The Crucible 1996  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Rob Campbell, Jeffrey Jones, Peter Vaughan, Karron Graves, Charlayne Woodard, Frances Conroy, Elizabeth Lawrence, George Gaynes, Mary Pat Gleason, Robert Breuler
Based on Arthur Miller's classic play about the Salem witch trials, this is an excellent film concerning the effects caused by jealousy and religion in old Massachusetts. Paul Scofield stands out as Judge Danforth who is determined to rid evil from Salem, and Winona Ryder is very convincing as Abigail Williams who deceives, lies, and wreaks havoc in order to steal her ex-lover who is the husband (Daniel Day-Lewis) of hated rival Elizabeth Proctor (Joan Allen).
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Micki + Maude 1984 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn, George Coe, John Pleshette, Lu Leonard, Priscilla Pointer
The star of a TV show (Dudley Moore) finds himself in the middle of an unusual predicament–both his wife and girlfriend are pregnant. This is a very funny movie with Dudley Moore at his devious best when he tries to reconcile his two worlds.
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Nickelodeon 1976  PG, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, John Ritter, Harry Carey Jr., James Best, George Gaynes, M. Emmet Walsh, Jane Hitchcock, Jack Perkins, Brion James, Sidney Armus, Joe Warfield
The story begins in 1910 when Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) is invited to be a Hollywood screen writer. His career spirals, he becomes a director, and he falls for leading lady Kathleen Cooke (Jane Hitchcock). But, Kathleen decides to marry Harrigan's leading man, cowboy actor Buck Greenway (Burt Reynolds). Harrigan and Greenway go their separate ways but are reunited by story's end.
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Police Academy 1984  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Michael Winslow, Ted Ross, Andrew Rubin, Leslie Easterbrook, Debralee Scott, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thompson
This satire on police academies contains overblown characters acting out a script that, at times, seems nonexistent. However, it did do well at the box office and spawned many sequels.
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Colleen Camp, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, Bob Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Art Metrano, Julie Brown, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Tim Kazurinsky
Episode two is just as inane as episode one, but this time the group of inept rookies is set loose on the public.
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Bob Goldthwait, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Leslie Easterbrook, Brant von Hoffman, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Shawn Weatherly, Ed Nelson
Still just as inane as the first two movies, this one involves rival academies joining forces. Nevertheless, fans flocked to the theaters to see their heroes.
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Drake
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bob Goldthwait, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Tim Kazurinsky, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, G.W. Bailey, Derek McGrath, Billie Bird
In this sequel, Police Academy Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) is determined to recruit civilian volunteers to work with his overworked police force. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) is assigned the job of training the new volunteers, but problems lie ahead when Captain Harris (G.W. Bailey) schemes to get Lassard's job and is determined to see the "Citizens on Patrol" program fail.
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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Myerson
Cast: Matt McCoy, Janet Jones, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Rene Auberjonois, G.W. Bailey, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, Tab Thacker, George R. Robertson, Archie Hahn, James Hampton
As the title states, a group of men in blue are assigned duty on Miami Beach. Good luck to the Miami area, as well as to anyone with enough spare time to watch this one. Steve Guttenberg must also have had enough, since he's absent in this one.
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 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bonerz
Cast: Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Matt McCoy, Bruce Mahler, Kenneth Mars, G.W. Bailey, Gerrit Graham, Leslie Easterbrook, George R. Robertson, Lance Kinsey, Brian Seeman, Darwyn Swalve
They are back, and now the bumbling policemen are battling crime against Mr. Big. More silliness prevails in this box office biggie.
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Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow 1994 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, G.W. Bailey, Christopher Lee, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Charlie Schlatter, Richard Israel, Gregg Berger, Vladimir Dolinsky, Pamela Guest, Stuart Nisbet, David St. James
So–you thought the "Police Academy" series was gone forever, but you were wrong. This time around, America's worst police force heads to Russia to help uncover the tough computer hacker.
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Stepmonster 1992 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeremy Stanford
Cast: Alan Thicke, Molly Cheek, Robin Riker, Ami Dolenz, Corey Feldman, Billy Corben, George Gaynes, Alice Hirson, Frank Novak, John Astin, Bodhi Elfman, Edie McClurg
Todd (Billy Corben) believes his about-to-be stepmother (Robin Riker) is a Trompken (monsters described in the comics) and determines–with the help of his grandfather (Alan Thicke), sister Wendy (Ami Dolenz), and her boyfriend (Corey Feldman)–to keep her out of the family's life.
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To Be or Not to Be 1983 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Johnson
Cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Jose Ferrer, Christopher Lloyd, James Haake, George Gaynes, George Wyner, Jack Riley
This movie is about Shakespearean actors who get involved with the Polish underground during World War II. They manage to outwit the Nazis in this remake of the 1942 film. Charles Durning was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
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 Tootsie 1982   PG, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Geena Davis, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Lynne Thigpen, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Debra Mooney, Peter Gatto, Ronald L. Schwary
An out-of-work actor Michael Dorsey's (Dustin Hoffman) agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack) cannot find work for his client. Then, Michael disguises himself as a woman named "Miss Dorothy Michaels," and he is able to land an acting job on a soap opera. The show that Michael works on becomes a hit, and he reaches celebrity status in the guise of a woman. But, complications ensue when Michael's relationship with his girlfriend Sandy (Teri Garr) fails, and Michael falls for his co-star Julie (Jessica Lange) who believes that Michael/Dorothy is a woman and, in turn, tries to fix Michael up with her widowed father, Les (Charles Durning). An Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Jessica Lange. The film also received nine Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Garr), and Director. 1 User Review
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Trilogy of Terror 1975 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Gregory Harrison, Tracy Curtis, Kathryn Reynolds, Orin Cannon
Dan Curtis, of the "Dark Shadows" TV show, brings three interwoven stories to a made-for-TV film–all starring Karen Black. "Julie"-A student is infatuated with his teacher, gets her out on a date, then drugs and photographs her. When he tries to blackmail her, she kills him, and now it starts over with another student. "Millicent and Therese"-Two estranged sisters have opposite personalities. When Millicent tries to kill her sister using a voodoo doll, we find out that they are actually the same person. "Amelia"-This one makes the film and has become a classic in itself. Amelia bought a doll that supposedly contains the soul of a great tribal warrior. When a chain around the doll breaks, the soul is released, and the doll and Amelia fight it out around the apartment. When Amelia thinks she has killed the doll, she finds she is mistaken since the warrior now possesses her. This film broke new ground in TV with its sex and horror theme.
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 The Way We Were 1973 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Lois Chiles, Murray Hamilton, Patrick O'Neal, Viveca Lindfors, Allyn Ann McLerie, Herb Edelman, Sally Kirkland, Diana Ewing, Don Keefer, George Gaynes, Eric Boles, Marcia Mae Jones
This story follows the lives of activist Katie (Barbra Streisand) and writer Hubbell (Robert Redford) through their days in college, subsequent marriage, and inevitable divorce as each one has diverse political views. The title song won an Academy Award, as did the Musical Score by Marvin Hamlish. Streisand was nominated for Best Actress.
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| 1. Altered States (1980)
2. The Crucible (1996)
3. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
4. Micki + Maude (1984)
5. Nickelodeon (1976)
6. Police Academy (1984)
7. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
8. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
9. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
10. Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
11. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
12. Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
13. Stepmonster (1992)
14. To Be or Not to Be (1983)
15. Tootsie (1982)
16. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
17. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
18. The Way We Were (1973)
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