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.
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Fiddler on the Roof 1971 G, 180 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Musical
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Topol, Norma Crane, Molly Picon, Leonard Frey, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh, Neva Small, Paul Michael Glaser, Zvee Scooler, Ray Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Louis Zorich, Shimen Ruskin
Jewish milkman Tevye (Topol) and his wife Golde (Norma Crane) find their world in Russia changing in 1905. Not only is Russia modernizing, but their daughters Hodel (Michele Marsh), Tzeitel (Rosalind Harris), and Chava (Neva Small) are also going against tradition and choosing their own husbands. Tzeitel is in love with poor tailor Motel Kamzoil (Leonard Frey), but Tevye has arranged for her to marry wealthy Lazar Wolf (Paul Mann). Meanwhile, Chava wants to marry Fyedka (Ray Lovelock) who is a not Jewish. While Tevye disapproves of their choices and has tried to arrange more "proper" marriages, he is forced finally to change his way of thinking when the anti-Semitic Czar forces his family and their Jewish neighbors out of their village. The film won three Academy Awards (Best Cinematography, Music, and Sound) and was nominated for five others–including Best Picture, Actor (Topol), Director, and Supporting Actor (Frey).
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Tattoo 1981  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Brooks
Cast: Bruce Dern, Maud Adams, Leonard Frey, Rikke Borge, John Getz, Peter Iacangelo, Alan Leach, Cynthia Nixon, Trish Doolan, Anthony Mannino
An offbeat tattoo artist, Karl Kinsky (Bruce Dern), kidnaps the model, Maddy (Maud Adams), and determines that he can force her to bear his mark forever by applying his trade of "needlework" over her entire body.
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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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Up the Academy 1980  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Ron Leibman, Wendell Brown, Ralph Macchio, Tommy Citera, Tom Poston, Robert Downey Jr., Ian Wolfe, Barbara Bach, Stacy Nelkin, Leonard Frey
Students at the Sheldon R. Weinberg Military Academy rebel against the discipline meted out by the school's Major Vaughn Leisman (Ron Leibman).
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Where the Buffalo Roam 1980 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Art Linson
Cast: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby, Rene Auberjonois, R.G. Armstrong, Rafael Campos, Leonard Frey, Mark Metcalf, Craig T. Nelson
Hunter S. Thompson (Bill Murray) is a journalist who enjoys drugs, alcohol, and participating full-force in every story he writes.
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| 1. The Boys in the Band (1970)
2. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
3. Tattoo (1981)
4. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
5. Up the Academy (1980)
6. Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
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