 Apocalypse Now 1979  R, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, G.D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Bo Byers, James Keane, Kerry Rossall
Francis Ford Coppola's monumental drama (both on screen and off) about the Vietnam War relates the story of a disenchanted Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) who is sent to Cambodia to kill insurgent Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). This is a brutal, intense look at the senseless violence of war. The story is adapted from Joseph Conrad's philosophical novel "Heart of Darkness." Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall).
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 Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 R, 202 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, G.D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Bo Byers, James Keane, Kerry Rossall
Originally released in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola re-edited "Apocalypse Now" adds depth (and 49 minutes) to the original version. This monumental drama (both on screen and off) about the Vietnam War relates the story of a disenchanted Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) who is sent to Cambodia to kill insurgent Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). This is a brutal, intense look at the senseless violence of war. The story is adapted from Joseph Conrad's philosophical novel "Heart of Darkness."
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Bronco Billy 1980  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Sam Bottoms, Bill McKinney, Sierra Pecheur, William Prince, Walter Barnes, Woodrow Parfrey
The wild adventures of Clint Eastwood and the shabby traveling Wild West show. Sondra Locke is the wealthy love interest.
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Class of '44 1973  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Bogart
Cast: Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Deborah Winters, William Atherton, Sam Bottoms, Joe Ponazecki, Murray Westgate, Marian Waldman, Mary Long
Sequels usually aren't as good as the original, and that is the case here as this follow-on to "Summer of '42" has Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser back. They are having growing pains as they find romance in college. Entertaining.
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For Better, for Worse 1974  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Zandy's Bride
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Bottoms, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Bob Simpson, Vivian Gordon
Zandy Allan (Gene Hackman) orders Hannah Lund (Liv Ullmann) as his mail-order bride. After abusing her, he learns that there are true feelings between them and he exerts compassion instead of cruelty. A total waste of two great actors.
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Gardens of Stone 1987 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, James Earl Jones, Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lonette McKee, Sam Bottoms, Elias Koteas, Laurence Fishburne
This movie tries to show the inner workings of the brotherhood of soldiers. "Gardens of Stone" refers to Arlington National Cemetery, and the story centers on the Old Guard of elite soldiers who perform the internment ceremonies at Arlington.
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Hunter's Blood 1987  R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert C. Hughes
Cast: Sam Bottoms, Kim Delaney, Clu Gulager, Ken Swofford, Joey Travolta, Lee de Broux, Bruce Glover, Billy Drago, Charles Cyphers
"Deliverance" this film is not! However, the storyline is very similar, but this time a group of deer hunters have headed for Arkansas.
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The Last Picture Show 1971 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Bill Thurman, Sam Bottoms, Noble Willingham, Joe Heathcock, Jessie Lee Fulton, Sharon Taggart
In the small town of Anarene, Texas, during the 1950s, high-school football players Sonny and Duane (Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges) are best friends. The boys hang out at the local pool hall owned by Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson) who also owns the town's old movie house. There isn't much going in their world. Both boys are enamored with their beautiful fellow student Jacy (Cybill Shepherd in her first film), and Duane begins dating her. As graduation approaches, Duane enlists to serve in the Korean War, and Sonny continues his fling with Coach Popper's (Bill Thurman) wife Ruth (Cloris Leachman). Now, Sam the Lion has died, his theater is closing, and the boys find their own changing lives paralleling those of the world around them. Oscars went to Johnson and Leachman for their supporting roles. There were also six other nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Bridges), Supporting Actress (Ellen Burstyn for her role as Jacy's mother), and Director.
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My Neighbor's Daughter 1998 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Angel Blue
Director: Steven Kovacs
Cast: Sam Bottoms, Lisa Eichhorn, Yennifer Behrens, Marco Rodriguez, Tessa Konig-Martinez, Karen Black, Jason Graves, Sandor Tecsy, Jamie Comer, Chris Pray
Against her alcoholic father's orders, a teenage Hispanic girl starts an affair with an older man who also is her father's friend. Talk about your exploitation movies! Karen Black makes a brief appearance.
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 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, John Mitchum, John Russell, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sam Bottoms, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Paula Trueman, Geraldine Keams, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Will Sampson
After the killing of his wife and son by Union soldiers, Missouri farmer Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) sets out on a mission to avenge their deaths. First, he joins Confederate raiders, but after the war ends Josey sets out on his own and is deemed a dangerous outlaw. He is pursued by bounty hunters and U.S. cavalry soldiers, led by Terrill (Bill McKinney) and Fletcher (John Vernon). Along his trek, Josey gains traveling companions Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George), Laura Lee (Sondra Locke), and her Grandma Sarah (Pauls Trueman) who offers Josey a home in her farmhouse. Just when it looks like Josey will settle down, Terrill appears on the scene.
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Sherrybaby 2006 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurie Collyer
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Sam Bottoms, Kate Burton, Giancarlo Esposito, Danny Trejo, Rio Hackford, Bridget Barkan, Ryan Simkins, Caroline Clay, Michelle Hurst, Sandra Rodriguez, Anna Simpson
After her release from prison, drug addict Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) returns home to New Jersey where she enters a half-way house and sets out to reclaim custody of her five-year-old daughter, Alexis (Ryan Simpkins), who has been cared for by Sherry's brother and sister-in-law–Bobby and Marcia (Brad William Henke and Kate Burton). But, Sherry's goal proves more difficult as she realizes after a meeting with Alexis and a reunion with her not-so-understanding father Bob, Sr. (Sam Bottoms). "Sherrybaby" does not seem capable of making adult decisions.
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Shopgirl 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Anand Tucker
Cast: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Samantha Shelton, Gina Doctor, Clyde Kusatsu, Rachel Nichols, Shane Edelman
Mirabelle (Claire Danes) grew up in Vermont but has moved to California where she works as a gloves salesperson at Saks Fifth Avenue in Los Angeles. Now, two very different men enter her life–divorced, wealthy executive Ray (Steve Martin) and struggling, rock-and-roll musician Jeremy (Jason Schwartzman)–and, at some point, Michelle must choose between the two.
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Snide and Prejudice 2001  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Angus Macfadyen, Rene Auberjonois, T.C. Warner, Mena Suvari, Richard Moll, Brian McDermott, John Dennis Johnston, Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, Brion James, Jeffrey Combs, Richard Edson
Dr. Sam Cohen (Rene Auberjonois) has a unique treatment for his psychotic patients. One patient, Michael (Angus Macfadyen), thinks he is Hitler and has other patients believing they are Nazi followers. Dr. Cohen takes advantage of this as he encourages the patients to present a story of Hitler's life. A good cast but otherwise a plodding comedy/drama.
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Winter Passing 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Adam Rapp
Cast: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Amy Madigan, Amelia Warner, Dallas Roberts, Robert Beitzel, Sam Bottoms, Deirdre O'Connell, Darrell Larson, John Bedford Lloyd, Mandy Siegfried, Mary Jo Deschanel
Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) returns home following a six-year absence after a literary agent (Amy Madigan) offers her $100,000 if she can convince her novelist father, Don Holden (Ed Harris), to release for publication love letters between him and his recently deceased wife, Reese's mother. Reese is surprised to find her ailing father living in the garage and his new friends–ex-grad student Shelly (Amelia Warner) and bodyguard/Christian rock singer Corbit (Will Ferrell) living in the house. Reese is shocked to find that she is the outsider in her childhood home. But there are secrets within those walls that Reese will soon learn.
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| 1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
3. Bronco Billy (1980)
4. Class of '44 (1973)
5. Dolly Dearest (1992)
6. For Better, for Worse (1974)
aka: Zandy's Bride
7. Gardens of Stone (1987)
8. Hunter's Blood (1987)
9. The Last Picture Show (1971)
10. My Neighbor's Daughter (1998)
aka: Angel Blue
11. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
12. Sherrybaby (2006)
13. Shopgirl (2005)
14. Snide and Prejudice (2001)
15. Winter Passing (2006)
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