The Assistant 1997 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie Cast: Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, Kate Greenhouse, Jaimz Woolvett, Dick Callahan, Frank Moore, Alon Nashman, Tony Mohamed, Darlene Mignacco
Jobs are hard to find in the early 1900s, and Frank (Gil Bellows) finds a job working in a Jewish immigrant's store. Frank hooks up with a petty thief who robs the store, and now Frank feels responsible and agrees to help the store owner. In the process, love blossoms. Based on Bernard Malamud's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the film doesn't do the story justice.
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Love Comes Softly 2003 PG, 84 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Landon Jr. Cast: Katherine Heigl, Dale Midkiff, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Corbin Bernsen, Theresa Russell, Oliver Macready, David Fine, Rutanya Alda, Jaimz Woolvett, Tiffany Knight
Marty (Katherine Heigl) and Aaron (Oliver Macready) traveled by covered wagon in the 1800s to build a home in the West. But after Aaron dies suddenly, Marty goes to live with widower Clark (Dale Midkiff) and his daughter, Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak) in a marriage of convenience that develops into love.
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The Pathfinder 1996 PG-13, 94 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Donald Shebib Cast: Kevin Dillon, Graham Greene, Laurie Holden, Stacy Keach, Russell Means, Jaimz Woolvett, Christian Laurin, Charlotte Sullivan, Charles Edwin Powell, Ralph Kussmann
This film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel stars Kevin Dillon as Pathfinder who, with help from his adoptive father Chingachgook (Graham Greene) and beautiful colonist Mabel (Laurie Holden), breaks into a fort occupied by the French during the French and Indian War.
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Rites of Passage 1999 PG-13, 94 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Salva Cast: Dean Stockwell, James Remar, Jason Behr, Robert Glen Keith, Jaimz Woolvett, Joseph Kell, Thomas G. Waites, Rondell Sheridan, Marianna Elliott, Brenda James
After D.J. (Robert Glen Keith) catches his father, Del (Dean Stockwell), with a mistress, father and son decide to go their cabin to talk it out. Upon arrival, D.J.'s estranged brother, Campbell (Jason Behr), is already there. It has been some time since Del had seen the gay son after past confrontations, but Campbell joins in the discussion. When two convicts show up, one of whom knows Campbell things are really get dicey.
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Tail Lights Fade 1999 R, 87 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Ingram Cast: Denise Richards, Breckin Meyer, Jake Busey, Tanya Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Jaimz Woolvett, Lisa Marie, Chris Hagel, Ben Derrick, Doug Hardwick
Two couples race across Canada after Angie's (Tanya Allen) brother has been busted for marijuana. Since he had a big stash and Angie knows where it is, the racers intend beat to others to it. The trip brings out the best and worst of the foursome.
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Unforgiven 1992 R, 130 min. Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Shane Meier, Jaimz Woolvett, Anna Levine, David Mucci, Tara Frederick, Liisa Repo-Martell, Beverley Elliott
In 1880s' Wyoming, William Munny (Clint Eastwood) is a former outlaw who has switched to the side of the law after marriage, but now his wife has died. In the nearby town of Big Whiskey, Sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) has denied legal rights to the town's prostitutes, and they have put a $1000 bounty on the sheriff's life. The Schofield Kid ((Jaimz Woolvett) arrives on the scene and convinces Munny to come to the prostitute's aid and collect the bounty money. Munny joins up with his neighbor Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), and they head to Big Whiskey to right the wrongs done to the prostitutes and end the rule of the corrupt sheriff. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Clint Eastwood won for Best Director, and Gene Hackman won for Best Supporting Actor. Eastwood was also nominated for Best Actor.
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| 1. The Assistant (1997)
2. Love Comes Softly (2003)
3. The Pathfinder (1996)
4. Rites of Passage (1999)
5. Tail Lights Fade (1999)
6. Unforgiven (1992)
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