America, America 1963  N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Anatolian Smile
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Estelle Hemsley, Lou Antonio, John Marley, Harry Davis, Linda Marsh, Paul Mann, George Foundas
This film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Story and won the Oscar for Best Art Direction. The story depicts the struggles of a young immigrant (Stathis Giallelis) who, through hard work, is able to survive in his new land and bring his family to America.
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 Cool Hand Luke 1967  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin, Jo Van Fleet, Robert Drivas, Clifton James, Morgan Woodward, Dennis Hopper, Luke Askew, Marc Cavell, Richard Davalos, Robert Donner, Harry Dean Stanton
Lucas "Luke" Jackson (Paul Newman), a prisoner on a chain gang, refuses to crack under pressure as is shown in a fight with fellow inmate Dragline (George Kennedy) when Luke is beaten badly but still refuses to give up. His rebellious attitude earns him his "Cool Hand Luke" title. But, problems arise for Luke when he realizes that he must now live up to the expectations that other prisoners have for him. Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in this film, and Newman was nominated for Best Actor. Policeman: "What we've got here is failure to communicate."
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Hawaii 1966 N/R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Gene Hackman, Jocelyne LaGarde, Elizabeth Ashley, Torin Thatcher, Heather Menzies, Lou Antonio
Hawaii's beautiful scenery enhances James Michener's epic story of the development of America's 50th state. Exploitation of the natives by the early 1800s missionaries along with their love interests are pivotal points in this story.
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Pals 1987  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lou Antonio
Cast: George C. Scott, Don Ameche, Sylvia Sidney, Susan Rinell, James Greene, Lenka Peterson, Richard Hamilton, Jean Hale, Kenneth French, Georgia Allen, Bruce Taylor
Long-time pals Jack and Art (George C. Scott and Don Ameche) live out their retirement in a trailer park with Jack's mother (Sylvia Sidney). Fortune (or misfortune) arrives when they find a suitcase containing millions of dollars in an abandoned car. Before long, the hit man who stashed the money AND government agents are on their trail as they bicker about the money. Made for TV.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 35 (Episodes 69&70) 1969  TV, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Herb Wallerstein, Jud Taylor
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Lee Meriwether, Lou Antonio, Frank Gorshin, Naomi Pollack
Two episodes from the third season are presented on this DVD. "That Which Survives" (aired 1/24/1969, stardate unknown)-A beautiful woman appears on the Enterprise as a landing party is about to be transported to a planet. She kills a crewman and then disappears. A landing party is beamed to the planet to try to find answers, but it is stranded when she reappears in the Enterprise and sends it far from communication range. With her ability to appear and disappear and prevent a rescue of the Enterprise, Kirk may have met his match. "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (aired 1/10/1969, stardate 5730.2)-The Enterprise runs across a damaged shuttlecraft that had been stolen from Starbase 4. The life form on board is rescued, and thus begins an adventure of racial and social differences between two factions of people on the planet Cheron. How does Kirk get mixed up in such matters?
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 This Gun for Hire 1991  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lou Antonio
Cast: Robert Wagner, Nancy Everhard, Fredric Lehne, John Harkins, Marco St. John, Danny Kamin, Dean Cochran, Lenore Banks, Patrik Balduff, David Dahlgren
Robert Wagner takes over the Alan Ladd role from the 1942 film and plays the gunman out for revenge after he is double-crossed.
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| 1. America, America (1963)
aka: The Anatolian Smile
2. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
3. Hawaii (1966)
4. Pals (1987)
5. A Real American Hero (1978)
aka: Hard Stick
6. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 35 (Episodes 69&70) (1969)
7. This Gun for Hire (1991)
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