The Bedford Incident 1965  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: James B. Harris
Cast: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam, Wally Cox, Eric Portman, Michael Kane, Donald Sutherland, Phil Brown, Shane Rimmer, James Caffrey, Paul Tamarin, Gary Cockwell, Glenn Beck, Brian Davies
In this story about U.S./Soviet Cold War relationships, United States Navy Captain Eric Finlander (Richard Widmark) becomes obsessed with the mission of his destroyer to seek out Soviet submarines. Assigned to do an article on Finlander, reporter Ben Munceford (Sidney Poitier) is aboard the destroyer and is documenting events taking place. During a cat-and-mouse game involving a Soviet submarine that is patrolling the same area, tensions rise, and one of Finlander's young officers, Ensign Ralston (James MacArthur), accidentally fires a nuclear weapon, which results in tragedy.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying... 1964  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, Peter Bull, Tracy Reed, Shane Rimmer, Jack Creley, Glenn Beck, Frank Berry, Gordon Tanner, Robert O'Neil, Roy Stephens
[Full Title: "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."] Peter Sellers plays three roles (U.S. President, British officer, and nuclear scientist) in this farce about dropping the nuclear bomb. Slim Pickens plays Major T.J. "King" Kong, a U.S. pilot flying his bomber loaded with nuclear weapons when he receives orders to attack the Soviet Union. The other planes are recalled or shot down, but Kong evades the missiles shot at him and completes his mission in a very unique way. This movie is both thought-provoking and amusing. The film received four Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Actor (Sellers), Director, and Writing). A real classic.
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Dreamchild 1985 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gavin Miller
Cast: Ian Holm, Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Caris Corfman, Nicola Cowper, Jane Asher, Amelia Shankley, Imogen Boorman, Shane Rimmer
This story is about Alice Liddell, a fictional name for the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and what happens to her 70 years after the book was published. She goes to America accompanied by a young girl who falls in love with a reporter. Alice opposes their relationship and we share in her fantasies, which counterpoint the realistic flashbacks about Alice and Carroll.
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The Fortunate Pilgrim 1988 TV, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Cooper
Cast: Sophia Loren, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Anna Strasberg, Yorgo Voyagis, Mirjana Karanovic, Annabella Sciorra, Ron Marquette, Harold Pruett, Hal Holbrook, Phil Brown, Predrag Bjelac, Ljiljana Blagojevic, Roxann Dawson, Shane Rimmer
A strong-willed Italian, Lucia (Sophia Loren), emigrates to New York's lower East side in 1915 and faces more than her share of adversities while raising her family during the Depression.
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Hanover Street 1979  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Adventue / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks, Patsy Kensit, Max Wall, Shane Rimmer, Keith Buckley, Sherrie Hewson, Cindy O'Callaghan, Di Trevis, Keith Alexander, Suzanne Bertish
While serving as an American bomber pilot during World War II, David Halloran (Harrison Ford) is in England where he meets and falls in love with Margaret Sellinger (Lesley-Anne Down) during an air raid. Margaret keeps the fact that she is married a secret. Later, David goes on a mission with British secret service agent Paul (Christopher Plummer)–who just happens to be Margaret's husband. After their plane is shot down over France, David realizes that Paul's wife is Margaret, but they must work together if they are going to find the means for survival.
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The Holcroft Covenant 1985  R, 112 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer, Mario Adorf, Michael Lonsdale, Bernard Hepton, Richard Munch, Carl Rigg, Andre Penvern, Shane Rimmer, Andy Bradford
Based on Robert Ludlum's novel, this story revolves around the efforts of Noel (Michael Caine) to find the fortune willed by his German General father to make war reparations. The plot contains so many twists and turns that it is difficult to separate the good guys from the bad.
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A Kiss Before Dying 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Dearden
Cast: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo, Martha Gehman, Ben Browder, Joie Lee, Rory Cochrane, James Bonfanti, Sarah Keller, Lia Chang, Shane Rimmer, Jim Fyfe, Briony Glassco
Young psychopath Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) is dating Dorothy (Sean Young), the daughter of wealthy Thor Carlsson (Max von Sydow). Dorothy becomes pregnant and will lose her inheritance when Thor learns about the pregnancy. Jonathan solves the problem by murdering Dorothy. He meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (also played by Young), marries her, and gets a good position in Thor's company. But, when Ellen begins to investigate her sister's death, Jonathan tags Ellen as his next victim.
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The Last Days of Patton 1986 TV, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: George C. Scott, Richard Dysart, Murray Hamilton, Eva Marie Saint, Ed Lauter, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Daniel Benzali, William Hope, Irina Brook, Shane Rimmer, Garrick Hagon, Jeff Harding
General George S. Patton Jr. is again played by George C. Scott–16 years after the very successful movie, "Patton." The General is mortally wounded in an automobile accident. While he lies in the hospital bed, he reminisces about happier times.
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Out of Africa 1985  PG, 161 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Rachel Kempson, Graham Crowden, Leslie Phillips, Suzanna Hamilton, Joseph Thiaka, Stephen Kinyanjui, Mike Bugara, Shane Rimmer, Job Seda
As the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, this film deserves its accolades. Meryl Streep plays Kenya resident Karen who is married to Baron Bor Blixen-Flexe (Klaus Maria Brandauer), but her husband has been cheating on her and is often away on business leaving Karen alone on their plantation. Karen falls in love with British hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) who is too independent for marriage, which suits Karen because she prefers a no-strings relationship. Denys and Karen go on safari together in the badlands of Africa and gain a new respect for African culture. Sydney Pollack won an Academy Award for Best Director. In all, the film won seven Academy Awards and had four other nominations, including Best Actress (Streep) and Supporting Actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer).
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The People That Time Forgot 1977 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie, Thorley Walters, Shane Rimmer, Tony Britton, John Hallam, Milton Reid, David Prowse
This movie is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' tale is a sequel to "The Land That Time Forgot." It involves a mission heading back to the island in search of the marooned Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure) that is led by Major Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne).
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Reunion at Fairborough 1985  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Wise
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Red Buttons, Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Ed Devereaux, Don Fellows, Helen Horton, Shane Rimmer
American ex-flyer Carl Hostrup (Robert Mitchum) travels to England for a reunion with his wartime bombing squadron. The real reunion occurs with Sally Wells Grant (Deborah Kerr), a local whom he had seduced and left behind during the war, 40 years before. She greets him with the news that he's a father and grandfather. The two stars are together for the fourth time and the film is ok, but as good as their previous films. 2 User Reviews
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| | WW2 Reunion In England | Anonymous 05/05/2009 | | |
| | Anonymous 02/19/2007 | | Excellent emotional recap of war veterans returning for a reunion! Not intended to be War and Peace! |
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 Rollerball 1975 R, 129 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley, Ralph Richardson, Shane Rimmer, Burt Kwouk, Angus MacInnes, Barbara Trentham, John Normington, Nancy Bleier, Richard LeParmentier, Robert Ito
The year is 2018, and crime and wars have ended–corporations, not nations, rule the world. Rollerball is supported by those in power as a futuristic sport combining danger and excitement and is allowed because it gives society a release from pent-up hostilities and teaches the power of teamwork. Corporate executives ask champion rollerball player Jonathan E. (James Caan) to retire because they fear that he is so popular with the people that he has power over them. When Jonathan E. refuses to retire, the rules of the game are changed to make rollerball a fight to the death. But even that does not stop Jonathan E. from participating with his teammates in the sport of rollerball.
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S*P*Y*S 1974  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Griffith, Vladek Sheybal, Kenneth J. Warren, Yuri Borienko, Michael Petrovitch, Pierre Oudrey, Jacques Marin, Shane Rimmer, George Pravda, Nigel Hawthorne, Andy Ho
In this satire on the espionage world, CIA agents Griff (Elliott Gould) and Bruland (Donald Sutherland) have repeatedly bumbled their assignments. Their ineptness results in them being targeted for elimination not only by the KGB but by the CIA as well.
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Space Truckers 1997 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, George Wendt, Shane Rimmer, Birdy Sweeney, Vernon Wells, Barbara Crampton, Denis Akiyama
It's 2196 and John Canyon (Dennis Hopper), an independent trucker who is constantly hassled by the big corporations and has his profits taken by his corrupt boss, delivers genetically altered square pigs (for ease of stacking). He agrees to haul a secret cargo bound for Earth, and takes off with two cohorts (Stephen Dorff and Debi Mazar). Engine troubles, space pirates, and a cargo that is an army of robots to take over the Earth add to the "fun". OK, but clearly B-class.
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Warlords of Atlantis 1978  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, Michael Gothard, Hal Galili, John Ratzenberger, Derry Power, Cyd Charisse, Daniel Massey
Explorers arrive on the lost continent of Atlantis only to be met by monsters intent on ruling the human world.
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White Nights 1985 PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Geraldine Page, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Isabella Rossellini, John Glover, Stefan Gryff, William Hootkins, Shane Rimmer
Inside the Soviet Union, Nikolai (Mikhail Baryshnikov) and Raymond (Gregory Hines) plot an escape to the West. This movie is filled with intrigue, and you also get the added bonus of some great dance choreography. Lionel Ritchie wrote the Academy Award-winning song, "Say You, Say Me."
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| 1. The Bedford Incident (1965)
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying... (1964)
3. Dreamchild (1985)
4. The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)
5. Hanover Street (1979)
6. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
7. A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
8. The Last Days of Patton (1986)
9. Nairobi Affair (1984)
10. Out of Africa (1985)
11. The People That Time Forgot (1977)
12. Reunion at Fairborough (1985)
13. Rollerball (1975)
14. S*P*Y*S (1974)
15. Space Truckers (1997)
16. Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
17. White Nights (1985)
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