The Accused 1988  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin, Leo Rossi, Tom(2) O'Brien, Peter Van Norden, Terry David Mulligan, Woody Brown, Scott Paulin, Tom Heaton, Kim Kondrashoff, Stephen E. Miller
Jodie Foster (in her Best Actress Oscar performance) takes the role of Sarah Tobias who is gang-raped in a crowded bar. The case goes to court where District Attorney Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) agrees to a plea bargain and tries to show that Sarah was on drugs at the time of the rape and acted provocatively. Now, Sarah must contend with the humiliation of her questionable past being paraded in a courtroom. Powerful and moving.
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Bad Girls 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, James Russo, James LeGros, Robert Loggia, Dermot Mulroney, Cooper Huckabee
This is a modern Western in which four women (Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, and Drew Barrymore) are forced into living lives outside the law in order to survive.
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Brokedown Palace 1999  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Daniel Lapaine, Jacqueline Kim, Lou Diamond Phillips, Tom Amandes, Aimee Graham, John Doe
When teenage tourists–Alice Morano (Claire Danes) and Darlene Davis (Kate Beckinsale)–visiting Thailand are arrested for drug smuggling and sentenced to 33 years in prison, they call on an American expatriate lawyer, "Yankee Hank" (Bill Pullman), for help.
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Heart Like a Wheel 1983  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Leo Rossi, Hoyt Axton, Bill McKinney, Dean Paul Martin, Dick Miller, Anthony Edwards, Paul Bartel, Ellen Geer
The National Hot Rod Association was for men only until Shirley Muldowney earned the right to compete big time. This is her story.
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In Cold Blood 1996 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Eric Roberts, Sam Neill, Kevin Tighe, Gillian Barber, Margot Finley, Robbie Bowen, Bethel Leslie, Gwen Verdon, Leo Rossi, Troy Evans, L.Q. Jones
This made-for-TV remake of the 1967 near-classic retells the story of a pair of killers (Anthony Edwards and Eric Roberts) who murder a farm family for the money; the plan includes leaving no witnesses.
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Love Field 1992 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert, Stephanie McFadden, Brian Kerwin, Louise Latham, Peggy Rea, Beth Grant, Cooper Huckabee, Troy Evans, Johnny Ray McGhee, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Pearl Jones, Janell McLeod, Rhoda Griffis, Bob Gill
Lurene (Michelle Pfeiffer) is a Dallas housewife who is enamored with Jacqueline Kennedy. Following the assassination of J.F.K., Lurene takes off on a bus to attend the funeral and befriends Paul Cater (Dennis Haysbert) and his daughter Jonell (Stephanie McFadden) along the way. Michelle received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress.
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Mr. Billion 1977 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens, William Redfield, Chill Wills, Dick Miller, R.G. Armstrong, Kate Heflin, David S. Cass Sr., Johnny Ray McGhee, Sam Laws, Leo Rossi, Bob Minor, Bob Herron
Auto mechanic Guido Falcone (Terence Hill) inherits his uncle's billion-dollar estate, and Guido must be in San Francisco within 20 days to claim it. But, kidnappers and the corporation's president, John Cutter (Jackie Gleason), have other plans for Guido.
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Night Call Nurses 1972 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Patty Byrne, Alana Stewart, Mittie Lawrence, Clint Kimbrough, Felton Perry, Stack Pierce, Richard Young, Dick Miller, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Law
Roger Corman brings out a new director in this third of four "Nurse" films. Three attractive nurses cope with the night shift, including a killer, in a psychiatric ward. Highlighted by poor acting, with some comedy, sex, horror, and even more sex thrown in.
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Project X 1987 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler, Johnny Ray McGhee, Jonathan Stark, Robin Gammell, Stephen Lang, Marvin J. McIntyre, Jean Smart, Dick Miller
An Air Force noncom (Matthew Broderick) is working with a secret experiment using chimpanzees in flight simulators.
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The Student Teachers 1973 R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Susan Damante-Shaw, Brooke Mills, Brenda Sutton, Nora Heflin, Dick Miller, Chuck Norris, Charles Dierkop, Johnny Ray McGhee, Bob Harris, John Kramer
The 60's culture of drugs, sex, and Rock and Roll are depicted in this film on the day-to-day happenings at a high school. A sequel, "Summer School Teachers," followed.
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Truck Turner 1974 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase, Nichelle Nichols, Sam Laws, Paul Harris, Charles Cyphers, Scatman Crothers, Dick Miller, John Kramer, Bob Harris, Jac Emil, Stan Shaw, Wendell Tucker
Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes), a former football star, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down an evil pimp. Truck kills the pimp in self defense, which incurs the wrath of the pimp's woman (Nichelle Nichols). She hires the ruthless hit man Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto) and his gang of killers to exact revenge on Truck. Standard "blaxpoitation" with musical score by–you guessed it–Isaac Hayes.
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Unlawful Entry 1992 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe, Roger E. Mosley, Carmen Argenziano, Andy Romano, Ken Lerner, Johnny Ray McGhee, Tony Longo, Dick Miller, Deborah Offner, Dino Anello, Sonny Carl Davis, Harry Northup, Sherrie Rose
After finding a burglar in their suburban L.A. home, Michael and Karen Carr (Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe) welcome a police investigation. The investigating police officer, Pete Davis (Ray Liotta), makes friends with Michael and Karen and helps them install a home alarm system, but he turns out to be a psychopath who zeroes in on Karen and tries to destroy Michael's life.
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| 1. The Accused (1988)
2. Bad Girls (1994)
3. Brokedown Palace (1999)
4. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
5. Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
6. Immediate Family (1989)
7. In Cold Blood (1996)
8. Love Field (1992)
9. Mr. Billion (1977)
10. Night Call Nurses (1972)
11. Over the Edge (1979)
12. Project X (1987)
13. The Student Teachers (1973)
14. Truck Turner (1974)
15. Unlawful Entry (1992)
16. White Line Fever (1975)
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