1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992   PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Angela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Tcheky Karyo, Frank Langella, Mark Margolis
This celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of America provides a complex look at the relationship of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella in his quest for exploration.
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The Adventurers 1970  R, 171 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia de Havilland, Bekim Fehmiu, Leigh Taylor-Young, Fernando Rey, John Ireland, Jaclyn Smith
Based on Harold Robbins' novel, this is the tedious story of the fallacies inherent in those who live in a world surrounded by wealth.
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Caboblanco 1980  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Rey, Simon MacCorkindale, Camilla Sparv, Denny Miller, Gilbert Roland, James Booth, Jorge Russek, Clifton James, Martin LaSalle
Bar owner Giff Hoyt (Charles Bronson) watches as misfits flit in and out of his bar–including a former Nazi, Gunther Beckdorff (Jason Robards), and beautiful, but mysterious Marie Claire Allesandri (Dominique Sanda). "Casablanca" this isn't.
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Chimes at Midnight 1965  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Falstaff
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Norman Rodway, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Ralph Richardson, Fernando Rey, Alan Webb, Walter Chiari
Set in 15th-century England, this Shakespearean drama is about Falstaff's (Orson Welles) relationship with the future King Henry V (John Gielgud).
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Companeros 1970 R, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Karin Schubert, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice, Jesus Fernandez, Gerard Tichy
This spaghetti Western is set in Mexico during a time of revolt in the early 1900s. Yodlaf (Franco Nero), a mercenary and weapons dealer, joins revolutionary El Vasco (Tomas Milian) whose mission is to free Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) and his students being held hostage by Americans in Texas. Yodlaf's real mission, however, is to find a cache of gold, and the professor knows where it is. Along the way they must deal with a gunslinger: wooden-handed, pot-smoking John (Jack Palance) and his falcon.
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The Desert of the Tartars 1976 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Max von Sydow
French army recruit Lt. Drogo (Jacques Perrin) is serving at an isolated fort where many are training to repel an attack by the Tartars. As days turn into months, the soldiers experience boredom, loneliness, and even paranoia as they wait for the enemy who some doubt will appear.
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 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Fernando Rey, Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Bernard Musson, Paul Frankeur, Julien Bertheau, Milena Vukotic, Maria Gabriella Maione, Claude Pieplu
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this is a satirical look at the bourgeoisie following the activities of upper-middle-class friends. Don Raphael (Fernando Rey), Francois Thevenot (Paul Frankeur), Simone (Delphine Seyrig), Florence (Bulle Ogier), Henri Senechal (Jean-Pierre Cassel), and Alice (Stephane Audran) try, again and again, to spend an evening together. But, no matter how many times they try, and fail, to have dinner together, their plans are frustrated by events over which they have no control. The obstacles are bizarre–ranging from a mixed- up date for the dinner, to army maneuvers, to a dead body, to a stage play in which they are characters. Good entertainment.
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The French Connection II 1975 R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Charles Millot, Philippe Leotard, Ed Lauter, Samantha Llorens, Andre Penvern, Reine Prat, Ham-Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Raoul Delfosse, Malek Kateb
In this sequel to the "French Connection," Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) is still tracking down drug dealer Frog One (Fernando Rey). This time around, Popeye travels to Marseilles where he becomes a victim when he is captured by Frog One's henchmen and forced to take heroin. They then dump him at a police station where he quits the heroin by the "Cold Turkey" method, recovers, and is back on the job tracking down the drug dealers.
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 The French Connection 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, Patrick McDermott, Andre Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Alan Weeks
If for no other reason than the spine-tingling car chase, this movie deserves viewing. Fortunately, it also has much more going for it. NYPD detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) visits Paris to uncover the source of a drug supply coming into the United States. Doyle ends up back in the Big Apple for the elevated train car chase. This film won the Best Picture Academy Award, and Gene Hackman and William Friedkin were also honored for Best Actor and Director. Awards were also given for Best Writing and Editing, and nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Roy Scheider) and Sound.
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven 1969 G, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: George Kennedy, Monte Markham, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Joe Don Baker, Scott Thomas, Michael Ansara, Fernando Rey, Frank Silvera
Once again the "magnificent seven" gunslingers pivot into action–this time they plan to free a Mexican revolutionary from his prison fortress where he is being held as a rebel leader.
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The Hit 1984 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey, Carlos Lucena, Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Lennie Peters, Jim Broadbent, Bernie Searle, Brian Royal, Albie Woodington
Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) has led a quiet life in a small Spanish town for the last 10 years since he testified against his mobster ex-associates. But his life changes when hit men Braddock nd Myron (John Hurt and Tim Roth) kidnap Willie with orders to take him to Paris for execution. During the trip, Willie doesn't seem to worry about his fate as things don't go right for the hit men, including being stalked by a policeman. An offbeat comedy/drama with good storyline, acting, and sound track.
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Land Raiders 1970 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, Jocelyn Lane, George Coulouris, Guy Rolfe, Phil Brown, Marcella Saint-Amant, Fernando Rey, Paul Picerni, Robert Carricart
Apache-hating Vince Carden (Telly Savalas) attempts to take over their land, and he even resorts to committing robberies and blaming it on the Apaches. With government agents trying to bring peace, Vince's problems mount when his estranged brother (George Maharis) arrives on the scene.
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1959  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mario Bonnard
Cast: Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Barbara Carroll, Anne-Marie Baumann, Fernando Rey, Mimmo Palmara, Guillermo Marin, Angel Aranda
A Roman soldier, Glaucus (Steve Reeves), fights the oppression of Christians in the decadent society of Pompeii. A remake of the 1935 film, it's not as good.
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The Light at the Edge of the World 1971  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kevin Billington
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Fernando Rey, Jean-Claude Druout, Renato Salvatori, Massimo Ranieri, Tito Garcia
Cape Horn lighthouse keeper Will Denton (Kirk Douglas) fights for his survival when the pirate, Jonathan Kongre (Yul Brynner), tries to snare him on his own island. Both want shipwrecked Eggar.
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A Matter of Time 1976  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Spiros Andros, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Isabella Rossellini, Gabriele Ferzetti, Orso Maria Guerrini, Amedeo Nazzari
Nina (Liza Minnelli) is a hotel maid who rises to stardom under the tutelage of the aging Contessa (Ingrid Bergman). While this would be Vincente Minnelli and Charles Boyer's final film, it marks Isabella Rossellini's screen debut.
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Monsignor 1982 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Perry
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Genevieve Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller, Joseph Cortese, Leonardo Cimino, Robert Prosky, Tomas Milian, Adolfo Celi, Joe Pantoliano
Corruption in the Vatican occurs when a Priest (Christopher Reeve) has Mafia ties. The priest makes a deal to share black market profits and, as if that were not enough, seduces a nun (Genevieve Bujold).
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Moon Over Parador 1988 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Greene, Polly Holliday, Charo, Milton Goncalves, Marianne Sagebrecht, Reinhard Kolldehoff
A Caribbean dictator dies and, in the interest of stability, the police chief asks a visiting actor (Richard Dreyfuss) to impersonate the dictator.
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The Night Heaven Fell 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Heaven Fell That Night
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Alida Valli, Jose Nieto, Maruchi Fresno, Adriano Dominguez, Jose Marco Davo, Nicolas Perchicot, Cantinflas, Fernando Rey
This is the third Roger Vadim film that stars his (then) wife Brigitte Bardot. A young French woman, Ursula (Bardot), visits her aunt and uncle in Spain where she meets and falls for Lamberto (Stephen Boyd), a good-for-nothing crook. After he kills Ursula's uncle, they take off with the police in pursuit–taking time for plenty of sex.
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Quintet 1979 R, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Nina Van Pallandt, Brigitte Fossey, David Langton, Thomas Hill, Craig Richard Nelson, Monique Murcure, Anne Gerety, Maruska Stankova, Michel Maillot, Max Fleck, Francoise Berd
The world is in the midst of another Ice Age when seal hunter Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant wife, Vivia (Brigitte Fossey), search for Essex's brother Francha (Thomas Hill). They find Francha in a remote city where survivors are playing the game, "Quintet," in which losing players are murdered. They join in the game, and, after Francha and Vivia are killed, Essex tries to stay alive but becomes obsessed with the game.
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Return of the Seven 1966 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Return of the Magnificent Seven
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren Oates, Jordan Christopher, Claude Akins, Emilio Fernandez, Fernando Rey, Julian Mateos, Elisa Montes, Rodolfo Acosta
The "magnificent seven" gunslingers are back in action–this time they save the oppressed citizens of a village who are held under the control of an evil rancher.
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The Running Man 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goldblatt, Fernando Rey, Fortunio Bonanova, Noel Purcell, Ramsay Ames, Juanjo Menendez, Eddie Byrne, Colin Gordon, John Meillon
Rex and Stella Black (Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick) are on the run after Rex fakes his death to collect insurance money. BUT–Steve Maddox (Alan Bates), the insurance investigator, smells something amiss, and he's on their trail.
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Rustlers' Rhapsody 1985 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Tom Berenger, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner, Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, Sela Ward, Brant von Hoffman, Christopher Malcolm, Jim Carter, Patrick Wayne, Paul Maxwell, Manuel Pereiro, Margarita Calahorra, Billy J. Mitchell, John Orchard
Singing cowboy Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger) rides into the middle of a clash between evil cattle baron Colonel Ticonderoga (Andy Griffith) and sheepherders in this satire on Westerns. When Rex tries to defend the sheepherders, Bob Barber (Patrick Wayne) is hired to fight him and force the sheepherders out of the valley.
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Seven Beauties 1976 R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Pasqualino Settebellezze
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Piero Di Iorio, Elena Fiori, Enzo Vitale, Roberto Herlitzka, Lucio Amelio, Ermelinda De Felice, Francesca Marciano
Survival is the theme of this film in which a hood, "Seven Beauties" (Giancarlo Giannini), escapes from the Italian army during World War II. Ironically, he is involved in a train wreck and is sent to a German concentration camp. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Film, Actor (Giancarlo Giannini), Director, and Writing.
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Star Knight 1985 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
aka: The Knight of the Dragon
Director: Fernando Colomo
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel, Fernando Rey, Maria Lamor, Jose Vivo, Julieta Serrano, Josep Maria Pou, Santiago Alvarez, Carlos Tristancho, Miguel Bose
Space alien Boecius (Klaus Kinski) lands in Europe during medieval times and kidnaps Princess Alba (Maria Lamor). The knight, Klever (Harvey Keitel), sets out to rescue her only to find that she has fallen in love with Boecius.
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That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau, Andre Weber, Milena Vukotic, Maria Asquerino, Ellen Bahl, Valerie Blanco, Pierre Pieral
Mathieu (Fernando Rey), a middle-aged man, fantasizes about the woman of his dreams: Conchita. Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina alternate in the role of "Conchita." This wryly sophisticated film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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A Town Called Hell 1971 R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
aka: A Town Called Bastard
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Martin Landau, Telly Savalas, Fernando Rey, Michael Craig, Al Lettieri, Dudley Sutton, Aldo Sambrell, Paloma Cela
Robert Shaw takes on the role of the town priest in this confusing Western story about a town under the control of the diabolical Dan Carlos (Telly Savalas). This is a violent movie.
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Villa Rides 1968 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Gracia Buccella, Charles Bronson, Herbert Lom, Frank Wolff, Fernando Rey, Jill Ireland, Alexander Knox
This film brings to the screen Hollywood's version of the Mexican bandit/folk hero, Pancho Villa, with Yul Brynner in the title role.
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Viridiana 1961 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny, Teresa Rabal, Jose Calvo, Jose Manuel Martin, Luis Heredia, Joaquin Roa, Lola Gaos, Maria Isbert, Teresa Rabal
Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) makes a last visit to her wealthy uncle, Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), before taking her vows to become a nun in the Catholic Church. When Don Jaime realizes that Viridiana closely resembles his wife who had died years ago on their wedding night, he drugs Viridiana and tries to rape her. Later, Don Jaime confesses but then hangs himself. Viridiana inherits his estate and invites homeless beggars to the estate for food and comfort. Her plans go awry when the beggars stage an orgy, which proves to be a pivotal point in Viridiana's life, and she finds that she must make choices.
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The Woman with Red Boots 1974 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Juan Luis Bunuel
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Adalberto Maria Merli, Jacques Weber, Jose Sacristan, Laura Betti, Emma Cohen, Angel Alvarez, Pilar Torres
Francoise (Catherine Deneuve), a popular writer, meets the rich, elderly Perrot (Fernando Rey). Perrot is not a fan of the arts, nor, for that matter, does he care much for women. When he starts to meddle into her affairs, he finds out that there is more to Francoise that he realized. An at-times confusing comedy/drama. The director is the son of the well-known Luis Bunuel.
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| 1. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
2. The Adventurers (1970)
3. Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
4. Caboblanco (1980)
5. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
aka: Falstaff
6. Companeros (1970)
7. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
8. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
9. The French Connection II (1975)
10. The French Connection (1971)
11. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
12. The Hit (1984)
13. The Immortal Story (1968)
14. Land Raiders (1970)
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
15. The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
16. The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
17. A Matter of Time (1976)
18. Monsignor (1982)
19. Moon Over Parador (1988)
20. The Night Heaven Fell (1957)
aka: Heaven Fell That Night
21. Quintet (1979)
22. Return of the Seven (1966)
aka: Return of the Magnificent Seven
23. The Running Man (1963)
24. Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)
25. Seven Beauties (1976)
aka: Pasqualino Settebellezze
26. Star Knight (1985)
aka: The Knight of the Dragon
27. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
28. A Town Called Hell (1971)
aka: A Town Called Bastard
29. Tristana (1970)
30. Villa Rides (1968)
31. Viridiana (1961)
32. The Woman with Red Boots (1974)
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