 1941 1979  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen, Robert Stack, Christopher Lee, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook Jr., Warren Oates, Lorraine Gary, Bobby DiCicco, Murray Hamilton, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune
This film takes the events at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and then goes on to a make-believe story of the Japanese attack on Los Angeles. General Joseph Stilwell (Robert Stack) is in command of the military protecting California's coast, and Sgt. Tree (Dan Aykroyd) is assigned the job of installing a 40mm anti-aircraft gun in homeowner Ward Douglas' (Ned Beatty) backyard. When California is attacked, Hollywood Boulevard lies in ruins, and craziness is experienced by the military and civilians as well. Special effects really help this film.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Kathleen Quinlan, Ben Piazza, Susan Tyrrell, Signe Hasso, Sylvia Sidney, Dennis Quaid, Diane Varsi, Lorraine Gary, Reni Santoni
Set in a mental hospital, this is the story of a young woman's (Kathleen Quinlan) fight to regain her sanity through the compassionate aid of her psychiatrist (Bibi Andersson).
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 Jaws 1975  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Thriller / Adventure / Horror
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Jonathan Filley, Chris Rebello, Ted Grossman, Jay Mello
Based on Peter Benchley's novel, this blockbuster movie is about a shark that terrorizes the resort community of Amity Island. While Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) is determined to keep the beaches open, the shark dines on its victims. Now the safety of those on Amity Island lies in the hands of Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), and fisherman Quint (Robert Shaw). They board Quint's boat "The Orca" and hunt down the deadly creature. The filmmakers do a superior job of building suspense with music, camera angles, and a shark that doesn't appear until 82 minutes into the film. All performances add to the success of this classic film. The film won Oscars for Best Film Editing, Original Musical Score, and Sound–and was nominated for Best Picture.
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Jaws 2 1978 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Ann Dusenberry, Barry Coe, Keith Gordon
Roy Scheider once again is the vigilant protector of the public from the great white shark in this sequel that doesn't quite match up to Spielberg's original. There is some pretty good excitement, however.
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Jaws: The Revenge 1987  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Michael Caine, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield, Mitchell Anderson, Jay Mello, Cedric Scott
Police Chief Brody's (from the original "Jaws") son has taken over his father's job and is killed by a shark. His mother, Ellen (Lorraine Gary), decides to leave the horrors of Amity behind and heads to the Bahamas to join her other son and his family. But–the shark follows her, wanting, presumably, to finish off the family. Terrible ending to the series.
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Just You and Me, Kid 1979 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Stern
Cast: George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Nicolas Coster, Burl Ives, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Keye Luke, Carl Ballantine
This is a cute movie about an elderly gentleman who takes a young woman under his wing to protect her from a mobster.
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| 1. 1941 (1979)
2. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
3. Jaws (1975)
4. Jaws 2 (1978)
5. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
6. Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
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