 Better Off Dead 1985  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Cast: John Cusack, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Chuck Mitchell
When teenager Lane Meyer (John Cusack) gets dumped by his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) after she falls for the ski team captain, he tries, without success, to kill himself. Hoping to win Beth back, Lane challenges the new boyfriend to a ski race. In the meantime, Lane meets French exchange student Monique (Diane Franklin) and begins to fall for her. And through it all, Lane endures his mother's (Kim Darby) imaginative, but terrible, cooking. Followed by "One Crazy Summer."
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The Grissom Gang 1971  R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing, Connie Stevens, Irene Dailey, Wesley Addy, Joey Faye, Don Keefer, Dots Johnson
Heiress Barbara (Kim Darby) is captured by the sadistic, violent Grissom Gang, which is headed by Ma Grissom (Irene Dailey). Its modus operandi: get the ransom, kill the hostage. However, drooling moron Slim (Scott Wilson) falls for Barbara, and she learns how to survive in the ultra violent world. Set around 1930, the film is based on James Hadley Chase's bestseller "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" that was panned at the time of publication as "sadistic pornography." Previously filmed in 1948 as "No Orchids for Miss Blandish."
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joe Chappelle
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Marianne Hagan, Devon Gardner, George P. Wilbur, Paul Rudd, Kim Darby, Mitch Ryan, Michael Lerner
In this fifth sequel to "Halloween," slasher Michael Myers (George P. Wilbur) again returns to Haddonfield, Illinois, to celebrate Halloween in his own unique manner.
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 The One and Only 1978 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Harold Gould, Herve Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr., Peter Brocco, Bill Baldwin Sr.
Andy (Henry Winkler) is a failure as an actor–until he applies those same skills to the wrestling world.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 6 (Episodes 12&13) 1966 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Vincent McEveety, Gerd Oswald
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, Nichelle Nichols, Kim Darby, Michael J. Pollard, Karl Black, Marc Adams, Arnold Moss
Two episodes of the original Star Trek series are presented in this DVD offering. Trailers from these episodes are also included. "Miri" (aired 10/27/1966, stardate 2713.5)–Children are the only ones left on a planet visited by the Enterprise. The plague that killed all the adults now infests the crewmembers. "The Conscience of the King" (aired 12/8/1966, stardate 2817.6)–Kirk investigates an actor, who may be the person responsible for a massacre on the planet Tarsus IV. Is he jeopardizing the Enterprise in his quest?
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The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Pretty Boy Floyd
Director: Clyde Ware
Cast: Martin Sheen, Kim Darby, Michael Parks, Ellen Corby, Joe Estevez, Abe Vigoda, Steven Keats, Bill Vint, Ford Rainey, Frank Christi
Bank robber and killer Pretty Boy Floyd is portrayed by Martin Sheen in this insightful film about one of the many gangsters who reigned during the Depression era.
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The Strawberry Statement 1970  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Hagmann
Cast: Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, Bud Cort, Bob Balaban, Bert Remsen, Jeannie Berlin, James Coco, James Kunen, Carol Bagdasarian, David Dukes
This adaptation of James Kunen's book about Columbia University's riots in the 1960s involves students occupying a campus building to force the issue of their radical philosophy in that historic era. Unfortunately, the story comes across watered down, and the message is lost.
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Teen Wolf Too 1987  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Leitch
Cast: Jason Bateman, Kim Darby, John Astin, Paul Sand, James Hampton, Mark Holton, Estee Chandler, Robert Neary, Stuart Fratkin, Beth Ann Miller
This sequel to Michael J. Fox's "Teen Wolf" has Jason Bateman as Fox's cousin on his way to college. He also has the werewolf gene in this terrible teen horror spoof that even teens may find too juvenile for them.
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 True Grit 1969  G, 128 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Glen Campbell, Strother Martin, Jeremy Slate, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey, Donald Woods, Alfred Ryder, Ron Soble, John Fiedler, James Westerfield, John Doucette, Edith Atwater
This movie is the vehicle for John Wayne's Academy Award for Best Actor. Wayne plays the role of a rough old guy "Rooster" Cogburn who helps Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) find her father's killer Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) deep in Indian territory. They are joined in their search by Texas Ranger La Boeuf (Glen Campbell) who is also on the trail of Chaney.
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| 1. Better Off Dead (1985)
2. Generation (1969)
3. The Grissom Gang (1971)
4. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
5. The One and Only (1978)
6. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 6 (Episodes 12&13) (1966)
7. The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
aka: Pretty Boy Floyd
8. The Strawberry Statement (1970)
9. Teen Wolf Too (1987)
10. True Grit (1969)
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