Ambulance Girl 2005  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Kathy Bates
Cast: Kathy Bates, Robin Thomas, Gordon Pinsent, Nathalie Toriel, Jennifer Overton, Sean McCann, Wayne Best, Kristina Nicoll, John Dunsworth, Rhonda McLean
Writer Jane Stern (Kathy Bates) suffers from depression and finds relief when she volunteers as an EMT riding in an ambulance and rescuing those in need.
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Away from Her 2007   PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sarah Polley
Cast: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Kristen Thomson, Alberta Watson, Thomas Hauff, Katie Boland
Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) have been married for more than 40 years when Grant notices that Fiona has trouble remembering things. She is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and decides it is time to move into Meadowlake nursing home. Meadowlake's rules allow new patients no visitors for the first 30 days. Grant honors the rule, returns for a visit after the orientation period, and is devastated when he realizes that Fiona does not remember him. Even more difficult to face is the fact that Fiona's affections have transferred to a fellow patient: mute, wheelchair bound Aubrey (Michael Murphy). Now, Grant must gradually accept that loving is also letting go. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Actress (Christie). 1 User Review
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| | evie 05/08/2007 | | We cried, laughed and cried some more. A wonderful love story. |
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Blacula 1972  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Crain
Cast: William Marshall, Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGee, Thalmus Rasulala, Charles Macauley, Gordon Pinsent, Elisha Cook Jr., Emily Yancy, Lance Taylor Sr., Ted Harris, Rick Metzler, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Logan Field, Ketty Lester, Eric Brotherson
Manuwalde (William Marshall), an African prince who was bitten by Count Dracula (Charles Macauley) in 1780, rises from the dead as vampire Blacula in 1972. He finds Tina (Vonetta McGee), who is his wife Tuva reincarnated, and, after awhile, they fall in love. Meanwhile, Blacula creates havoc in Los Angeles while Tina's friend Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala), with help from Michelle (Denise Nicholas), figures out the vampire connection and is on Blacula's trail.
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Bonds of Love 1993 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Elikann
Cast: Kelly McGillis, Treat Williams, Steve Railsback, Grace Zabriskie, Hal Holbrook, R.H. Thomson, Gordon Pinsent, Kenneth Welsh, Colin Fox, Gordon Clapp, Shannon Lawson, William Colgate
A friendship between divorced Rose (Kelly McGillis) and mentally disabled Robby (Treat Williams) grows into love and the decision to marry amidst the concerns of Robby's family. This made-for-TV film is based on a true story.
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Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: The Forbin Project
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Leonid Rostoff, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage, Alex Rodine, Martin E. Brooks, Marion Ross, Dolph Sweet, Byron Morrow
Dr. Forbin (Eric Braeden) develops a supercomputer, "Colossus," intended to control the military defense system. Shortly after being turned on, Colossus finds that Russia has made a similar computer, and the two hook up to share information. Before long, the two merge with the intention of taking over the world and threaten destruction if they are unplugged. Will Forbin be able to outwit the computers? A good flick.
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In the Eyes of a Stranger 1992  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Cast: Richard Dean Anderson, Justine Bateman, Geza Kovacs, Cynthia Dale, Colin Fox, Gordon Pinsent, William Dunlop, Richard Fitzpatrick, Tony De Santis, Michael Copeman, Marc Gomes, Michael Rhoades
Lynn (Justine Bateman) witnesses a subway murder and is the only one to hear the dying woman's last words. Though she doesn't understand what was said, Lynn is being followed by thieves who believe she knows the location of stolen loot. With her life in danger, the police assign Jack (Richard Dean Anderson), a cop with a past, to protect her.
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Pippi Longstocking 1997 G, 78 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Michael Schaack, Clive A. Smith, Bill Giggie
Cast: Melissa Altro, Catherine O'Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas, Gordon Pinsent, Wayne Robson, Olivia Garrett, Noah Reid, Richard Binsley, Rick Jones, Peter Karlsson, Gunilla Roor
Based on Astrid Lindgren's children's stories, this a a good animated adaptation that follows the upbeat, smart, and mischievous nine-year-old Pippi Longstocking. When Pippi's father, a sea captain, washes overboard during a storm, he tells her to go to their country home and await his return. There she finds new friends (and enemies) and moves from one adventure to another.
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Saint Ralph 2005 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Michael McGowan
Cast: Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Tilly, Gordon Pinsent, Shauna MacDonald, Tamara Hope, Michael Kanev, Frank Crudele, Chris Ploszczansky, Miranda Black, Sean Cullen, Paulette Sinclair
His father was killed during World War II, and now 14-year-old, Catholic schoolboy Ralph (Adam Butcher) has been told that only a miracle will save his comatose mother (Shauna MacDonald). Believing that his mother's recovery will result if he performs a miracle in the world of track, Ralph–under the guidance of his coach, Father Hibbert (Campbell Scott)–trains to compete in the Boston Marathon.
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The Shipping News 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, John Dunsworth, Larry Pine, Marc Lawrence, Jeanetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa/Kaitlyn/Lauren Gainer
Down-on-his-luck Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), with young daughter Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer) in tow, follows the advice of his Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to join her in the ancestral home in Newfoundland. He gets a job writing a shipping news column for the local newspaper and, with the help of widow Wavey (Julianne Moore), finds that new, better life.
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Silence of the North 1981 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Winton King
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer McKinney, Colin Fox, Donna Dobrijevic, Jeff Banks, David Fox, Richard W. Farrell, Larry Reynolds
Based on the life of Olive Frederickson, this is the story of her unusual existence during the early 1900s in the Canadian wilderness.
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 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Yaphet Kotto, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Todd Martin, Gordon Pinsent, Ted Gehring, Judy Pace
This film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel is about a sophisticated investment banker, Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen), who plots a bank heist. Insurance investigator Vickie Anderson (Faye Dunaway) is sent to get to the bottom of the affair and realizes how Crown got the money–but she has already fallen in love with him. "The Windmills of your Mind" won an Academy Award for Best Song.
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| 1. Ambulance Girl (2005)
2. Away from Her (2007)
3. Blacula (1972)
4. Bonds of Love (1993)
5. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
aka: The Forbin Project
6. In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992)
7. Pale Saints (1997)
8. Pippi Longstocking (1997)
9. Saint Ralph (2005)
10. The Shipping News (2001)
11. Silence of the North (1981)
12. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
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