 The Big Bounce 2004  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Owen Wilson, Sara Foster, Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen, Gary Sinise, Bebe Neuwirth, Vinnie Jones, Gregory Sporleder, Anahit Minasyan, Willie Nelson, Harry Dean Stanton, Andrew Wilson, Tony Dorsett, Brian L. Keaulana, Brian Costa
After getting in trouble with the law, drifter/con man Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is saved when Judge Karen H. Wyatt (Morgan Freeman) offers him a job as a handyman. All should go well, and it does–until Jack meets Nancy (Sara Foster) who wants his help in stealing $2,000,000. The plot thickens.
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Gas! -or -It May Become Necessary to Destroy... 1970  PG, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
aka: Gas-s-s-s
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Bob Corff, Elaine Giftos, Pat Patterson, George Armitage, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams, Alex Wilson, Bud Cort, Talia Shire
(Full title: "Gas! - or, It May Become Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It") Gas that causes premature aging escapes from an Alaskan plant and kills all humans over 25 years old in this disjointed–but hilarious–story.
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 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Armitage
Cast: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, K. Todd Freeman, Mitch Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Carlos Jacott, Benny Urquidez, Audrey Kissel, Duffy Taylor, Brian Powell
Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack), a professional assassin, heads to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for two purposes: his 10-year high-school reunion and a business venture as a hit man. Once in town, he runs into Debi (Minnie Driver), the girl he stood up at the high-school prom. Former classmates cannot comprehend Blank's world and think he is joking when he describes his occupation as "professional killer." Good dialogue enhances this strange comedy/thriller.
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 Hit Man 1972  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron, Sam Laws, Candy All, Don Diamond, Ed Cambridge, Bob Harris, Roger E. Mosley, Rudy Challenger, Marilyn Joi, Christopher Joy, John Lupton, Diane Sommerfield
This is a poor remake of the previous year's "Get Carter," though the acting from the all-Black cast isn't too bad. Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) arrives in L.A. for the funeral of his brother and ends up tracking down those responsible for his death. Slow, with some authentic back-street L.A. atmosphere. Remade again under the original name in 2000.
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Miami Blues 1990 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fred Ward, Nora Dunn, Obba Babatunde, Charles Napier, Shirley Stoler, Paul Gleason, Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon
Sociopathic killer Frederick (Alec Baldwin), upon being released from prison, decides to start over in Miami. But it doesn't take long before he begins another crime wave–starting at the airport when he arrives in Miami. Long-time cop Hoke Moseley (Fred Ward) goes to work on the case but immediately has his badge stolen by Frederick. Based on Hoke Moseley crime novels by Charles Willeford.
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Private Duty Nurses 1971  R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Katherine Cannon, Joyce Williams, Pegi Boucher, Joseph Kaufmann, Dennis Redfield, Herb Jefferson Jr., Paul Hampton, George Sawaya, Morris Buchanan, Cliff Carnell
Three nurses deal with social issues of the day in this second entry in Roger Corman's "Nurse" series. When not having fun in their waterbeds, they take on such issues as race, treatment of Vietnam veterans, and drugs.
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| 1. The Big Bounce (2004)
2. Gas! -or -It May Become Necessary to Destroy... (1970)
aka: Gas-s-s-s
3. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
4. Hit Man (1972)
5. Miami Blues (1990)
6. Private Duty Nurses (1971)
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