The Anderson Tapes 1971  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, Christopher Walken, Stan Gottlieb, Margaret Hamilton, Scott Jacoby, Richard B. Shull, Ralph Meeker, Val Avery, Dick Anthony Williams, Garrett Morris, Paul Benjamin, Conrad Bain
Ex-con Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) develops a scheme to rob a New York apartment building. He needs money, and the mob funds his robberies. What Anderson does not know is that government agencies, aware that he is linked to the mob, are taping his every move. Now, the apartment building is filled with video cameras ready to tape Anderson's every move. The good supporting cast includes Christopher Walken in his film debut, and Alan King does a very good job playing Mafia don Pat Angelo.
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Black Scorpion 1995  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Jonathan Winfrey
Cast: Joan Severance, Bruce Abbott, Stephen Lee, Terri J. Vaughn, Michael Wiseman, Bradford Tatum, Steven Kravitz, Rick Rossovich, Casey Siemaszko, Garrett Morris, Ashley Peldon, John Sanderford
In this Roger Corman, made-for-TV action film, Joan Severence plays the Batman-like Black Scorpion who battles and kung-fu's her way through the city to find the bad guy who intends to use his drugs and nerve gas to control the world.
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Car Wash 1976 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Richard Brestoff, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, The Pointer Sisters, Bill Duke, Antonio Fargas, Brooke Adams, Clarence Muse, Jack Kehoe, DeWayne Jessie, Pepe Serna, Melanie Mayron, Garrett Morris
A day in the multiracial lives of customers and employees of the Dee-Luxe Car Wash in L.A. is the basis for this 1970s' ensemble piece. Cheapskate Mr. B. (Sully Boyar) owns the car wash, and those who work or hang out there include T.C. (Franklyn Ajaye), Irwin (Richard Brestoff), Marsha (Melanie Mayron), a taxi driver (George Carlin), and a preacher (Richard Pryor)–all of whom provide entertainment about one day in the '70s.
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Children of the Night 1992  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tony Randel
Cast: Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz, Maya McLaughlin, Evan MacKenzie, Garrett Morris, David Sawyer, Shirley Spiegler Jacobs, Josette DiCarlo, Bekki Vallin, Lloyd J. Kalicki, Daniel Arthur Wray
After vampire Czakyr (David Sawyer) is awakened at the bottom of a flooded church crypt, the townsfolk are turned into vampires. Now it's up to Lucy (Ami Dolenz) who caused the awakening, a town drunk (Garrett Morris) , and a teacher (Peter DeLuise) to save the day.
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Cooley High 1975 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Steven Williams, Jackie Taylor, Maurice Marshall, Christine Jones, Lynn Caridine, Mary Larkins
Set in 1964, this is the story of teens–Preach (Glynn Turman) and basketball star Cochise (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs)–who attend Cooley Vocational High School on Chicago's North Side. With friends Willie, Pooter, and Tyrone (Maurice Leon Davis, Corin Rogers, and Joseph Carter Wilson), they express their youthful emotions by pulling harmless scams around their neighborhood. As they end their last year in high school, they overstep their bounds and are falsely accused of stealing a car after taking a joy ride with hoods. This film became the basis for TV's "What's Happening!" series.
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Critical Condition 1987   R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Ruben Blades, Joe Mantegna, Bob Dishy, Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Garrett Morris, Bob Saget
Richard Pryor plays a hustler who, after his arrest, must prove he is insane in order to avoid prison. While at a mental hospital for evaluation, he finds himself left in charge. Could be better–a lot better. 1 User Review
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Earth Angel 1991 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Joe Napolitano
Cast: Cathy Podewell, Cindy Williams, Rainbow Harvest, Mark Hamill, Erik Estrada, Roddy McDowall, Dustin Nguyen, Brian Krause, Alan Young, Garrett Morris, Tommy Hinkley, Keely Christian, Daran Norris
Angela (Cathy Podewell) died while still in high school and went to Heaven. Now, years later, her guardian angel, Mr. Tatum (Roddy McDowall), sends her back to Earth to help her former boyfriend, Duke (Erik Estrada), solve his current problems.
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living 1980 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin, Cathryn Damon, Fred Willard, Dabney Coleman, Eddie Albert, Art Metrano, Garrett Morris
Three housewives figure out how to beat the recession: they plan to rob the local shopping center.
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Jackpot 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Patrick Bauchau, Adam Baldwin, Rosie O'Grady, Peggy Lipton, Mac Davis, Rick Overton, Suzanne Krull
Sunny Holiday (John Gries) is a loser who dreams of becoming a famous singer, and his means to that end is competing in karaoke contests on a 43-city tour. He has left his wife, Bobbi (Daryl Hannah), behind with their daughter and sends her a weekly $1.00 lottery ticket in lieu of child support. Traveling with his manager, Les (Garrett Morris), in Bobbi's pink New Yorker, Sunny heads for Jackpot, Nevada, for the next contest and then, ultimately, on to L.A. for that big break.
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Little Richard 2000 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend
Cast: Leon, Jenifer Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Tamala Jones, Garrett Morris, Mel Jackson, Lahmard J. Tate, Anthony Lee, Anthony Griffith, Jonelle Kennedy
Rock & Roll legend Little Richard's (Leon) rise from a poor, Southern child to phenomenal success in music is told in this made-for-TV film.
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The Longshots 2008 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Durst
Cast: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok, Matt Craven, Glenn Plummer, Garrett Morris, Miles Chandler, Malcolm Goodwin, Michael Colyar, Dean Delray, Hugo Perez, Sheran Keyton, Earthquake
Former high-school football star Curtis Plummer (Ice Cube) is down on his luck, and his sister-in-law Claire (Tasha Smith) asks him to help take care of her 11-year-daughter Jasmine ("Akeela and the Bees" Keke Palmer) while she works extra hours as a waitress. Curtis encourages Jasmine to throw his football and, after finding that she has a real talent for the sport, talks to the local Pop Warner team's Coach Fisher (Matt Craven) and he agrees to let Jasmine try out for the team. She makes the team, and soon the whole town of Minden, Illinois, is behind the team hoping that Jasmine will turn the team's spirit around and make them winners. Based on a true story.
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Motorama 1991 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Shils
Cast: Jordan Christopher Michael, Martha Quinn, Susan Tyrrell, John Diehl, Robert Picardo, Garrett Morris, Michael J. Pollard, Sandy Baron, Mary Woronov, Vince Edwards, Dick Miller
Ten-year-old Gus (Jordan Christopher Michael) is tired of his abusive parents so he steals a 1960s' Mustang and heads off to win the "Motorama" road game–a game sponsored by a gas company that involves getting game cards at their stations and spelling out "Motorama." He meets some strange and amusing people on his journey in this weird little film. Cameo appearances abound.
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Palmer's Pick Up 1999 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: Robert Carradine, Richard Hillman, Patrick Kilpatrick, Neil Giuntoli, Alice Ghostley, Soupy Sales, Garrett Morris, Talia Shire, Morton Downey Jr., Rosanna Arquette, Piper Laurie, Clu Gulager
Not-so-bright Bruce and Pearl (Robert Carradine and Richard Hillman) run a small trucking business and are happy when they get a much needed job: haul a large crate from California to Florida and arrive before the new millennium begins. As they proceed along the way, more and more people try to stop them in the belief they are carrying the Devil that will be released into the Bermuda Triangle at the start of the new millenium. An interesting supporting cast.
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The Stuff 1985  R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom, Danny Aiello, Patrick O'Neal, James Dixon, Alexander Scourby, Rutanya Alda
David (Michael Moriarty) is an industrial spy whose mission is to find the source of a yogurt that turns those who consume it into zombies in this satire on 1950s horror films.
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Twin Falls Idaho 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Michael Polish, Mark Polish, Michele Hicks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jon Gries, Patrick Bauchau, Garrett Morris, William Katt, Teresa Hill, Holly Woodlawn
Conjoined at the hip, twins Francis (Michael Polish) and Blake (Mark Polish) live fairly reclusive lives until Penny (Michele Hicks) arrives on the scene, moves in to care for the brothers, and falls in love with Blake. The strength of this film lies in the subject matter of the seriousness of physical separation when Francis seems to be dying.
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| 1. The Anderson Tapes (1971)
2. Black Scorpion (1995)
3. Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997)
4. Car Wash (1976)
5. Children of the Night (1992)
6. Cooley High (1975)
7. Critical Condition (1987)
8. Earth Angel (1991)
9. How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
10. Jackpot (2001)
11. Little Richard (2000)
12. The Longshots (2008)
13. Motorama (1991)
14. Palmer's Pick Up (1999)
15. The Stuff (1985)
16. Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
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