Aces: Iron Eagle III 1992  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Iron Eagle III: Aces
Iron Eagle 3: Aces
Director: John Glen
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Cazenove, Sonny Chiba, Fred Dalton Thompson, Mitch Ryan, J.E. Freeman, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Rob Estes, Tom Bower, Phill Lewis, Juan Fernandez, Inez Perez
In this, the third of the series, our hero, Colonel Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gossett Jr.), is back. This time around, Chappy gets a group of World War II veterans together to fight a drug cartel in South America. They even use World War II planes but with updated weapons.
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Fanny 1961  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz, Salvatore Baccaloni, Lionel Jeffries, Victor Francen, Georgette Anys, Raymond Bussieres, Joel Flateau, Paul Bonifas
Fanny (Leslie Caron) is the young love interest of Marius (Charles Boyer), but this couple must make life-changing decisions about whether or not to spend their lives together. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Actor (Boyer).
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Faraway, So Close! 1993 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Solveig Dommartin, Nastassja Kinski, Willem Dafoe, Roberto Benigni, Horst Buchholz
In this remake/sequel to Wenders' classic "Wings of Desire," the angels still hover over Berlin and bring their kind of magic to the people in a now-unified Germany. Mikhail Gorbachev, the ex-Soviet head, makes a cameo appearance with philosophical comments. A pretty good follow-up to the original.
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 Life Is Beautiful 1997  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Guistino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz, Claudio Alfonsi, Giuliana Lojodice, Amerigo Fontani, Pietro De Silva
On the eve of World War II, Jewish waiter Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) marries Tuscan schoolteacher Dora (Nicoletta Braschi). During the war, the couple is sent to concentration camps–Guido and their young son to one camp, Dora to another. Academy Awards were received for Best Foreign Film, Best Actor (the first foreign language winner for an actor) and Best Original Musical Score. The four additional nominations included Best Picture and Director for this WWII comedy/drama.
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 The Magnificent Seven 1960  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter, Vladimir Sokoloff, Whit Bissell, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Rosenda Monteros, Rico Alaniz, Natividad Vacio, Pepe Hern
Citizens of a Mexican farming town are threatened by bandito Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his gang who steal their harvests. The desperate townsfolk find seven American gunmen, led by Chris (Yul Brynner), to protect them. Chris and his gunmen (Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn, and Brad Dexter) teach the villagers the art of defense, but more than a few problems arise when Calvera and his gang return to town. 1 User Review
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One, Two, Three 1961 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Howard St. John, Red Buttons, Leon Askin, Peter Capell, Henning Schluter
Capitalism vs. Communism is the theme of this comedy involving a Coca Cola executive (James Cagney) working in West Berlin and his rise to the top. His best-laid plans go awry when the daughter (Pamela Tiffin) of his boss (Howard St. John) steps into his life with plans to marry a Communist hippie (Horst Buchholz).
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Raid on Entebbe 1977 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Jack Warden, Yaphet Kotto, Dinah Manoff, James Woods, Sylvia Sidney
This film is about the Israeli raid on July 4, 1976, to free Jewish hostages being held in Uganda.
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 Sahara 1983  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Brooke Shields, John Mills, Lambert Wilson, Steve Forrest, Horst Buchholz, John Rhys-Davies, Perry Lang, Ronald Lacey, Cliff Potts, Ya'ackov Ben-Sira
A young heiress (Brooke Shields) promises her dying father that she will drive his newly designed car in the 1927 endurance race (the world's most treacherous auto race) across the Sahara Desert. While crossing the desert, she is captured and falls in love with an Arab Sheik (Lambert Wilson). A terrible take-off on "The Perils of Pauline."
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Touch and Die 1991 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Piernico Solinas
Cast: Martin Sheen, Renee Estevez, David Birney, Franco Nero, Veronique Jannot, Horst Buchholz, Jacques Perrin, Paolo Bonacelli, Kent Broadhurst, Luca Venantini
Martin Sheen is an American news chief in Rome who starts to investigate when bodies are found around Europe with their hands cut off. He uncovers a plutonium theft scheme as well as political nuclear arms deals. It's all very confusing and not worth the time or effort to try to figure it out.
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| 1. Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
aka: Iron Eagle III: Aces
aka: Iron Eagle 3: Aces
2. Avalanche Express (1979)
3. The Empty Canvas (1964)
4. Fanny (1961)
5. Faraway, So Close! (1993)
6. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
7. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
8. One, Two, Three (1961)
9. Raid on Entebbe (1977)
10. Sahara (1983)
11. Touch and Die (1991)
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