Airport '77 1977  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Christopher Lee, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, M. Emmet Walsh
Another sequel to "Airport"–if you can watch yet another disaster film, then this one is for you as a private plane crashes into the ocean after being sabotaged. Will there be a rescue?
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The Amati Girls 2000  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anne DeSalvo
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Paul Sorvino, Cloris Leachman, Sean Young, Dinah Manoff, Lily Knight, Lee Grant, Mark Harmon, Jamey Sheridan, Marissa Leigh
Three generations of the Amati women, each having her own set of problems, must contend with sisters, mothers, and daughters who don't hesitate to make their own thoughts known. Unfortunately, the good cast cannot compensate for this bad movie.
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The Balcony 1963  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Strick
Cast: Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Peter Brocco, Ruby Dee, Kent Smith, Jeff Corey, Leonard Nimoy, Joyce Jameson, Arnette Jens
This satire on politics and religion takes place in a house of prostitution during a revolution. The police chief (Peter Falk) uses the customers to try to suppress the revolution.
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 The Big Bounce 1969  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex March
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Van Heflin, Lee Grant, James Daly, Robert Webber, Cindy Eilbacher, Noam Pitlik, Victor Paul, Kevin O'Neal, Charles Cooper, Paul Sorenson
Don't be fooled by the well-known cast–this film is rotten. Farmhand Jack (Ryan O'Neal in his feature film debut) starts a torrid romance with the wild, teen mistress of a plantation owner. Murder and suicide add to the trashy goings-on in this sex-filled soaper.
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The Big Town 1987 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Bolt
Cast: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, Bruce Dern, Suzy Amis, Del Close, Lolita Davidovich, David Marshall Grant
Crapshooter J.C. Cullen comes to Chicago in search of dice games and gets involved with dangerous players AND women.
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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell 1968  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford, Telly Savalas, Lee Grant, Janet Margolin, Marian Moses, Naomi Stevens, Philippe Leroy
During their 20-year reunion, three ex-servicemen realize each one has been financially supporting Carla (Gina Lollobrigida) and her daughter because each believes he is the father.
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 1981 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Brian Keith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roddy McDowall, Rachel Roberts, Johnny Sekka, Paul Ryan, Michael Fairman, Karlene Crockett, Bennett Ohta, David Hirokane, James Ray
Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) leaves the comfort of retirement when he is asked to solve a series of San Francisco murders. His bumbling grandson Lee Chan, Jr. (Richard Hatch) wants to be a private eye and tries to help but keeps messing up. Although the situation turns crazy, Lee's fiancee Cordelia (Michelle Pfeiffer) sees nothing wrong with his behavior. Amidst the craziness, Charlie deals with his old nemesis, The Dragon Queen (Angie Dickinson), who he had sent to prison many years ago. She is out of prison and determined to get even with Charlie.
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Citizen Cohn 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders, Lee Grant, Frederic Forrest, Pat Hingle, John McMartin, Josef Sommer, Daniel Benzali
This made-for-HBO film tells the story of Roy Cohn (James Woods), Senator Joseph McCarthy's right-hand man and chief counsel during the 1950s. This was the time when McCarthy and Cohn promoted the "Red Scare" as they hunted down Communists. Cohn used this notoriety to his advantage in his career. Now, as he lies dying of AIDS, he reflects on his life.
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Damien: Omen II 1978  R, 107 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Omen II: Damien
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor, Lew Ayres, Sylvia Sidney, Lance Henriksen, Meshach Taylor, Allan Arbus, Elizabeth Shepherd, Lucas Donat, Fritz Ford, John J. Newcombe, John Charles Burns
It's seven years later (although only two years since the original "Omen"), and Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) has moved in with his rich Aunt Ann and Uncle Richard (Lee Grant and William Holden) after getting rid of his parents in the prior movie. Those who cross Damien are quickly, and grossly, done away with as he plots to inherit his uncle's wealth. The special effects are great. Followed by "The Final Conflict" and "The Awakening."
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Defending Your Life 1991 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Shirley MacLaine, Buck Henry, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse, Gary Beach, Julie Cobb, Peter Schuck, Sharlie Stuart, Ethan Embry
Writer, director, and star Albert Brooks presents this movie about Daniel Miller (Brooks)–a man caught in Limbo. His predicament can be solved by defending his past actions so that he will not be sent back to Earth. As usual, Brooks is inventive, too much so for some, but this one is fun.
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Detective Story 1951 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Lee Grant, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Horace McMahon, Gladys George, Frank Faylen, Joseph Wiseman, William "Bill" Phillips, Gerald Mohr, Craig Hill, Bert Freed, Luis Van Rooten
One day in a New York City police precinct station is examined in this film which features James McLeod (Kirk Douglas) as an overworked cop whose stress is compounded by problems with his wife (Eleanor Parker). The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Parker), Supporting Actress (Lee Grant, as a nervous shoplifter in her film debut) and Director.
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Divorce American Style 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson, Joe Flynn, Shelley Berman, Martin Gabel, Lee Grant, Tom Bosley
This is a good satire on the status of marriage and divorce. When a couple contemplates divorce after 15 years of marriage, they meet a divorced couple and are confronted with the reality of alimony.
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Down and Out in America 1986 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Lee Grant
The plight of farmers, workers, and the homeless in the mid-1980s is the focus of this documentary, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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Going Shopping 2005 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Victoria Foyt, Rob Morrow, Lee Grant, Mae Whitman, Bruce Davison, Jennifer Grant, Cynthia Sikes, Martha Gehman, Pamela Bellwood, Juliet Landau, Robert Romanus, Robyn Peterson, Kim Kolarich, Jenny Gabrielle
Successful clothing designer Holly G. (Victoria Foyt) owns an upscale boutique in Santa Monica. But Holly's business manager and lover, Adam (Bruce Davison), has not been paying the rent, and Holly's business is about to go under. Holly already has had more than her share of problems with her mother Winnie (Lee Grant) and daughter Coco (Mae Whitman). So, now she faces big problems in both her personal and professional lives. Mother's Day is approaching, and Holly hopes that a big sale will save her boutique. The customers come, and the story revolves around women's obsessions with shopping and clothing, which are revealed when customers confess their uncontrolled shopping habits–all this and a possible romance for Holly in the form of the boyfriend (Rob Morrow) of one of the shoppers as director Henry Jaglom again deals with subjects of women and their obsessions. "Eating" (1990) and and "Babyfever" (1994) are Jaglom's previous films on these obsessions.
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 In the Heat of the Night 1967  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Quentin Dean, James Patterson, William Schallert, Scott Wilson, Matt Clark, Anthony James, Larry Gates, Beah Richards
Black Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) visits a backwater Mississippi town. While there, he is mistakenly arrested for murder. When the confusion is resolved, bigoted Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) and Tibbs join forces to investigate a murder. Tibbs teaches Gillespie about crime solving methods and about prejudice. This film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Actor (Steiger) and was nominated for two others, including Best Director.
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It's My Party 1996 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Lee Grant, Bronson Pinchot, Margaret Cho, Marlee Matlin, Bruce Davison, George Segal, Roddy McDowall, Olivia Newton-John
This moving story is about a gay man (Eric Roberts), dying of AIDS, who throws himself one giant party before committing suicide.
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Marooned 1969 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Space Travelers
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, David Janssen, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley, Scott Brady, Craig Huebing
While serving on a space mission, astronauts encounter major problems and must rely on a second spaceship to bring them home. This film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, the only saving grace of this long, boring flick.
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Middle of the Night 1959 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Kim Novak, Fredric March, Glenda Farrell, Lee Grant, Lee Philips, Martin Balsam, Albert Dekker, Rudy Bond, Jan Norris, Lou Gilbert
Paddy Chayefsky's play about middle-aged businessman Jerry Kingsley (Fredric March) who is smitten with the young Betty Preisser (Kim Novak) is adequately told in this film.
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 Mulholland Drive 2001 R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya, Mark Pellegrino, Robert Forster, Lee Grant, Michael J. Anderson, Kate Forster, Brent Briscoe, Justin Theroux, Katharine Towne, Scott Coffey, Chad Everett
Aspiring actress Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) arrives in L.A. and into her vacationing aunt's garden apartment. To her surprise, she discovers that the apartment is already being used by Rita (Laura Harring) who is suffering from amnesia following her involvement in a car accident the previous night. Betty and Rita set out to uncover Rita's identity. At the same time, movie director Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) experiences problems with his financial backers. By story's end, Betty's, Rita's, and Adam's lives affect each other in such mystifying scenes that the viewer is left to interpret the solutions. David Lynch received a Best Director Oscar nomination.
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Nobody's Child 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Marlo Thomas, Ray Baker, Caroline Kava, Kathy Baker, Anna Maria Horsford, Madeleine Sherwood, Jackson Davies, Michael Higgins, Blanche Baker, Garwin Sanford, Karen Elizabeth Austin
After surviving more than 20 years in mental institutions, 36-year-old Marie Balter (Marlo Thomas) comes under the care of the dedicated Dr. Blackwell (Caroline Kava). Blackwell's method of treating extreme depression and panic disorder works, and, as a result, Marie is able to live a normal life–including romance, college, and a bright future. This made-for-TV offering is based on a true story. Marlo Thomas won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress.
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Shampoo 1975 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, Carrie Fisher, Howard Hesseman, Jay Robinson, George Furth, Ann Weldon, Luana Anders, Randy Scheer, Susanna Moore, Brad Dexter
Beverly Hills hair stylist George Roundy (Warren Beatty) ends up in bed with almost all of his clients. A few days before Election Day, 1968, George is fooling around with his mistress Felicia (Lee Grant) when he gets a phone call from ex-girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn) and then spends the night with her. He meets Felicia's husband Lester (Jack Warden) in an attempt to get money to buy his own salon, and Lester asks George to escort another ex-girlfriend Jackie (Julie Christie), who is now Lester's mistress, to a banquet for Nixon supporters. George agrees, but the party proves to be his downfall. Lee Grant received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Jack Warden was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Staying Together 1989 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Timothy Patrick Quill, Sean Astin, Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing, Melinda Dillon, Jim Haynie, Levon Helm, Dinah Manoff, Daphne Zuniga, Keith Szarabajka
A Southern family stays very close because of the necessity of teamwork in running a fried chicken restaurant. However, their lives must change when the father decides to sell the business.
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The Substance of Fire 1997 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel J. Sullivan
Cast: Ron Rifkin, Timothy Hutton, Tony Goldwyn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Bogosian, Lee Grant, Gil Bellows, Tom McDermott, George Morfogen, Benjamin Ungar
As a young boy, Isaac (Ron Rifkin) stood by watching as Nazis burned books. Today, he is in charge of a N.Y. publishing house and wants to publish a study of atrocities performed by Nazi doctors. The problem is that his grown children see this enterprise as a financial disaster that will prove the undoing of the publishing house. In the midst of family turmoil, Isaac loses his mind, and one is left wondering to what degree the Holocaust was to blame.
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The Swarm 1978 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Lee Grant, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda
Killer bees attack Houston citizens in this film that was a waste of good actors and would be a waste of your time if you watched it.
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Teachers 1984 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Arthur Hill
Cast: Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan, Royal Dano, Zohra Lampert, Morgan Freeman, William Schallert, Art Metrano, Laura Dern, Crispin Glover
Alex (Nick Nolte) is a burned-out high-school teacher who is fed up with wimpy principal Horn (William Schallert) and arrogant vice-principal Roger (Judd Hirsch). Now, a recent graduate sues the school because he remains illiterate, and Alex's efforts to change school policies throw him into a conflict with school superintendent Dr. Burke (Lee Grant). Lots of subplots make up this story–including Alex's love interest: an attractive lawyer, Lisa (JoBeth Williams).
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Tell Me a Riddle 1980 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Grant
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Brooke Adams, Dolores Dorn, Bob Elross, Zalman King, Lili Valenty, Peter Coyote, Winfred Mann, Jon Harris, Peter Owens, Deborah Sussel
After years of turmoil in their marriage, an elderly couple, David (Melvyn Douglas) and Eva (Lila Kedrova), learn that Eva is dying. They reconcile their differences during a cross-country trip in this sensitive and well-acted offering.
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 Valley of the Dolls 1967 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Martin Milner, Lee Grant, Joey Bishop, George Jessel, Charles Drake, Alexander Davion, Naomi Stevens, Robert H. Harris
Based on Jacqueline Susann's bestseller, this story involves the lives of three women (Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate) who succeed professionally in the world of show business but fail miserably in their personal relationships.
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Voyage of the Damned 1976 PG, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason, Lee Grant, Ben Gazzara, Katharine Ross, Jose Ferrer, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, David de Keyser, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Harris
This film is based on the true story of Jewish refugees–including countess Denise (Faye Dunaway) and her husband Professor Egon Kreisler (Oscar Werner) and disbarred attorney Carl Rosen (Sam Wanamaker), his wife Lili (Lee Grant), and daughter Anna (Lynne Frederick). In 1939, they and other passengers sail from Europe looking for freedom. Their ship is not allowed to dock in ports in the Western Hemisphere, and the voyage proves fruitless when they are forced to return to Germany. Lee Grant received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? 1979 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Candy Clark, Marjoe Gortner, Stephanie Faracy, Lee Grant, Hal Linden, Peter Firth, Pat Hingle, Bill McKinney, Audra Lindley
This story, based on Mark Medoff's play, is about the terror experienced by patrons of a diner who are victimized by the visit of a psychopath.
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1. Airport '77 (1977)
2. The Amati Girls (2000)
3. The Balcony (1963)
4. The Big Bounce (1969)
5. The Big Town (1987)
6. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
7. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
8. Citizen Cohn (1992)
9. Damien: Omen II (1978)
aka: Omen II: Damien
10. Defending Your Life (1991)
11. Detective Story (1951)
12. Divorce American Style (1967)
13. Down and Out in America (1986)
14. Going Shopping (2005)
15. The Good Doctor (1978)
16. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
17. It's My Party (1996)
18. Little Miss Marker (1980)
19. Marooned (1969)
aka: Space Travelers
20. Middle of the Night (1959)
21. Mulholland Drive (2001)
22. Night Slaves (1970)
23. No Place Like Home (1989)
24. Nobody's Child (1986)
25. Plaza Suite (1971)
26. Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
27. Shampoo (1975)
28. Staying Together (1989)
29. The Substance of Fire (1997)
30. The Swarm (1978)
31. Teachers (1984)
32. Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
33. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
34. Visiting Hours (1982)
aka: The Fright
aka: Get Well Soon
35. Voyage of the Damned (1976)
36. When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
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