 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce, Bruce Altman, Jude Ciccolella, Paul Butler, Barry Rossen, Neal Jones, Dana Lee, Julie Payne, George Cheung
This is the Pulitzer Prize winning story about 24 hours in the lives of four Chicago real estate salesmen–Ricky Roma (Al Pacino), Shelley "The Machine" Levine (Jack Lemmon), Moss (Ed Harris), and Aaronow (Alan Arkin). Sales consultant Blake (Alec Baldwin) orders the salesmen to "sell or get out," and now they will stop at almost nothing in their desperate attempts to obtain sales and keep their respective jobs. A good movie.
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Reign Over Me 2007  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein, Melinda Dillon, Mike Binder, Jonathan Banks, Rae Allen, Paula Newsome, John de Lancie, Paul Butler
Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) has it all: a great job, loving wife (Jada Pinkett Smith), and beautiful daughters. One evening, Alan runs into his college roommate Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and learns that Charlie once had everything Alan has, but Charlie's wife and children died when the plane crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Charlie now suffers post-traumatic stress disorder. When Alan realizes that Charlie needs help, their friendship is rekindled. Alan hangs out with Charlie and draws him back, at least part-way, into the normal world and, in the process recognizes and finds solutions for his own troubles.
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Renegades 1989  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz, Robert Knepper, Bill Smitrovich, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Clark Johnson, Peter MacNeill, Joseph Griffin, John Di Benedetto, Kyra Harper, Joseph Hieu, Tom Butler, Jack Blum, Paul Butler
After Marino's (Robert Knepper) gang steals a valuable Native American spear during a diamond heist, undercover cop Buster McHenry (Kiefer Sutherland) and Lakota Indian Hank Storm (Lou Diamond Phillips) join forces and learn to work together to put an end to Marino's gang. In the process of breaking up the city's huge crime ring, they uncover police corruption. Filled with adventure and violence.
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To Sleep with Anger 1990 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Burnett
Cast: Danny Glover, Richard(2) Brooks, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vonetta McGee, Wonderful Smith, Ethel Ayler, Sy Richardson
A drifter, Harry (Danny Glover), arrives at the doorstep of a couple he grew up with. The family, headed by Gideon (Paul Butler) and Suzie (Mary Alice), is undergoing strife, and Harry assists by helping them rediscover their roots. But, he also starts bringing in his shady friends and begins to drink heavily. After Gideon has a stroke, Harry takes over the household with disastrous results.
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| 1. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
2. Reign Over Me (2007)
3. Renegades (1989)
4. To Sleep with Anger (1990)
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