Blaze 1989  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting, Richard Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Robert Wuhl, Eloy Casados
In the 1950s, Gov. Earl Long (Paul Newman) ruled the roost in Louisiana. This is the story of his involvement in back-room politics and his love affair with strip-teaser Blaze Starr (Lolita Davidovich).
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The Firm 1993 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) moves his schoolteacher wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to Memphis after his graduation from Harvard Law School. His choice of the prestigious, but small, law firm in Memphis turns out to be an unwise choice as Mitch begins to suspect that the firm is involved in murder and the mob. Based on John Grisham's novel.
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Head Over Heels 1979  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Chilly Scenes of Winter
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, Nora Heflin, Jerry Hardin, Frances Bay, Griffin Dunne
Based on Ann Beattie's novel, this is a love story about Laura (Mary Beth Hurt) who is estranged from her husband when ex-boyfriend Charles (John Heard) becomes obsessed with winning her back.
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Heartbreakers 1984 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth
Cast: Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail, James Laurenson, Carol Wayne, Jamie Rose, Kathryn Harrold, George Morfogen, Jerry Hardin
Arthur Blue (Peter Coyote) and Eli Kahn (Nick Mancuso) are middle-aged bachelors whose friendship becomes strained when they both fall in love with Liliane (Carole Laure).
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Honkytonk Man 1982  PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire, Alexa Kenin, Verna Bloom, Barry Corbin, Matt Clark, Jerry Hardin, Tim Thomerson, Macon McCalman, Joe Regalbuto, Gary Grubbs, Linda Hopkins
Red Stoval (Clint Eastwood) is a tubercular alcoholic who travels to Nashville to sing at the Grand Ole Opry. Along for the ride is Red's nephew Whit (Kyle Eastwood) who serves as his uncle's protector. Red's Grandpa (John McIntire) and aspiring singer Marlene (Alexa Kenin) also join them on the interesting trek. Clint Eastwood's son Kyle makes his acting debut in this film, and he IS good.
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Mass Appeal 1984 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham, Talia Balsam, James Ray, Alice Hirson, Helene Heigh, Jerry Hardin, Gloria Stuart
An idealistic seminarian, Mark Dolson (Zeljko Ivanek), does not listen to the advice of Father Farley (Jack Lemmon) and delivers a sermon that is spurned by the parishioners. This brings on concern by church officials that Dolson will not make it as a good priest, but Father Farley comes to his aid. From a Broadway play.
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 Missing 1982 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule, Charles Cioffi, Jerry Hardin, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto, Keith Szarabajka, John Doolittle, Ward Costello, Hansford Rowe
This fine drama concerns a family's frantic search for journalist Charles Horman (John Shea) who disappeared during a coup in Chile. Jack Lemmon plays the father who teams up with his daughter-in-law (Sissy Spacek) in an attempt to uncover the truth in a very tense situation. The film received an Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for three others: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress.
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 Mitchell 1975  R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans, Merlin Olsen, Morgan Paull, Harold J. Stone, Robert Phillips, Jerry Hardin, Sidney Clute
Action abounds as tough cop Mitchell (Joe Don Baker) closes in on a drug-ring operation. A weak effort.
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 A Streetcar Named Desire 1995 TV, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Patricia Herd, Rondi Reed, Frederick Coffin, Carlos Gomez, Matt Keeslar, Jerry Hardin, Tina Lifford, Carmen Zapata
In this made-for-TV version of Tennessee Williams' classic story, Jessica Lange performs as the Mississippi Southern belle, Blanch DuBois, who visits her pregnant sister Stella (Diane Lane) and Stella's husband Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin) in their run-down French Quarter apartment in New Orleans. Although Blanche appears to be a refined woman, Stanley learns there is more to her than meets the eye and sabotages her romance with his friend Mitch (John Goodman). Alec Baldwin and Lange repeated their Broadway roles in this film.
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Tempest 1982 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raul Julia, Molly Ringwald, Sam Robards, Paul Stewart, Anthony Holland, Jackie Gayle, Jerry Hardin, Lucianne Buchanan, Vassilis Glezakos, Sergio Nicolai, Luigi Laezza
This update of Shakespeare's play features John Cassavetes as New York architect Phillip Dimitrius who leaves his wife, Antonia (Gena Rowlands), and travels to Greece with their daughter Miranda (Molly Ringwald). Phillip meets Greek singer Aretha (Susan Sarandon), and she becomes his lover. Phillip, Aretha, and Miranda fly to a Greek island where all goes well–until Antonia and her friends are shipwrecked and end up marooned on the same island.
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 Thunder Road 1958 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Arthur Ripley
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, Keely Smith, James Mitchum, Trevor Bardette, Jerry Hardin, Mitch Ryan, Peter Breck, Sandra Knight
Written by Robert Mitchum, this is an entertaining story about bootleggers and revenuers in the hills of Kentucky. Mitchum's son, James, made his debut in this film.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive 1987 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Gary Sherman
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Susan McDonald, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk
In this updated version of the popular TV show, Rutger Hauer plays the grandson of the TV hero played by Steve McQueen in the show, "Wanted Dead or Alive." When international terrorists begin their bloody work in the United States, Nick Randall (Hauer) is called into action.
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Warning Sign 1985  R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hal Barwood
Cast: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Dysart, G.W. Bailey, Jerry Hardin, Rick Rossovich, Cynthia Carle, Scott Paulin
When deadly microbes are accidentally spilled at a research lab, the security system activates–locking scientists inside. Now they must fend for themselves.
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| 1. Blaze (1989)
2. Cujo (1983)
3. The Firm (1993)
4. Head Over Heels (1979)
aka: Chilly Scenes of Winter
5. Heartbreakers (1984)
6. Heartland (1979)
7. Honkytonk Man (1982)
8. The Hot Spot (1990)
9. Mass Appeal (1984)
10. Missing (1982)
11. Mitchell (1975)
12. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
13. Tempest (1982)
14. Thunder Road (1958)
15. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
16. Warning Sign (1985)
17. Wolf Lake (1978)
aka: The Honor Guard
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