 Blue Streak 1999  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Les Mayfield
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe, Nicole Ari Parker, Graham Beckel, Tamala Jones, Olek Krupa, Saverio Guerra, Robert Miranda, Richard C. Sarafian, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Steve Rankin, Carmen Argenziano
Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) is a jewel thief, just released from prison, who impersonates a police officer in his attempt to steal a diamond that is locked up at the police station. But, as it turns out, Logan's well-laid plans go awry in this comedy/action tale.
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Bugsy 1991  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Richard C. Sarafian, Bebe Neuwirth, Wendy Phillips, Andy Romano
This 1920s gangster-era story revolves around notorious New York gangster Ben "Bugsy" Siegel (Warren Beatty) who on a trip to Los Angeles visits Las Vegas and decides to get involved in the gambling world. This much-publicized film won Oscars for Best Art Direction and Set Decoration. It also received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Warren Beatty), Director, and two for Supporting Actor (Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley).
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The Crossing Guard 1995  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sean Penn
Cast: David Morse, Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn, Anjelica Huston, Piper Laurie, Richard Bradford, Priscilla Barnes, David Baerwald, John Savage, Richard C. Sarafian
When a man's (Jack Nicholson) daughter is killed by a drunken driver (David Morse), both men's lives come close to being destroyed.
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 Don Juan DeMarco 1995   PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Leven
Cast: Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Johnny Depp, Geraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy, Rachel Ticotin, Talisa Soto, Richard C. Sarafian
Although he is set to retire the next day, psychiatrist Dr. Jack Mickler (Marlon Brando) talks suicidal Don Juan (Johnny Depp) down from the top of a billboard and takes him on as a client. The new client thinks he is the great Spanish lover, Don Juan. Through their conversations, Mickler is forced to re-examine his own beliefs about love and passion.
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Gotti 1996  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Scott Cohen, Raymond Serra, Marc Lawrence
Made for HBO, this is the biography on NYC's high-profile Mafia boss, John Gotti (Armand Assante). It follows his rise to the top in the crime world through his fall when captured and imprisoned.
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Gunmen 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Deran Sarafian
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Kadeem Hardison, Sally Kirkland, Richard C. Sarafian, Robert Harper, Brenda Bakke, James Chalke
Smuggler Dani (Christopher Lambert) teams up with DEA cop Cole (Mario Van Peebles) to find $400 million that was stolen from drug boss Loomis (Patrick Stewart) by Dani's brother, who was killed in the process. Now Loomis sends killers after Dani and Cole. Lots of action and some laughs thrown in as the pair bicker their way from one scrape to another.
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A Killing Affair 1977 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Behind the Badge
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, O.J. Simpson, Rosalind Cash, Dean Stockwell, Dolph Sweet, Todd Bridges, John P. Ryan, Priscilla Pointer, John Mahon, Charles Robinson, Fred Stuthman, John Steadman
In this made-for-TV cop movie, two detectives sent on an investigation have their work complicated by an interracial love affair that ensues.
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Lolly-Madonna XXX 1973  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lolly-Madonna War
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Scott Wilson, Katherine Squire, Ed Lauter, Season Hubley, Randy Quaid, Gary Busey
Two feuding families are involved in a land dispute that soon gets out of hand, and events escalate into a murderous rage that affects all around them.
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Man in the Wilderness 1971 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Richard Harris, Henry Wilcoxon, John Huston, Percy Herbert, Dennis Waterman, Norman Rossington, James Doohan, Judith Furse, Prunella Ransome, Sheila Raynor, Bryan Marshall, Ben Carruthers, Robert Russell, John Bindon
After he is attacked by a grizzly bear in the early 1800s, Zachary Bass (Richard Harris) is left by his fellow fur trappers and Indian traders to die. He recuperates and sets out on his own form of revenge.
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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, George Hamilton, Bo Hopkins, Robert Donner, Jay Silverheels, Sandy Kevin, Larry Littlebird
Catherine (Sarah Miles) is an unhappy wife who, when kidnapped by train robbers, falls in love with her captor (Burt Reynolds), leaves her husband, and joins the gang.
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The Next Man 1976 R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Double Hit
The Arab Conspiracy
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi, Marco St. John, Ted Beniades, Charles Cioffi, Richard C. Sarafian, John MacKay, Lance Henriksen, Jack Davidson, Bob Minor, William Mooney, Stephen D. Newman, Charles Randall
A Saudi, United Nations diplomat Khalil Abdul-Muhsen (Sean Connery), makes peace offerings to Israel and wants Israel be become a member of OPEC. This does not sit well with Arab terrorists who send Nicole Scott (Cornelia Sharpe) to assassinate him. Nicole arrives on the scene, she meets Khalil, and they fall in love in this action-filled story that takes place in New York, Germany, London, and Morocco.
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Ruby 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti, Jeffrey Nordling, Veronica Hart, Maurice Benard, Joe Viterelli, Robert S. Telford, John Roselius, David Duchovny, Richard C. Sarafian, Marc Lawrence
This interesting fictionalized account of the assassination of JFK is from the perspective of strip-joint owner Jack Ruby (Danny Aiello), who shot the person, Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of the assassination in front of a national TV audience. It brings out the various conspiracy theories of the assassination.
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Shadow on the Land 1968 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Jackie Cooper, John Forsythe, Gene Hackman, Carol Lynley, Marc Strange, Janice Rule, Michael Margotta, Bill Walker, Scott Thomas, Myron Healey
In the near future the U.S. is ruled by a tyrant. But fear not–freedom-loving rebels are out to restore democracy. 1 User Review
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| | Very Timely | BLKTEXAN 06/24/2009 | | This is one of my all time favorites. This movie is very timely and should be given much more "facetime". |
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Songwriter 1984 R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon, Rip Torn, Lesley Ann Warren, Mickey Raphael, Rhonda Dotson, Richard C. Sarafian, Robert Gould, Gailard Sartain
Lots of good music and an interesting perspective on country singers are provided in this film revolving around the adventures of Gilda (Lesley Ann Warren) who becomes the protege of country singer Doc Jenkins (Willie Nelson). Doc gets help and advice from his former partner, Blackie Buck (Kris Kristofferson), in handling the troubled girl. Kristofferson wrote the Academy Award nominated musical score.
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 Splendor in the Grass 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O'Reilly, Ned Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jim Youngs, Nicholas Pryor, Ally Sheedy, K Callan, Graham Jarvis, Todd Elliot, Macon McCalman, Richard McKenzie, Doran Clark, Toni Kalem
In Kansas during the 1920s, teenagers Deanie (Melissa Gilbert) and Bud (Cyril O'Reilly) are in love. Deanie comes from a middle-class family, and her mother (Eva Marie Saint) preaches to her about keeping her virginity to the point that Deanie is headed for a nervous breakdown. Bud's wealthy father Ace (Ned Beatty) wants him to go to Yale, but Bud wants to get married and settle down as a rancher. While the story is about class consciousness and the strict rules of sexuality during an earlier era, it provides enjoyable fare.
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Street Justice 1989  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Michael Ontkean, Joanna Kerns, Catherine Bach, J.D. Cannon, Jeanette Nolan, Richard Cox, William Windom, Sondra Currie, David B. Nichols, Alan Scarfe
A CIA agent, thought to be dead from a CIA-instigated crash while bringing a Soviet scientist to freedom, turns up after having escaped from a Russian prison. He then escapes from the CIA and heads to his hometown in New Jersey to search for his family. Finding that his wife has remarried, he proceeds to clean up the corrupt city from a ruthless family to protect his own family. Meanwhile, the CIA and corrupt family are after him. Yuk.
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Sunburn 1979 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels, John Hillerman, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Jack Kruschen, Alejandro Rey
Jake (Charles Grodin) and Marcus (Art Carney) are insurance investigators who use Ellie (Farrah Fawcett) as a decoy posing as Jake's wife in order to solve a murder/suicide case.
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 Vanishing Point 1971 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Severn Darden, Victoria Medlin, Timothy Scott, Karl Swenson, Lee Weaver, Tom Reese, Owen Bush, John Amos, Val Avery, Rita Coolidge
While driving a supercharged Dodge Challenger from Colorado to California, Kowalski (Barry Newman) leads the police on a merry chase and is aided by a blind jockey, Super Soul (Cleavon Little), who monitors police radios and clues Kowalski in as to their whereabouts.
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| 1. Blue Streak (1999)
2. Bugsy (1991)
3. The Crossing Guard (1995)
4. Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
5. Eye of the Tiger (1986)
6. Gotti (1996)
7. Gunmen (1994)
8. A Killing Affair (1977)
aka: Behind the Badge
9. Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
aka: The Lolly-Madonna War
10. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
11. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
12. The Next Man (1976)
aka: Double Hit
aka: The Arab Conspiracy
13. Ruby (1992)
14. Shadow on the Land (1968)
15. Songwriter (1984)
16. Splendor in the Grass (1981)
17. Street Justice (1989)
18. Sunburn (1979)
19. Vanishing Point (1971)
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