His Most Serene Highness 2000  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Felipe Cazals
Cast: Alejandro Parodi, Ana Bertha Espin, Rodolfo Arias, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Blanca Guerra, Isaura Espinoza, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Salvador Sanchez, Abel Woolrich
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Alejandro Parodi) won the Battle of the Alamo, but his delay cost Mexico the War of Texas Independence, and the U.S. gained great expanses of land. Santa Anna was exiled but later allowed to return to Mexico. The final three days in his life are the focus of this historical drama.
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Salvador 1986 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, John Doe, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernandez, Salvador Sanchez
Richard Boyle (James Woods) is a down-on-his-luck photojournalist who joins his disc-jockey friend Dr. Rock (Jim Belushi) on a car trip to El Salvador in 1980 to cover the war. Boyle forms uneasy alliances with both the guerillas and the right-wing military and realizes that the U.S. press is not adequately reporting the situation. Meanwhile, Boyle falls in love with a Salvadorian, Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), and must find the means to get her out of the country alive. This is based on a true story and conveys the excitement of the time. Woods was nominated for an Oscar.
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Who'll Stop the Rain? 1978  R, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dog Soldiers
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Mazur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, David Opatoshu, Charles Haid, Joaquin Martinez, Timothy Blake, James Cranna, Jean Howell, Shelby Balik, Jose Carlos Ruiz
Based on Robert Stone's award-winning novel "Dog Soldiers," this story begins with Marine Corps combat veteran John Converse (Michael Moriarty) returning to Vietnam as a journalist and deciding to smuggle heroin into the United States. Merchant Marine sailor Ray Hicks (Nick Nolte) delivers the drugs to John's wife Marge (Tuesday Weld) in California, but then thugs–Smitty and Danskin (Ray Sharkey and Richard Mazur)–steal the drugs. It isn't long before Ray and Marge are on the lam–with crooked narcotics agent Antheil (Anthony Zerbe) close behind.
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| 1. His Most Serene Highness (2000)
2. Salvador (1986)
3. Who'll Stop the Rain? (1978)
aka: Dog Soldiers
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