe (Efrain Figueroa) expects Carlos to become part of the family business of male prostitution. Carlos decides to be one of his father's "boys" until his moment for stardom occurs. When the moment arrives, the realities of life take their toll.
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What's Cooking? 2000 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Joan Chen, Dennis Haysbert, Mercedes Ruehl, Maria Carmen, Victor Rivers, Douglas Spain, A Martinez, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Isidra Vega, Elena Lopez, Adrian Armas
Thanksgiving celebrations in four different families–Jewish, Latino, Vietnamese, and African-American–are featured showing humor and drama that appear to be inherent in family gatherings, no matter what the cultural heritage.
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| 1. 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
2. Cherry Falls (2000)
3. The Reading Room (2005)
4. Riot in the Streets (1997)
aka: Riot
5. Star Maps (1997)
6. What's Cooking? (2000)
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