 The Deer Hunter 1978  R, 183 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, George Dzundza, Joe Grifasi, Shirley Stoler, Rutanya Alda, Amy Wright, Chuck Aspegren, Pierre Segui, Mady Kaplan, Mary Ann Haenel, Richard Kuss
Three friends (Robert De Niro, John Savage, and Christopher Walken) from a small Pennsylvania town go to Vietnam where they are reunited as POWs. While POWs, they are forced to play a game of Russian Roulette. This film often leaves much for the viewer to figure out and is powerful in its impact and insights. Academy Awards were presented for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Walken), Film Editing, and Sound. Nominations were received for Best Actor (De Niro), Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Writing, and Cinematography.
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Honeymoon Killers 1970  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leonard Kastle
Cast: Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Doris Roberts, Kip McArdle, Marilyn Chris
Based on a true story, this is a gripping account of a couple who meet through a lonely hearts club and then use those clubs to meet others, steal from them, and then kill them. The story is told in near-documentary style, which often adds to the effect. The real perpetrators were executed in 1951.
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Miami Blues 1990  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Armitage
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fred Ward, Nora Dunn, Obba Babatunde, Charles Napier, Shirley Stoler, Paul Gleason, Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon
Sociopathic killer Frederick (Alec Baldwin), upon being released from prison, decides to start over in Miami. But it doesn't take long before he begins another crime wave–starting at the airport when he arrives in Miami. Long-time cop Hoke Moseley (Fred Ward) goes to work on the case but immediately has his badge stolen by Frederick. Based on Hoke Moseley crime novels by Charles Willeford.
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A Real Young Girl 1975 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: A Real Young Lady
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden, Bruno Balp, Georges Gueret, Shirley Stoler
Director Breillat's first film was banned in France and not released for 25 years. Seventeen-year-old Alice (Charlotte Alexandra) returns home from school for the summer when she experiences sexual fantasies, often about a sawmill employee of her father's, and even makes passes at her father (who is having an affair with a young woman). She also keeps a diary, which chronicles other bizarre sexual actions and thoughts.
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Second-Hand Hearts 1981  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Hamster of Happiness
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Robert Blake, Barbara Harris, Collin Boone, Amber Rose Gold, Bert Remsen, Shirley Stoler, Sondra Blake, Gwen van Dam, David Welch, Louis Williams
Traveling in an old station wagon, Loyal Mike (Robert Blake) and Dinette Dusty (Barbara Harris) make their way to their California destination–amidst wrong turns and mechanical breakdowns. Bad!
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Seven Beauties 1976  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Pasqualino Settebellezze
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Piero Di Iorio, Elena Fiori, Enzo Vitale, Roberto Herlitzka, Lucio Amelio, Ermelinda De Felice, Francesca Marciano
Survival is the theme of this film in which a hood, "Seven Beauties" (Giancarlo Giannini), escapes from the Italian army during World War II. Ironically, he is involved in a train wreck and is sent to a German concentration camp. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Film, Actor (Giancarlo Giannini), Director, and Writing.
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Shakedown 1988  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: James Glickenhaus
Cast: Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, Patricia Charbonneau, Antonio Fargas, Blanche Baker, Tom Waits, John C. McGinley, Paul Bartel, George Loros, Shirley Stoler
A public defender (Peter Weller) and a cop (Sam Elliott) are both convinced that a drug dealer, who is accused of murdering a policeman, is innocent of the charge. They team up to uncover the truth, and the truth is corruption. Top-of-the-line stunts.
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| 1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
2. Honeymoon Killers (1970)
3. Miami Blues (1990)
4. A Real Young Girl (1975)
aka: A Real Young Lady
5. Second-Hand Hearts (1981)
aka: The Hamster of Happiness
6. Seven Beauties (1976)
aka: Pasqualino Settebellezze
7. Shakedown (1988)
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