Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001 PG, 95 min. Genre: Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Corey Burton, Leonard Nimoy, Jim Varney, Jim Cummings
Young Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) joins an expedition that is searching for the lost continent of Atlantis. While Milo is intent on scientific research, other members of the team–Commander Lyle T. Rourke (James Garner) and Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian)–have plans for wealth gained from knowledge of Atlantis' mystical power source. Good animated Disney fare.
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The Fortune 1975 PG, 88 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols Cast: Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley, Richard B. Shull, Thomas Newman, John Fiedler, Scatman Crothers, Dub Taylor, Ian Wolfe
Oscar (Jack Nicholson) and Nicky (Warren Beatty) are con men who hatch a plot to get their hands on the fortune of heiress Freddie (Stockard Channing). No matter what they do, their plans always seem to fail in this pretty good funny film. Nicholson as usual, is great and makes this film worth watching.
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A Goofy Movie 1995 G, 78 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Kevin Lima Cast: Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Kellie Martin, Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings, Wallace Shawn, Frank Welker, Pat Buttram, Julie Brown, Jo Anne Worley, Jenna von Oy, Florence Stanley, Joseph Lawrence, Kevin Lima
This is Goofy's first feature film and any Goofy lover must rate this film high. Goofy and his sub-teen son Max bond on a father/son fishing trip.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975 PG, 98 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank Cast: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley, Sylvester Stallone, F. Murray Abraham, M. Emmet Walsh, Ivor Francis, Maxine Stuart
This Neil Simon film is about an executive, Mel (Jack Lemmon), facing a nervous breakdown following the loss of his job. This is a very entertaining movie and has the added bonus of future stars playing minor roles. Among them are Sylvester Stallone as an alleged pickpocket and F. Murray Abraham as a taxi driver.
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Trouble Bound 1992 R, 90 min. Genre: Action
Director: Jeffrey Reiner Cast: Michael Madsen, Patricia Arquette, Sal Jenco, Darren Epton, Florence Stanley, Seymour Cassel, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Ben-Victor, Vincent Guastaferro, Gregory Sporleder, Rustam Branaman
Fresh out of jail, Harry (Michael Madsen) wins money and a car in a poker game. What he doesn't know is that the game was fixed, and the car's trunk contains a body. So it's on the road for our hero in search of other card games. He picks up a hitchhiker, Kit (Patricia Arquette), who is searching for her father's killer. When Harry's "friends" find out that the body in the trunk contains keys to a cash box, they hit the road in pursuit. Meanwhile, Kit's grandmother (Florence Stanley), a crime boss who wants to merge with the gang responsible for Kit's father's death, has her thugs chasing Kit. Boy, don't Harry and Kit have BIG problems?
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| 1. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
2. The Fortune (1975)
3. A Goofy Movie (1995)
4. The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
5. Trouble Bound (1992)
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