The Amazing Spider-Man 1977  TV, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Spider-Man
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Nicholas Hammond, Thayer David, David White, Michael Pataki, Lisa Eilbacher, Jeff Donnell, Hilly Hicks, Dick Balduzzi, Ivor Francis, Barry Cutler, Robert Hastings, Carmelita Pope, Norman Rice, Len Lesser, Ivan Bonar
Based on the Marvel comics superhero, this film was the pilot for a TV series. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond) becomes super-strong and is able to climb vertical structures with ease, as well as perform other feats–just what one needs to become a super crime fighter. This being his daytime job, he works as a photographer for the newspaper by night. His major task at the moment is saving the world from a mad scientist who blackmails the city by threatening to unleash people programmed to blow themselves up.
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Animal Behavior 1989  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kjehl Rasmussen, H. Anne Riley
Cast: Karen Allen, Armand Assante, Holly Hunter, Josh Mostel, Richard Libertini, Alexa Kenin, Jon Shear, Nan Martin, Crystal Buda, Ivan Bonar
Campus romance purports to be alive and well in this bomb of a film (the director resorted to a pseudonym) about love that blooms between a music professor (Armand Assante) and an animal researcher (Karen Allen).
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The Haunting Passion 1983  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Korty
Cast: Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins, Ruth Nelson, Paul Rossilli, Ivan Bonar, Lisa Britt, Ocean Hellman, Terry David Mulligan, Tom Heaton
Dan (Gerald McRaney), a former football star who is starting a broadcasting career, and wife Julia (Jane Seymour) move into a remote house on a cliff. Jane starts having erotic dreams of a man, and it turns into an affair. But this is no ordinary man; he is a ghost. Now she must make a choice between the two men in her life.
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Project X 1968 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: William Castle
Cast: Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Harold Gould, Phillip Pine, Keye Luke, Ivan Bonar, Ed Prentiss
Off in the future, the secret agent has amnesia as well as the highly classified germ formula. Getting it from him is the goal.
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Same Time, Next Year 1978  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar, Bernie Kuby, Cosmo Sardo, David Northcutt, William Cantrell
In 1951, George (Alan Alda) and Doris (Ellen Burstyn) leave their mates and join each other at an inn in California after which they return to their homes. They continue their trysts every five years until 1977. This story reflects their personal changes over the 25 year period. George sees a psychiatrist, moves to California, and becomes a piano player. Doris' life also changes from a hippie lifestyle to that of a successful businesswoman. Without fail, every five years, they always appear on schedule and help each other through crises of life. Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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| 1. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
aka: Spider-Man
2. Animal Behavior (1989)
3. The Haunting Passion (1983)
4. Project X (1968)
5. Same Time, Next Year (1978)
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