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Little Richard   2000     2 stars    TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Townsend  
Cast: Leon, Jenifer Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Tamala Jones, Garrett Morris, Mel Jackson, Lahmard J. Tate, Anthony Lee, Anthony Griffith, Jonelle Kennedy

  Rock & Roll legend Little Richard's (Leon) rise from a poor, Southern child to phenomenal success in music is told in this made-for-TV film.

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Movies Directed By Robert Townsend
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)  2 and a half stars
B.A.P.S. (1997)  bomb
Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)  2 stars
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)  1 star
The Five Heartbeats (1991)  3 stars
Holiday Heart (2000)  2 and a half stars
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)  2 and a half stars
Jackie's Back (1999)  2 stars
Little Richard (2000)  2 stars
The Meteor Man (1993)  2 stars
Little Richard (2000)


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Down and Out in Beverly Hills   1986     3 stars    R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky  
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Little Richard, Tracy Nelson, Elizabeth Pena, Paul Mazursky, Evan Richards, Valerie Curtin, Barry Primus

  What happens when a couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) save a bum (Nick Nolte) from drowning himself in their massive swimming pool behind their opulent B.H. mansion? You've got the plot of this film. Of course, Midler is the over-dieted, over-analyzed, over-pampered wife who ends up in bed with the bum and Dreyfuss is the coat hanger manufacturer.


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The Girl Can't Help It   1956     2 and a half stars    N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Tashlin  
Cast: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Platters

  Press agent Tom Miller (Tom Ewell) promotes singer Jerri Jordan (Jayne Mansfield) who happens to be the dumb-blonde girlfriend of gangster Marty Murdock (Edmond O'Brien). Fats Domino, The Platters, and Little Richard provide memorable moments.

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Goddess of Love   1988     1 star    TV, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Drake  
Cast: Vanna White, David Naughton, David Leisure, Amanda Bearse, Philip Baker Hall, Betsy Palmer, John Rhys-Davies, Little Richard, Ray O'Connor, Michael Goldfinger, Jennifer Bassey, David Donham

  Venus (Vanna White), the Goddess of Love, is sent to Earth to earn a modern man's love. If she fails in her mission, she will be banished from Mount Olympus forever. This lame romantic fantasy was made for TV.


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Let the Good Times Roll   1973     3 stars    PG, 98 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Abel, Sidney Levin  
Cast: Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Shirelles, The Coasters

  The 1950s brought rock 'n roll, and this "rockumentary" brings back many of the rock stars, using film clips during revival concerts. A rockin' good time.

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The Naked Truth   1992     1 star    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nico Mastorakis  
Cast: Robert Caso, Kevin Schon, Courtney Gibbs, M. Emmet Walsh, Herb Edelman, Erik Estrada, Shannon Tweed, Billy Barty, Little Richard, Yvonne De Carlo, Norman Fell, Zsa Zsa Gabor

  Many old-time (and newer-time) Hollywood stars show up in this comedy in which Frank and Frank (Robert Caso and Kevin Schon) head to Hollywood to try getting into show biz. The Mob sends hit men on their trail after they inadvertently witness a hit and come upon a suitcase with more evidence. Meanwhile, the FBI needs their help as witnesses, so Frank and Frank disguise themselves as women working on an upcoming beauty pageant. Unfortunately, the pageant is also run by the Mob. And so it goes.


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Purple People Eater   1988     1 star    PG, 87 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Linda Shayne  
Cast: Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Neil Patrick Harris, Peggy Lipton, Chubby Checker, Little Richard, Thora Birch, Molly Cheek, Kimberly McCullough, Lindsay Price, Linda Shayne, Sheb Wooley

  Based on Sheb Wooley's popular novelty song from 1959, this story revolves around that alien who comes to Earth and becomes a member of the neighborhood band.

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Poster Art From art.comThe Trumpet of the Swan   2000     1 and a half stars    G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family
Director: Terry L. Noss, Richard Rich  
Cast: Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Green, Carol Burnett, Joe Mantegna, Dee Bradley Baker, Sam Gifaldi, Little Richard, Kath Soucie, Elizabeth Daily, Steve Vinovich, Corey Burton, Michael Winslow

  E.B. White's popular children's book comes to the screen in this lackluster version of a family of swans that includes a mute son (voice of Dee Bradley Baker) who learns to communicate–first through the written word and, finally, with a stolen trumpet.


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Why Do Fools Fall in Love   1998     2 and a half stars    R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava  
Cast: Larenz Tate, Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Paul Mazursky, Little Richard, Pamela Reed, Alexis Cruz, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Ben Vereen

  In the 1950s, singing star Frankie Lymon (Larenz Tate) died following a heroin overdose. Before that, he was exploited both professionally and personally. This is his story, but it is his three wives (Lymon never bothered with divorce) who provide the drama through their fight over his estate.


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Movie Quick Pick
1. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
2. The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
3. Goddess of Love (1988)
4. Let the Good Times Roll (1973)
5. The Naked Truth (1992)
6. Purple People Eater (1988)
7. The Trumpet of the Swan (2000)
8. Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)


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