 Beat Street 1984  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Stan Lathan
Cast: Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Saundra Santiago, Lee Chamberlin, Mary Alice, Shawn Elliott, Jim Borrelli, Dean Elliott, Robert(3) Taylor, Antonia Rey, Lee Chamberlin, Franc Reyes, Tonya Pinkins
Bronx hip-hop artist Kenny (Guy Davis) and his dancer brother Lee (Robert Taylor) get involved with college music major Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong) who inspires them to use their talents as the means of rising out of the ghetto. The result is a musical production filled with rap groups, break dancers, and pop singers.
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Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers 1984  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tommy Chong
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Roy Dotrice, Edie McClurg, Rae Dawn Chong, Rikki Marin, Robbi Chong, Shelby Fiddis
In this story, set on the eve of the French Revolution, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong take on three roles each. This time around, the plot and gags are stupid.
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Choose Me 1984  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau, Rae Dawn Chong, John Larroquette, Edward Ruscha, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould, John Considine
This is one of the best movies of 1984. It is a very clever comedy/drama that centers on relationships among a group of late-night owls. The group includes such people as a nightclub owner, a radio sex talk-show hostess, and an escapee from a mental hospital.
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City Limits 1985 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Cast: Darrell Larson, John Stockwell, Kim Cattrall, Rae Dawn Chong, John Diehl, Don Keith Opper, James Earl Jones, Robby Benson, Danny De La Paz, Norbert Weisser
The world has been devastated by a plague and is now victimized by roving gangs on motorbikes. This sequel to "Android" is narrated by James Earl Jones.
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 The Color Purple 1985  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Laurence Fishburne, Desreta Jackson, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory
This story is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and revolves around a Black family in Georgia where success is learned from lessons in adversity. In 1909, teenager Celie (Desreta Jackson) gives birth to two children and is virtually sold off to sharecropper Alfred (Danny Glover) who marries her and then sells the children. Celie is treated like a slave. Later, Albert moves his mistress Shug (Margaret Avery) into the house. Celie (now played by Whoopi Goldberg) develops a good relationship with Shug and Alfred's take-no-guff daughter-in-law Sofia (Oprah Winfrey). Through their friendships, Celie gains the strength to leave Albert and begin a new life. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), and two for Supporting Actress (Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey). A "must see."
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 Commando 1985  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller / Romance
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, James Olson, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, David Patrick Kelly, Bill Duke, Bill Paxton, Drew Snyder, Sharon Wyatt, Michael Delano, Bob Minor, Michael Adams, Gary Cervantes
When "Commando" John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) discovers that his 11-year-old daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) has been kidnapped by an exiled Latin American dictator, Arius (Dan Hedaya), he springs into action in order to rescue her. Along the way, he is aided by another enemy, Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong), of the dictator, and romance develops as they race to bring him down.
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Constellation 2007  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Union, Melissa De Sousa, Hill Harper, Zoe Saldana, Ever Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, David Clennon, Rae Dawn Chong, Clarence Williams III, Daniel Bess, Alec Newman, Adam Nelson, Trey Rogers
As Carmel Boxer's (Gabrielle Union) African American relatives gather in Alabama for her funeral, her brother, Helms (Billy Dee Williams), arrives from Paris but wants nothing to do with the funeral or his extended family. Although society has changed over the years, Carmel's interracial affair with Bear Korngold (young Bear played by Daniel Bess) in the 1950s forced a wedge in the family that has remained for half a century. Now, Helms must confront his family and the demons that have plagued them over the years.
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Far Out Man 1990  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tommy Chong
Cast: Tommy Chong, C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Shelby Chong, Paris Chong, Martin Mull, Bobby Taylor, Reynaldo Rey, Peggy Sanders, Al Mancini, Judd Nelson, Cheech Marin
An aging, 1960s' hippie (Tommy Chong) sets off on a trek across America searching for his family and meaning to his life.
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Father & Son: Dangerous Relations 1993 TV, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dangerous Relations
On the Streets of L.A.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., Blair Underwood, Rae Dawn Chong, David Harris, Christopher M. Brown, Eddie De Harp, Luke Askew, Clarence Williams III, Tony Plana, Milt Kogan
A prisoner (Louis Gossett Jr.) is a prison "boss" until a new prisoner (Blair Underwood) challenges him for the leadership role. The new prisoner turns out to be the boss' son and their lives continue to intersect after parole. Made for TV.
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Fear City 1984 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith, Jack Scalia, Rossano Brazzi, Rae Dawn Chong, Joe Santos, Michael V. Gazzo, Jan Murray, Maria Conchita Alonso
New York prostitutes are being killed, and police try to find the murderer. This film contains plenty of violence and follows the predictable course as good guys try to capture the bad guy. Very good cast wasted.
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Hideaway 1995  R, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, Alfred Molina, Jeremy Sisto, Rae Dawn Chong, Kenneth Welsh, Joely Collins, Suzy Joachim, Shirley Broderick, Tom McBeath, Don S. Davis, Roger R. Cross, Michael McDonald, Rebecca Toolan
Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum) has a near-death experience when the car in which he, his wife Lindsey (Christine Lahti), and daughter Regina (Alicia Silverstone) are riding in is hit by a semi-truck. Lindsey and Regina survive, and Hatch is resuscitated two hours later by Dr. Jonas Nybern (Alfred Molina). As he recovers, Hatch suffers hallucinations and sees through psychopath Vassago's (Jeremy Sisto) eyes. Vassago also experiences events in Hatch's life and is plotting to capture Regina and use her for a sacrifice. Now, Hatch sets out to find Vassago in order to save Regina and to try to regain the life he had before the accident. 1 User Review
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Mask of Death 1996 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Mitchell
Cast: Lorenzo Lamas, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, George Jenesky, Jerry Wasserman, Thomas Cavanagh, Kevin McNulty, Tim Henry, Ciara Hunter, James Crescenzo
Lyle (Lorenzo Lamas) and Frank (George Jenesky) are on the lam, though Frank is really working for the FBI to trap Lyle. In the process they take hostages, including Detective Turner (Rae Dawn Chong) and Detective McKenna's (also Lamas) wife. When McKenna shows up, bullets fly and Lyle is killed. Now, McKenna takes on the persona of Lyle to finish the job, as does Turner, McKenna's partner. Poor story, poor acting, poor directing, etc.
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The Principal 1987 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright, J.J. Cohen, Esai Morales, Troy Windbush, Jacob Vargas, Thomas Ryan, Reggie Johnson, Kelly Jo Minter, Ruth Beckford, Joan Valderrama, Rick Hamilton, Marty Pistone
The principal (James Belushi) of a high school used as a dumping ground for misfits works with, and against, the school's chief of security (Louis Gossett Jr.) in this film about the problems of dealing with troubled teens.
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Rude Awakening 1989 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Greenwalt, Aaron Russo
Cast: Eric Roberts, Cheech Marin, Julie Hagerty, Robert Carradine, Louise Lasser, Cliff De Young, Dion Anderson, Peter Boyden, Michael Luciano, Ed Fry, Cindy Williams, Buck Henry, Tom Sizemore, Andrea Martin, Rae Dawn Chong
In the 1960s, draft-dodging hippies Jesus Monteya (Cheech Marin) and Fred (Eric Roberts) flee the country and hide out in the Central American jungles. They return to New York City in the late 1990s and find their old friends Sammy (Robert Carradine) and Petra (Julie Hagerty). But, Sammy and Petra have now become rich yuppies, and life in America is not what Jesus and Fred expected after their idealistic youthful years.
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Soul Man 1986 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones, Arye Gross, Leslie Nielsen, Max Wright, James Sikking, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jeff Altman, Linda Hoy
As a way to get into Harvard law school, a young White man (C. Thomas Howell) turns himself into a Black man to facilitate winning a scholarship. Some funny moments occur when he meets people he knew before his color change. In addition, he falls in love with the woman (Rae Dawn Chong) who was next in line for the scholarship and could have used the money more than he.
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The Squeeze 1987 PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Michael Keaton, Rae Dawn Chong, John(2) Davidson, Liane Langland, Leslie Bevis, Meat Loaf, Ronald Guttman, Bobby Bass, Lou Criscuolo, Joe Pantoliano
If you are a Michael Keaton fan, by all means watch this film. Otherwise, taking out the trash might provide a few more laughs as Keaton playes a con-artist who gets mixed up in all kinds of trouble.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Harrison
Cast: Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, Matthew Lawrence, Robert Sedgwick, Julianne Moore, James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Robert Klein, Steve Buscemi, Donald Van Horn, Paul Greeno, Alice Drummond, Philip Lenkowsky
Newspaper delivery boy Timmy (Matthew Lawrence) is imprisoned by mad cannibal housewife Betty (Deborah Harry) who plans to eat him. Timmy tries to forestall his fate by telling three horror stories. The stories include Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot 249," in which a college student (Christian Slater) is confronted by a mummy he has raised from the dead. Stephen King's "Cat From Hell" features a millionaire (William Hickey) hiring a hit man (David Johansen) to track down a cat that killed his family, and "Lover's Vow" is about an artist (James Remar) who makes a deal with the devil.
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Valentine's Day 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Protector
Director: Duane Clark
Cast: Mario Van Peebles, Zehra Leverman, Randy Quaid, Rae Dawn Chong, Stewart Bick, Ben Gazzara, John Bourgeois, Frank Crudele, Susan Kottman, David Hemblen, Sandi Ross, Nicholas Pasco
Detective Jack Valentine (Mario Van Peebles), recently put back on the streets after a desk job, fails to protect a mob witness from being murdered. Jack suspects the man's girlfriend, Alma (Zehra Leverman), but falls for her. Thus begins a deadly game where Jack just may be in over his head.
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The Visit 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Cast: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Billy Dee Williams, Phylicia Rashad, Talia Shire, David Clennon, Glynn Turman, Efrain Figueroa
Based on a play that, in turn, is taken from a true story, "The Visit" is about convicted rapist Alex Waters (Hill Harper) who is dying in prison when he calls on his family to visit. Along with psychiatrist Dr. Coles (Phylicia Rashad), his mother (Marla Gibbs), father (Billy Dee Williams), and brother (Obba Babatunde) try to sort out what went wrong.
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| 1. American Flyers (1985)
2. Beat Street (1984)
3. Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984)
4. Choose Me (1984)
5. City Limits (1985)
6. The Color Purple (1985)
7. Commando (1985)
8. Constellation (2007)
9. Far Out Man (1990)
10. Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993)
aka: Dangerous Relations
aka: On the Streets of L.A.
11. Fear City (1984)
12. Hideaway (1995)
13. Mask of Death (1996)
14. The Principal (1987)
15. Quest for Fire (1981)
16. Rude Awakening (1989)
17. Soul Man (1986)
18. The Squeeze (1987)
19. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
20. Valentine's Day (1998)
aka: Protector
21. The Visit (2000)
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