 Anatomy of a Murder 1959  N/R, 161 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant, George C. Scott, Murray Hamilton, Joseph N. Welch, Brooks West, Orson Bean, Russ Brown, Ken Lynch, John Qualen
A Southern lawyer (James Stewart) defends Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering his wife Laura's (Lee Remick) accused rapist in one of the best courtroom dramas ever made. Stewart is great as the slow-moving, but cunning, lawyer and received an Oscar nomination for his performance; other nominations included Best Picture and two nominations for Supporting Actor (George C. Scott and Arthur O'Connell).
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Being John Malkovich 1999  R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen, Byrne Piven, Ned Bellamy, K.K. Dodds, Carlos Jacott, W. Earl Brown
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unsuccessful puppeteer who discovers a door in his office that allows those passing through to spend 15 minutes each inside the mind of John Horatio Malkovich (John Malkovich). You must see this one for yourself! Oscar nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener).
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Frank McKlusky, C.I. 2002  PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arlene Sanford
Cast: Dave Sheridan, Randy Quaid, Dolly Parton, Orson Bean, Kevin Pollak, Andy Richter, Enrico Colantoni, Joanie Laurer, Frank "Hud" Monaco, Kevin P. Farley
Frank McKlusky (Dave Sheridan), an insurance claims investigator, is so safety conscious that he even wears a helmet. He is forced to leave the safe haven of his parents' home to go undercover, and we find another Inspector Clouseau is born. Lame and goofy, but not that funny.
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How to Be Very, Very Popular 1955  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Sheree North, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Orson Bean, Tommy Noonan, Charlotte Austin, Rhys Williams
In this remake of 1934's "She Loves Me Not" and 1942's "True to the Army," two dancers (Betty Grable and Sheree North) witness a Mob killing and then hide out on a college campus. This was Grable's last movie–"musicals" was her thing, but musicals were NOT the thing by the mid-1950s.
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Soccer Dog: European Cup 2004  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Sandy Tung
Cast: Nick Moran, Jake Thomas, Lori Heuring, Scott Cleverdon, Orson Bean, Darren Keefe, Frank Simons, Jack McGee, Tony Collins, Jeremy Howard, John Kassir, Eric Don, J.B. Ghuman Jr., Vince Grant, Eric Jacobs
Young Zach (Jake Thomas), whose mother has died, leaves America and is reunited with his father, Brian (Nick Moran), in Scotland where the two discover a mutual love for soccer. Events take an upward swing when Zach befriends a stray dog that becomes not only the team mascot but the star as well.
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Twinky 1969  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Lola
Statutory Affair
London Affair
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan George, Trevor Howard, Michael Craig, Honor Blackman, Lionel Jeffries, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins, Orson Bean, Kay Medford
A writer of pornographic books in his late 30s (Charles Bronson) marries a 16-year-old girl in this weak drama that reflects the social changes happening in the 1960s.
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| 1. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
2. Being John Malkovich (1999)
3. Forty Deuce (1982)
4. Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
5. The Hobbit (1978)
6. How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
7. Soccer Dog: European Cup (2004)
8. Twinky (1969)
aka: Lola
aka: Statutory Affair
aka: London Affair
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