Blame It on Rio 1984  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Demi Moore, Michelle Johnson, Jose Lewgoy, Lupe Gigliotti, Michael Menaugh, Tessy Callado
Michael Caine has a fling with his daughter's best friend while on a holiday in Rio de Janeiro. Amusing remake of the French movie, "One Wild Moment" (1977).
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Cobra Verde 1988  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
aka: Slave Coast
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile, Nana Agyefi Kwame, Peter Berling, Pedro Oliveira, Benito Stefanelli
Herzog takes on African slave trading in this epic that didn't make it as big as some of his other films. Aggressive Francisco (Klaus Kinski) oversees a sugar plantation, but after getting the boss's three daughters pregnant he is sent to Africa to round up slaves. Instead, he overthrows the king and takes over the tribe himself.
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Fitzcarraldo 1982  PG, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jose Lewgoy, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Grande Othelo, Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez, Peter Berling, David Espinosa, Milton Nascimento, Ruy Polanah, Salvador Godinez
Set along the Amazon during the turn of the 20th century, this is German director Werner Herzog's innovative film about Fitzcarraldo (Klaus Kinski) who wants to open a rubber plant that will provide funding for the opera to be brought to his remote area in the jungle.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman 1985  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hector Babenco
Cast: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jose Lewgoy, Milton Goncalves, Miriam Pires, Nuno Leal Maia, Fernando Torres, Patricio Bisso, Herson Capri, Denise Dumont, Antonio Petrin, Wilson Grey, Miguel Falabella, Walter Breda
The scene is a South American prison, and the film's main characters are two cellmates with nothing in common except for the fact that they are not accepted by society. Molina (William Hurt) is a gay who has molested a young child, and Valentin (Raul Julia) is a revolutionary. Over a period of time, they begin to have compassion for each other. Hurt won an Oscar for his performance. Nominations were received for Best Picture and Director.
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| 1. Blame It on Rio (1984)
2. Cobra Verde (1988)
aka: Slave Coast
3. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
4. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
5. Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)
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