Absence of Malice 1981  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Wilford Brimley, Luther Adler, Barry Primus, Josef Sommer, John Harkins
If you're looking for a good story, this is it. Over-eager news reporting and its victimization of innocents are exposed as a young reporter (Sally Field) has not yet learned the power of the press to harm as well as help. Tragedy results when pressure is put on an innocent warehouse owner (Paul Newman). Newman received an Oscar nomination (Best Actor) as did Melinda Dillon (Best Supporting Actress).
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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million $ Man and the Bionic Woman 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Alan J. Levi
Cast: Lindsay Wagner, Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Sandra Bullock, Robert Lansing, Josef Sommer, Lee Majors II, Jeff Yagher, Martin E. Brooks
This made-for-TV film, attempting to land a series, has some good action as the "old" and "young" bionic duos go after spies who threaten U.S.-Soviet relations.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Howard Brookner
Cast: Madonna, Randy Quaid, Julie Hagerty, Esai Morales, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Josef Sommer, Rutger Hauer, Tony Longo, Stephen McHattie, Alan Ruck, Dinah Manoff, Anita Morris, Tony Azito
Madonna stars in this musical devoted to Damon Runyon, which is based on four of his short stories. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels (Randy Quaid) sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense (Madonna) loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's (Julie Hagerty) parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Right" (Matt Dillon), who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" (Rutger Hauer) is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
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Chances Are 1989   PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald, Josef Sommer, Joe Grifasi, Henderson Forsythe, Susan Ruttan, Fran Ryan, Lester Lanin, Richard DeAngelis, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Jacquelyn Drake, Don Richards
Corinne (Cybill Shepherd) and Louie (Christopher McDonald) are married and live happily in Washington, D.C., until Louie is killed in a car accident leaving Corinne with a baby on the way. For the next 20 years, Louie's best friend Philip (Ryan O'Neal) serves as the surrogate father for Corinne's daughter Miranda (Mary Stuart Masterson). Meanwhile, Louie's soul is reincarnated in the body of Alex Finch (Robert Downey Jr.). Now, Alex and Miranda become involved romantically, and Alex's memory of his life as Louie comes back to him. Alex/Louie realizes that Miranda is the daughter he never met, and complications ensue after Alex sees Corinne for the first time and tries to woo her. 1 User Review
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| | Love anything Robert Downey, Jr. is in | Carole Ann 01/28/2007 | | But this one in particular. Everyone in it performs in a stellar style. Very enjoyable! Good message. Fun in every way! |
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Citizen Cohn 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders, Lee Grant, Frederic Forrest, Pat Hingle, John McMartin, Josef Sommer, Daniel Benzali
This made-for-HBO film tells the story of Roy Cohn (James Woods), Senator Joseph McCarthy's right-hand man and chief counsel during the 1950s. This was the time when McCarthy and Cohn promoted the "Red Scare" as they hunted down Communists. Cohn used this notoriety to his advantage in his career. Now, as he lies dying of AIDS, he reflects on his life.
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D.A.R.Y.L 1985 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp, Kathryn Walker, Josef Sommer, Ron Frazier, Steve Ryan, David Wohl, Barret Oliver, Danny Corkill, Ed Grady, Blain Fairman, Amy Linker, Tucker McGuire, Hardy Rawls
Daryl (Barret Oliver) is a boy with amnesia who is found by the side of the road. Because he doesn't know who his real parents are, he is placed with foster parents, Joyce and Andy Richardson (Mary Beth Hurt and Michael McKean), and gradually grows to like them. His name is an acronym, and he represents a secret government experiment (Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform), a clone combined with a computer. The G-men want him back, and Daryl wants to stay with his new family. A touching story, especially for kids.
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 Dirty Harry 1971 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon, Josef Sommer, Woodrow Parfrey, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Woodrow Parfrey, William Paterson, Maurice Argent
Clint Eastwood IS Dirty Harry, a San Francisco cop assigned to find a killer named Scorpio (Andrew Robinson). The problem is that Harry hates Scorpio so much that he violates his civil rights, and the system has to set the murderer free. When Scorpio hijacks a school bus, Dirty Harry is asked to carry the ransom. This time, he refuses and goes after Scorpio on his own.
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Don't Drink the Water 1994 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Woody Allen, Mayim Bialik, Julie Kavner, Dom DeLuise, Edward Herrmann, Josef Sommer, Rosemary Murphy, Austin Pendleton, Robert(2) Stanton, Ed Herlihy, Ed Van Nuys
This is the TV adaptation of Woody Allen's 1960s Broadway comedy of an American family–the Hollanders (Woody Allen, Mayim Bailik, and Julie Kavner)–on vacation that is accused of spying while behind the Iron Curtain in the early 1960s. They take refuge in the American Embassy that is being run by the absent ambassador's worthless son Axel McGee (Michael J. Fox). Dated situations but still with funny moments. Previously filmed in 1969.
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Dracula's Widow 1988  R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: Josef Sommer, Sylvia Kristel, Lenny von Dohlen, Stefan Schnabel, Marc Coppola, Rachel Jones, Duke Ernsberger, G.F. Rowe, Richard K. Olsen, Lucius Houghton, J. Michael Hunter, Traber Burns, Adrienne Stout
Dracula's widow Vanessa (Sylvia Kristel) is out for blood, and she slaughters those who stand in the way of her collection of the Count's remains.
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The Enemy Within 1994 TV, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Darby
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Sam Waterston, Dana Delany, Jason Robards, Josef Sommer, Lisa Summerour, Ray J, George Dzundza, Isabel Glasser, Dakin Matthews, William O'Leary, Rory J. Aylward, Lawrence Pressman
While serving with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colonel MacKenzie "Mac" Casey (Forest Whitaker) suspects that his senior officer, General R. Pendleton Lloyd (Jason Robards), is backed by millionaire businessmen in a plot to use the military to remove President William Foster (Sam Waterston) from office. There is not much time, but Casey uses all of his resources to stop the coup.
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The Family Man 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Makenzie Vega, Lisa Thornhill, Harve Presnell, Mary Beth Hurt, Jake and Ryan Milkovich, Amber Valletta, Francine York, Ruth Williamson, Robert Downey Sr.
A Wall Street investment broker, bachelor Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage), wakes up one day to find that he has a wife, Kate (Tea Leoni), and family. This is the life he would have lived if he had married Kate back in their college days when Kate was his sweetheart. Gradually, Jack realizes that not only is his old life as the free-living bachelor over but he now has the opportunity to enjoy a more fulfilling personal life than he has ever known.
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The Front 1976 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Remak Ramsay, Josef Sommer, Lloyd Gough, David Margulies, Danny Aiello, Marvin Lichterman, Joshua Shelley
The 1950s' black-listing of suspected Communists in the Hollywood film industry is the focus of this film. Howard Prince (Woody Allen) must deal with his conscience when he agrees to pass off his friends' scripts as his own because of their black-listed status.
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Hanky Panky 1982 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Prosky, Josef Sommer, Johnny Sekka, Jay O. Sanders, Sam Gray, Larry Bryggman, Pat Corley, James Tolkan
Chicago architect Michael Jordon (Gene Wilder) takes a cab ride with a stranger, Janet (Kathleen Quinlan), who just happens to be on the run from Ransom (Richard Widmark). She is carrying a mysterious package that Ransom wants. Michael tries to help Janet, but she is killed by Ransom, and Michael becomes the prime suspect. Now, Michael teams up with Kate Hellman (Gilda Radner) who helps him locate Janet's package. The search ends in the Grand Canyon where the real showdown takes place.
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Hidden in America 1996 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Bell
Cast: Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, Shelton Dane, Alice Krige, Jena Malone, Josef Sommer, Frances McDormand, Jeff Bridges, Allegra Denton, Nicky Guadagni, Liisa Repo-Martell, James Kidnie
Bill Januson (Beau Bridges) has lost his job at the factory, and now his wife has died of cancer. It is difficult to get needed food and medical treatment, but Bill's pride will not allow him to accept financial assistance. He is determined to prove to his children that they can and will survive on their own.
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Hide in Plain Sight 1980 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Caan
Cast: James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo, Joe Grifasi, Barbra Rae, Kenneth McMillan, Danny Aiello, David Margulies, Josef Sommer, David Clennon
The Witness Relocation Program has hidden a factory worker's (James Caan) ex-wife, his children, and her new husband. This is the true story of one man's fight against the political system.
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Iceman 1984 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, Philip Akin, Danny Glover, Amelia Hall, Stephen E. Miller, James Tolkan
After being frozen for 40,000 years, a Neanderthal man (John Lone), is brought back to life and befriended by Doctor Stanley Shephard (Timothy Hutton) who teaches him the art of communication in the modern-day world.
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 Independence Day 1983 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Follow Your Dreams
Director: Robert Mandel
Cast: Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Frances Sternhagen, Cliff De Young, Dianne Wiest, Josef Sommer, Bert Remsen, Richard Farnsworth, Noble Willingham, Brooke Alderson
Young photographer Mary Ann Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) dreams of making it big but must decide between her career and her love for Jack Parker (David Keith), an auto mechanic with different dreams.
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The Invasion 2007 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright, Josef Sommer, Celia Weston, Roger Rees, Eric Benjamin, Susan Floyd, Stephanie Berry, Adam LeFevre, Joanna Merlin, Alexis Raben
A space shuttle crashes in flames on Earth and spreads extraterrestrial spores than ominously transform the actions and emotions of ordinary people who come in contact with them. After pricking his finger on one of the spores, Centers for Disease Control official Tucker Kaufman (Jeremy Northam) goes through a personality transformation. His ex-wife, Washington, D.C. psychiatrist Carol (Nicole Kidman), notices the change and becomes even more concerned when Tucker takes off with their son Oliver (Jackson Bond). Now, Carol and her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig) put their heads together looking for a cure before the Earth is devastated by extraterrestrials.
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Killer 1995 R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Bulletproof Heart
Director: Mark Malone
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Peter Boyle, Mimi Rogers, Matt Craven, Monika Schnarre, Joseph Maler, Mark Acheson, Phil Hayes, Josef Sommer
When Fiona (Mimi Rogers) learns too much about the business of the mob, Mick (Anthony LaPaglia) is sent by George (Peter Boyle) to get rid of her–easier said than done!
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 Malice 1993 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Peter Gallagher, Josef Sommer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobin Bell
This film is about a college town, rapes, and the arrival of a surgeon (Alec Baldwin). He moves into the dean's home and, as events unfold, the surgeon becomes suspect.
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The Mighty Ducks 1992 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Lane Smith, Joss Ackland, Heidi Kling, Josef Sommer, Joshua Jackson, George Coe, Elden Henson, Shaun Weiss, M.C. Gainey, Matt Doherty, Brandon Quintin Adams, J.D. Daniels, Steven Brill
Set in Minneapolis, this is the story of a misfit coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) who atones for his drunken driving offense by coaching a Pee Wee hockey team and bringing them to the championship. Disney.
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Mistrial 1996 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood, Jon Seda, Josef Sommer, Casey Siemaszko, Leo Burmester, James Rebhorn, Roma Maffia, Kate Burton, Peter MacNeill, Roberta Maxwell
When it looks like accused cop-killer Eddie Rios (Jon Seda) is going to be set free, the arresting policeman, Steve Donahue (Bill Pullman), grabs control of the courtroom and proves Rios' guilt.
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Moonlight and Valentino 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jon Bon Jovi, Josef Sommer, Jeremy Sisto, Shadia Simmons, Erica Luttrell, Matthew Koller, Kelli Fox
Based on the tragic death of Ellen Simon's husband, the writer (daughter of Neil Simon) relates the experience of a widow (Elizabeth Perkins) putting her life back together with the help of her friends and relatives (Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, and Gwyneth Paltrow).
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 The Next Best Thing 2000 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Madonna, Rupert Everett, Illeana Douglas, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer, Lynn Redgrave, Stacy Edwards, Neil Patrick Harris, Suzanne Krull
Gay Robert (Rupert Everett) and his good friend straight Abbie (Madonna) have a drunken rumble between the sheets and a baby results. They decide to live together but still continue their own lifestyles. Then a man comes along, and Abbie wants to take the baby and relocate. Now the humor ends and the seriousness begins.
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Nobody's Fool 1994  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Dent, Jay Patterson, Alexander Goodwin, Carl J. Matusovich, Jerry Mayer
This comedy/drama was Jessica Tandy's last picture. It is also one of the year's best. Tandy plays Sully Sullivan's (Paul Newman) landlady, Mrs. Beryl, in this story about 60-year-old Sully who hasn't seen or spoken to his ex-wife in many years. Both Sully and his best friend Rub (Pruitt Taylor Vince) do enjoy flirting with Toby (Melanie Griffith) who is married to local contractor Carl (Bruce Willis) who sometimes gives Sully work. Changes begin for Sully when his son Peter (Dylan Walsh) arrives in town for Thanksgiving, and Sully learns that he has a grandson. Now, Sully decides that the holiday season is the time to start fixing up broken relationships. Newman was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
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Oliver's Story 1978 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett, Ed Binns, Ray Milland, Swoosie Kurtz, Charles Haid, Kenneth McMillan, Josef Sommer, Benson Fong, Sully Boyar, Meg Mundy
This sequel to "Love Story" again stars Ryan O'Neal as Oliver Barrett IV, but now he is looking for a new love following the death of his "Love means never having to say you are sorry" wife.
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Patch Adams 1998 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall, Harve Presnell, Frances Lee McCain, Peter Coyote, Daniella Kuhn, Harold Gould, Michael Jeter, James Greene, Bruce Bohne
Robin Williams performs well as the real-life West Virginia physician, "Patch" Adams, an ex-mental patient who is now in medical school. Patch uses humor to challenge both the medical establishment and fellow students to become more personal in their relationships with patients. Based on a true story.
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The Proposition 1998  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe, William Hurt, Neil Patrick Harris, Robert Loggia, Josef Sommer, Blythe Danner, Bronia Wheeler, Ken Cheeseman, Jim Chiros, Dee Nelson, Pamela Hart, Wendy Feign, Thomas Downey, Dossy Peabody
Set in 1935 on Boston's Beacon Hill, this is the story of Eleanor and Arthur Barret (Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt)–a childless couple so desperate for a baby that they arrange for a law student (Neil Patrick Harris) to impregnate Eleanor. The student is murdered, and Eleanor begins to fall in love with a visiting Catholic priest, Father Michel McKinnon (Kenneth Branagh), who turns out to be the son of Arthur's lost brother.
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Rollover 1981 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Martha Plimpton, Macon McCalman, Jodi Long, Ron Frazier, Howard Erskine
When ex-film star Lee Winters (Jane Fonda) inherits her murdered husband's business, she finds that she is in financial trouble. Coming to the rescue is Hub Smith (Kris Kristofferson) who has the know-how to guide Winters' financial AND romantic decisions.
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Saigon: Year of the Cat 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest, E.G. Marshall, Josef Sommer, Wallace Shawn, Chic Murray, Yim Hoontrakul, Roger Rees, Manning Redwood, Andrew Winner
After the U.S. pull-out from South Vietnam, only a few Westerners remain–including CIA agent Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest) who meets and starts an affair with a British bank employee (Judi Dench). As their affair continues, Bob sees the high potential for the North Vietnamese to attack and take over Saigon, but the U.S. Ambassador does not heed Bob's warnings.
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The Scarlet Letter 1979 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rick Hauser
Cast: Meg Foster, John Heard, Kevin Conway, Elisa Erali, Ralph Drischell, Penelope Allen, Sasha von Scherler, Josef Sommer, Clarence Felder, Naomi Thornton
This made-for-TV miniseries of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel sticks closer to the novel than other films made to date. It is the story of Hester Prynne (Meg Foster) who is required to wear a scarlet letter "A" after her extramarital affair in New England during the 18th century.
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Searching for Paradise 2002 R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Myra Paci
Cast: Susan May Pratt, Chris Noth, Jeremy Davies, John Pierson, Michele Placido, Laila Robins, Josef Sommer, Mary Louise Wilson, Jonathan Lisecki
Recent college grad Gilda (Susan May Pratt) is infatuated with actor Michael De Santis (Chris Noth). She continuously watches a tape of him, and, after her father dies, she uses an excuse of visiting her grandfather to meet Michael. After getting an audience with him by posing as a reporter, she (as well as he) gets something other than what was expected.
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 Shaft 2000 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Josef Sommer, Philip Bosco, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lynne Thigpen, Pat Hingle, Lee Tergesen, Daniel von Gargen
Shaft is back–this time Samuel L. Jackson takes on the title role, and all the action of the original 1971 film returns. Throughout his investigations, Shaft receives advice from his Uncle John Shaft (Richard Roundtree who starred as the original "Shaft"). Shaft arrests Walter Wade, Jr. (Christian Bale) for killing a young Black student, but Walter flees the country to avoid prosecution. Two years later, Wade secretly returns, and Shaft arrests him. With help from his wealthy father, Walter Wade, Sr. (Philip Bosco), Walter posts bail and has a mission: get drug king Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright) to kill Shaft and find Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette) who was the only witness to the murder. Meanwhile, with Hernandez closing in, an angry Shaft, with help from police colleague Carmen (Vanessa Williams), tracks down Diane only to learn that there is more to Diane than meets the eye.
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Silkwood 1983  R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Hallahan, Sudie Bond, Bruce McGill, J.C. Quinn, Henderson Forsythe
Based on true events, this film is the story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a 28-year-old worker in a plutonium plant, who is accidentally exposed to radiation. Karen has lived a ribald life as a hard-drinking woman living with her lover Drew (Kurt Russell) and lesbian friend Polly (Cher). As Karen investigates the illness caused by her exposure to the radiation, she gathers information about plant violations and sets out to divulge supposed nuclear violations. But, on her way to the meeting with a reporter, she dies in a mysterious car crash, which prevents her from revealing plant violations. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), and Director.
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Sophie's Choice 1982 R, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Josef Sommer, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman, Josh Mostel, David Wohl, Robin Bartlett, John Rothman, Greta Turken, Marcell Rosenblatt, Moishe Rosenfeld, Eugene Lipinski, Joseph Leon
Sophie (Meryl Streep), a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, lives in a Brooklyn boarding house shared by Stingo (Peter MacNicol) and Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline). The trio becomes fast friends; however, through Sophie's stories about her tragic past, it becomes clear that she is not telling the truth. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her role as Sophie.
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 The Stepford Wives 1975 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Fantasy
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Josef Sommer, Mary Stuart Masterson, Patrick O'Neal, John Aprea, William Prince, Carol Eve Rossen, Carol Mallory, Judith Baldwin, Barbara Rucker, Toni Reid
Ira Levin's best-selling novel is brought to the screen as mysteries unfold behind the personalities of "perfect" housewives in the town of Stepford, Connecticut. Joanna (Katherine Ross) and Walter (Peter Masterson) move with their children to Stepford to enjoy what they believe is an ideal suburban community. But, Stepford has a dark secret: the husbands are replacing their wives with robots that will perform domestic tasks and exist only to please their husbands. Will Joanna be able to escape this nightmare?
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Still of the Night 1982 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi, Sara Botsford, Josef Sommer, Irving Metzman, Larry Joshua, Rikke Borge, Tom Norton
Robert Benton (Roy Scheider) is a psychiatrist in New York whose life may be in danger because one of his patients (Meryl Streep) could be the murderess of one of his former patients.
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Stop-Loss 2008 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum, Victor Rasuk, Terry Quay, Matthew Scott Wilcox, Connett Brewer, Timothy Olyphant, Josef Sommer, Linda Emond, Ciaran Hinds, Mamie Gummer, Alex Frost, Abbie Cornish
Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) and his squad fight the war in Iraq, and now Brandon and his hometown group–Sgt. Steve Shriver (Channing Tatum), PFC Tommy Burgess (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Isaac "Eyeball" Butler (Rob Brown)–are returning to Brazos, Texas. But, they do not leave the war behind and have problems settling back into the civilian world. It is time for Brandon to be discharged when he learns that he has been reenlisted as part of the "stop-loss" program to protect national security. Brandon does not want to return to war and, instead, goes AWOL. With Steve's girlfriend Michelle (Abbie Cornish) at the wheel, Brandon and Michelle set out for Washington, D.C., so that Brandon can make a plea to Senator Orton Worrell (Josef Sommer). Along the way, Brandon makes his choice between duty to country and his own sanity.
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Strange Days 1995 R, 145 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Richard Edson, Glenn Plummer, Josef Sommer, Todd Graff
Set at the end of 1999, this is the story of an ex-cop (Ralph Fiennes) who has sunk to selling virtual-reality clips of other peoples' sex and violence to those who trade real life experiences for voyeurism.
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Target 1985 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Victoria Fyodorova, Josef Sommer, Guy Boyd, Herbert Berghof, Randy Moore, Ilona Grubel, Tomas Hnevsa
A father and son (Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon) join forces when their wife/mother (Gayle Hunnicutt) is kidnapped while visiting Paris. As the plot develops, the two men realize they are the targets of a spy ring.
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Too Far to Go 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Kathryn Walker, Ken Kercheval, Josef Sommer, Glenn Close, Reed Birney, Doran Clark, Lori Loughlin, Adam Storke
Based on John Updike's tales, this adaptation was originally made for TV and features Michael Moriarty and Blythe Danner as Richard and Joan Maple whose marriage is disintegrating on a downward spiral. This film marks Glenn Close's film debut.
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 Witness 1985 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Danny Glover, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Brent Jennings, Frederick Rolf, John Garson, Beverly May, Ed Crowley
When an Amish mother Rachel Lapp (Kelly McGillis) is returning home from a trip, her young son Samuel (Lukas Haas) witnesses a brutal murder in a men's room. Police Captain John Book (Harrison Ford) is sent to the family home to protect the boy from the killers, and romance follows. The film won Academy Awards for Best Writing and Film Editing and received six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
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| 1. Absence of Malice (1981)
2. Bionic Showdown: The Six Million $ Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)
3. Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
4. Chances Are (1989)
5. Citizen Cohn (1992)
6. D.A.R.Y.L (1985)
7. Dirty Harry (1971)
8. Don't Drink the Water (1994)
9. Dracula's Widow (1988)
10. The Enemy Within (1994)
11. The Family Man (2000)
12. The Front (1976)
13. Hanky Panky (1982)
14. Hidden in America (1996)
15. Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
16. Hostages (1993)
17. Iceman (1984)
18. Independence Day (1983)
aka: Follow Your Dreams
19. The Invasion (2007)
20. Killer (1995)
aka: Bulletproof Heart
21. Malice (1993)
22. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
23. Mistrial (1996)
24. Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
25. The Next Best Thing (2000)
26. Nobody's Fool (1994)
27. Oliver's Story (1978)
28. Patch Adams (1998)
29. The Proposition (1998)
30. Rollover (1981)
31. The Rosary Murders (1987)
32. Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)
33. The Scarlet Letter (1979)
34. Searching for Paradise (2002)
35. Shaft (2000)
36. Silkwood (1983)
37. Sophie's Choice (1982)
38. The Stepford Wives (1975)
39. Still of the Night (1982)
40. Stop-Loss (2008)
41. Strange Days (1995)
42. Target (1985)
43. Too Far to Go (1979)
44. Witness (1985)
45. Yuri Nosenko, KGB (1986)
aka: Yuri Nosenko, Double Agent
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