The Big Tease 2000  R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kevin Allen
Cast: Craig Ferguson, Frances Fisher, Chris Langham, Mary McCormack, Donal Logue, David Rasche, Kevin Allen, Isabella Aitken, Charles Napier, Larry Miller, Angela McCluskey, Francine York, David Hasselhoff, Cathy Lee Crosby, Nina Siemaszko
Leaving Scotland in the company of documentary filmmaker Martin Samuels (Chris Langham), Scottish hairstylist Crawford Mackenzie (Craig Ferguson) is the subject of an upcoming British TV program. He has every intention of winning the "Platinum Scissors" award at the World Hairdressing Competition in L.A. But it isn't long after Crawford checks in at the Century Plaza that he learns he was just invited to attend–not to compete. Determined to not only enter the competition but to win as well, Crawford gets help from publicist Cindy Harper (Frances Fisher), and he is on his way.
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Cracking Up 1983  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Smorgasbord
Director: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Herb Edelman, Zane Busby, Dick Butkus, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Foster Brooks, Buddy Lester, Francine York, Robin Bach
This is not one of Jerry Lewis' best by a long shot, but there are a few funny scenes as Jerry plays various characters–all tied to a suicidal chump seeking help from the shrink (Edelman).
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Curse of the Swamp Creature 1966  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Buchanan
Cast: John Agar, Jeff Alexander, Francine York, Shirley McLine, Bill Thurman, Bill McGhee, Cal Duggan, Tony Huston, Roger Ready, Patrick Cranshaw
Another failure for Dr. Simond Trent (Jeff Alexander) in his swamp home: his latest attempt at creating a living creature fails and the body is disposed of in his alligator pond. But along comes oil surveyor Barry (John Agar) with his traveling companion, Brenda (Shirley McLine), and the mad doctor can try again with Brenda as the specimen. Bombs away!
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The Family Man 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Makenzie Vega, Lisa Thornhill, Harve Presnell, Mary Beth Hurt, Jake and Ryan Milkovich, Amber Valletta, Francine York, Ruth Williamson, Robert Downey Sr.
A Wall Street investment broker, bachelor Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage), wakes up one day to find that he has a wife, Kate (Tea Leoni), and family. This is the life he would have lived if he had married Kate back in their college days when Kate was his sweetheart. Gradually, Jack realizes that not only is his old life as the free-living bachelor over but he now has the opportunity to enjoy a more fulfilling personal life than he has ever known.
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| 1. The Big Tease (2000)
2. Cracking Up (1983)
aka: Smorgasbord
3. Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)
4. The Family Man (2000)
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