Balloon Farm 1999  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William Dear
Cast: Rip Torn, Mara Wilson, Roberts Blossom, Fredric Lehne, Richard Riehle, Laurie Metcalf, Neal McDonough, Lee Garlington, Ernie Lively, Arnetia Walker, Guy Boyd, Adam Wylie
Harvey H. Potter (Rip Torn) arrives in the drought-stricken farming town of Waterston and begins raising a new crop: magical, colorful balloons that bring new hope to the town. Disney fare.
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The Dark Side of the Sun 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bozidar Nikolic
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cheryl Pollak, Guy Boyd, Constantin Nitchoff, Milena Dravic, Gorica Popovic, Sonja Savic, Nikola Jovanovic, Boro Begovic, Stole Arandjelovic
Rick (Brad Pitt) has a rare skin disease, travels the land in search of a cure, and finds love along the way. Made in 1988, this was Brad Pitt's first film.
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The Ewok Adventure 1984 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure
Director: John Korty
Cast: Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Eric Walker, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd, Burl Ives, Daniel Frishman, Debbie Lee Carrington, Kevin Thompson, Tony Cox
George Lucas' furry creatures, the Ewoks, from the "Star Wars" series, are brought back in two made-for-TV movies. This is the first one, and was followed by "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor." In this episode, the Towani family's shuttle crashes on the moon Endor, and the parents are captured by the giant Gorax. Their son and daughter come across the friendly Ewoks and talk them into helping find their parents. And the search begins with perils and magic along the way.
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Fugitive Among Us 1992  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Cast: Eric Roberts, Peter Strauss, Elizabeth Pena, Guy Boyd, Lauren Holly, Salvator Xuereb, Kiersten Warren, Annette McCarthy, Sean McGraw, Dennis Letts
This made-for-TV film is based on the true story of a rapist (Eric Roberts) who ran from the courtroom after being convicted of the crime. Detective Matt Cole (Peter Strauss) is obsessed with recapturing the rapist in the long pursuit that follows.
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Jagged Edge 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Richard Marquand
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, John Dehner, Karen Austin, Guy Boyd, Leigh Taylor-Young, Louis Giambalvo, Lance Henriksen, Maria Mayenzet, Dave Austin, Richard Partlow, Ben Hammer, James Karen
San Francisco newspaper publisher Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges) is accused of murdering his wife, heiress Paige (Maria Meyenzet), and hires lawyer Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) to defend him. In the course of the trial, Forrester and Teddy have an affair. The burning question is whether or not justice was served.
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Lucas 1986 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Seltzer
Cast: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tom Hodges, Jeremy Piven, Gary Cole, Ciro Poppiti, Guy Boyd, Kevin Wexted, Emily Seltzer, Erika Leigh
Fourteen-year-old Lucas (Corey Haim) is a nerd who is two years ahead in school and made fun of by the jocks. The girls have ignored him, but 16-year-old Maggie (Kerri Green) moves into his neighborhood during summer vacation, and Lucas becomes her only friend. Then, when school starts, Maggie becomes a cheerleader and meets football star Cappie Roew (Charlie Sheen). Now she has a new group of friends, and Lucas is not included. Lucas' solution: join the football team. He does make the team, but it takes an injury requiring hospitalization for him to gain the respect of the team.
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story 1986  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Martin Sheen, Cicely Tyson, Roxanne Hart, Joe Seneca, Stan Shaw, James Avery, Conchata Ferrell, Guy Boyd, Janet Carroll, Jordan Charney
Vietnam vet Mitch Snyder (Martin Sheen) engaged in a political crusade for the homeless and staged hunger strikes in the White House neighborhood–until his tragic death.
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The Savages 2007 R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano, Guy Boyd, Debra Monk, Rosemary Murphy, Hal Blankenship, Joan Jaffe, Salem Ludwig
Wendy (Laura Linney) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the grown children of their abusive father Lenny (Philip Bosco), learn that Lenny is suffering from dementia and is dying. They fly to Arizona and bring Lenny back home to Buffalo where Wendy and Jon reunite under one roof for the first time since childhood and are forced to reconcile past differences in order to deal with their father's impending death. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Actress (Linney).
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Streamers 1983  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd, George Dzundza, Albert Macklin, B.J. Cleveland, Bill Allen, Paul Lazar
Lives of paratroopers about to be sent to Vietnam erupt into violence when they discover one of them is a homosexual in this very intense and revealing story.
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Target 1985 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Victoria Fyodorova, Josef Sommer, Guy Boyd, Herbert Berghof, Randy Moore, Ilona Grubel, Tomas Hnevsa
A father and son (Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon) join forces when their wife/mother (Gayle Hunnicutt) is kidnapped while visiting Paris. As the plot develops, the two men realize they are the targets of a spy ring.
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Thompson's Last Run 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jerrold Freedman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Wilford Brimley, Kathleen York, Guy Boyd, Royce Wallace, Susan Tyrrell, Daniel McDonald, Benji Gregory, Jerry Biggs, Johnny Brink
Childhood friends meet again when one, a convict, is transported to prison by the other, a lawman. The oft-told story works okay due to the good interaction of the stars.
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Ticket to Heaven 1981 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, R.H. Thomson, Jennifer Dale, Guy Boyd, Paul Soles, Robert Joy, Michael Wincott
This docudrama about religious cults features Nick Mancuso as a Toronto schoolteacher who naively joins a California cult and goes through the rituals of brain washing. Fortunately, a friend rescues him from his robotic existence and gets him into a deprogramming session.
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| 1. Balloon Farm (1999)
2. Body Double (1984)
3. The Dark Side of the Sun (1997)
4. The Ewok Adventure (1984)
aka: Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure
5. Fugitive Among Us (1992)
6. Jagged Edge (1985)
7. Lucas (1986)
8. Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
9. The Savages (2007)
10. Streamers (1983)
11. Target (1985)
12. Thompson's Last Run (1986)
13. Ticket to Heaven (1981)
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