Ace Up My Sleeve 1975  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Crime and Passion
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Karen Black, Omar Sharif, Joseph Bottoms, Elma Karlowa, Bernhard Wicki, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Volker Prechtel, Erich Padalewski, Robert L. Abrams, Franz Muxeneder
Omar Sharif plays a sex-crazed financier who takes one step too far with his secretary (Karen Black)–a decision that leads to their being targeted by her new husband.
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Blind Date 1984 R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Deadly Seduction
Director: Nico Mastorakis
Cast: Joseph Bottoms, Kirstie Alley, James Daughton, Lana Clarkson, Keir Dullea, Charles Nicklin, Marina Sirtis, Michael Howe, Gerard Kelly, Gerry Sundquist, Valeria Golino
Filmed in Athens, Greece, this low-budget slasher film is centered on Jonathon (Joseph Bottoms) who has become blind, though the doctors can find no physical reason. He is fitted with an electronic camera-like device that provides some sight–just in time to witness a murder. Wanting to prove he can do it (apparently), he sets out to track down the crazed killer who specializes in carving up scantily dressed women. Yuck. Watch for the soon-to-be the empath counselor on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"–Marina Sirtis.
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Holocaust 1978  TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods
This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along–until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany.
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Snide and Prejudice 2001  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Angus Macfadyen, Rene Auberjonois, T.C. Warner, Mena Suvari, Richard Moll, Brian McDermott, John Dennis Johnston, Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, Brion James, Jeffrey Combs, Richard Edson
Dr. Sam Cohen (Rene Auberjonois) has a unique treatment for his psychotic patients. One patient, Michael (Angus Macfadyen), thinks he is Hitler and has other patients believing they are Nazi followers. Dr. Cohen takes advantage of this as he encourages the patients to present a story of Hitler's life. A good cast but otherwise a plodding comedy/drama.
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Trouble Comes to Town 1972  TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Pat Hingle, Thomas Evans, Hari Rhodes, Janet MacLachlan, James Wheaton, Austin Stoker, Joseph Bottoms, Sheree North
Sheriff Murdock (Lloyd Bridges) of a southern town takes in a northern juvenile delinquent–an African-American youth (Thomas Evans). (The youth's father had saved Murdock during the Korean War.) Racial tensions result from the sheriff's action, and when the number of car thefts increases, the tensions also increase. A good made-for-TV film.
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| 1. Ace Up My Sleeve (1975)
aka: Crime and Passion
2. The Black Hole (1979)
3. Blind Date (1984)
aka: Deadly Seduction
4. The Dove (1974)
5. Holocaust (1978)
6. King of the Mountain (1981)
7. Snide and Prejudice (2001)
8. Trouble Comes to Town (1972)
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