1776 1972  G, 141 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Roy Poole, David Ford, Ronald Holgate, Ray Middleton, Blythe Danner, Donald Madden, John Cullum, William Hansen, Haward Caine, Virginia Vestoff, Emory Bass, Ralston Hill
Almost the entire cast of the popular Broadway musical is featured in this film about conflicts behind the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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 At First Sight 1999   PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Nathan Lane, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison, Ken Howard, Drena DeNiro, Allison Smith
A blind massage therapist, Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer), falls in love with his client, Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino), and undergoes an operation to restore his sight. This film excels at depicting the effects of blindness: When Virgil first sees following the operation, he cries, "There is something wrong. This can't be seeing...Give me something in my hands." But, the storyline disappoints with its melodramatic unconvincing ending. 1 User Review
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| | enlightening | dj 06/05/2007 | | I thought is was good to show how someone that is different can get along in the world with the right support. It shows how a person can love another based on who they really are. It's like reading a book then watching a movie. Somehow the book was better because you are forced to imagine. And your imagination is better than a hollywood director. Anyway, I thought it was touching and moving and explained a lot about the human condition. We are all prejudice in one way or another, based on very little. |
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The Country Girl 1982  TV, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gary Halvorson, Michael Montel
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Dick Van Dyke, Ken Howard, George Coe, Don Amendolia, Dann Florek, Harry Groener, Shannon John
Frank (Dick Van Dyke) is a self-pitying, alcoholic actor whose career is failing because of his addiction. When he is offered a role in a play, Frank's wife Georgie (Faye Dunaway) goes to great lengths to keep Frank's alcoholism a secret and ends up taking the blame for many of Frank's failures.
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 2005 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Gatins
Cast: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Oded Fehr, Ken Howard, Holmes Osborne, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Antonio Albadran, Kayren Butler, John Moyer, Tommy Barnes
Horse trainer Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) and daughter Cale (Dakota Fanning) rehabilitate a horse with a broken leg and plan to race it in the Breeders' Cup. In the process, Ben is drawn closer to his wife Lily (Elisabeth Shue), his father Pop (Kris Kristofferson), and Cale as well. 1 User Review
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| | an endearing film for the whole family | findingavoice 01/14/2007 | This is one of those films that lifts one's spirits - - a joy with every viewing. As it explores the stresses within a family it creates a new connection among the principals as a result of the father's effort to save an injured horse and the daughter's love for and belief in both her father and the animal.
Everyone contributes to this cinematic delight, but Dakota Fanning and Kurt Russell provide the basic elements that make this unlikely success story a heartwarming experience. The horse is pretty special too. |
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In Her Shoes 2005 PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein, Ken Howard, Candice Azzara, Francine Beers, Norman Lloyd, Jerry Adler, Brooke Smith, Richard Burgi, Anson Mount
Sisters Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and Rose (Toni Collette) are direct opposites but best friends. Responsible Rose has rescued flighty Maggie on more than one occasion. But, when a drunken Maggie seduces Rose's boyfriend, Rose finally throws her out of the house. Maggie's solution is to track down their long-lost grandmother, Ella (Shirley MacLaine), who lives in a Florida seniors' complex. Rose finds Ella, and by story's end, both sisters take charge of their own lives and come to grips with life.
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Michael Clayton 2007  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Gilroy
Cast: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Sean Cullen, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Ken Howard, Denis O'Hare, Robert Prescott, Austin Williams, Merritt Wever, David Lansbury, Bill Raymond, David Zayas
Corporate lawyer Michael Clayton (George Clooney) routinely gets damage control assignments from his Manhattan law firm, and when the firm's lead attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) suffers a mental breakdown during a deposition, Clayton steps in to meet the largest challenge of his career. It appears that Eden has uncovered the fact that the company, U/North, he was representing was guilty of putting a carcinogenic pesticide on the market and claiming innocence. Meanwhile, U/North's chief counsel Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) steps in and offers a solution to relieve her employer from paying out billions. Will Clayton take the money and run, or will he stand firm in what he knows is right? The film received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Swinton); six other nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Clooney), Supporting Actor (Wilkinson), Supporting Actress (Swinton), and Director.
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Oscar 1991 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Don Ameche, Peter Riegert, Eddie Bracken, Linda Gray, Yvonne De Carlo, Kirk Douglas, Marisa Tomei, Ken Howard
Gangster Angelo "Snaps" Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) tries to make good on a deathbed promise to his father that he will leave his life of crime. However, he finds many obstacles standing in the way to an honest life.
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town 2000 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Ronny Cox, Dyanne Iandoli, Ken Howard, John Heard, Ann - Margret, Peter Friedman, Scott Cohen, Sean Whalen, John Rubinstein, Dennis Boutsikaris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Jane Powell, Murphy Guyer
This made-for-TV miniseries presents–in a detailed, chronological order–the 18 months of investigative procedures used in the struggle to bring justice in the unsolved murder case of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey who was killed on Christmas night 1996 in Boulder, Colorado.
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Rambo 2008 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Paul Schulze, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos, Jake La Botz, Tim Kang, Maung Maung Khin, Cameron Pearson, Ken Howard, Thomas Peterson, Tony Skarberg, James With
Sylvester Stallone is back in the role of traumatized Vietnam veteran John Rambo who is scraping out a living salvaging old PT boats and tanks for scrap metal. One day, missionaries approach him and ask for a ride up the river to take needed supplies to the Karen people deep inside Burma. Rambo obliges and drops off the missionaries near the impoverished village. Two weeks later, Rambo learns that the missionaries were kidnapped, and now his military training pays off as he sets off to rescue them.
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Such Good Friends 1971  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Nina Foch, Laurence Luckinbill, Burgess Meredith, Sam Levene, Louise Lasser, William Redfield
A witty script is behind this comedy about Richard Messinger's (Laurence Luckinbill) minor surgery that leads to revelations for his wife, Julie (Dyan Cannon), and death for Richard through a series of errors by those treating him. 1 User Review
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| | Underated 70's comedy deserving re-appraisal | Tap Reffahs 10/22/2007 | Sharp vivid and under rated 70's comedy with Elaine May script, and exceptional performance by Dyan Cannon in a sassy turn that fits the era, her unique and delightful personality deserving of more credit for this - and better roles like it to have vaulted her into the first rank of actresses in the 70's.
Preminger assembled a cast of pros that had performed with his direction before, such as Burgess Meredith, and newcomer Jennifer O'Neill, so refreshing in "Summer of '42". Her lustrous beauty - in addition to Dyan Cannon's effervescent smile and the cast of talented stage and screen talents - should have jelled into a strong comedy of it's era - having fallen through the cracks at the time - it is damn good and deserving of the audience that has become loyal to it through the years, awaiting a DVD release pronto - and the long delayed and deserved praise NOW. |
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Tactical Assault 1998 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Mark Griffiths
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser, Ken Howard, Dey Young, Barry Zetlin, Wendy Benson-Landes, Harri James, Tam Logan, Bruce Anderson
Psychotic Air Force pilot Captain John "Doc" Holiday (Rutger Hauer) served six years in an Iraqi prison after being shot out of the air by a fellow pilot, Lee Banning (Robert Patrick). Now, Banning is a colonel, and Holiday is out of prison intent on exacting revenge on Banning for destroying six years of his life.
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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon 1970  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Robert Moore, James Coco, Kay Thompson, Fred Williamson, Anne Revere, Ben Piazza, Leonard Frey, Julie Bovasso
Three handicapped people–Junie Moon (Liza Minnelli), Arthur (Ken Howard), and Warren (Robert Moore)–band together and support each other in an attempt to live normal lives.
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The Thorn Birds 1983 TV, 480 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Ken Howard, Piper Laurie, Earl Holliman, Mare Winningham, Bryan Brown, John Friedrich
Originally made for TV in 1983, the Emmy Award winning "Thornbirds" miniseries presented the saga of an Australian priest, Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain). In the first episode, Bricassart falls in love with Meggie (Rachel Ward) who he first met years before. The episodes cover almost 30 years and include politics of the Church, Meggie's unhappy marriage, and then follows up with the lives of Meggie's children.
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| 1. 1776 (1972)
2. At First Sight (1999)
3. The Country Girl (1982)
4. Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
5. In Her Shoes (2005)
6. Michael Clayton (2007)
7. The Net (1995)
8. Oscar (1991)
9. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000)
10. Rambo (2008)
11. A Real American Hero (1978)
aka: Hard Stick
12. Such Good Friends (1971)
13. Tactical Assault (1998)
14. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
15. The Thorn Birds (1983)
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