The Black Marble 1980  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, James Woods, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley, Judy Landers
Joseph Wambaugh's screenplay provides good entertainment as he, once again, presents a police story. This time around, two cops, Valmikov (Robert Foxworth) and Natalie Zimmermann (Paula Prentiss), fall for each other while pursuing a dognapper.
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The Boost 1988  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, Kelle Kerr, John Rothman, Amanda Blake, Grace Zabriskie, Marc Poppel, Fred McCarren, Suzanne Kent, Zina Bethune
This film chronicles the rise and fall of loving couple Lenny and Linda (James Woods and Sean Young). Fast-talking, NYC hustler Lenny strikes it big as a real estate tycoon, but with success comes a severe drug addiction problem for both. A good effort by Woods.
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City Hall 1996  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, David Paymer, Martin Landau, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Schiff, Mel Winkler, Nestor Serrano
A young deputy mayor, Kevin Calhoun (John Cusack) looks into the killings of a police officer, a child, and a local hood. He uncovers political corruption that appears to directly involve the mayor (Al Pacino) of New York City.
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 Domestic Disturbance 2001  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Steve Buscemi, Chris Ellis, Nick Loren, James Lashly, Rebecca Tilney, Debra Mooney, Leland L. Jones, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Susan Floyd, William Parry, Suzanne Nystrom
Nice-guy Frank (John Travolta) and Susan (Teri Polo) are divorced but share custody of 12-year-old Jason (James Lashly). On the day of Susan's marriage to Rick (Vince Vaughn), Frank suspects that there is more to Rick than first meets the eye. In fact, Rick is a cold-blooded murderer, and Jason is about to witness Rick's dastardly deed. Now, it's up to Rick to come to Jason's rescue.
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 Malice 1993 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Peter Gallagher, Josef Sommer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobin Bell
This film is about a college town, rapes, and the arrival of a surgeon (Alec Baldwin). He moves into the dean's home and, as events unfold, the surgeon becomes suspect.
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Mercury Rising 1998 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens, Robert(2) Stanton, Bodhi Elfman, Carrie Preston, John Carroll Lynch, Peter Stormare, Kevin Conway
Chicago-based FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) protects an autistic savant, nine-year-old Simon (Miko Hughes), who has decoded a top-secret document and is now in mortal danger from those who are sent out to assassinate him.
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The Onion Field 1979  R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: John Savage, Ted Danson, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ronny Cox, Dianne Hull, David Huffman, Christopher Lloyd, Priscilla Pointer, Richard Venture, Ned Wilson
Based on Joseph Wambaugh's book about cop killers using the California legal system to their advantage, this psychological drama is riveting.
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Sea of Love 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, William Hickey, Michael Rooker, Richard Jenkins, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Larry Joshua, John Spencer
The newspaper's lonely-hearts column is somehow connected to a number of serial killings in New York. Two cops, Detectives Keller and Sherman (Al Pacino and John Goodman) are given the case, and Keller, in particular, goes after the solution with a vengeance.
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Taps 1981 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Giancarlo Esposito, John P. Navin Jr., Earl Hindman, James Handy, Brendan Ward, Billy Van Zandt
When the 150-year-old Bunker Hill Military Academy is threatened with demolition, its cadets seize the school and refuse to move out of their fortress. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/28/2007 | | this movie was so good all the acters were realy good. |
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Vision Quest 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox, Michael Schoeffling, Harold Sylvester, Charles Hallahan, J.C. Quinn, Raphael Sbarge, Forest Whitaker, Daphne Zuniga
Goodness and hard work will win every time is again proven in this movie about a young athlete (Matthew Modine).
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| 1. The Black Marble (1980)
2. The Boost (1988)
3. City Hall (1996)
4. Domestic Disturbance (2001)
5. Malice (1993)
6. Mercury Rising (1998)
7. The Onion Field (1979)
8. Sea of Love (1989)
9. Taps (1981)
10. Vision Quest (1985)
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