Brewster McCloud 1970  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman, Michael Murphy, William Windom, Shelley Duvall, Rene Auberjonois, Stacy Keach, John Schuck, Margaret Hamilton, Bert Remsen
This is a very offbeat story about a young boy, Brewster, who dreams of constructing bird's wings and flying through the Houston Astrodome.
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Markinson, John Schuck, Peter Linari
North Coast Casualty and Fidelity Insurance Company investigator C.W. Briggs (Woody Allen) and his nemesis, Betty Ann "Fitz" Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt), are hypnotized by Voltan (David Ogden Stiers) who gives them the post-hypnotic suggestions to fall in love and for C.W. to rob the houses he has burglar proofed.
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 Demon Knight 1995  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight
Director: Gilbert Adler, Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast: Billy Zane, William Sadler, John Kassir, Jada Pinkett Smith, Brenda Bakke, CCH Pounder, Dick Miller, Thomas Haden Church, John Schuck, Gary Farmer
Based on the HBO series, this is a poor try at bringing the series to movie status. Brayker (William Sadler), the long-lived warrior who fights evil, is on the run from the Collector (Billy Zane) who intends to send the universe into Chaos.
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Finders Keepers 1984  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Beverly D'Angelo, Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Ed Lauter, David Wayne, Brian Dennehy, Jack Riley, John Schuck, Jim Carrey
Georgiana Latimer (Pamela Stephenson) and Josef Sirola (Ed Lauter) steal $5 million from her father and, through a set of bizarre circumstances, manage to get the money and themselves aboard a transcontinental train. Also along for the ride is a scam artist, Michael Rangeloff (Michael O'Keefe), who unknowingly is escorting the money inside a coffin. All three are in for some surprises.
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Hammersmith Is Out 1972 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, George Raft, Leon Askin, John Schuck
Hammersmith (Richard Burton) is a maniac who escapes from his asylum with the help of nurse Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges). Together, they raise havoc, but they manage to create joy in the lives of those they meet.
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Holy Matrimony 1994 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tate Donovan, John Schuck, Lois Smith, Courtney B. Vance, Jeffrey Nordling, Richard Riehle, Mary Pat Gleason, Alaine Byrne, Frank Novak
On the lam after stealing the receipts from her boss, Havana (Patricia Arquette) and boyfriend Peter (Tate Donovan) head to Canada and Peter's boyhood home with a religious sect. Though the commune leaders don't care much for Havana, she and Peter marry to satisfy the leaders. Peter is soon killed in an auto accident, and, according to the commune's laws, Havana must marry her husband's brother, 12-year-old Ezekiel (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Matters continue to go downhill as Havana searches for the loot while Ezekiel knows its location, and the FBI agent on her trail also looks for it.
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Antony Holland, Corey Fischer, Hugh Millais, Wayne Robson, Wayne Grace, Jackie Crossland
Set in the Old West, this is the story of John Q. McCabe (Warren Beatty), a not-very-bright hustler who sets out to make a success out of a whorehouse in the Pacific Northwest. The much brighter Constance Miller (Julie Christie), a professional madam, lends her expertise to the project and assures its success. When a buy-out is offered, John and Constance experience differences of opinion. Christie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.
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Outrageous Fortune 1987 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, John Schuck, George Carlin, Anthony Heald, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Christopher McDonald
Two aspiring actresses (Bette Midler and Shelley Long) chase after the same boyfriend. This, in turn, leads them into involvement with the CIA.
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Pontiac Moon 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ryan Todd, Eric Schweig, Cathy Moriarty, Max Gail, Lisa Jane Persky, J.C. Quinn, John Schuck, Don Swayze, Gene Borkan, Ron Burke, Frank Carl Fisher Jr., Suzanne Ircha, Ramsey Ellis
Leaving his agoraphobic wife, Katherine (Mary Steenburgen), at home, absent-minded professor Washington Bellamy (Ted Danson) hatches a plan to support son Andy's (Eric Schweig) interest in space: on the eve of Neil Armstrong's landing on the Moon, they will embark on a road trip that will take the same time as space travel from Earth to the Moon. Thus begins their symbolic adventure from California to Idaho. Meanwhile, Katherine senses that her family needs her and ventures from the security of home to join Washington and Andy.
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Project: ALF 1996 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Martin Sheen, Scott Michael Campbell, William O'Leary, Miguel Ferrer, Ed Begley Jr., Jensen Daggett, Ray Walston, Charles Robinson, Beverly Archer, John Schuck, Erick Avari, Markus Redmond
This made-for-TV film picks up where the TV series ended. Our alien buddy, ALF, is in the hands of the Alien Task Force. Now it's time to destroy him, keep him hidden and continue experimentation, or let the world know about him. Sympathetic task force members free him, and the adventures continue on the road to freedom.
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Second Sight 1989  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Bess Armstrong, Stuart Pankin, John Schuck, James Tolkan, William Prince, Michael Lombard, Christine Estabrook, Marisol Massey
John Larroquette plays a detective who uses a mystic (Bronson Pinchot) for insight in his cases.
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Thieves Like Us 1974 R, 123 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher, Ann Latham, Tom Skerritt, Joan Tewkesbury, Al Scott, John Roper
In Robert Altman's remake of "They Live By Night," three convicts (Keith Carradine, John Schuck, and Bert Remsen) escape from their 1930s' Midwestern prison camp and embark on a crime spree.
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| 1. Brewster McCloud (1970)
2. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
3. Demon Knight (1995)
aka: Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight
4. Finders Keepers (1984)
5. Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
6. Holy Matrimony (1994)
7. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
8. Outrageous Fortune (1987)
9. Pontiac Moon (1994)
10. Project: ALF (1996)
11. Second Sight (1989)
12. Thieves Like Us (1974)
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