The Chosen 1982  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Hildy Brooks, Ron Rifkin, Val Avery
Danny Saunders (Robby Benson) is a young Hasid Jewish man who is influenced by the secular interests of his friend Reuven Malters (Barry Miller). Reuven's father (Maximilian Schell) is a Jewish professor who is also a Zionist activist. Conflicts between family and friends arise when Danny's father (Rod Steiger) tries to break up the boys' friendship.
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The Iceman Cometh 1973 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Bradford Dillman, Sorrell Booke, Hildy Brooks, Martyn Green, Moses Gunn, Clifton James, Juno Dawson, Evans Evans, John McLiam, Stephen Pearlman, Tom Pedi
Based on Eugene O'Neill's play, this is an excellent film about the men who meet at Harry Hope's (Fredric March) bar in 1912 to listen to funny tales told by Hickey (Lee Marvin).
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Islands in the Stream 1977  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland, Susan Tyrrell, Richard Evans, Claire Bloom, Julius Harris, Hart Bochner, Charles Lampkin, Hildy Brooks, Brad Savage, Michael-James Wixted, Jessica Rains, Walter Friedel
Ernest Hemmingway's novel is brought to the screen with George C. Scott in the role of wealthy Thomas Hudson, an artist in self-exile on the island of Bimini in the Bahamas during 1940. World War II is threatening when Thomas' oldest son Tom (Hart Bochner) arrives on the island. Their relationship grows closer, but then Tom leaves to fight for the RAF. Later, Thomas' ex-wife Audrey (Claire Bloom) arrives and tells Thomas that Tom was killed in the war. The news causes Thomas to change his opinions about the war and his lifestyle. He agrees to smuggle Jewish refugees onto his "perfect" island.
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| 1. The Chosen (1982)
2. The Iceman Cometh (1973)
3. Islands in the Stream (1977)
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