Coming Home 1978  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty, Mary Gregory, Kathleen Miller, Beeson Carroll, Charles Cyphers, Willie Tyler, Louis Carello, Olivia Cole, Bruce French, Tresa Hughes
This film does a good, though biased, job of relating people's emotions over the Vietnam War. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Corps Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) and his wife Sally's (Jane Fonda) affair with paraplegic war veteran Luke Martin (John Voight). Jane Fonda and Jon Voight won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Actor. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Screenplay, and five nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Dern) and Actress (Penelope Milford as Sally's troubled friend Vi).
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First Sunday 2008   PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: David E. Talbert
Cast: Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine, Michael Beach, Keith David, Regina Hall, Malinda Williams, Chi McBride, Clifton Powell, Nicholas Turturro, Olivia Cole, Red Grant, C.J. Sanders, Rickey Smiley
Durell (Ice Cube) and LeeJohn (Tracy Morgan) have been friends since childhood and still have not learned how to stay out of trouble. When his ex-girlfriend Omunique (Regina Hall) threatens to move away with their young son (C.J. Sanders), Durell joins forces with LeeJohn to rob a church in order to provide funds to keep mother and son in town. They go to the church, but the money is missing, and now they hold the parishioners captive. Among the group of hostages are choirmaster Rickey (Katt Williams), Sister Doris (Loretta Devine), and Pastor Arthur Mitchell (Chi McBride). They are anything but a quiet group of victims and provide arguments convincing Durell and LeeJohn to repent and change their lives. 1 User Review
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Go Tell It on the Mountain 1985  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stan Lathan
Cast: Paul Winfield, Rosalind Cash, James Bond III, Roderick Wimberly, Olivia Cole, Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, CCH Pounder, Linda Hopkins, Kadeem Hardison, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito
This made-for-TV version of James Baldwin's novel features Paul Winfield in the role of a young Black man who struggles against his Southern Baptist roots and takes out his anger on his own family.
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Heroes 1977  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Henry Winkler, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Val Avery, Olivia Cole, Hector Elias, Dennis Burkley, Tony Burton, Fred Stuthman, Michael Cavanaugh, Helen Craig, John P. Finnegan, Betty McGuiree, John O'Leary
A Vietnam veteran, Jack Dunne (Henry Winkler), takes a bus trip across the country to work out his troubles. Along the way, he meets fellow bus rider Carol Bell (Sally Field) who has just broken up with her fiance. Carol sympathizes and helps Jack find solutions to his problems.
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Some Kind of Hero 1981 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Olivia Cole, Paul Benjamin, David Adams, Martin Azarow, Shelly Batt
A Vietnam vet (Richard Pryor) returns home to find surprises and personal problems after his six years imprisonment as a POW.
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The Women of Brewster Place 1989  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Donna Deitch
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Jackee, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens, Olivia Cole, Lonette McKee, Mary Alice, Leon, Paula Kelly, Paul Winfield
The inner-city tenements are the setting of this story of the lives of black women and how they cope with life.
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| 1. Coming Home (1978)
2. First Sunday (2008)
3. Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
4. Heroes (1977)
5. Some Kind of Hero (1981)
6. The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
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