Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard Dysart, David Hooks, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala, Josephine Premice, Teddy Airhart, Ted Arroyo, Will Hare, Katherine Helmond, Thalmus Rasulala, Valerie Odell, Arnold Wilkerson
This historical drama is based on the story of fictional 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson) who reminisces about her experiences from the American Civil War until the 1960s' Civil Rights Movement. Shown through flashbacks, the story begins when the Civil War ends, and young Jane escapes from the KKK. As a newly freed woman, she fights to overcome adversity–even enduring the murder of her husband by racists in the North. Finally, she takes a positive position in the Civil Rights Movement. This television movie won nine Emmy Awards, including Best Actress (Tyson), Director, and Screenplay.
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Back to the Future Part III 1990  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Western
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, Matt Clark, Richard Dysart, Pat Buttram, Dub Taylor, James Tolkan, Marc McClure, Harry Carey Jr., Christopher Wynn, Mike Watson
Marty (Michael J. Fox) and the Doc (Christopher Lloyd) are back, but now they are living in the 1800s after Doc has been sucked back into the Old West. In spite of Doc Brown's warnings not to use the time machine again, Marty goes back to save his friend's life. Again, he encounters Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), but this time he's Biff's evil ancestor.
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 Being There 1979 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Fran Brill, Denise DuBarry, Ernest McClure, Oteil Burbridge, Ravenell Keller III, Donald Jacob
Simple-minded gardener Chance (Peter Sellers) is suddenly placed in the real world instead of the television world through which he has experienced life. When asked for political and financial advice, his naive answers are mistaken for insightful, intelligent answers. Melvyn Douglas won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in his role as a political kingmaker and Peter Sellers was nominated for Best Actor.
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 The Day of the Locust 1975 R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart, Bo Hopkins, Billy Barty, Jackie Earle Haley, Pepe Serna
Nathaniel West's novel makes a fascinating screenplay telling the story of those living on the fringe of success in Hollywood during the 1930s.
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Day One 1989 TV, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn, Richard Dysart, Hal Holbrook, Barnard Hughes, John McMartin, David Ogden Stiers, Anne Twomey, Lawrence Dane, Ron Frazier, Olek Krupa, Gary Reineke
In this strong made-for-TV film, the story about the men who made the Atomic Bomb is told, as well as the political and morality struggles concerning its use. General Groves (Brian Dennehy) heads up the Manhattan Project and works diligently toward the single goal of building the ultimate weapon. He appoints Robert Oppenheimer (David Strathairn) to head up the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico. Oppenheimer questions the consequences of their efforts but continues on to the final goal. Now it is time to drop the bomb, and the scientists witness the gruesome consequences of their efforts.
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An Enemy of the People 1977   G, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Richard Dysart, Michael Higgins, Richard Bradford, Ham Larsen
Adapted from the Ibsen play, this screenplay by Arthur Miller is about Doctor Thomas Stockmann (Steve McQueen) who tries to prevent the opening of a new health spa in his town because he has found that the hot springs are polluted. 1 User Review
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| | Memorable and Timely | Anonymous 09/20/2007 | | An outstanding performance by McQueen in this classic story in which one person has the courage to stand against evil regardless of others who choose to cower and criticize. Ibsen and McQueen clearly demonstrate once again that one person can change the world while also demonstrating the real danger of sometimes having that courage of conviction. I saw this sadly-unrecognized film in the late 1970s and it has "haunted" me ever since. I dearly wish it were available on DVD to view over and over and over. |
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The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Lori Singer, Richard Dysart, David Suchet, Dorian Harewood, Priscilla Pointer, Nicholas Pryor, Joyce Van Patten
The film, based on an actual case, presents the moral dilemma of two young men who are considering selling secrets of their own government. Intriguing from beginning to end, events are depicted in a relatively unbiased form.
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Hard Rain 1998  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Mikael Salomon
Cast: Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver, Randy Quaid, Edward Asner, Mark Rolston, Richard Dysart, Michael A. Goorjian, Dann Florek, Ricky Harris
Cascading water from a ruptured dam floods a town. During the torrential downpour Jim (Morgan Freeman) tries to rob an armored truck, but the guard, Tom (Christian Slater) saves the loot and hides it. But the real problem comes in retrieving the cash–with the sheriff and Jim in hot pursuit.
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The Hindenburg 1975 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith, Charles Durning, Richard Dysart, Robert Clary, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Donat, Alan Oppenheimer, Katherine Helmond, Stephen Elliott, Joanna Moore
In an interesting switch, the Hindenburg explosion is examined as a possible result of the action of saboteurs. In this story, the German government assigns Col. Ritter (George C. Scott) the mission of making sure that no one sabotages the Nazi blimp Hindenburg when it flies to New York. Ritter boards the airship and follows leads that include his ex-lover Ursula (Anne Bancroft), businessman Edward Douglas (Gig Young), suspicious crew members, and the captains Pruss (Charles Durning) and Lehmann (Richard Dysart). Ritter believes that a sabotage is planned and tries to get the blimp landed and the passengers out of danger. But, the Hindenburg explodes over New Jersey, and 36 people are killed.
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The Hospital 1971 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Roberts Blossom, Robert Walden, Frances Sternhagen
Incompetence in a major teaching hospital results in deaths of patients in this film, which won the Academy Award for "Best Script." Scott received an Oscar nomination for his acting.
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L.A. Law: The Movie 2002  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Corbin Bernsen, Susan Dey, Larry Drake, Richard Dysart, Iris Paluly, Jill Eikenberry, Dann Florek, Michele Greene, Harry Hamlin, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker, Bruce Davison
Eight years after the popular TV series ended, much of the cast is reunited in this made-for-TV film. Some new employees join the former ones in dealing with cases handled by the law firm.
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The Last Days of Patton 1986 TV, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: George C. Scott, Richard Dysart, Murray Hamilton, Eva Marie Saint, Ed Lauter, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Daniel Benzali, William Hope, Irina Brook, Shane Rimmer, Garrick Hagon, Jeff Harding
General George S. Patton Jr. is again played by George C. Scott–16 years after the very successful movie, "Patton." The General is mortally wounded in an automobile accident. While he lies in the hospital bed, he reminisces about happier times.
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The Lost Man 1969 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Alan Arthur
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman Jr., Leon Bibb, Richard Dysart, David Steinberg, Paul Winfield, Michael Tolan, Beverly Todd, Bernie Hamilton
This remake of "Odd Man Out" is about criminal Jason Higgs (Sidney Poitier) who gets involved with social worker Cathy Ellis (Joanna Shimkus) and civil rights leader Dennis (Al Freeman Jr.). Higgs finds unorthodox means to take care of children of jailed activists.
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Malice in Wonderland 1985 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Rumor Mill
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Alexander, Richard Dysart, Joyce Van Patten, Jon Cypher, Leslie Ackerman, Bonnie Bartlett, Joel Colodner, Rick Lenz, Mary McCusker, John Pleshette, Tim Robbins
Bitter rivals in Hollywood's gossip world, Louella Parsons (Elizabeth Taylor) and Hedda Hopper (Jane Alexander), feud and claw their way to reach the status of Top Gossip Queen.
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 Mask 1985 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott, Estelle Getty, Richard Dysart, Laura Dern, Micole Mercurio, Harry Carey Jr., Dennis Burkley, Ben Piazza, Wayne Grace, Lawrence Monoson, L. Craig King, Alexandra Powers, Kelly Jo Minter
Based on a true story, this heartwarming tale relates the ordeals of teenager Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) who has the disfiguring disease, craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, that has doubled his head size. Rocky keeps a good attitude, and his mother Rusty (Cher) fights for Rocky's rights, but she turns to drugs to ease the pressures she endures when dealing with Rocky's problems. Undaunted, Rocky gets his own life in order and then works to keep Rusty away from her drugs.
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Meteor 1979 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Brian Keith, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Joseph Campanella, Bo Brundin
Huge chunks of a meteor are headed for Earth in this film that is aimed at those who are hooked on disaster movies. Will the U.S. convince Russia to join with them and divert their space-based atomic weapons and used them on the meteor? The good cast is largely wasted.
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Moving Target 1988 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Chris Thomson
Cast: Jason Bateman, John Glover, Jack Wagner, Chynna Phillips, Donna Mitchell, Claude Brooks, Bernie Coulson, Richard Dysart, Tom Skerritt, William Lanteau
Young musician Toby (Jason Bateman) returns home from summer camp only to find out that his family is missing. He soon realizes that a hit man is on his trail as is the Justice Department. It appears to be in his best interest to locate his family and find out what is going on. Made for TV.
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd 1980 TV, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Dennis Weaver, Susan Sullivan, Richard Dysart, Michael McGuire, Nigel Davenport, Arthur Hill, Mary Nell Santacroce, Larry Larson, Teddy Milford, Clarence Thomas, Luke Halpin, Bill Gribble
After assassinating Abraham Lincoln, an injured John Wilkes Booth (Bill Gribble) arrived at the farm of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd (Dennis Weaver) where the doctor set his broken leg. As a result, Mudd was falsely accused and sentenced to life in a penal colony for being part of a conspiracy to kill the President. His wife, Frances (Susan Sullivan), maintained his innocence, but it would be many years before President Andrew Jackson pardoned him.
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 Pale Rider 1985 R, 113 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Chris Penn, Carrie Snodgress, Michael Moriarty, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan
Gold prospectors are in trouble–until drifter "Preacher" (Clint Eastwood) arrives, organizes the miners, and leads them in a fight against the large mining company that is out for profit only.
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Panther 1995 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Cast: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Courtney B. Vance, Marcus Chong, Joe Don Baker, Robert Culp, Richard Dysart, M. Emmet Walsh, James Russo, Mario Van Peebles
This is a fictionalized version of the 1960's Black Panthers and their movement to encourage guns in the fight against racial oppression.
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Petulia 1968 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Pippa Scott, Kathleen Widdoes, Roger Bowen, Richard Dysart, Ellen Geer
Set in San Francisco during the 1960s, Richard Lester's comedy revolves around a divorced doctor, Archie Bollen (George C. Scott), and his relationship with an unhappily married kook, Petulia Danner (Julie Christie).
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Prophecy 1979  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, Victoria Racimo, George Clutesi, Burke Byrnes, Tom McFadden, Graham Jarvis, Charles H. Gray, Evans Evans, Mia Bendixsen, Johnny Timko, Everett Creach, Livingston Holmes
In this sci-fi horror story, Mercury poisoning from industrial pollution is ruining the land and threatening inhabitants of Maine. The EPA asks Dr. Robert Verne (Robert Foxworth) to mediate between the polluting paper mill and the Native American tribes who are being affected. He travels to Maine with his wife Maggie (Talia Shire) and meets Native American activist John Hawkes (Armand Assante). Together, they discover numerious wildlife mutations and a mutant bear in the terror-filled land.
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Six Against the Rock 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: David Carradine, Richard Dysart, Dennis Farina, Charles Haid, Howard Hesseman, David Morse, Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Mahon, Tom Reese, J.P. Bumstead
Based on a failed escape in 1946, this made-for-TV movie relates the efforts of inmates at Alcatraz Prison who hatch a plot to take guards hostage and, traveling by boat, escape from the island.
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The Thing 1982 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Richard Mazur, Donald Moffat, Charles Hallahan, Keith David, Peter Maloney, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Polis, Norbert Weisser, Larry J. Franco, Nate Irwin
In this remake of the 1951 film, an American scientific expedition, whose 12 members include MacReady (Kurt Russell) and Copper (Richard Dysart) goes to Antarctica and finds a spaceship embedded in the ice. Strange occurrences begin, and it is soon evident that the expedition is in deep trouble when The Thing appears, and it becomes evident that The Thing can mutate into anyone that it kills. Lots of gory special effects.
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Truman 1995 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore, James Gammon, Tony Goldwyn, Pat Hingle, Harris Yulin, Leo Burmester, Virginia Capers
Gary Sinise excels in his portrayal of Harry S. Truman in this made-for-TV biography. The film follows Truman from his humble beginnings in Missouri through his career changes leading to the presidency.
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Warning Sign 1985 R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hal Barwood
Cast: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Dysart, G.W. Bailey, Jerry Hardin, Rick Rossovich, Cynthia Carle, Scott Paulin
When deadly microbes are accidentally spilled at a research lab, the security system activates–locking scientists inside. Now they must fend for themselves.
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| 1. Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
2. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
3. Being There (1979)
4. The Day of the Locust (1975)
5. Day One (1989)
6. An Enemy of the People (1977)
7. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
8. Hard Rain (1998)
9. The Hindenburg (1975)
10. The Hospital (1971)
11. L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
12. The Last Days of Patton (1986)
13. The Lost Man (1969)
14. Malice in Wonderland (1985)
aka: The Rumor Mill
15. Mask (1985)
16. Meteor (1979)
17. Moving Target (1988)
18. The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
19. Pale Rider (1985)
20. Panther (1995)
21. Petulia (1968)
22. Prophecy (1979)
23. Six Against the Rock (1987)
24. The Thing (1982)
25. Truman (1995)
26. Warning Sign (1985)
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