Hooper 1978  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, John Marley, James Best, Adam West, Robert Klein, George Furth, Don "Red" Barry
This film provides a look at what goes on behind the scenes of moviemaking. The story is about a stunt man (Burt Reynolds) who is not ready to give up his spot for a young up-and-comer.
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2003  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Robert Klein, Bebe Neuwirth, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Michael Michele, Shalom Harlow, Thomas Lennon, Samantha Quan, Justin Peroff, Celia Weston, James Murtaugh, Archie MacGregor
When advertising executive Benjamin Barry (Matthew Conaughey) bets his friends that he can make a relationship last more than 10 days, he meets his match in Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson) who he hooks up with in a bar. She is on assignment for her magazine to write a story about dumping a guy in 10 days and thinks she wants nothing more than to get rid of Benjamin within the given time.
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Jeffrey 1995  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Ashley
Cast: Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Batt, Christine Baranski, Nathan Lane, Kathy Najimy, Olympia Dukakis, Sigourney Weaver, Robert Klein
This film is adapted from Paul Rudnick's play about a gay couple who have the threat of AIDS hovering over their sex lives.
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Labor Pains 2000 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tracy Alexson
Cast: Kyra Sedgwick, Rob Morrow, Lela Rochon, Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Klein, Dann Fink, Patricia Kalember, George F. Miller
Sarah Raymond (Kyra Sedgwick) manages to hide her pregnancy from both the expectant father (Rob Morrow) and her own family–until her best friend, Lulu (Lela Rochon), panics during Sarah's labor and calls everyone. This light-hearted film is also light in the entertainment department.
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The Last Unicorn 1982 G, 92 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Klein, Brother Theodore, Don Messick
This animated story is set in the Robin Hood era. It tells the story of a unicorn (voice of Mia Farrow) looking for the rest of the unicorns and her adventures along the way.
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Mixed Nuts 1994 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler, Rita Wilson, Liev Schreiber, Garry Shandling
Steve Martin plays the person in charge of a suicide-prevention hotline, and his phones are HOT. Everyone, from a homicidal Santa to a very pregnant woman to a serial killer calls Martin's just-about-as-crazy staff.
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 One Fine Day 1996 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Anna Maria Horsford, Sheila Kelley, Pete Hamill, Gregory Jbara, Robert Klein, George Martin
This enjoyable, romantic comedy features Michelle Pfeiffer as single-mom Melanie Parker and George Clooney as single-dad Jack Taylor. When their tots miss the ferry for their school field trip, Melanie and Jack are forced into helping each other. They spend the day swapping kids to allow attendance at scheduled meetings in this satire of today's hectic schedules of working parents who try to meet responsibilities of both the workplace and the home.
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People I Know 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Algrant
Cast: Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal, Tea Leoni, Richard Schiff, Bill Nunn, Robert Klein, Mark Webber, Eldon Bullock, Juliet Papa, Ramsey Faragallah, Brian McConnachie
As an almost-over-the-hill press agent (Al Pacino) prepares for a charity benefit, he may have witnessed the murder of a druggie starlet (Tea Leoni). Now he scrambles to learn the truth–not realizing that the key lies in her video recorder, which he now has in his possession.
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Radioland Murders 1994  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Brian Benben, Ned Beatty, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Lerner, George Burns, Peter MacNicol, Brion James, Michael McKean, Robert Klein, Corbin Bernsen, Christopher Lloyd, Jim McKeny
The year is 1939, and station WBN is about to make its debut in Chicago. Opening night a series of murders begins, and it is up to police Lieutenant Cross (Michael Lerner) to solve the crimes.
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Reign Over Me 2007 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein, Melinda Dillon, Mike Binder, Jonathan Banks, Rae Allen, Paula Newsome, John de Lancie, Paul Butler
Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) has it all: a great job, loving wife (Jada Pinkett Smith), and beautiful daughters. One evening, Alan runs into his college roommate Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and learns that Charlie once had everything Alan has, but Charlie's wife and children died when the plane crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Charlie now suffers post-traumatic stress disorder. When Alan realizes that Charlie needs help, their friendship is rekindled. Alan hangs out with Charlie and draws him back, at least part-way, into the normal world and, in the process recognizes and finds solutions for his own troubles.
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 The Safety of Objects 2001 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rose Troche
Cast: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson, Moira Kelly, Robert Klein, Timothy Olyphant, Mary Kay Place, Kristen Stewart, Alex House, Charlotte Arnold
The interrelated stories of four neighboring families, each with its own separate problems, are told in this adaptation of A.M. Homes' book of short stories.
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Suits 1999 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eric Weber
Cast: Robert Klein, Tony Hendra, Larry Pine, Paul Lazar, Randy Pearlstein, Ingrid Rogers, James Villemaire, Mark Lake, Joelle Carter, Edoardo Ballerini
In this satire on the advertising industry, the firm of Cranston & Co. pulls out all stops to come up with the winning slogan for a sanitary napkin campaign.
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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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 Two Weeks Notice 2002 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Marc(2) Lawrence
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey, Robert Klein, Dorian Missick, Heather Burns, David Haig, Veanne Cox, Jason Antoon, Joseph Badalucco Jr., Jonathan Dokuchitz, Katheryn Winnick, Janine LaManna, Charlotte Maier
Successful, Harvard-educated lawyer Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) and her self-absorbed, millionaire, real estate developer boss George Wade (Hugh Grant) have many differences and don't like each other. Could their opposite personalities possibly lead to attraction? What do you think?
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| 1. An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988)
2. The Bell Jar (1979)
3. Hooper (1978)
4. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
5. Jeffrey (1995)
6. Labor Pains (2000)
7. The Last Unicorn (1982)
8. Mixed Nuts (1994)
9. One Fine Day (1996)
10. The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
11. People I Know (2002)
12. Radioland Murders (1994)
13. Reign Over Me (2007)
14. The Safety of Objects (2001)
15. Suits (1999)
16. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
17. Two Weeks Notice (2002)
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