Elmer Gantry 1960  N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Patti Page, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Joe Maross, Philip Ober, Barry Kelley
Like some present-day evangelists, Elmer Gantry's personal life is not what he preaches. Also like today, his affairs lead to tragic ends. Jean Simmons is excellent as Sister Sharon. Burt Lancaster took Best Actor honors at the Academy Awards and Shirley Jones walked away with an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. An Oscar was also presented for Best Writing, and the film was nominated for Best Picture and Music.
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Rich and Famous 1981  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Steven Hill, Meg Ryan, Michael Brandon, Daniel Faraldo, Nicole Eggert, Joe Maross
This remake of "Old Acquaintance" is George Cukor's last film. Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) and best friend Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) live life to the fullest as authors who enjoy romantic entanglements. Now, after 22 years, they both reach crises that leave them wiser about the important things in life.
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Run Silent, Run Deep 1958  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Nick Cravat, Joe Maross, Don Rickles, Rudy Bond, H.M. Wynant, John Bryant
This fascinating war movie pits psychological stress of the assignment to torpedo a World War II Japanese cruiser against additional stress in the relationship of submarine commander (Clark Gable) and his executive officer (Burt Lancaster).
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Sometimes a Great Notion 1971   PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Never Give an Inch
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Cliff Potts, Linda Lawson, Joe Maross, Lee de Broux, Roy Poole
An Oregon logging family, the Stampers, suffer personal tragedy through the accidental deaths of two members while refusing to go along with a labor strike. Richard Jaeckel was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in this film. The drowning scene in which Jaeckel dies is a movie highlight. 1 User Review
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| | good 12/23/2007 | | This was one of my all time FAVORITE movies! I would love to be able to purchase it on DVD. |
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Zigzag 1970   PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: False Witness
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, Joe Maross, Dana Elcar, Walter Brooke, Anita O'Day, Joan Tompkins
Dying of a brain tumor, Paul Cameron (George Kennedy) frames himself for a murder so that his family will get the reward money. After he collapses at the trial, laser surgery on his tumor is performed and he is cured. Now Paul must find the real murderer in order to clear himself.
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| 1. Elmer Gantry (1960)
2. Rich and Famous (1981)
3. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
4. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
aka: Never Give an Inch
5. Zigzag (1970)
aka: False Witness
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