Carbon Copy 1981  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: George Segal, Susan Saint James, Denzel Washington, Jack Warden, Paul Winfield, Dick Martin, Tom Poston, Macon McCalman, Parley Baer, Edward Marshall, Vicky Dawson, Vernon Weddle, Ed Call, Angelina Estrada, Carmen Filpi
Years after Jewish business executive Walter Whitney's (George Segal) affair with an African-American woman, their 17-year-old son, Roger (Denzel Washington), comes knocking on the door. When Walter confesses to his wife Vivian (Susan Saint James) that Roger is his son, his life changes. Walter loses Vivian, his job, and place in society and must resort to doing blue-collar work. With his change in lifestyle, Walter begins to understand the obstacles of prejudice that Roger endures. This comedy attempts to blend humor with racial prejudice.
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Jackson County Jail 1976  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Miller
Cast: Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Carradine, Fredric Cook, Severn Darden, Nan Martin, Mary Woronov, Howard Hesseman, Betty Thomas, Edward Marshall
Dinah Hunter (Yvette Mimieux) heads for a better life in New York, but on the way east she is arrested, beaten, and raped by the police. This film has become sort of a cult movie and was remade for TV, also starring Mimieux.
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Nine to Five 1980  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: 9 to 5
Director: Colin Higgins
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden, Henry Jones, Lawrence Pressman, Elizabeth Wilson, Edward Marshall, Marian Mercer, Ren Woods, Norma Donaldson, Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini, Peggy Pope, Richard Stahl
The popular title song is not the only good thing about this movie. Comedy reigns in this story about the lack of fairness in the workplace when secretaries–Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda), Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), and Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton)–kidnap their lecherous boss Franklin Hart, Jr. (Dabney Coleman). They keep Franklin prisoner in his own home, run the department without him, and make changes that lead to greater production. But, how long can they keep Hart captive?
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| 1. Carbon Copy (1981)
2. Jackson County Jail (1976)
3. Nine to Five (1980)
aka: 9 to 5
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