Badlands 1973  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller / Romance
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Alan Vint, Gary Littlejohn, John Carter, Terrence Malick, Bryan Montgomery, Gail Threlkeld, Dona Baldwin, John Womack Jr., Ben Bravo, Charles Fitzpatrick, Howard Ragsdale
Based on the true story of a murderous odyssey, Sissy Spacek narrates this strange tale of a series of murders in the 1950s when schoolgirl Holly Sargis (Sissy Spacek) joins garbage collector Kit Carruthers (Martin Sheen) after he kills her father (Warren Oates). Bounty hunters find their hiding place, and Kit and Holly set off on a trail of violence through Montana as Holly witnesses Kit's senseless crimes and wonders just what her future will hold.
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Dynasty 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: James Michener's Dynasty
Director: Lee Philips
Cast: Stacy Keach, Harrison Ford, Amy Irving, Sarah Miles, Harris Yulin, Granville Van Dusen, Charles Weldon, Gerrit Graham, Stanley Clay, John Carter, Stephanie Faulkner, Ian Wolfe
Set in the early 1800s, this story covers deception and greed during 35 years in the lives of an Ohio pioneer family.
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Fatwa 2006 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Carter
Cast: Lauren Holly, Lacey Chabert, Angus Macfadyen, Mykelti Williamson, John Doman, Ryan Sands, Roger Guenveur Smith, Rachel Miner, Noa Tishby, Billy Warlock
Senator Maggie Davidson (Lauren Holly) takes a hard line on terrorism–to the extent that a terrorist group plans to kill her (and many more people) with the use of a "dirty" bomb at the Mall of America. When she becomes aware of the plan, Maggie must take action to avert the catastrophe.
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The Hoax 2007 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Eli Wallach, Julie Delpy, Stanley Tucci, Zeljko Ivanek, John Carter, Christopher Evan Welch, Peter McRobbie, David Aaron Baker, Michael J. Burg, Raul Julia
This film is based on the true story of writer Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) who almost pulled off a great media scam when he conned the publishing house of McGraw-Hill into believing that his 1971 "autobiography" of Howard Hughes was based on real interviews with Hughes. Irving used the fact that Hughes had made it a point to not be seen in public for the last 10 years, and he used tape-recorded "interviews" in which he played Hughes to back up his claims. 1 User Review
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| | the good, the bad and the silly | bill b. 05/15/2007 | Richard Gere as Clifford Irving almost steals the movie with the best acting job he's ever done, despite the disclaimer from Irving that his need for money in spawning the hoax was a hoax in itself apparently. Nevertheless, it is Oscar nom caliber, and the near theft of the film is prevented only by Alfred Molina as his all-too-willing grifting partner. The parts unstolen by Gere become Molina's propterty, and, incidentally, he comes off an off-Broadway role as a washed-up show-biz agent in "Howard Katz" as the titled character. It's quite a switch, but then Molina, show also did a turn as Tevye a few years ago, makes such transititions easy.
The bad, the women, not one of the three in the important roles comes across as a real person. Hope Davis as the McGraw-Hill exec comes closest. Eli Wallach is wasted. The rest of the cast is more than adequate.
The silly, making the claim that the hoax changed the course of history with the Nixon theory that Watergate was triggered by the Irving-Hughes connection is absolutely ludicrous.
Nevertheless, aa fun film. |
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Joe Kidd 1972  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, James Wainwright, Paul Koslo, Gregory Walcott, Dick Van Patten, Lynne Marta, Pepe Hern, Joaquin Martinez, John Carter, Ron Soble
After cheating Mexicans out of their land, rancher Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall) is forced to hire ex-bounty hunter Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) to take care of the rebelling victims, led by Luis Chama (John Saxon), who are fighting for land reform. At first, Kidd refuses to help, but after his own ranch is raided, he accepts Harlan's deal and rounds up Mexican hostages. One of the hostages is Helen Sanchez (Stella Garcia), and Kidd falls in love with her. Now there are more problems–including a shoot-out between Harlan and Kidd before Kidd and Stella can return to his ranch and live happily ever after.
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| 1. Badlands (1973)
2. Dynasty (1976)
aka: James Michener's Dynasty
3. Fatwa (2006)
4. The Hoax (2007)
5. Joe Kidd (1972)
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