Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard Dysart, David Hooks, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala, Josephine Premice, Teddy Airhart, Ted Arroyo, Will Hare, Katherine Helmond, Thalmus Rasulala, Valerie Odell, Arnold Wilkerson
This historical drama is based on the story of fictional 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson) who reminisces about her experiences from the American Civil War until the 1960s' Civil Rights Movement. Shown through flashbacks, the story begins when the Civil War ends, and young Jane escapes from the KKK. As a newly freed woman, she fights to overcome adversity–even enduring the murder of her husband by racists in the North. Finally, she takes a positive position in the Civil Rights Movement. This television movie won nine Emmy Awards, including Best Actress (Tyson), Director, and Screenplay.
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Baby Blue Marine 1976  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, Glynnis O'Connor, Katherine Helmond, Dana Elcar, Richard Gere, Kenneth Tobey, Bert Remsen, Adam Arkin, Bruno Kirby, Art Lund
Marion Hedgepeth (Jan-Michael Vincent) is kicked out of boot camp but returns home pretending to be a war hero.
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Beethoven's 5th 2003  G, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Family / Adventure
Director: Mark Griffiths
Cast: Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase, Tom Poston, John Larroquette, Katherine Helmond, Sammy Kahn, Richard Riehle, Clint Howard, Kathy Griffin, Rodman Flender, Tina Ullman, Tom Musgrave, Elizabeth Warner, Joel Hurt Jones
Beethoven is back with yet another set of characters as 12-year-old Sara (Daveigh Chase) and Beethoven grab a bus and head west to Quicksilver for the summer. Awaiting her is Uncle Freddy (Dave Thomas) who is not the only kook in town; it appears that exposure to mercury from an old mine has caused most of the townsfolk to be odd. Beethoven stirs things up when he starts digging.
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 Brazil 1985 R, 142 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Peter Vaughan, Ian Richardson, Jim Broadbent
Directed by Monty Python performer Terry Gilliam, this is the story of Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), a civil servant, who is trapped in a future society collapsing under the red tape of its own bureaucracy.
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 Cars 2006  G, 116 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: John Lasseter
Cast: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Jenifer Lewis, Paul Dooley, Michael Wallis, George Carlin, Katherine Helmond, John Ratzenberger, Richard Petty
In this animated, family comedy, race car Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) is on its way to the Piston Cup Championships in California when it has an accident in Radiator Springs. The judge, Doc Hudson (voice of Paul Newman), orders Lightning McQueen to do community service, and in the process of trying to get out of work, Lightning bonds with some of Radiator Springs' inhabitants. Among the new acquaintances are the DA, Sally the Porsche (voice of Bonnie Hunt), and Mater the Tow Truck (voice of Larry the Cable Guy), Lightning learns a thing or two about what is really important. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Animated Feature. 1 User Review
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| | Coolest animated movie ever | Anonymous 03/16/2007 | | This movie is just pure fun and excitement. The adults liked it as much as the kids. |
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Family Plot 1976 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond, Ed Lauter, John Lehne, Warren J. Kemmerling, Edith Atwater
In Alfred Hitchcock's last film, the plot involves the search for a lost heir by a phony medium (Barbara Harris) and her cab driver boyfriend (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, a jeweler and his girl friend (William Devane and Karen Black) are planning a kidnapping in which they will be paid in diamonds. When the couples cross paths, chaos ensues.
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 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 R, 128 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Tobey Maguire, Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci, Katherine Helmond, Harry Dean Stanton, Mark Harmon, Michael Jeter, Penn Jillette, Craig Bierko, Lyle Lovett, Flea
This film is an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's book about a 1971 drug-and-alcohol crazed trip to Las Vegas. Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) set off across the desert to cover a race and then a convention of district attorneys. Duke interviews his subjects and writes stories from his addict mind-set.
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The Flight of the Dove 1994  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Spy Within
Director: Steve Railsback
Cast: Scott Glenn, Theresa Russell, Lane Smith, Terence Knox, Katherine Helmond, Joe Pantoliano, Alex Rocco, Rudy Ramos, Gary Graham, Angelo Dimascio, Bo Eason, Shashawnee Hall
Alex (Theresa Russell), a former secret agent who sold sex for secrets, is trying to run from her past. But the government, thinking she knows too much, sends agents out to kill her. She meets William (Scott Glenn), a demolition expert who is haunted by a past job that went wrong. They team up–both physically and emotionally–and face her pursuers together.
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The Hindenburg 1975  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning, Richard Dysart, Robert Clary, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Donat, Alan Oppenheimer, Katherine Helmond, Stephen Elliott, Joanna Moore
In an interesting switch, the Hindenburg explosion is examined as a possible result of the action of saboteurs. In this story, the German government assigns Col. Ritter (George C. Scott) the mission of making sure that no one sabotages the Nazi blimp Hindenburg when it flies to New York. Ritter boards the airship and follows leads that include his ex-lover Ursula (Anne Bancroft), businessman Edward Douglas (Gig Young), suspicious crew members, and the captains Pruss (Charles Durning) and Lehmann (Richard Dysart). Ritter believes that a sabotage is planned and tries to get the blimp landed and the passengers out of danger. But, the Hindenburg explodes over New Jersey, and 36 people are killed.
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Inside Monkey Zetterland 1993 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jefery Levy
Cast: Steve Antin, Patricia Arquette, Sandra Bernhard, Sofia Coppola, Tate Donovan, Rupert Everett, Katherine Helmond, Bo Hopkins, Ricki Lake, Debi Mazar, Martha Plimpton, Frances Bay, Luca Bercovici, Chris Nash, Blair Tefkin
Once a child actor and now an aspiring screenwriter, Monkey Zetterland (Steve Antin) tries to work on his story despite interruptions from his off-the-wall family, friends, and neighbors.
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Lady in White 1988 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Fantasy Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank LaLoggia
Cast: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond, Jason Presson, Renata Vanni, Angelo Bertolini, Jared Rushton, Gregory Levinson, Joelle Jacobi, Lucy Lee Flippin, Tom Bower, Sydney Lassick, Jack Andreozzi, Rita Zohar
One Halloween night, schoolboy Frankie (Lukas Haas) is locked in a classroom where he witnesses the reenactment of young Amanda's (Katherine Helmond) murder years ago. Then, he and Amanda's ghost work together to solve not only her murder but those of nine other children as well.
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Mr. St. Nick 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Craig Zisk
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Charles Durning, Katherine Helmond, Elaine Hendrix, Ana Ortis, Lupe Ontiveros, Luis Garcia, Brian Miranda, Wallace Shawn, Lorena Gale, Veena Sood, Beatrice Zeilanger
Playboy Nick (Kelsey Grammer) intends to settle down and marry TV weatherperson Heidi (Elaine Hendrix). But he has a problem: he is the son of Santa Claus (Charles Durning) and is scheduled to soon take over his father's "business." Matters start getting out of hand when he finds out his fiancee isn't all he thought she was and a mean INS agent is after him. Luckily for Nick, Santa's head elf comes to the rescue. Originally broadcast on "Wonderful World of Disney."
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Overboard 1987  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Mike Hagerty, Roddy McDowall, Jared Rushton, Frank Campanella, Harvey Miller, Hector Elizondo
The premise for this so-soer is that a wealthy woman falls off her yacht and survives–with amnesia. It does not work as well as it could.
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Time Bandits 1981 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, David Warner, Peter Vaughan, David Rappaport
A boy and six dwarfs travel backward through time and visit such diverse people and things as Robin Hood, Napoleon, and the Titanic.
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| 1. Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
2. Baby Blue Marine (1976)
3. Beethoven's 5th (2003)
4. Brazil (1985)
5. Cars (2006)
6. Family Plot (1976)
7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
8. The Flight of the Dove (1994)
aka: The Spy Within
9. The Hindenburg (1975)
10. Inside Monkey Zetterland (1993)
11. Lady in White (1988)
12. Mr. St. Nick (2002)
13. Overboard (1987)
14. Time Bandits (1981)
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