 8 1/2 1963  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Federico Fellini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Sandra Milo, Madeleine LeBeau, Claudia Cardinale, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Mario Pisu, Neil Robinson, Mino Doro, Caterina Boratto, Guido Alberti
In this excellent film, Director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) struggles with a psychological block in his creative abilities that occurs as he is trying to make a movie. This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Bobby Deerfield 1977  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn, Romolo Valli, Stephan Meldegg, Jaime Sanchez, Mickey Knox, Guido Alberti, Norm Nielsen, Dorothy James, Monique Lejeune, Van Doude, Gerard Hernandez
Racecar driver Bobby Deerfield (Al Pacino) is living with his French lover Lydia (Anny Duperey) when he meets and falls in love with Killian (Marthe Keller) who is a patient at a hospital in Switzerland. Up until now, Bobby has lived an emotionless life, but now he has found love. It turns out that Killian is dying of leukemia, and Bobby, who has problems dealing with the situation, turns to Lydia for comfort.
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The Decameron 1971  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Il decameron
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Giuseppe Zigaina, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Angela Luce, Silvana Mangano, Vincenzo Amato, Vincenzo Cristo, Gabriella Frankel, Vincenzo Ferrigno, Salvatore Bilardo, Guido Alberti, Giorgio Iovine, Luigi Seraponte, Mirella Catanesi
Boccaccio's story is the first of a series of three, 14th century tales brought to the screen by Pier Paolo Pasolini. "Canterbury Tales" (1972) and "Arabian Nights" (1974) follow. The stories in this film involve lovers, merchants, priests, and scoundrels handling life in their own unique ways in a world filled with sexual repression during a much earlier era.
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The Kidnap of Mary Lou 1974  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Almost Human
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Laura Belli, Anita Strindberg, Gino Santercole, Guido Alberti, Ray Lovelock, Tom Felleghy, Nello Pazzafini, Luciano Catenacci, Lorenzo Piani
Wanting to raise the ante in his crime spree, Giulio Sacchi (Thomas Milian) kidnaps Mary Lou (Laura Belli), the daughter of a wealthy man (Guido Alberto). But, tough and tired cop Inspector Walter Grandi (Henry Silva) is on his trail, and Grandi will stop at nothing to put an end to Giulio's crime spree and even his life as well.
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La Decade Prodigieuse 1972 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
aka: Ten Days Wonder
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Orson Welles, Marlene Jobert, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli, Guido Alberti, Ermanno Casanova, Mathilde Ceccarelli, Eric Frisdal, Giovanni Sciuto, Vittorio Sanipoli
In this interesting mystery, Charles (Anthony Perkins) becomes enamored with his father's (Orson Welles) new bride (Marlene Jobert), and events lead to murder.
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The Moon in the Gutter 1983  R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril, Bertice Reading, Gabriel Monnet, Dominique Pinon, Milena Vukotic, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Bernard Farcy, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Katya Berger, Jacques Herlin, Guido Alberti, Rosa Fumetto, Graziano Giusti
Dockworker Gerard (Gerard Depardieu) sets out to find the man who raped his sister, and he gets aid from the wealthy Bella (Victoria Abril) in the process.
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Rambo's Revenge 1975 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Syndicate Sadists
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Tomas Milian, Joseph Cotten, Maria Fiore, Luciano Catenacci, Silvano Tranquilli, Guido Alberti, Ida Galli, Femi Benussi, Luciano Pigozzi, Adolfo Lastretti
Biker/fighter Rambo (Tomas Milian) is on the trail of the gang that kidnapped a rich man's son for the ransom and must take on powerful crime boss Paterno (Joseph Cotten) along the way.
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The Smuggler 1980 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Contraband
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Guido Alberti, Daniele Dublino, Venantino Venantini, Marcel Bozzuffi, Saverio Marconi, Tommaso Palladino, Ofelia Meyer, Ferdinando Murolo
Luca (Fabio Testi) heads a cigarette and liquor smuggling crime family but otherwise is a pleasant man with a wife and child. When his brother is killed by a rival gang, Luca sets out for revenge. But, before long, his gang members have either been assassinated or have been picked up by the police, and Luca must fight the rivals alone. Gore and violence are abundant in Fulci's departure from Horror films.
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Two Men in Town 1973 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Two Against the Law
Director: Jose Giovanni
Cast: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Michel Bouquet, Victor Lanoux, Cecile Vassort, Ilaria Occhini, Gerard Depardieu, Guido Alberti, Maurice Barrier, Paul Beauvais, Jacques Monod
With support from social worker Germain (Jean Gabin), Gino (Alain Delon) gets out of prison after serving 10 years. Gino plans to settle into a new life but finds himself hounded by a vengeful cop and is pushed to the breaking point. After Gino kills the cop, he is tried and executed in what proves to be one very graphic portrayal.
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| 1. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. Bobby Deerfield (1977)
3. The Decameron (1971)
aka: Il decameron
4. Hands Over the City (1963)
5. The Kidnap of Mary Lou (1974)
aka: Almost Human
6. La Decade Prodigieuse (1972)
aka: Ten Days Wonder
7. The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
8. Rambo's Revenge (1975)
aka: Syndicate Sadists
9. The Smuggler (1980)
aka: Contraband
10. Two Men in Town (1973)
aka: Two Against the Law
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