Another Man, Another Chance 1977  PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: James Caan, Genevieve Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell, Jennifer Warren, Rossie Harris, Diana Douglas, Fred Stuthman, Burton Gilliam, Richard Farnsworth
Set in America's West during the 1870s, this is the story of a widower veterinarian (James Caan) and a young French widow (Genevieve Bujold) who find love the second time around.
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Arrowhead 1953  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair, Milburn Stone, Richard Shannon, Lewis Martin, Frank DeKova, Robert J. Wilke, Peter Coe, Pat Hogan, James Anderson, John Pickard, Richard Farnsworth
A peace treaty between the United States government and the Apache Indians is threatened by the actions of Ed Bannon (Charlton Heston). As a White child, Bannon was raised by Apaches, and now he holds bitterness in his heart toward them. When the Apache chief's college-educated son, Toriano (Jack Palance), leads the Apaches in bloody raids against the cavalry, the officers refuse to heed Bannon's warnings. Toriano and Bannon finally confront each other, and Bannon kills Toriano, which brings peace between the troopers and the Apaches.
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Comes a Horseman 1978 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon, Macon McCalman, James Keach, Basil Hoffman
A Montana land baron wants the acreage of two ranchers because he suspects oil is to be found under the land. The ranchers join forces in resistance, and love enters the picture.
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox 1976 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Roy Jenson, Robert F. Hoy, Jennifer Lee, Sid Gould, Richard Farnsworth, Jerry Willis
An unlikely couple–the Duchess (Goldie Hawn) and the Dirtwater Fox (George Segal)–make off with $40,000 stolen from bank robbers. The robbers follow in pursuit as the couple joins a wagon train of Mormons on their way to Salt Lake City. This film has some funny moments.
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The Fire Next Time 1993 PG, 195 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth, Jurgen Prochnow, Justin Whalin, Ashley Jones, Sal Lopez, Shawn Toovey, Charles Haid, Odetta, John Vernon
This made-for-TV propaganda film is set in 2017. Pollution and global warming have resulted in disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and other unpredictable weather–as well as oppressive pollution in parts of the Earth. The tale is told through the eyes of a Louisiana shrimp fisherman and his family who were victims of a hurricane.
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The Getaway 1994  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burton Gilliam, Royce D. Applegate, Alex Colon, Daniel Villarreal, Scott McKenna, Justin Williams
In this violent film–a remake of the 1972 movie–gangster Jack Benyon (James Woods) arranges for Doc McCoy's (Alex Baldwin) release from a Mexican jail after making a deal with Doc's wife Carol (Kim Basinger). The deal involves Doc holding up an Arizona race track, and Doc, along with Rudy (Michael Madsen) and Frank (Philip Seymour Hoffman), pulls off the heist. But, problems follow, and Doc and Carol try to escape to Mexico with their stolen million dollars.
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The Grey Fox 1982  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phillip Borsos
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Wayne Robson, Jackie Burroughs, Timothy Webber, Ken Pogue, Gary Reineke, David Petersen, Don MacKay, Tom Heaton
Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) served 33 years in San Quentin for stagecoach robberies. When he is released in 1901, he finds stagecoaches are no longer in existence, so he robs trains! Great photography, especially of trains roaring through the mountains of the Northwest.
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Havana 1990 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin, Raul Julia, Tomas Milian, Daniel Davis, Tony Plana, Richard Farnsworth, Mark Rydell, Richard Portnow
This film is not much more than a poor rehash of "Casablanca" with Jack Weil (Robert Redford) falling in love with the wife (Lena Olin) of a Cuban revolutionary (Raul Julia).
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 Independence Day 1983 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Follow Your Dreams
Director: Robert Mandel
Cast: Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Frances Sternhagen, Cliff De Young, Dianne Wiest, Josef Sommer, Bert Remsen, Richard Farnsworth, Noble Willingham, Brooke Alderson
Young photographer Mary Ann Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) dreams of making it big but must decide between her career and her love for Jack Parker (David Keith), an auto mechanic with different dreams.
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Into the Night 1985 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Landis
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Richard Farnsworth, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Bowie, Dan Aykroyd, Irene Papas, Clu Gulager, Carmen Argenziano, David Cronenberg
An aerospace engineer (Jeff Goldblum) learns of his wife's affair with another man and, in the middle of the night, heads for the airport to try to clear his head. Meanwhile, a woman smuggler (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives at the airport, is met by four killers, and escapes by jumping into the engineer's car. Then the real intrigue begins.
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Lassie 1994  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Tom Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney, Brittany Boyd, Frederic Forrest, Richard Farnsworth, Charlie Hofheimer, Michelle Williams, Joe Inscoe, Yvonne Brisendine, Clayton Barclay Jones, Margaret Peery, David Bridgewater, Earnest Poole Jr.
During their move from Baltimore to a farm in Virginia, the Turners–parents Laura and Steve (Helen Slater and Jon Tenney), daughter Jennifer (Brittany Boyd), and son Matthew (Tom Guiry)–pick up a stray dog, Lassie. Lassie becomes an important member of the family, especially to troubled Matthew, as they adjust to their new surroundings.
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger 1981 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure
Director: William A. Fraker
Cast: Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Jason Robards, John Hart, Richard Farnsworth, Juanin Clay, John Bennett Perry, David Hayward, Lincoln Tate, Ted Flicker, Marc Gilpin, Patrick Montoya, David Bennett
John Ried (Klinton Spilsbury) is the sole survivor of an ambush by Butch Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) and his gang. John is rescued by his childhood friend Tonto (Michael Horse) and nursed back to health. John assumes the name of the Lone Ranger–after his Ranger brother who was killed in the ambush–and is determined to bring the Cavendish gang to justice. He dons his mask and riding his horse Silver sets out with Tonto to save President Ulysses S. Grant (Jason Robards) who the Cavendish gang has abducted.
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Misery 1990 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Lauren Bacall, Graham Jarvis, Jerry Potter, Thomas Brunelle, June Christopher, Julie Payne, Archie Hahn III, Gregory Snegoff, Wendy Bowers, Rob Reiner, J.T. Walsh
A famous author, Paul Sheldon (James Caan), has written a series of books with a heroine named Misery Chastain. When he has a car wreck, he is rescued by a mountain resident, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who tends to his injuries. Unfortunately, she is more than a little upset that Paul has ended Misery's life, and she decides to force him to bring Misery back to life in a new book. This movie is from the Stephen King novel by the same name. Kathy Bates won an Oscar for her performance.
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 The Natural 1984 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Darren McGavin, John Finnegan, Alan Judge, Paul Sullivan Jr., Robert Rich III, Michael Madsen
Nineteen-year-old farm boy Roy Hobbs (Paul Sullivan Jr.) arrives on the baseball scene with his homemade bat "Wonderboy." He is ready to try out for the Chicago Cubs when his dreams hit a snag. A mysterious woman, Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey), shoots him with a silver bullet forcing Roy to drop out of baseball. Now, 15 years later, Roy (Robert Redford) is back in baseball as a 35-year-old rookie with the New York Knights where he becomes the star player attracting fans AND women, including sultry siren Memo Paris (Kim Basinger) and his high-school girlfriend Iris Gaines (Glenn Close). It is an old-fashioned story of good triumphing over evil. The climax of Roy's home-run hit is a classic. The film received four Oscar nominations, including Glenn Close for Best Supporting Actress.
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Pocket Money 1972 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Fred Graham, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Gregory Sierra, Richard Farnsworth
Cowboy Jim Rane (Paul Newman) sets out for Mexico with con man Leonard (Lee Marvin) to buy steers for a crooked cattleman, and they end up in a "heap o' trouble."
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Resurrection 1980 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Detrie
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Pamela Payton-Wright, Eva Le Gallienne, Jeffrey DeMunn, Lois Smith, Richard Hamilton, Lane Smith
Edna McCauley (Ellen Burstyn) recovers from a serious injury to find that she now has the power to heal others. Burstyn's performance is wonderful, and she received an Academy Award nomination. A nomination for Supporting Actress went to Eva Le Gallienne.
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Rhinestone 1984  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, Tim Thomerson, Stephen Apostle Pec, Penny Santon, Russell Buchanan, Ritch Brinkley, Jerry Potter
Dolly Parton plays a singer who bets she can take anyone and turn him or her into a country singing star in two weeks. She runs into a New York cab driver (Sylvester Stallone), and he turns out to be more than a handful of trouble for her goal. Good duo, terrible movie.
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The Straight Story 1999 G, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Everett McGill, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Barbara E. Robertson, John Farley, Harry Dean Stanton, John Lordan, Kevin P. Farley, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney
In 1994, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth)–a 73-year old from Laurens, Iowa–wanted to take a 240-mile journey to reconcile with his brother in Blue River, Wisconsin. But failing eyesight prevented Alvin from getting a driver's license. His solution: drive his John Deere lawn tractor instead. During the trip, Alvin reminisces, overcomes adversities, and meets friendly strangers. Farnsworth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, the oldest actor to have received a Best Actor nomination.
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Sylvester 1985 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Tim Hunter
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers, Peter Kowanko, Yankton Hatten, Shizuko Hoshi, Chris Pedersen, Angel Salazar, Arliss Howard, Shane Serwin, James Gammon, Richard Jamison, Ariane de Vogue, Norman Bennett
A 16-year-old orphan, Charlie (Melissa Gilbert), loves horses and dreams of becoming an Olympic rider. With help from her often drunk mentor, Foster (Richard Farnsworth), Melissa trains her spirited white horse Sylvester. Charlie becomes skilled in horseback riding, and enters Sylvester in a Kentucky steeplechase competition.
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Tom Horn 1980 R, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Wiard
Cast: Steve McQueen, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans, Billy Green Bush, Slim Pickens, Elisha Cook Jr., Peter Canon, Roy Jenson, James Kline, Geoffrey Lewis
The last days of one of the Wild-West's legends is portrayed by Steve McQueen as Tom Horn, bounty hunter.
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The Two Jakes 1990 R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Nicholson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter, Joe Pantell, James Hong, Perry Lopez, Rebecca Broussard
In this sequel to "Chinatown," detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) finds himself in the middle of an illegal land-development scheme that also involves murder. It all begins when Gittes is hired by another Jake–L.A. realtor tycoon Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel)–who suspects his wife Kitty (Meg Tilly) of cheating on him. They plot to have Berman walk in on Kitty and her lover while Gittes records the conversation from the next room. But, plans go awry when Berman kills Kitty's lover–and things are not always what they seem as Gittes is about to discover.
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| 1. Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
2. Arrowhead (1953)
3. Comes a Horseman (1978)
4. The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
5. The Fire Next Time (1993)
6. The Getaway (1994)
7. The Grey Fox (1982)
8. Havana (1990)
9. Independence Day (1983)
aka: Follow Your Dreams
10. Into the Night (1985)
11. Lassie (1994)
12. The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
13. Misery (1990)
14. The Natural (1984)
15. Pocket Money (1972)
16. Resurrection (1980)
17. Rhinestone (1984)
18. The Straight Story (1999)
19. Sylvester (1985)
20. Tom Horn (1980)
21. The Two Jakes (1990)
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