At Close Range 1986   R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Mystery
Director: James Foley
Cast: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Millie Perkins, David Strathairn, Eileen Ryan, Candy Clark, J.C. Quinn, Tracey Walter, Jake Dengel, Stephen Geoffreys, Crispin Glover, R.D. Call
Based on a true story about a suburban Philadelphia family, Sean Penn and Christopher Walken star as son and father–Brad Whitewood Jr. and Brad Whitewood Sr.–in this unsettling movie about a father's influencing his son to turn to a life of crime in order to obtain his love. Teenager Brad meets his father after years of separation and is enticed into his father's life of crime. Good performances by Walken and Penn. Intense and brutal.
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The Chamber 1996   R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, David Marshall Grant, Lela Rochon, Bo Jackson, Millie Perkins, Robert Prosky, Nicholas Pryor
A young lawyer, Adam Hall (Chris O'Donnell), takes on the case of a Klansman, Sam Cahill (Gene Hackman) and subsequently learns that he is Cahill's grandson. The race against time is on as Hall tries to win clemency for Cahill before the execution date.
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Cockfighter 1974 R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Born to Kill
Gamblin' Man
Wild Drifter
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Troy Donahue, Millie Perkins, Laurie Bird, Ed Begley Jr., Warren Finnerty, Robert Earl Jones, Steve Railsback, Patricia Pearcy, Tom Spratley, Kermit Echols, Charles Willeford, Pete Munro
This violent thriller is about a Georgia man, Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates), who trains roosters to become fighting cocks. Frank has vowed to not speak a word until he wins the "Cockfighter of the Year" medal. Of course, Frank's silence puts a strain on his relationship with his old girlfriend, Mary Elizabeth (Patricia Pearcy), but Frank believes that she will return to him if he can win the medal. Many brutal moments fill the screen.
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The Diary of Anne Frank 1959  N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Ed Wynn, Lou Jacobi, Richard Beymer, Gusti Huber, Diane Baker, Douglas Spencer, Charles Wagenheim, Dodie Heath, Edmund Purdom
Anne (Millie Perkins) and her parents, the Van Daans (Lou Jacobi and Shelley Winters), are Jews hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. This is Anne's story about coming of age in an attic surrounded by the threat of immediate death. Anne wrote, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." Shelley Winters won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Oscars were also presented for Art Direction/Set Decoration and Cinematography. The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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Ensign Pulver 1964  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Tommy Sands, Millie Perkins, Kay Medford, Larry Hagman, James Farentino, James Coco, Jack Nicholson
This is a disappointing sequel to "Mr. Roberts," despite the good cast of current and future stars.
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The Haunting Passion 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Korty
Cast: Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins, Ruth Nelson, Paul Rossilli, Ivan Bonar, Lisa Britt, Ocean Hellman, Terry David Mulligan, Tom Heaton
Dan (Gerald McRaney), a former football star who is starting a broadcasting career, and wife Julia (Jane Seymour) move into a remote house on a cliff. Jane starts having erotic dreams of a man, and it turns into an affair. But this is no ordinary man; he is a ghost. Now she must make a choice between the two men in her life.
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The Lost City 2006  R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andy Garcia
Cast: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Tomas Milian, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Steven Bauer, Richard Bradford, Jsu Garcia, Enrique Murciano, Elizabeth Pena, Millie Perkins, Nestor Carbonell, Victor Rivers, Juan Fernandez
Fico (Andy Garcia) owns the popular El Tropico nightclub in Havana and adopts the hands-off policy on government shared by his university professor father (Dustin Hoffman) and tobacco plantation owner uncle (Richard Bradford). But the year is 1960, Batista has decamped, and Castro has taken power. Fico tries to hold his upper-class family together while his brothers, Ricardo and Luis (Enrique Murciano and Nestor Carbonell), support the revolution. Later, after Ricardo is killed, Fico falls in love with Ricardo's widow, Aurora (Ines Sastre). This story of romance in the midst of revolution captures the culture of one privileged group in Havana during the revolution. 2 User Reviews
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| | This was a sleeper and worth better publicity. | Chloe 03/05/2010 | | The story is historical in nature and the characters are fascinating. Garcia did an excelletn job. Hoping LOST CITY is also good. |
| | FRECKLES 05/26/2007 | | I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THIS MOVIE. GREAT STORY (AND PRETTY MUCH TRUE) , GREAT MUSIC, GREAT WRITING AND ACTING. I DON'T KNOW WHY I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT SOONER. MAJOR KUDOS. |
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Ride in the Whirlwind 1965 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Tom Filer, Millie Perkins, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Harry Dean Stanton, Rupert Crosse, John Hackett, B.J. Merholz
Three innocent cowboys (Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, and Tom Filer) are chased by vigilantes when they are suspected of being members of a gang of outlaws. A Corman/Nicholson cheapie; offbeat.
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The Shooting 1967 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Will Hutchins, Warren Oates, B.J. Merholz, Guy El Tsosie, Charles Eastman, Brandon Carroll, Wally Moon, James Campbell, William Macklepring
Ex-bounty hunter Willett Gashade (Warren Oates) is searching for his brother who has gone missing. He meets cowboy Coley (Will Hutchins) who is feeling a loss after witnessing his best friend's murder. Then a mysterious woman (Millie Perkins) appears on the scene and asks Gashade to escort her through the Utah desert. Coley and Gashade start the journey with the woman, and they are joined by bounty hunter Billy Spear (Jack Nicholson). They begin to suspect that the woman is trailing someone but are unsure of who it is, but they continue the trek only to be shocked by what they find. This is a Western with an ending you will remember.
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Slam Dance 1987 R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: Slamdance
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Harry Dean Stanton, Millie Perkins, Don Keith Opper, Adam Ant, Judith Barsi, Rosalind Chao, Herta Ware, John Doe, Robert Beltran, Sasha Delgado, Joshua Caceras, Marty Levy
Two call girls are murdered, and an L.A. artist, C.C. Drood (Tom Hulce), had a connection to both of them. Suddenly, the police are investigating him, and now he must work to prove his innocence.
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Table for Five 1983 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Marie-Christine Barrault, Millie Perkins, Roxana Zal, Robby Kiger, Kevin Costner, Erik Holland, Son Hoang Bui, Maria O'Brien
This film concerns the ordeals of divorce and its impact on children; a divorced father (Jon Voight) plans a cruise with his children to renew their deteriorating relationship.
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Two Moon Junction 1988 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zalman King
Cast: Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, Kristy McNichol, Martin Hewitt, Juanita Moore, Don Galloway, Millie Perkins, Milla Jovovich
April (Sherilyn Fenn) is from a rich, southern family, and her father is a senator to boot. She has just graduated from college and will soon marry a man with an appropriate station in life. When she is left alone in the mansion, she gets bored, meets a carnival man, and has a sex-filled interlude. Poor, and there is a sequel: "Return to Two Moon Junction."
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Wild in the Country 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Philip Dunne
Cast: Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, Rafer Johnson, John Ireland, Gary Lockwood, Jason Robards Sr., William Mims, Raymond Greenleaf, Alan Napier, Christina Crawford, Robin Raymond, Pat Buttram, Harry Shannon
Glenn Talbot (Elvis Presley) is a troubled young man who is encouraged by his psychologist, Irene Sperry (Hope Lange), to achieve his goal of becoming a writer. They work together, and, despite becoming the object of gossip in their town, Glenn's future looks great as he heads off to college. Songs include "In My Way," "Lonely Man," "Wild in the Country," and "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell."
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 Wild in the Streets 1968 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Barry Shear
Cast: Shelley Winters, Christopher Jones, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley, Richard Pryor, Bert Freed, Kevin Coughlin, Larry Bishop, Michael Margotta, Don Wyndham, Salli Sachse, May Ishihara, Kellie Flanagan
In this 1960s fantasy, pop singer/drug pusher Max Frost (Christopher Jones), the son of domineering mother Daphne (Shelley Winters), joins forces with Congressman Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook), and they employ trickery that results in 14-year-old children obtaining the vote. In a landslide election, Max is elected President of the United States, and now he wants to ship all adults to internment camps.
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| 1. At Close Range (1986)
2. The Chamber (1996)
3. Cockfighter (1974)
aka: Born to Kill
aka: Gamblin' Man
aka: Wild Drifter
4. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
5. Ensign Pulver (1964)
6. The Haunting Passion (1983)
7. The Lost City (2006)
8. Ride in the Whirlwind (1965)
9. The Shooting (1967)
10. Slam Dance (1987)
aka: Slamdance
11. Table for Five (1983)
12. Two Moon Junction (1988)
13. Wild in the Country (1961)
14. Wild in the Streets (1968)
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