The Amateur 1981  R, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, Ed Lauter, Graham Jarvis, John Marley, George Coe, Jan Rubes
CIA computer expert Charles Heller (John Savage) goes behind the Iron Curtain to investigate his wife's murder in this spy thriller.
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The Amityville Curse 1990  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Berry
Cast: Kim Coates, Dawna Wightman, Helen Hughes, David Stein, Anthony Dean Rubes, Cassandra Gava, Jan Rubes, Norris Domingue, Mark Camacho, Tyrone Benskin
There is still money to be made from "Amityville," so these films just keep on coming. In this direct-to-video effort, three couples buy the great old place, and the fun begins.
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Class Action 1991  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Gene Hackman, Colin Friels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joanna Merlin, Laurence Fishburne, Donald Moffat, Jan Rubes, Matt Clark, Fred Dalton Thompson, Jonathan Silverman
A lawyer (Gene Hackman) files a suit on behalf of his clients against an automobile manufacturer and finds that his own daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is the lawyer representing the auto company.
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Courage Mountain 1989   PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Christopher Leitch
Cast: Juliette Cabon, Joanna Clarke, Nicola Stapleton, Charlie Sheen, Jan Rubes, Leslie Caron, Laura Betti, Yorgo Voyagis, Urbano Barberini
In this update of Johanna Spyri's "Heidi," Heidi (Juliette Cabon) is sent to a boarding school, and then war breaks out. With the help of a soldier (Charlie Sheen), she and her classmates escape over the Alps.
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D2: The Mighty Ducks 1994 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Sam Weisman
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Tucker, Jan Rubes, Carsten Norgaard, Maria Ellingsen, Joshua Jackson, Elden Henson, Shaun Weiss, Matt Doherty, Brandon Quintin Adams, Garette Ratliff Henson, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Larusso
Once again, the hockey team, coached by yuppie lawyer Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez), is up to the challenge. This time they will compete under the name of "Team USA" in the Junior Goodwill Games.
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Dead of Winter 1987 R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ, Mark Malone, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Michael Copeman, Sam Malkin, Pamela Moller
A young woman is given a job as a double for a film in which the star had a nervous breakdown. The woman gradually realizes she is involved in a cover-up and that the star has NOT had a nervous breakdown but rather has been MURDERED.
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Deceived 1991 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Damian Harris
Cast: Goldie Hawn, John Heard, Robin Bartlett, Ashley Peldon, Jan Rubes, Tom Irwin, Amy Wright, Kate Reid, Beatrice Straight
Adrienne (Goldie Hawn) has been married to Jack (John Heard) for six years when he is killed in a car accident. She then learns that the real Jack died years before, and she starts to investigate the startling facts.
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Descending Angel 1990 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Eric Roberts, George C. Scott, Diane Lane, Mark Margolis, Vyto Ruginis, Amy Aquino, Ken Jenkins, Elsa Raven, Richard Jenkins, Jan Rubes, Philip Akin, George Buza
Recently engaged Michael (Eric Roberts), while attempting to find out more about his future father-in-law (George C. Scott), uncovers the fact that he may have been a Nazi war criminal. Made for TV.
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The Experts 1989 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dave Thomas
Cast: John Travolta, Arye Gross, Kelly Preston, Charles Martin Smith, Deborah Foreman, James Keach, Jan Rubes, Rick Ducommun, Brian Doyle-Murray
A KGB agent kidnaps two New York City men-about-town and takes them to Russia where they find a secret progressive town. Then, the fun begins in this so-so farce.
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Flood: A River's Rampage 1997 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Pittman
Cast: Richard Thomas, Kate Vernon, Nigel Bennett, Jan Rubes, Gabriel Hogan, Mairon Bennett, Kristen Bone, Vince Corazza, Bill MacDonald, J. Winston Carroll
Based on the 1993 flooding of the Mississippi River, this is the fictionalized account of two people who bring their small town together to save it from the flood waters.
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The Incredible Journey 1963  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Emile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, Sandra Scott, Syme Jago, Marion Finlayson, Jan Rubes, Ronald Cohoon, Robert Christie, Rex Allen, Beth Lockerbie, Irena Mayeska
This Disney film is the story about two dogs–bull terrier Bodger and a yellow Labrador retriever Luath–and a Siamese cat Tao. The animals are spending time in Canada while their family spends the summer in England. The animals get homesick and begin an incredible 200 mile trek across Canada to get back to their home. This story was remade by Disney in 1993 as "Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey."
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Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples 1997 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Hunter, Lynne Littman
Cast: Dana Delany, Martin Donovan, Jan Rubes, Hugo Haenen, Tom Jansen, Linda Hamilton, Alfred Molina, Nicholas Kilbertus, Paulo Costanzo, Scott Speedman
Like the other entries in the "Rescuers" TV series, this episode features two stories. The first involves the Vos family's sheltering of a steady stream of Jews during World War II. The second story revolves around events in a school that has been turned into a refuge for Jewish children.
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Roommates 1995 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Jan Rubes, Ellen Burstyn, Frankie Faison, Ernie Sabella, John Cunningham
Although in his 70s, a grandfather (Peter Falk) refuses to allow his grandson to go to an orphanage and makes a commitment to raise him. The story follows their relationship through the following 30 years, including sharing a college fraternity house.
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Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Sto 1995 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes, Wendy Makkena, Susan Barnes, William Converse-Roberts, William Allen Young, Kevin McNulty, Vic Polizos, Molly Parker
Glen Close takes on the role of Margarethe Cammermeyer in this true story of Cammermeyer's legal fight to prevent the U.S. Army from discharging her when her status as a homosexual was revealed. Close won an Emmy for her role in this film, and costar Judy Davis also was awarded the Emmy for her depiction of Cammermeyer's lover, Diane.
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Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Richard Jenkins, Youki Kudoh, James Rebhorn, Max von Sydow, Sam Shepard, Rick Yune, Zeljko Ivanek, Jan Rubes
Flashbacks abound in this adaptation of David Guterson's novel about a 1950s courtroom drama in which a Japanese American, Kazuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune) is on trial for murder. A reporter, Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke), begins his own investigation and comes up with facts that neither the defense attorney (Max von Sydow) nor the prosecutor (James Rebhorn) are bringing out. But, Chambers' own World War II prejudices also stand in the way of the truth.
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 Witness 1985 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Danny Glover, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Brent Jennings, Frederick Rolf, John Garson, Beverly May, Ed Crowley
When an Amish mother Rachel Lapp (Kelly McGillis) is returning home from a trip, her young son Samuel (Lukas Haas) witnesses a brutal murder in a men's room. Police Captain John Book (Harrison Ford) is sent to the family home to protect the boy from the killers, and romance follows. The film won Academy Awards for Best Writing and Film Editing and received six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
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| 1. The Amateur (1981)
2. The Amityville Curse (1990)
3. Class Action (1991)
4. Courage Mountain (1989)
5. D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
6. Dead of Winter (1987)
7. Deceived (1991)
8. Descending Angel (1990)
9. The Experts (1989)
10. Flood: A River's Rampage (1997)
11. The Incredible Journey (1963)
12. One Magic Christmas (1985)
13. Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples (1997)
14. Roommates (1995)
15. Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Sto (1995)
16. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
17. Witness (1985)
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