Brain Donors 1992  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, Nancy Marchand, George De La Pena, John Savident, Spike Alexander, Juliana Donald, Teri Copley, Irene Olga Lopez, Gary Grossman, Dick Monday
In this redo of the Marx Brothers' "A Night at the Opera," a lawyer (John Turturro), a cab driver (Mel Smith), and a handyman (Bob Nelson) team up to take control of a ballet company run by wealthy Lillian Oglethorpe (Nancy Marchand).
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The Dust Factory 2004  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Eric Small
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Kelley, Michael Angarano, Kim Myers, George De La Pena, Peter Horton, Kyle Hanson, Ted Roisum, Ayanna Berkshire, Robert Blanche
Teenagers Melanie (Hayden Panettiere) and Ryan (Ryan Kelley) experience an adventure in a fantasy world where they are guided by Ryan's Alzheimer-suffering Grandpa Randolph (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and learn to help each other make leaps from their troubled lives.
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Nijinsky 1980 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Alan Bates, George De La Pena, Leslie Browne, Alan Badel, Colin Blakely, Jeremy Irons, Ronald Pickup, Ronald Lacey, Vernon Dobtcheff, Janet Suzman
This is a good film biography of the brilliant, early 20th-century ballet star, Vaslav Nijinsky (George De La Pena), and his involvement in a homosexual affair with the Ballet Russe's manager, Sergei Diaghilev (Alan Bates).
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Personal Best 1982 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Towne
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Jim Moody, George De La Pena, Larry Pennell, Luana Anders, Robert Patten, Kari G. Peyton, Jodi Anderson, Martha Watson, Maren Seidler, Emily Dole
Female athletes Chris Cahill (Mariel Hemingway) and Tory Skinner (Patrice Donnelly) train for the Olympics and fall in love with each other in the process. Tory qualifies for the team and convinces her coach, Terry Tingloff (Scott Glenn), to help Chris also. But their competitive spirits create problems, and they break up while training for the pentathlon but continue on in their athletic world.
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| 1. Brain Donors (1992)
2. The Dust Factory (2004)
3. Nijinsky (1980)
4. Personal Best (1982)
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