 Bugsy Malone 1976   G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Paul Murphy, Michael Jackson, Michael Kirby, Martin Lev, Dexter Fletcher, John Rafter Lee, Sheridan Earl Russell, Albin "Humpty" Jenkins, Paul Chirelstein, Andrew Paul
The Gangster era of the 1920s is depicted by children, dressed in pinstriped suits and flapper dresses, who use "splat guns" that spurt cream in preparation for a "cream massacre." Bugsy Malone (Scott Baio) learns that another gang is using a gun that shoots sweets, and he sets out to get his hands on the weapon as he gains power over rivals "Fat Sam" (John Cassisi) and "Dandy Dan" (Martin Lev). 1 User Review
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| | renoils@sbcglobal.net 02/01/2007 | | I first saw this movie when it came out in 1976....I was friends with Alan Parkers' daughter at the time...I learned every song by heart and pretended thta I was Tahlulah....great musical for kids |
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Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones 1990  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ellen Weissbrod
Cast: Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Jackson, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Herbie Hancock
This documentary includes great footage of Jones on stage as well as interviews with Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jesse Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Men in Black II 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Peter Spellos, Michael Jackson, Michael Bailey Smith, Lenny Venito
Those MiB operatives–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are back, but Agent J must first get Agent K out of retirement and restore his memory that the MiB agency's neuralizer has wiped out. Then it's time to save the Earth, which is once again threatened by aliens out to destroy it.
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This Is It 2009 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Documentary / Musical
aka: Michael Jackson's This Is It
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Michael Jackson
This film provides raw footage of behind-the-scenes rehearsals of what was supposed to be Michael Jackson's concert comeback. Performances feature a robust Michael Jackson just weeks before his death and present Michael singing and dancing to "Thriller," "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," "Gonna Be Startin' Somethin'," and "I'll Be There" among other hits.
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The Wiz 1978  G, 134 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Stanley Greene, Clyde J. Barrett, Carlton Johnson, Harry Madsen
This film version of the Broadway show is an update of "The Wizard of Oz." It is an African-American musical set in contemporary NYC. Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) is visiting her Aunt Em's (Theresa Merritt) home for Thanksgiving when she leaves the dinner party to chase her dog in a snowstorm. Magically, Dorothy ends up in the Emerald City (NYC) where she teams up with Scarecrow (Michael Jackson), Tinman (Nipsey Russell), and Lion (Ted Ross) to find The Wiz (Richard Pryor) who can show her the way home. They follow the yellow brick road (which includes the subway system) and do find The Wiz. But, he has sinister plans for them–before he will grant Dorothy's wish to get back to her family. Quincy Jones' musical score is a highlight. 1 User Review
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| | i love it | Anonymous 03/27/2007 | i watched it as a child, i think my kids love it more
than me, the graphics are amazing to say the least. i love it, love it, love it!!!!!
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| 1. Bugsy Malone (1976)
2. Goodbye Charlie (1964)
3. Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990)
4. Men in Black II (2002)
5. This Is It (2009)
aka: Michael Jackson's This Is It
6. The Wiz (1978)
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