Blue Sunshine 1976  R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jeff Lieberman
Cast: Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard, Robert Walden, Charles Siebert, Ann Cooper, Ray Young, Alice Ghostley, Stefan Gierasch, Richard Crystal
Jerry (Zalman King) is on the run after committing a murder in self defense. He knows that something bad is going on: one-by-one, some of his neighbors in a quiet suburban community lose all their hair and then go into uncontrollable, murderous rages. His investigation leads to a professor at his university 10 years ago who developed an LSD variant "Blue Sunshine" and tested it on students. The drug's affects are now showing up.
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 Carrie 1976  R, 97 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Amy Irving, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, P.J. Soles, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch, Priscilla Pointer, Michael Talbott, Noelle North, Doug Cox, Harry Gold
In Brian De Palma's terrifying tale, a reserved, high-school senior (Sissy Spacek) with telekinetic abilities is scorned by her classmates. When Carrie goes to the prom with the campus jock (William Katt), she discovers that others have devised a nasty plan to further humiliate her. Carrie, however, has a few nasty tricks of her own. From the Stephen King novel by the same name. Both Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie received Oscar nominations.
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Claudine 1974  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu, David Kruger, Yvette Curtis, Stefan Gierasch, Art Evans
Diahann Carroll was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as a single mother with six kids who tries to survive in the inner-city and must decide whether her boyfriend, Roop (James Earl Jones), is the one she really wants to spend her life with.
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Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Manduke
Cast: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair, Jamaal Wilkes, Antonio Fargas, Laurence Fishburne, Charles Lampkin, Thalmus Rasulala, Bill Henderson, Sandy Ward, Stefan Gierasch, Vince Martorano, Logan Ramsey, Stack Pierce
Black basketball star Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton (Jamaal Wilkes) is on his way out of the ghetto as the recipient of a basketball scholarship. His dream is shattered when he is accidentally killed by the police after being mistaken for an armed rapist. The police cover-up and ensuing courtroom drama is insightfully depicted.
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 Dave 1993   PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt, Parley Baer, Stefan Gierasch, Faith Prince, Laura Linney, Tom Dugan, Anna Deavere Smith, Charles Hallahan
Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline), who looks exactly like U.S. President Bill Mitchell (also played by Kline), runs an employment agency specializing in temp. work. The President's Chief-of-Staff Bob Alexander (Frank Langella) asks Dave to stand in for the President at a luncheon, and Dave agrees. While Dave is attending the luncheon, the President suffers a stroke when he is having sex with his mistress. In order to keep the indiscretion a secret, Dave agrees to continue his impersonation of the President. It doesn't take long for Dave to learn how to run the government and promote changes he feels will improve the country. And, in the process, he also falls in love with the President's wife Ellen (Sigourney Weaver). 1 User Review
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| | asmara 08/20/2009 | | where can i buy this fantastic movie? been trying to buy one for years. Help!! |
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 High Plains Drifter 1973 R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Billy Curtis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch, Geoffrey Lewis, Walter Barnes, Paul Brinegar, Ted Hartley, Richard Bull, Robert Donner, John Hillerman
Clint Eastwood plays a cowboy known only as "the Stranger" who drifts into the town of Lagos that contains more dishonest citizens than one could count. As a matter of fact, it is hard for "the Stranger" to keep track of the good guys and the bad guys when the townsfolk hire him for protection from outlaws.
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 The Hustler 1961  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Murray Hamilton, Michael Constantine, Stefan Gierasch, Jake LaMotta, Vincent Gardenia, Myron McCormick, Clifford A. Pellow, Gordon B. Clarke, Alexander Rose, William Duell, Charles Dierkop
Paul Newman plays pool shark "Fast" Eddie Felson who yearns to beat Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) for the thrill of hitting the big time instead of hustling in sleazy pool halls. Minnesota Fats: "No bar, no pinball machine. Just pool. This here is Ames, son." The story involves Eddie's match with Minnesota Fats and also covers his romance with alcoholic Sarah (Piper Laurie), his teaming up with backer Bert Gordon (George C. Scott), and the tragic trip to Louisville for a big match with Findlay (Murray Hamilton). The film received Oscar nominations in all of the top six categories (nine total), but won only two: Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Cinematography. 1 User Review
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| | Don Nunn 08/20/2007 | | terrific pool movie |
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Jack the Bear 1993 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Stefan Gierasch, Bert Remsen, Reese Witherspoon, Andrea Marcovicci, Erica Yohn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Lee Garlington, Lorinne Vozoff, Justin Mosley Spink
Two young boys, Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller) and Dylan (Miko Hughes), have moved to Oakland, California, where their widowed father, John (Danny DeVito), has been hired to host Saturday night horror films. John becomes obsessed with his job and finds little time for Jack and Dylan. Matters reach the crisis point after John attacks their neo-Nazi neighbor Norman Strick (Gary Sinise) on his TV show, and Norman kidnaps Dylan.
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 Jeremiah Johnson 1972 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Charles Tyner, Stefan Gierasch, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Paul Benedict, Josh Albee, Joaquin Martinez, Richard Angarola, Delle Bolton, Jack Colvin, Tanya Tucker
Escaping the Mexican War, Jeremiah (Robert Redford) heads to the Rocky Mountains where he meets Bear Claw (Will Geer) and, with Bear Claw's tutoring, becomes a man of nature who lives off the land and wins the friendship of the Crow Indians. But, after the Crow kill his family, Jeremiah becomes an Indian killer, and his life changes forever. This movie causes the viewer to take a fresh look at one's surroundings and appreciate nature.
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Junior 1994 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson, Frank Langella, Pamela Reed, Judy Collins, James Eckhouse, Aida Turturro, Stefan Gierasch, Lawrence Tierney
Dr. Alexander Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a geneticist who is so involved with his newest project that, when he is replaced by Dr. Diana Reddin (Emma Thompson), he takes his own fertility drug to further the experiment. Of course, Hesse becomes pregnant, and his resulting confinement is the subject of this very funny film.
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 Murder in the First 1995 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Marc Rocco
Cast: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, William H. Macy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Stefan Gierasch, Mia Kirshner, Amanda Borden, Ben Slack, Kyra Sedgwick, Alex Bookston, Richie Allan
Based on a true story, this film relates the violence and horror of Alcatraz Prison. Inmate Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) should never have been there in the first place because his crime was stealing five dollars from the post office. Young tries to escape but is captured and brought back to Alcatraz where he now spends three years and two months in solitary confinement. Upon release from solitary, Young kills another inmate. During his murder trial, Young's lawyer, James Stamphill (Christian Slater), claims that Alcatraz turned his client into a homicidal maniac. 1 User Review
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| | scary and sad | lit rose 10/22/2009 | | This is an extremely explicit movie of the treatment Henri Young received in Alctraz. You will cry (mostly), and laugh a tiny bit also |
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways...The Legend of Errol Flynn 1985 TV, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Taylor
Cast: Duncan Regehr, Barbara Hershey, Darren McGavin, Lee Purcell, George Coe, Michael C. Gwynne, Hal Linden, Michael Callan, Deborah Richter, Stefan Gierasch
This made-for-TV biography of Errol Flynn draws heavily from his autobiography, and covers his life to the mid-1940s.
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The New Centurions 1972 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James Sikking, Ed Lauter, Dolph Sweet, William Atherton, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Peter de Anda, Michael de Lano, Stefan Gierasch
This police drama, based on Joseph Wambaugh's best-selling novel, pits veteran L.A. police officer Sergeant Kilvinsky (George C. Scott) against one of the new breed of rookies, part-time law student Roy Fehler (Stacy Keach). Roy learns much from Kilvinsky, but, because of the stresses of the job, he ignores his law studies. That upsets his wife Dorothy (Jane Alexander) who does not like being a cop's wife, and she leaves Roy. Meanwhile, Kilvinsky is planning to retire and wants to train Roy so that he can take his place on the force. With Dorothy gone and police pressures on his mind, Roy finds relief in a new girlfriend Lorrie (Rosalind Cash), but more problems lie ahead.
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Perfect 1985  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Bridges
Cast: John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anne De Salvo, Jann Wenner, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Mathew Reed, Kenneth Welsh, David Paymer, Stefan Gierasch, Ramey Ellis, Philippe Delgrange
"Rolling Stone" reporter Adam Lawrence (John Travolta) searches for an expose' on the world of fitness centers. During his investigation, he meets, and is attracted to, aerobics instructor Jessie (Jamie Lee Curtis) who is extremely wary of his motives.
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Silver Streak 1976 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, Clifton James, Stefan Gierasch, Valerie Curtin
Gene Wilder plays a book executive, and Jill Clayburgh is a student of art who is in the next compartment on the Silver Streak, a train going from New York to Los Angeles. An art thief (Patrick McGoohan) is also aboard. That combination should cause some excitement; however, it is not until Richard Pryor comes onto the scene that the thrills and laughter are fast and furious. Fun.
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| 1. Blue Sunshine (1976)
2. Carrie (1976)
3. Claudine (1974)
4. Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
5. Dave (1993)
6. High Plains Drifter (1973)
7. The Hustler (1961)
8. Jack the Bear (1993)
9. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
10. Junior (1994)
11. Murder in the First (1995)
12. My Wicked, Wicked Ways...The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
13. The New Centurions (1972)
14. Perfect (1985)
15. Silver Streak (1976)
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