The Boys in the Band 1970  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Reuben Greene, Laurence Luckinbill, Peter White, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, Maud Adams
Based on Matt Crowley's Broadway play concerning the subject of homosexuality, this is the story of Harold's (Leonard Frey) birthday party at Michael's (Kenneth Nelson) apartment. All of the party attendees are gay. But, just before the party begins, Michael's old college friend Alan (Peter White) appears for a visit. Alan is straight, and Michael warns the others to mind their manners. The alcohol drinking begins, the group celebrates, and the games get out of hand as the guests reveal previously unspoken revelations about themselves.
|  | |
 Cocktail 1988  R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Ron Dean, Gina Gershon, Paul Benedict, Ellen Foley, Robert Donley, Andrea Morse, Chris Owens, Justin Louis, Allan Wasserman
Recently discharged from the Army, young Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) sets out to make a good life for himself in Manhattan. He signs up for business courses and gets a job tending bar. The Aussie barkeeper Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) takes Brian on as his protege, and they put together an act in which they dance while mixing drinks. They become very popular but then have a falling out. Brian leaves for Jamaica where he meets and falls in love with vacationing New York City waitress Jordan Mooney (Elizabeth Shue). Then, Brian meets New York executive Bonnie (Lisa Banes) who wants Brian for herself, and he becomes her lover. Will Brian wake up in time to make the right decision about who he should spend the rest of his life with?
| | |
Death Sentence 1974  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Murder One
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill, Nick Nolte, Alan Oppenheimer, William Schallert, Yvonne Wilder, Herb Voland, Hope Summers, Peter Hobbs, Doreen Lang
When Susan Davies (Cloris Leachman) is selected for the jury in a murder case, she begins to believe the defendant is innocent, and the real killer goes after her–and he's a very close friend.
| | |
Messenger of Death 1988 R, 92 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Jeff Corey, Marilyn Hassett, John Ireland, Daniel Benzali, Charles Dierkop, Penny Peyser, Gene Davis
A Mormon family is murdered and a newspaper reporter (Charles Bronson) finds more than a routine story during his investigation.
| | |
Not for Publication 1984 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bartel
Cast: Nancy Allen, David Naughton, Laurence Luckinbill, Alice Ghostley, Cork Hubbert, Barry Dennen, Richard Blackburn, Jeanne Evans, Richard Paul, Michael Sullivan
Reporter Lois (Nancy Allen) works for a sleazy New York newspaper that specializes in finding all the scandals that abound in the city. She also has a second job: working for the mayor. When she begins to suspect the mayor of wrongdoing, the fun begins. Bizarre characters, funny at times, tasteless more often than not.
| | |
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: William Shatner
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Laurence Luckinbill, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, David Warner, Charles Cooper, Cynthia Gouw, Todd Bryant, George Murdock, Rex Holman, Spice Williams-Crosby
A renegade Vulcan, Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill), kidnaps Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the Enterprise as a vehicle for finding the meaning of life. Sybok takes them to the galaxy's Great Barrier in order to find God and the cosmos' mysteries on the planet Shakaree. Now, Kirk must outwit Sybok in order to save the lives of himself and the crew.
| | |
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
| User Review |
| | 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. |
|
| | |
| 1. The Boys in the Band (1970)
2. Cocktail (1988)
3. Death Sentence (1974)
aka: Murder One
4. Messenger of Death (1988)
5. Not for Publication (1984)
6. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
7. Such Good Friends (1971)
In The News
|
