Jackpot 2001  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Patrick Bauchau, Adam Baldwin, Rosie O'Grady, Peggy Lipton, Mac Davis, Rick Overton, Suzanne Krull
Sunny Holiday (John Gries) is a loser who dreams of becoming a famous singer, and his means to that end is competing in karaoke contests on a 43-city tour. He has left his wife, Bobbi (Daryl Hannah), behind with their daughter and sends her a weekly $1.00 lottery ticket in lieu of child support. Traveling with his manager, Les (Garrett Morris), in Bobbi's pink New Yorker, Sunny heads for Jackpot, Nevada, for the next contest and then, ultimately, on to L.A. for that big break.
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North Dallas Forty 1979  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, Charles Durning, Dayle Haddon, Steve Forrest, Bo Svenson, G.D. Spradlin, Dabney Coleman, Savannah Smith, Marshall Colt
This film provides a glimpse into the inner workings of professional football. It features an aging star player, Phillip Elliott, who finds that he is just a number when he fails to produce for the financial benefit of the team owner.
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Possums 1998 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Max Burnett
Cast: Mac Davis, Cynthia Sikes, Greg Coolidge, Andrew Prine, Dennis Burkley, Monica Creel, Jay Underwood, Jerry Haynes, Clive Revill, Zach Sherman
Will (Mac Davis) has enjoyed his job of radio announcer for the Nowata Possums High School football team so much that when the football program is canceled, he continues to air play-by-plays of imaginary games.
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The Sting II 1983 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Bert Remsen, Ron Rifkin, Jose Perez, Larry Bishop, Monica Lewis
This is nowhere close to being the film that its predecessor was, but there is a little fun here and there. Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis are the heroes (in Paul Newman's and Robert Redford's roles) in this one about fixing a boxing match to get Karl Malden.
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Where the Red Fern Grows 2003  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury
Cast: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia, Mac Davis, Ned Beatty, Kris Kristofferson, Dabney Coleman, Gary Anson, Andrew Dickison, Stuart Dickison
In this second film adaptation of Wilson Rahl's 1961 novel, Joseph Ashton takes on the role of the young Oklahoma boy, Billy Coleman, who learns about responsibility through bonding with his hunting dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
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| 1. Jackpot (2001)
2. North Dallas Forty (1979)
3. Possums (1998)
4. The Sting II (1983)
5. Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
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