Beethoven's 5th 2003 G, 91 min. Genre: Family / Family / Adventure
Director: Mark Griffiths Cast: Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase, Tom Poston, John Larroquette, Katherine Helmond, Sammy Kahn, Richard Riehle, Clint Howard, Kathy Griffin, Rodman Flender, Tina Ullman, Tom Musgrave, Elizabeth Warner, Joel Hurt Jones
Beethoven is back with yet another set of characters as 12-year-old Sara (Daveigh Chase) and Beethoven grab a bus and head west to Quicksilver for the summer. Awaiting her is Uncle Freddy (Dave Thomas) who is not the only kook in town; it appears that exposure to mercury from an old mine has caused most of the townsfolk to be odd. Beethoven stirs things up when he starts digging.
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Hardbodies 1984 R, 87 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Griffiths Cast: Grant Cramer, Gary Wood, Michael Rapaport, Sorrels Pickard, Teal Roberts, Roberta Collins, Courtney Gains, Joyce Jameson, Cindy Silver, Kristi Somers, Antony Ponzini, Crystal Shaw, Darcy DeMoss, Marvin Katzoff, Kip Waldo
Three middle-aged men rent a beach house in hopes of scoring with younger beach babes. This movie is guided by hormonal energy and degrades women at every turn. Unbelievably, there is a sequel.
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Hardbodies 2 1986 R, 89 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Griffiths Cast: Brad Zutaut, Fabiana Udenio, James Karen, Alba Francesca, Roberta Collins, Brenda Bakke, Sorrels Pickard, Louise Baker, Alexandros Mylonas, Robert Rhine, Sam Temeles, Curt Wilmot, Nana, Lifteris Andrikos, Thanassis Christopoulos
This time, hormones abound when a group of students go on a cruise. Like "Hardbodies," this movie sacrifices plot and substance for (very) cheap thrills.
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The Miracle of the Cards 2001 TV, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Griffiths Cast: Catherine Oxenberg, Thomas Sangster, Richard Thomas, Peter Wingfield, Kirk Cameron, Duncan Fraser, Jeremy Guilbaut, Jennifer Carmichael, Sean Campbell, Michael Dobson, Karin Konoval, Chang Tseng
While eight-year-old Craig (Thomas Sangster) undergoes treatment for a brain tumor, the world response is miraculous–and the miracles continue.
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Tactical Assault 1998 R, 89 min. Genre: Action
Director: Mark Griffiths Cast: Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser, Ken Howard, Dey Young, Barry Zetlin, Wendy Benson-Landes, Harri James, Tam Logan, Bruce Anderson
Psychotic Air Force pilot Captain John "Doc" Holiday (Rutger Hauer) served six years in an Iraqi prison after being shot out of the air by a fellow pilot, Lee Banning (Robert Patrick). Now, Banning is a colonel, and Holiday is out of prison intent on exacting revenge on Banning for destroying six years of his life.
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| 1. Beethoven's 5th (2003)
2. Hardbodies (1984)
3. Hardbodies 2 (1986)
4. Heroes Stand Alone (1989)
5. The Miracle of the Cards (2001)
6. Tactical Assault (1998)
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