The Boy in Blue 1986  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, David Naughton, Sean Sullivan, Melody Anderson, James B. Douglas, Walter Massey, Austin Willis, Philip Craig, Robert McCormick, Tim Weber
Ned (Nicolas Cage) is a Canadian oarsman in the 1870s who revolutionizes the sport of rowing and becomes a national hero in the process.
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The Changeling 1979  R, 113 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh, Barry Morse, James B. Douglas, Eric Christmas, Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Behrens, Madeleine Sherwood, Helen Burns, Frances Hyland, Ruth Springfield, J. Kenneth Campbell
After music professor John Russell (George C. Scott) moves into a mansion in Seattle, he realizes that his new home is haunted. Working with Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), John figures out that the haunting comes from the ghost of a murdered boy whose father wanted to collect on his life insurance policy. When the father realized that he could not collect on the boy's insurance, the father substituted another boy for his son, and now the "changeling"–wealthy Joseph Carmichael–believes that John is finding information about his past and could blackmail him.
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1962  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Ed Begley, Shirley Knight, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Corey Allen, Dub Taylor, Madeleine Sherwood, Philip Abbott, Barry Cahill, Barry Atwater, Charles Arnt, James B. Douglas
This is an excellent version of Tennessee Williams' hit play in which Geraldine Page and Paul Newman recreate their Broadway roles. The story is about has-been film star Alexandra Del Lago (Page) and her young lover Chance Wayne (Newman) who is looking for fame and fortune. They visit Chance's hometown where the corrupt politician Boss Finley (Ed Begley) rules. Finley's daughter Heavenly (Shirley Knight) wants to reunite with Chance, but Finley and his son (Rip Torn) will stop at nothing to prevent that from happening. Geraldine Page: "My checkout time in any hotel in the world is when I–is when I want to check out." Ed Begley received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Geraldine Page and Sandra Knight were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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| 1. The Boy in Blue (1986)
2. The Changeling (1979)
3. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
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