The Andromeda Strain 1971  G, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Mark Jenkins, Carl Reindel
A U.S. Army satellite carrying a virus from outer space has crashed on Earth. It has landed in a remote village in the Southwest and has killed everyone, except a crying baby and a wino. Top scientists gather at the site to figure out what is happening. After intense examinations, they isolate the organism–Andromeda Strain–that has caused the deaths. Now the race against time begins as the scientists attempt to find a cure before more people die.
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Atlantic City 1980  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Robert Goulet, Wallace Shawn, Angus MacInnes, Moses Znaimer, Sean Sullivan, Harvey Atkin, Norma Dell'Agnese, Louis Del Grande
Struggling, Atlantic City casino worker Sally (Susan Sarandon) becomes a partner with aging gangster Lou (Burt Lancaster) in a plot to make some easy money through the selling of drugs. Big problems arise when her estranged husband (Robert Joy) is killed, and the Mafia targets Sally. Lou steps in and saves Sally and, at the same time, proves to himself that he still has gangster skills. The film was nominated for several Oscars including Best Picture, Actor (Lancaster), Actress (Sarandon), and Director.
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Death of a Salesman 1985 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning, Louis Zorich, Jon Polito, Tom Signorelli
Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich were both winners of Emmys for their performances in Arthur Miller's classic drama about the traveling salesman who spends his life on the road and, only when it is too late, realizes that he has sacrificed his family for his profession.
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Deceived 1991  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Damian Harris
Cast: Goldie Hawn, John Heard, Robin Bartlett, Ashley Peldon, Jan Rubes, Tom Irwin, Amy Wright, Kate Reid, Beatrice Straight
Adrienne (Goldie Hawn) has been married to Jack (John Heard) for six years when he is killed in a car accident. She then learns that the real Jack died years before, and she starts to investigate the startling facts.
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A Delicate Balance 1973 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, Betsy Blair
In this film adaptation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a Connecticut family, Agnes and Tobias (Katherine Hepburn and Paul Scofield) find their lives are affected by one evening of unexpected guests arriving at their home. First, Agnes' alcoholic sister Claire (Kate Reid) stops to visit, and then their daughter Julia (Lee Remick) appears on the scene announcing that she is going through her fourth divorce. As if that was not enough, their best friends Harry and Edna (Joseph Cotten and Betsy Blair) come to visit, and it appears that they plan to stay forever. What has happened to their life of quiet domesticity?
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Equus 1977 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews, Eileen Atkins, Jenny Agutter, Kate Reid, John Wyman, Elva Mai Hoover, Ken James, Patrick Brymer
Through an act of violence, stable boy Alan Strang (Peter Firth) has blinded the horses he is supposed to tend. Dr. Dysart (Richard Burton) is called in to psychoanalyze Alan in order to find unconscious motivations for his cruel actions. Richard Burton was nominated for an Oscar for his role as the psychiatrist.
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Heaven Help Us 1985 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Dinner
Cast: Donald Sutherland, John Heard, Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kate Reid, Wallace Shawn, Jay Patterson, Philip Bosco, John Bentley
This story takes place in Brooklyn during the mid-1960s, and it does a good job of interpreting life as it was then. The focus is on a group of Catholic schoolboys who manage to keep themselves in trouble.
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Shoot 1976   R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Henry Silva, Ernest Borgnine, James Blendick, Ed MacNamara, Peter Langley, Helen Shaver, Leslie Carlson, Kate Reid, Larry Reynolds
Hunters go berserk when one group attacks the other, and revenge is in order via National Guard tactics under the leadership of Major Rex Jeanette (Cliff Robertson). 1 User Review
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| | Surprise ending | Smokey 04/06/2009 | | I didn't really want to go see this movie in 1976. But the surprise ending has stuck with me all these years and after all these years it is still one of my favorites. Cliff Robertson was great in it too! |
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Signs of Life 1989 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John David Coles
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Kevin J. O'Connor, Vincent D'Onofrio, Michael Lewis, Beau Bridges, Kate Reid, Mary-Louise Parker, Georgia Engel, Kathy Bates, Brad Sullivan
A town in Maine faces an economic downswing when its fishing-boat factory closes up shop.
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Sweet Hearts Dance 1988 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Don Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Perkins, Kate Reid, Justin Henry, Holly Marie Combs, Heather Coleman, Matthew Wohl, Steven Stabler
Wiley and Sandra Boon (Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon) are high-school sweethearts whose marriage has become stagnated. At the same time Wiley's good friend, Sam Manners (Jeff Daniels), is entering into an exciting new relationship.
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alastair Reid
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Jeff Daniels, Maria Conchita Alonse, Eli Wallach, Robert Prosky, Donald Moffat, Al Waxman, Tony Lo Bianco, Kate Reid, Brad Sullivan, Val Avery, Jude Ciccolella, Victor Slezak, Frank Pellegrino, Henderson Forsythe
This true story involves the activities of Jackie Presser (Brian Dennehy) who became president of the Teamsters Union following the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Presser had problems with the FBI and the Mafia, and his rise to power proved to be short-lived.
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This Property Is Condemned 1966 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Robert Blake, Dabney Coleman, Jon Provost, Alan Baxter, Mary Badham, John Harding
Owen Legate (Robert Redford) comes to a small Southern railroad town to lay-off workers and falls in love with Alva Starr (Natalie Wood). Great service to Tennessee Williams' play is not done here.
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| 1. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
2. Atlantic City (1980)
3. Death of a Salesman (1985)
4. Death Ship (1980)
5. Deceived (1991)
6. A Delicate Balance (1973)
7. Equus (1977)
8. Heaven Help Us (1985)
9. Shoot (1976)
10. Signs of Life (1989)
11. Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
12. Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
13. This Property Is Condemned (1966)
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