 The American Friend 1977  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Der Amerikanische Freund
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Gerard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Samuel Fuller, Jean Eustache, Peter Lilienthal, Daniel Schmid, Rudolf Schundler, Sandy Whitelaw, Lou Castel, Heinz Joachim Klein, David Blue, Rosemarie Heinikel
This psychological thriller stars Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley who sells forged paintings. Jonathan Zimmerman (Bruno Ganz) suffers from a fatal illness, and Ripley persuades him to become the paid killer of a French Mafioso. Zimmerman plans to use the money to support his family after his death. But, one murder leads to another.
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 The Exorcist 1973  R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Mercedes McCambridge, Vasiliki Maliaros, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schundler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds
When Megan (Linda Blair) exhibits bizarre behavior that includes violence and foul language, her mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), calls in a young priest, Father Karras (Jason Miller), to help her. Father Karras is sure that Megan is possessed by the devil and asks exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to come to her aid by staging an exorcism. Many horrors ensue as Father Merrin confronts the supernatural spirit. This film caused quite a stir at the time of its release. Academy Awards were received for Best Writing and Sound as well as eight other nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting Actor (Miller) and Actress (Blair), and Director. Two sequels follow
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Kings of the Road 1976  N/R, 176 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: In the Course of Time
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schundler, Marquard Bohm, Hans Dieter Trayer, Franziska Stommer, Patric Kreuzer, Peter Kaiser, Michael Wiedemann, Wim Wenders
Movie projector repairman Bruno (Rudiger Vogler) travels from one small-town theater in West Germany to another while living in his beat-up truck. One day, a VW Beetle speeds by and ends up in the river. The occupant Robert (Hanns Zischler) gets out of the car after his half-hearted attempt at suicide, is picked up by Bruno, and they take off together as Bruno continues his route. This is the ultimate road movie by Wim Wenders that makes statements on many matters that occupied the lives of people living through the Cold War and the changes in society that were taking place.
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| 1. The American Friend (1977)
aka: Der Amerikanische Freund
2. The Exorcist (1973)
3. Kings of the Road (1976)
aka: In the Course of Time
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