Back Roads 1981  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, Nell Carter, Barbara Babcock, Alex Colon, Lee de Broux, Ralph Seymour, Royce D. Applegate, Bruce M. Fischer, John Dennis Johnston
Amy Post (Sally Field) is a prostitute who teams up with unemployed boxer Elmore Pratt (Tommy Lee Jones). The two become traveling companions and leave their dead-end lives in Alabama. They hitchhike to California where they hope to better their lives–and along the trek, they find themselves attracted to each other.
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The Beast Within 1982 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, Don Gordon, R.G. Armstrong, Katherine Moffat, L.Q. Jones, Luke Askew, Logan Ramsey, John Dennis Johnston, Ron Soble, Meshach Taylor, Boyce Holleman, Malcolm McMillan, Natalie Nolan Howard
While on her honeymoon in Mississippi, Caroline (Bibi Besch) is raped by a hairy-legged creature. Eighteen years later, her son Michael (Paul Clemens) by that incident is acting strange, so he is taken back to Mississippi in hopes that his behavior has something to do with the rape. Well, wouldn't you know it–he turns into an insect-like creature and starts dismembering and eating people.
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The Executioner's Song 1982  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Jordan Clarke, Steven Keats, Richard Venture, Walter Olkewicz, Jenny Wright, Michael LeClair, Pat Corley, Mary Ethel Gregory, John Dennis Johnston, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien
Tommy Lee Jones takes on the role of convicted killer Gary Gilmore who was the first man executed in the USA after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The last nine months of Gilmore's life are the basis for this story. Gilmore is 35 years old when he is released from prison for armed robbery. He tries to go straight and fails. After killing two men during separate robberies, Gilmore is sentenced to death in Utah. Jones won the Emmy for his very believable performance as the villainous Gilmore.
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Firestarter 2: Rekindled 2002 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Iscove
Cast: Marguerite Moreau, Malcolm McDowell, Dennis Hopper, Danny Nucci, Skye McCole Bartusiak, John Dennis Johnston, Darnell Williams, Ron Perkins, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Dan Byrd
In this sequel to the 1984 Stephen King film, Charlie (Marguerite Moreau), the girl who can start fires with her mind and was exploited by the government, is now grown after having run away from the life she led. But she still would like to know more of her past, and Rainbird (Malcolm McDowell), who originally trained her, is searching for Charlie with another trained group of firestarters to complete his own agenda.
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Flesh & Blood 1985  R, 126 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Jack Thompson, Fernando Hilbeck, Ronald Lacey, Brion James, John Dennis Johnston, Simon Andreu, Bruno Kirby, Kitty Courbois
Disgruntled mercenaries seek revenge against a lord who forced them out of the city without their promised arms and loot in payment for services rendered.
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Heartwood 1998  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lanny Cotler
Cast: Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, Jason Robards, Randall Batinkoff, John Terry, John Dennis Johnston, Stanley DeSantis, Tantoo Cardinal, Tomas Arana, Muse Watson, Kai Lennox, Kevin Breznahan, Erin Beaux, Jenna Byrne
Sawmill owner Logan Reeser (Jason Robards) comes close to being forced into shutting down his mill when he refuses to strip the nearby forest of its redwood trees. Coming to the rescue is town outcast Frank Burris (Eddie Mills) who falls in love with the mill manager's (John Terry) daughter Sylvia (Hilary Swank). Then, while wandering in the forest, Frank finds gold along the riverbed and comes up with a plan to save the mill and the town as well.
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Into Thin Air 1985 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Robert Prosky, Sam Robards, Nicholas Pryor, John Dennis Johnston, Tate Donovan, Patricia Smith, Bill Calvert, J.P. Bumstead, Ebbe Roe Smith, Britt Leach, Dale Wilson
A teenager vanishes on a trip from Canada to Colorado, and his mother (Ellen Burstyn), frustrated with having little help from authorities, hires a retired detective (Robert Prosky). The two search for the truth about what happened. Based on a true story. Made for TV.
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Snide and Prejudice 2001 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Angus Macfadyen, Rene Auberjonois, T.C. Warner, Mena Suvari, Richard Moll, Brian McDermott, John Dennis Johnston, Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, Brion James, Jeffrey Combs, Richard Edson
Dr. Sam Cohen (Rene Auberjonois) has a unique treatment for his psychotic patients. One patient, Michael (Angus Macfadyen), thinks he is Hitler and has other patients believing they are Nazi followers. Dr. Cohen takes advantage of this as he encourages the patients to present a story of Hitler's life. A good cast but otherwise a plodding comedy/drama.
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| 1. Back Roads (1981)
2. The Beast Within (1982)
3. A Breed Apart (1984)
4. Communion (1989)
5. The Executioner's Song (1982)
6. Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002)
7. Flesh & Blood (1985)
8. Heartwood (1998)
9. In Pursuit of Honor (1995)
10. Into Thin Air (1985)
11. Pink Cadillac (1989)
12. Snide and Prejudice (2001)
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