Attack of the 5'2" Women 1994  R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Attack of the 5'2" Women
Attack of the 5 foot 2 Women
Director: Richard Wenk, Julie Brown
Cast: Julie Brown, Stella Stevens, Adam Storke, Sam McMurray, Khrystyne Haje, John Robert Hoffman, Bridget Sienna, Eric Edwards, Priscilla Barnes, Dick Miller
Spoofmaster Julie Brown comes up with two wild ones in this National Lampoon film. In the first, "Tonya: The Battle of Wounded Knee," she plays Tonya Hardly, who is out to win an Olympic Gold Medal in skating–but "Miss Perfect," Nancy Cardigan, is in the way. She plays Lenora Babbitt in the second sketch, "He Never Gave Me an Orgasm," which justified the removal of his penis. A raunchy flick.
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Baby It's You 1983  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson, Frank Vincent, Fisher Stevens, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew Modine, Nick Ferrari, Leora Dana, Bill Raymond, Sam McMurray, Dolores Messina, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Marta Kober
The rich-girl-in-love-with-boy-from-the-other-side-of-the-tracks classic storyline is again used; this time however, it's the 1960s and Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) is an intelligent, college bound Jewish girl, and Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo (Vincent Spano) is an Italian waiter with aspirations to become a singer. Good performances and script.
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C.H.U.D. 1984  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Douglas Cheek
Cast: John Heard, Kim Greist, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Brenda Currin, Laure Mattos, Justin Hall, Michael O'Hare, Cordis Heard, Vic Polizos, Eddie Jones, Sam McMurray, Frank Adu, J.C. Quinn, Patricia Richardson
Reporter Murphy (J.C. Quinn) tells photographer George Cooper (John Heard) about the government dumping nuclear waste under the streets of New York City, and Cooper decides to investigate. Meanwhile, police Capt. Bosch (Christopher Curry), whose wife (Laure Mattos) has been abducted, joins forces with The Reverend (Daniel Stern) who suspects something strange is going on beneath the streets. In fact, a tribe of Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers (C.H.U.D.) is preying on the citizens of New York City. Now, Bosch, The Reverend, Cooper, and Murphy race against time to stop the creatures.
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Dear God 1996  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway, Hector Elizondo, Rue McClanahan, Maria Pitillo, Jon Seda, Roscoe Lee Browne, Anna Maria Horsford, Kathleen Marshall, Donal Logue, Felix Pire, Isadora O'Boto, Sam McMurray, Nancy Marchand
When it is discovered that postal employee Tom (Greg Kinnear) has taken it upon himself to answer letters written to God, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny, he gets fame and notoriety from the press but is charged by authorities with mail fraud.
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 Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Sam McMurray, Mindy Sterling, Will Sasso, Brittany Murphy, Matt Malloy, Amy Adams, Laurie A. Sinclair, Shannon Nelson, Alexandra Holden, Sarah Stewart
When Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst) enters the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Miss Teen Princess beauty contest in Mt. Rose, Minnesota, her alcoholic mother, Annette (Ellen Barkin), stops at nothing to ensure that her daughter wins the title. But, first, she must get past the former winner, Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley), whose own daughter, Becky (Denise Richards), also seeks the beauty prize.
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L.A. Story 1991 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patrick Stewart, Kevin Pollak, Iman, Sam McMurray, Frances Fisher
A Los Angeles TV weatherman (Steve Martin) is bored with his career and his girlfriend (Marilu Henner). But, he adds zest to his life when he falls in love with a British reporter (Victoria Tennant).
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 Lucky Numbers 2000 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neill, Michael Rapaport, Daryl Mitchell, Bill Pullman, Richard Schiff, Michael Moore, Sam McMurray, Monet Cunningham
A lottery scam is carried out by Harrisburg, Pa. TV weather forecaster Russ Richards (John Travolta) and his friend, Gig (Tim Roth). The scam works, but before long a tangled web is woven into which more characters–including Lotto ball girl Crystal Latroy (Lisa Kudrow), greedy station manager Dick Simmons (Ed O'Neill), and two cops (Bill Pullman and Daryl Mitchell)–become part of the deception.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, Miriam Flynn, Juliette Lewis, E.G. Marshall, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Doris Roberts, Cody Burger, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Sam McMurray
One thing you can always say about the Griswolds is that they never give up. This time, instead of leaving home, Clark (Chevy Chase) prepares the family home for an old-fashioned Christmas. Relatives arrive, and pandemonium follows.
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 Raising Arizona 1987 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Coen
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Randall "Tex" Cobb, M. Emmet Walsh
A childless couple, ex-con (Nicolas Cage) and his cop wife (Holly Hunter), decide they want a child. Not being the conventional couple, they find an alternative to adoption–they steal a child. The story goes on from there as the dizzy duo tries child rearing.
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Slappy and the Stinkers 1998  PG, 78 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Barnet Kellman
Cast: B.D. Wong, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Coolidge, Joseph Ashton, Gary LeRoi Gray, Carl Michael Lindner, David Dukes, Travis Tedford, Sam McMurray, Scarlett Pomers
Slappy is a sea lion that the Stinkers (one girl and four boy students attending Darlmoor Academy) "liberate" from an aquarium in this crude, slapstick film.
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 Soccer Dog: The Movie 1999 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Tony Giglio
Cast: James Marshall, Olivia d'Abo, Sam McMurray, Jeremy Foley, Burton Gilliam, Billy Drago, Kyle Gibson, Evan Matthew Cohen, Brocker Way, Bill Capizzi, Kirk Baily, Franklin Dennis Jones, Carrie Genzel, Brad Grunberg, Douglas S. Orstein
Soccer-loving, adoptive father Alden (James Marshall) tries unsuccessfully to lure his son Clay (Jeremy Foley) onto the soccer field. But matters take a turn for the best when a stray dog enters the picture. The dog excels at soccer and helps bring the family together.
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Stealing Sinatra 2004 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: David Arquette, William H. Macy, Ryan Browning, Sam McMurray, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Brandy Heidrick, Kevin McNulty, Eric Johnson, Gillian Barber, Angelika Libera, James Russo, Desiree Zurowski
This film, based on a true story, revolves around three bumbling men who decide to kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. and use the ransom money to start a business. Weak.
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The Wizard 1989 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Todd Holland
Cast: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges, Vince Trankina, Wendy Phillips, Dea McAllister, Sam McMurray, Will Seitzer, Roy Conrad, Jenny Lewis
Separated following their parents' divorce, Corey (Fred Savage) and Jimmy (Luke Edwards) rejoin each other and run away to Los Angeles where Corey wants to help autistic Jimmy compete in a $30,000 video game championship. But, as they travel across the Southwest, concerned family members are on their trail.
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| 1. Attack of the 5'2" Women (1994)
aka: National Lampoon's Attack of the 5'2" Women
aka: Attack of the 5 foot 2 Women
2. Baby It's You (1983)
3. C.H.U.D. (1984)
4. Dear God (1996)
5. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
6. L.A. Story (1991)
7. Lucky Numbers (2000)
8. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
aka: Christmas Vacation
9. Raising Arizona (1987)
10. Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
11. Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
12. Stealing Sinatra (2004)
13. The Wizard (1989)
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