 Big Wednesday 1978  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Summer of Innocence
Director: John Milius
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Barbara Hale, Robert Englund, Joe Spinell, Steve Kanaly, Reb Brown
This surfing film involves three California surfers–Matt (Jan-Michael Vincent), Jack (William Katt), and Leroy (Gary Busey)–whose exploits are covered from 1962 to 1974.
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Distant Thunder 1988  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Kean, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin, Denis Arndt, Jamey Sheridan, Tom Bower, Michael Currie, Hilary Strang, Robyn Stevan, Gordon Currie
Emotionally troubled Vietnam veteran Mark (John Lithgow) abandons his family and lives in the Washington wilderness with other similarly troubled buddies. After years of wandering, he is ready to reunite with his now-grown son, Jack (Ralph Macchio). Heavy drama.
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Fast Break 1979  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Gabe Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Michael Warren, Bernard King, Reb Brown, Mavis Washington, Bert Remsen, K Callan, Jack Smight, Laurence Fishburne
Gabe Kaplan makes his film debut in this film about a coach at a Nevada college who brings along his NYC street players and turns them into a magnificent collegiate team.
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Hardcore 1979  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Leonard Gaines, Dave Nichols, Ed Begley Jr., Bibi Besch, Tracey Walter, Reb Brown
When his teenage daughter is missing in the Los Angeles area, Calvinist fundamentalist Jake Van Dorn (George C. Scott) leaves his Midwestern home to find her after his private detective uncovers clues that lead to the seedy pornographic film industry. Van Dorn enlists the aid of prostitute Niki (Season Hubley) and, in the process of his quest, learns more about the alien world of sex and drugs.
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Uncommon Valor 1983 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Gail Strickland, Jeremy Kemp
A retired Marine (Gene Hackman) has evidence that his son and others may still be alive in a Vietnamese prison. With financial backing from another father (Robert Stack), he puts together an invasion force whose mission is to free the missing men.
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| 1. Big Wednesday (1978)
aka: Summer of Innocence
2. Distant Thunder (1988)
3. Fast Break (1979)
4. Hardcore (1979)
5. The Howling II : Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
6. Uncommon Valor (1983)
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