Fuzz 1972  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch, James McEachin, Steve Ihnat, Bert Remsen, Peter Bonerz
Set in Boston's 87th Precinct, the plot for this film involves Detective Carella's (Burt Reynolds) attempts to track down a terrorist bomber, The Deaf Man (Yul Brynner).
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Man on the Moon 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, George Shapiro, Vincent Schiavelli, Peter Bonerz, Jerry Lawler, Gerry Becker, Leslie Lyles, George Shapiro, Budd Friedman, Pamela Abdy, Cash Oshman, Matt Price
Jim Carrey plays the late comedian Andy Kaufman in this biography, which follows Kaufman from his days on the standup circuit, through his popular stint on "Taxi," and into the wrestling world where his feud with Jerry Lawler culminated in a fight on the Letterman show.
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Medium Cool 1969  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Haskell Wexler
Cast: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Peter Boyle, Marianna Hill, Christine Bergstrom, Harold Blankenship, Charles Geary, Doug Kimball, Robert McAndrew
This excellent semi-documentary makes a statement about the influence of TV on society. It focuses on a disinterested cameraman who unemotionally films the street riots, which were a facet of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.
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 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bonerz
Cast: Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Matt McCoy, Bruce Mahler, Kenneth Mars, G.W. Bailey, Gerrit Graham, Leslie Easterbrook, George R. Robertson, Lance Kinsey, Brian Seeman, Darwyn Swalve
They are back, and now the bumbling policemen are battling crime against Mr. Big. More silliness prevails in this box office biggie.
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Serial 1980  R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Persky
Cast: Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Jennifer McAllister, Sally Kellerman, Anthony Battaglia, Bill Macy, Nita Talbot, Christopher Lee, Tom Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Sam Chew Jr., Pamela Bellwood, Ann Weldon, Peter Bonerz, Patch Mackenzie
Open marriages and consciousness-raising mark life at the end of the 1970s' era as Hippies become part of the "me generation." Kate (Tuesday Weld) leaves her husband Harvey (Martin Mull), and they are amusing to watch as they muddle their way through what they consider to be the confusing lifestyle in Marin County, California. Based on Cyra McFadden's novel.
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A Storm in Summer 1970 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Peter Ustinov, N'Gai Dixon, Marlyn Mason, Frances Robinson, Penny Stanton, Aron Kincaid, Peter Bonerz, Anne Collings
Written by Rod Serling, this is the story of an old, deli owner, Abel (Peter Ustinov), in upstate New York. Since the death of his son in World War II, he has shut himself in with regard to relationships. As part of a campaign to bring needy children to live briefly with townsfolk, an African American boy (N'gai Dixon) arrives to stay with Abel. The Harlem boy is likewise sour on life, but the two develop a strong relationship. Remade in 2000.
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Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice 1969 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Fuller, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Huntington, Peter Brandon, Michael Barbera, Peter Bonerz, Richard Angarola, Claire Kelly, Valerie Allen
After Claire (Geraldine Page) is left penniless when her husband dies, she moves to Arizona with a plan to make money: start a pine tree garden, hire a housekeeper who has savings, kill her and bury her under a new pine tree, and take the deceased's savings. But Alice (Ruth Gordon) becomes suspicious when one of her ex-employees is missing and gets a job with Claire as a housekeeper. And the battle of wits begins. The two fine actresses, as expected, are good in their roles in this thriller/black comedy.
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| 1. Fuzz (1972)
2. Jennifer on My Mind (1971)
3. Man on the Moon (1999)
4. Medium Cool (1969)
5. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
6. Serial (1980)
7. A Storm in Summer (1970)
8. Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969)
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