Amazing Stories: Book 4 1991  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Sam Waterston, Helen Shaver, Dick Cavett, Tim Robbins, Max Gail, Kate McNeil, Chris Nash, Sid Caesar, Leo Rossi
Three episodes from the popular TV series are compiled in this video: "Mirror, Mirror" directed by Martin Scorsese–monsters that a director creates on the screen haunt him in real life. "Blue Man Down" directed by Paul Michael Glaser–a policeman blames himself for the death of his partner. "Mr. Magic" directed by Donald Petrie–an old man talented in slipping away finds one last act with the help of a deck of cards.
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D.C. Cab 1983  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Max Gail, Adam Baldwin, Mr. T, Charlie Barnett, Gary Busey, DeWayne Jessie, Irene Cara, Anne DeSalvo
Harold (Max Gail) owns a rundown taxi company whose cars are dilapidated and its drivers are out in left field. Then Albert (Adam Baldwin) arrives on the scene, and he tries to turn things around. But, it takes a kidnapping for the cabbies to heed Albert's advice.
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Good Luck 1996 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Ox and the Eye
Director: Richard LaBrie
Cast: Gregory Hines, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Earl Jones, Max Gail, Joe Theismann, Roy Firestone, Robert O'Reilly, Maria O'Brien, Jack Rader, Kathryn Howell, Ramsay Midwood, Sarah Trigger
Paraplegic Bernard "Bern" Lemley (Gregory Hines) and blind, suicidal, ex-professional football star Tony "Ole" Olezniak (Vincent D'Onofrio) challenge the rapids in a white-water race on Oregon's Rogue River in this uplifting story.
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Heartbreakers 1984  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth
Cast: Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail, James Laurenson, Carol Wayne, Jamie Rose, Kathryn Harrold, George Morfogen, Jerry Hardin
Arthur Blue (Peter Coyote) and Eli Kahn (Nick Mancuso) are middle-aged bachelors whose friendship becomes strained when they both fall in love with Liliane (Carole Laure).
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Judgment Day 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Terlesky
Cast: Ice-T, Suzy Amis, Mario Van Peebles, Coolio, Linden Ashby, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Max Gail, Mark Deakins, James Eckhouse, David Wells
In this taking-advantage-of-successful-storylines, a large piece of interstellar debris is headed to Earth, and the only man who can help is a scientist who has invented a system to deal with such matters. But–there is a cult group out there headed by Payne (Mario Van Peebles) who does not want man interfering with "God's will" and is out to stop the scientist by capturing him. Now it's up to a convicted murderer (Ice-T) and an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to recover the scientist. Watchable.
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Judgment in Berlin 1988 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Escape to Freedom
Director: Leo Penn
Cast: Martin Sheen, Heinz Hoenig, Sam Wanamaker, Max Gail, Jutta Speidel, Carl Lumbly, Max Volkert Martens, Sean Penn, Juergen Heinrich, Joshua Sinclair, Harris Yulin
As a means to gain freedom, an East German, Helmut (Heinz Hoenig), hijacks an airplane and directs its pilot to fly to West Berlin. To his surprise, the U.S. is unhappy with his escapade and decides to try him for terrorist activities. However, the judge (Martin Sheen) assigned to the case sides with Helmut.
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Letting Go 1985 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jack Bender
Cast: John Ritter, Sharon Gless, Joseph Cortese, Max Gail, Kit McDonough, Peter Dvorsky, Michael Fantini, Barbara Gordon, Deborah Turnbull, Keith Knight
Kate's (Sharon Gless) relationship has ended, and widower Alex's (John Ritter) life is empty. They meet at a support group session, and the romance begins–but not without encountering complications along the way. Made for TV.
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Night Moves 1975 R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Ed Binns, Harris Yulin, Melanie Griffith, Susan Clark, Kenneth Mars, James Woods, John Crawford, Max Gail
Loser private eye Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) uncovers a smuggling operation while on a routine missing-person investigation.
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The Organization 1971 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Medford
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Fred Beir, Allen Garfield, Raul Julia, Ron O'Neal, Sheree North, Bernie Hamilton, Max Gail
Sidney Poitier takes on the role of "Heat of the Night's" homicide Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for the third time in this final film in the series. This time around, cops are combating an illegal narcotics syndicate.
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Pontiac Moon 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ryan Todd, Eric Schweig, Cathy Moriarty, Max Gail, Lisa Jane Persky, J.C. Quinn, John Schuck, Don Swayze, Gene Borkan, Ron Burke, Frank Carl Fisher Jr., Suzanne Ircha, Ramsey Ellis
Leaving his agoraphobic wife, Katherine (Mary Steenburgen), at home, absent-minded professor Washington Bellamy (Ted Danson) hatches a plan to support son Andy's (Eric Schweig) interest in space: on the eve of Neil Armstrong's landing on the Moon, they will embark on a road trip that will take the same time as space travel from Earth to the Moon. Thus begins their symbolic adventure from California to Idaho. Meanwhile, Katherine senses that her family needs her and ventures from the security of home to join Washington and Andy.
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Where Are the Children? 1986 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Max Gail, Barnard Hughes, Harley Cross, Elisabeth Harnois, Elizabeth Wilson, Frederic Forrest, James Purcell, Clifton James, Eriq La Salle, Joseph Hindy, Devin Ratray, Zev Braun, Christopher Murney, Ted O'Brien
Nine years after the murder of Nancy's (Jill Clayburgh) children, the children she has borne following the tragedy are now missing. In spite of a new marriage to Clay Eldridge (Max Gail) and a move to another part of the country, tragedy has appeared to happen again.
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| 1. Amazing Stories: Book 4 (1991)
2. Cardiac Arrest (1980)
3. D.C. Cab (1983)
4. Good Luck (1996)
aka: The Ox and the Eye
5. Heartbreakers (1984)
6. Judgment Day (1999)
7. Judgment in Berlin (1988)
aka: Escape to Freedom
8. Letting Go (1985)
9. Night Moves (1975)
10. The Organization (1971)
11. Pontiac Moon (1994)
12. Where Are the Children? (1986)
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