Americathon 1979 PG, 86 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Neal Israel Cast: Harvey Korman, John Ritter, Nancy Morgan, Peter Riegert, Fred Willard, Zane Buzby, George Carlin, Chief Dan George, Howard Hesseman, Jay Leno
The premise for this 1979 film is that it is now 1998, and the U.S. government is broke and threatened from Native Americans AND Big Business.
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Collision Course 1989 PG, 98 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Teague Cast: Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Ernie Hudson, Chris Sarandon, Tom Noonan, John Hancock, Al Waxman, Danny Kamekona, Soon-Tek Oh, Randall "Tex" Cobb
Obnoxious Detective Tony Costas (Jay Leno) is assigned to work with Japanese Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo (Pat Morita), and the two search Detroit for the prototype of a revolutionary top-secret engine. In the process, they manage to work out differences and even end up capturing an underworld boss.
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Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 PG, 90 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Carlos Saldanha Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Queen Latifah, Will Arnett, Jay Leno, Chris Wedge, Peter Ackerman, Caitlin Rose Anderson, Connor Anderson, Joseph Bologna
A new migration begins for Sid the Sloth (voice of John Leguizamo), Manny the Mammoth (voice of Ray Romano), and Diego the Saber-toothed Tiger (voice of Denis Leary) when a warming trend threatens to melt Earth's glaciers, and the blended herd works together as they leave their old stomping ground in the search for safety.
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Igor 2008 PG, 87 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Anthony Leondis Cast: John Cusack, Myleene Klass, Robin Walsh, Matt McKenna, John Cleese, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Jess Harnell, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Coolidge, Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, Zoe Bright, Sophia Eraklis, A. Cheron Hall
In this animated spoof on horror shows, Igor (voice of John Cusack) is a hunchback slave who dreams of becoming a mad scientist. He sees his chance when his master, Dr. Glickenstein (voice of John Cleese), dies, and Igor enters the Evil Science Fair whose prize has been won year-after-year by Dr. Schadenfreude (voice of Eddie Izzard). With help from Brain (voice of Sean Hayes) and road-kill bunny Scamper (voice of Steve Buscemi), Igor makes his girl monster Eva (voice of Molly Walsh). But, Eva turns out to be anything but evil when Igor fails to activate her evil bone–and that is only the beginning of problems for Igor.
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John Q. 2002 PG-13, 115 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Nick Cassavetes Cast: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Kimberly Elise, Anne Heche, Eddie Griffin, Shawn Hatosy, Ray Liotta, Daniel E. Smith, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Obba Babatunde, Ron Annabelle, Ethan Suplee, Jay Leno, Larry King
John Quincy Archibald's (Denzel Washington) medical insurance will not cover a heart transplant. He seeks revenge and takes over the emergency room of a hospital that has refused a heart transplant for his 14-year-old son Mike (Daniel E. Smith). Hostage negotiators call on Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) to diffuse the situation.
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Meet Wally Sparks 1997 R, 105 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Baldwin Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Burt Reynolds, David Ogden Stiers, Cindy Williams, Debi Mazar, Mark L. Taylor, Tim Allen, Lesley-Anne Down, Jay Leno, Alan Rachins
Wally Sparks is a TV talk show host who is about to lose his advertisers because he is so raunchy. So, to change his image, he crashes the staid governor's mansion for an interview. Then he gets injured so must do the show from there. So then....and then... Well, actually, it's one raunchy joke after another, with Rodney, as Wally, doing his stand-up routines as if there weren't a plot. Some are very good and funny, some are tasteless trash. So, too, the movie.
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The Silver Bears 1977 PG, 113 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Passer Cast: Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, Stephane Audran, Tom Smothers, David Warner, Martin Balsam, Jay Leno, Charles Gray, Joss Ackland, Tony Mascia, Jeremy Clyde, Moustache
Filmed in Switzerland and Morocco, the story involves the efforts of Doc Fletcher (Michael Caine) to buy a bank, and he encounters assorted characters who will stop at nothing to strike it rich.
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Space Cowboys 2000 PG-13, 130 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, William Devane, Marcia Gay Harden, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, Rade Serbedzija, Blair Brown, Barbara Babcock, Jay Leno, Nils Allen Stewart, Deborah Jolly
Back in the 1950s, four young flying aces–Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Tank Sullivan (James Garner), and Jerry O'Neil (Donald Sutherland)–lost their chance to explore outer space due to politics associated with the creation of NASA. Now, 42 years later, they get a second chance: an emergency mission to steer a falling satellite back into orbit and, in the process, save the world. 1 User Review
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| | BRAD79 07/02/2009 | | THIS IS DEFINATELY ONE OF HIS TOP TEN MOVIES. WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE MORE WITH TOMMY LEE JONES. |
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1993 G, 72 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag Cast: John Goodman, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno, Julia Child, Martin Short, Kenneth Mars, Walter Cronkite, Felicity Kendal, Charles Fleischer, Yeardley Smith, Rene Le Vant, Larry King
Make an animated cartoon, combine Walter Cronkite, dinosaurs, and a circus of stars' voices (John Goodman, Jay Leno, Rhea Perlman, and Julia Child, etc.), and the result is a so-so movie. It could have been so much better, but will probably be enjoyed by children.
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| 1. American Hot Wax (1978)
2. Americathon (1979)
3. Collision Course (1989)
4. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
5. Igor (2008)
6. John Q. (2002)
7. Meet Wally Sparks (1997)
8. The Silver Bears (1977)
9. Space Cowboys (2000)
10. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
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