Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973   PG, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Severn Darden, John Huston, Natalie Trundy, Paul Williams, Claude Akins, Lew Ayres, France Nuyen, Austin Stoker, Noah Keen, Richard Eastham, Paul Stevens, Heather Lowe, Bobby Porter, Cal Wilson
The year is 2670 A.D., and human civilization has collapsed following a nuclear war. The new world features intelligent apes–led by Caesar (Roddy McDowall) who encourages coexisting with the mutant humans. But, when gorilla leader General Aldo (Claude Akins) wants to overthrow Caesar and attack the mutant humans, war is inevitable. This is the final episode in the "Planet of the Apes" series, and shots from earlier "episodes" highlight the film.
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Black Water Gold 1970  TV, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alan Landsburg
Cast: Keir Dullea, Bradford Dillman, France Nuyen, Aron Kincaid, Ricardo Montalban, Lana Wood, Jacques Aubuchon, Paul Hampton, Stuart Tyrone
Scuba diver Ray (Aron Kincaid), marine biologist Christofer (Keir Dullea), and historian Alejandro (Ricardo Montalban) team up to search for a sunken Spanish galleon and its cargo of gold. But there are others, headed by ruthless treasure hunter Lyle (Bradford Dillman), who also want the treasure. Made for TV.
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Diamond Head 1962  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen, James Darren, Elizabeth Allen, Philip Ahn, Aline MacMahon, Harold Fong, Vaughn Taylor
Richard Howland (Charlton Heston) is the powerful owner of a Hawaiian pineapple plantation whose racial prejudice almost ruins his family when he refuses to give his blessing to the marriage of his daughter, Sloan (Yvette Mimieux), and a Hawaiian, Paul Kahana (James Darren).
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The Joy Luck Club 1993  R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Ming-Na, Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom, Rosalind Chao, Victor Wong, Michael Paul Chan, Chao Li Chi, Melanie Chang
This is the film adaptation of Amy Tan's excellent novel about four Chinese women who fled China in the 1930s and became lifelong friends in San Francisco. It is an insightful look into the Joy Luck Club's members as well as their daughters' contemporary problems.
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The Last Time I Saw Archie 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Webb
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb, Martha Hyer, France Nuyen, Don Knotts, Louis Nye, Richard Arlen, Joe Flynn, Robert Strauss
Archie Hall (Robert Mitchum) is an army private who wheels and deals himself and his buddy, Bill (Jack Webb), into relative lives of ease toward the end of World War II AND they become heroes!
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Man in the Middle 1964 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen, Barry Sullivan, Trevor Howard, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Gary Cockrell, Alexander Knox, Robert Nichols, Michael Goodliffe
Toward the end of World War II, Lieutenant Winston (Keenan Wynn) murdered a British sergeant. During the ensuing murder trial, Winston's lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel Barney Adams (Robert Mitchum), begins to suspect that his client is being sacrificed by the United States government to maintain good relationships in foreign diplomacy with Britain.
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Midas Valley 1985 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Jean Simmons, Robert Stack, George Grizzard, Brett Cullen, France Nuyen, Linda Purl, Catherine Mary Stewart, Joseph Hacker, James Read, Shanna Reed
"Midas" is short for "Silicon," so that pretty much says what this "Knots Landing"-like TV movie is all about. The hoped-for series that this was the pilot for didn't happen.
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Satan Never Sleeps 1962 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Devil Never Sleeps
Flight from Terror
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen, Athene Seyler, Martin Benson, Edith Sharpe, Weaver Lee, Burt Kwouk, Andy Ho, Marie Yang
Set in China during Mao's Communist revolution, this is the story of Father O'Banion (William Holden), a missionary priest, to whom the problems of a Communist regime become all too apparent.
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A Smile Like Yours 1997  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Keith Samples
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Joan Cusack, Jay Thomas, Jill Hennessy, Christopher McDonald, Donald Moffat, France Nuyen, Marianne Muellerleile, Sheridan Samples
A so-called "beautiful" couple–Danny (Greg Kinnear) and Jennifer (Lauren Holly)–has nearly everything in life. But one thing is missing: a baby. This is an inane comedy about the trials and tribulations of a couple going to extremes in order to conceive their own bundle of joy.
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 South Pacific 1958 N/R, 151 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston, France Nuyen, Russ Brown, Tom Laughlin, Jack Mullaney, Ken Clark, Floyd Simmons, Archie Savage, Candace Lee, Warren Hsieh, Francis Kahele
Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical features "Some Enchanted Evening," "Happy Talk," and "Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair" as it tells two love stories that are set amidst the perils of World War II. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) and planter Emile de Becque (Rossano Brazzi) succeed in love while Lt. Joe Cable's (John Kerr) love for Liat (France Nuyen) ends tragically.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 29 (Episodes 57&58) 1968  TV, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Meredyth Lucas, Jud Taylor
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, Sabrina Scharf, France Nuyen
Two eposides from the third season are presented on this DVD. "Elaan of Troyius" (aired 12/20/1968, stardate 4372.5)-The crew of the Enterprise has its hands full as they are assigned to carry Petri, an ambassador from Troyius, and Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, to Troyius for the wedding between Elaan and the leader of Troyius. Petri's task is to teach Elaan good manners and etiquette. Elaan is a tough case and doesn't care for Troyians–but it is time for the peoples of the two planets to stop warring and join forces against the Klingons, who are trying to take over the planetary system. Speaking of Klingons, they seem to be following the Enterprise. "The Paradise Syndrome" (aired 10/4/1968, stardate 4842.6)-An asteroid is heading toward a planet inhabited by a tribal culture, and the job of Enterprise is to divert it. A landing party is sent to check out the planet and warn the natives. Kirk gets left behind when he is lost after entering an obelisk–the Enterprise MUST get on with its task. But, the Enterprise can't destroy the asteroid, and heads back to the planet with the asteroid in hot pursuit. There must be a way, and Kirk, now the planet's medicine man, may be able to help.
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| 1. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
2. Black Water Gold (1970)
3. Diamond Head (1962)
4. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
5. The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
6. Man in the Middle (1964)
7. Midas Valley (1985)
8. Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
aka: The Devil Never Sleeps
aka: Flight from Terror
9. A Smile Like Yours (1997)
10. South Pacific (1958)
11. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 29 (Episodes 57&58) (1968)
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