 Class of 1984 1982  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall, Michael J. Fox, Al Waxman, Lisa Langlois, Stefan Arngrim, Keith Knight, Neil Clifford, Erin Noble, David Gardner, Steve Pernie
A punk-rock gang rules at an inner-city high school in this "devoted-new-teacher-tries-to-bring-compassion-to-the-system" (Perry King) formula story about youth in the 1980s. Followed by "Class of 1999."
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Happy Birthday to Me 1981  R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Tracy E. Bergman, Jack Blum, Matt Craven, Sharon Acker, Lawrence Dane, Frances Hyland, Lenore Zann, David Eisner, Richard Rebiere, Michel-Rene Labelle, Lesleh Donaldson, Lisa Langlois, Earl Pennington
Someone is murdering Virginia's friends, and evidence points to Virginia as the culprit. Did she, or didn't she?
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 The Man Who Wasn't There 1983  R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart, William Forsythe, Vincent Baggetta, Michael Ensign, Miguel Ferrer, John C. Becher
This 3-D comedy represents an inept attempt to mix an espionage plot with special effects.
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The Nest 1988 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence H. Winkless
Cast: Robert Lansing, Lisa Langlois, Franc Luz, Terri Treas, Stephen Davies, Diana Bellamy, Jack Collins, Nancy Morgan, Jeff Winkless, Steve Tannen
Yes, another experiment fails, and the result is an army of gross, hungry cockroaches that descend on a New England island. Lots of people-munchin' going on.
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The Slugger's Wife 1985  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks, Lisa Langlois, Loudon Wainwright III, Georgann Johnson, Danny Tucker, Lynn Whitfield
Atlanta Braves power-hitter Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) falls in love with and marries rock singer Debby (Rebecca De Mornay). But almost immediately, a clash in their careers looms when Darryl finds that he can't hit when Debby is not present, and she feels trapped with no time for the music business.
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Violette 1978  R, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: Violette Noziere
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Stephane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Guy Hoffman, Lisa Langlois, Bernard Alane, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Dalmain, Mario David, Francois Maistre, Francois-Eric Gendron, Henri-Jacques Huet, Fabrice Luchini
Violette Noziere (Isabelle Huppert) is bored with her life but still finds thrills in Parisian cafes where she meets her lover Jean Dabin (Jean-Francois Garreaud). When Jean needs money, Violette devises a plot in which she can inherit money after she kills her parents, Baptiste and Germaine (Jean Carmet and Stephane Audran). Violette puts her plans into action, and Baptiste dies, but Germaine survives and sends Violette to prison. Based on a true story that took place in Paris during the 1930s.
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| 1. Class of 1984 (1982)
2. Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
3. Klondike Fever (1980)
aka: Jack London's Klondike Fever
4. The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
5. The Nest (1988)
6. The Slugger's Wife (1985)
aka: Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife
7. Violette (1978)
aka: Violette Noziere
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