Copacabana 1985   TV, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Barry Manilow, Annette O'Toole, Estelle Getty, James T. Callahan, Andra Akers, Silvana Gallardo, Joseph Bologna, Cliff Osmond, Dwier Brown, Ernie Sabella, Hamilton Camp
Based on Barry Manilow's song, this made-for-TV effort stars Manilow as a World War II veteran who tries to become a top songwriter while working at the Copacabana nightclub. Along the way he falls for Lola (Annette O'Toole), a dancer at the club. But tragedy strikes when the gangster-owner of the club gets involved.
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Mannequin 1987  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, Meshach Taylor, G.W. Bailey, James Spader, Steve Vinovich, Christopher Maher, Phyllis Newman, Phil Rubenstein, Carole Davis, Jeffrey Lampert
Emmy (Kim Cattrall) had been friends with Christopher Columbus and Michelangelo in her past lives. With her reincarnation as a mannequin, she is able to come to life only at night when she dances around the store with the window dresser (Andrew McCarthy). "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
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 Mask 1985  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart, Laura Dern, Micole Mercurio, Harry Carey Jr., Dennis Burkley, Ben Piazza, Wayne Grace, Lawrence Monoson, L. Craig King, Alexandra Powers, Kelly Jo Minter
Based on a true story, this heartwarming tale relates the ordeals of teenager Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) who has the disfiguring disease, craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, that has doubled his head size. Rocky keeps a good attitude, and his mother Rusty (Cher) fights for Rocky's rights, but she turns to drugs to ease the pressures she endures when dealing with Rocky's problems. Undaunted, Rocky gets his own life in order and then works to keep Rusty away from her drugs.
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot 1992  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams, Roger Rees, Martin Ferrero, Gailard Sartain, Ving Rhames, Dennis Burkley, Richard Schiff, John Wesley
Los Angeles cop Joe Bomowski (Sylvester Stallone) is a grown man whose mother, Tutti (Estelle Getty), will not stop interfering in his life. The situation gets out of hand when Tutti is assigned to help Joe with a murder case in which she witnessed the crime.
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 Stuart Little 1999  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Julia Sweeney, Nathan Lane, Jennifer Tilly, Bruno Kirby, Estelle Getty, Dabney Coleman, Chazz Palminteri, Steve Zahn, David Alan Grier, Stan Freberg, Jeffrey Jones
Based on one of E.B. White's children's classics, this is the light-hearted adventure of a mouse, Stuart (voice of Michael J. Fox), that is adopted by the Little family of NYC. Stuart must overcome obstacles along the way that include his major nemesis, the family cat, Snowbell (voice of Nathan Lane).
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| 1. Copacabana (1985)
2. Deadly Force (1983)
3. Mannequin (1987)
4. Mask (1985)
5. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
6. Stuart Little (1999)
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