Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia 2009  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: Tim Matheson
Cast: Joe Manganiello, Ken Anderson, Keith David, Channon Roe, Yancy Arias, Chris J. Johnson, Antony Matos, Tim Matheson, Steven Bauer, Jennice Fuentes, Luzangeli Justiniano, Rey Hernandez, Anibal O. Lleras, Roy Sanchez-Vahamondes, Tom Minder
U.S. Navy SEALs are on a secret mission in Colombia when violence erupts between Colombian military officials and the revolutionary FARC group. The SEALs are blamed, two SEALs are killed, and one is captured. Now it is the mission of SEALs Lt. Sean Macklin (Joe Manganiello) and Chief Carter Holt (Ken Anderson) to rescue the kidnapped SEAL and clear their names.
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The Blackout 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Matthew Modine, Dennis Hopper, Claudia Schiffer, Beatrice Dalle, Sarah Lassez, Steven Bauer, Laura Bailey, Nancy Ferrara, Andrew Fiscella, Nicholas De Cegli, Vincent Lamberti, Victoria Duffy
Sex, drugs, alcoholism, violence–Director Ferrara's trademarks– are back in the character of Matty (Matthew Modine), an actor whose life is falling apart. Much of Matty's activities take place at a club owned by Mickey (Dennis Hopper), who is always taking videos of what goes on.
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Forever Lulu 2000  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Along for the Ride
Director: John Kaye
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, Penelope Ann Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard Schiff, Annie Corley, Lee Garlington, Michael J. Pollard, Steven Bauer, David Duran, Ryan Bollman, Matthew Fairchild, Elisa Goodman, Greg Lipari, Beans Morocco
Lulu (Melanie Griffith), a schizophrenic, leaves the mental hospital and shows up at her ex-boyfriend's, Ben (Patrick Swayze), home. She convinces him that they had a baby from their affair 17 years ago, and it is time to reunite with the son. Ben, unhappily married, agrees, and off they head to Wisconsin. But Ben's wife (Penelope Ann Miller) decides to head there too to see what's going on, including whether or not there is a son or just a rekindling of an affair. This comedy/drama is disappointing, especially considering the cast.
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King of Texas 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, Roy Scheider, David Alan Grier, Colm Meaney, Patrick Bergin, Matt Letscher, Liam Waite, Steven Bauer, Richard Lineback
This made-for-cable TV film is another adaptation of a Shakespeare play, King Lear in this case. John Lear (Patrick Stewart), a powerful rancher in the 19th century, decides to divide his vast empire among his three daughters. The bulk of the land will go to the one who is most convincing at expressing her love and devotion.
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The Lost City 2006  R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andy Garcia
Cast: Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Tomas Milian, Bill Murray, Ines Sastre, Steven Bauer, Richard Bradford, Jsu Garcia, Enrique Murciano, Elizabeth Pena, Millie Perkins, Nestor Carbonell, Victor Rivers, Juan Fernandez
Fico (Andy Garcia) owns the popular El Tropico nightclub in Havana and adopts the hands-off policy on government shared by his university professor father (Dustin Hoffman) and tobacco plantation owner uncle (Richard Bradford). But the year is 1960, Batista has decamped, and Castro has taken power. Fico tries to hold his upper-class family together while his brothers, Ricardo and Luis (Enrique Murciano and Nestor Carbonell), support the revolution. Later, after Ricardo is killed, Fico falls in love with Ricardo's widow, Aurora (Ines Sastre). This story of romance in the midst of revolution captures the culture of one privileged group in Havana during the revolution. 1 User Review
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| | FRECKLES 05/26/2007 | | I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THIS MOVIE. GREAT STORY (AND PRETTY MUCH TRUE) , GREAT MUSIC, GREAT WRITING AND ACTING. I DON'T KNOW WHY I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT SOONER. MAJOR KUDOS. |
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 Masked and Anonymous 2003 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Charles
Cast: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson, Angela Bassett, Steven Bauer, Bruce Dern, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer, Cheech Marin
When producer Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) puts together a benefit concert, she doesn't have much luck getting an all-star cast. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is in charge of lining up the talent, and the best he can get is hard-drinking Jack Fate (Bob Dylan) as the headliner. Yes, the music is good.
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Plato's Run 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: James Becket
Cast: Gary Busey, Roy Scheider, Steven Bauer, Jeff Speakman, Tiani Warden, Maggie Myatt, Horacio Le Don, Doug DeLuca, Melanie Chartoff, Marc Macaulay, Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Salvador Levy
Ex-Navy Seal/ex-CIA agent Plato Smith (Gary Busey) is hired by Cuban American Gomez (Salvador Levy) to rescue his son from a Cuban prison. The mission works, but there is more to Gomez's son than meets the eye, and now Plato is on the run.
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Primal Fear 1996  R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Stanley Anderson, Terry O'Quinn, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Andre Braugher, Tony Plana, Jon Seda, Maura Tierney, Reg Rogers
An ambitious defense attorney, Martin Vail (Richard Gere), defends teenage, altar boy Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton) who is accused of the gruesome murder of an archbishop (Stanley Anderson). Once into the case, Vail learns that the prosecuting attorney will be his ex-lover, Janet Venable (Laura Linney), and that the archbishop was involved in deviant sexual activities.
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Raising Cain 1992  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Teri Austin, Gabrielle Carteris, Barton Heyman, Amanda Pombo, Kathleen Callan
John Lithgow takes on multiple roles in this psycho thriller about child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix (Lithgow) who is obsessed with bringing up his daughter Amy (Amanda Pombo). His wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is too busy with her extramarital affair to pay attention–until children begin to disappear. Now Jenny begins to suspect that Carter is behind the mystery and is delivering the missing children to his father (also played by Lithgow) and his brother (also played by Lithgow) so that they can use them for psychological experiments.
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Running Scared 1986  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano, Jimmy Smits, Dan Hedaya, Jon Gries, Tracy Reed, Larry Hankin, John DiSanti, Don Calfa, Betty Carvalho, Robert Lesser, Louis Perez
In this comedy/action film, cool undercover policemen Ray Hughes and Danny Costanzo (Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal) set out to stop Julio Gonazales' (Jimmy Smits) drug trafficking in Chicago. But, after their boss Captain Logan (Dan Hedaya) chews them out for blowing the cover on the operation, they leave Chicago and take a forced vacation in Key West where they enjoy the sunshine. They have so much fun in Key West that they decide to retire–after they return to Chicago and put an end to Julio and his drug ring. Hines and Crystal play well off each other and make this an enjoyable movie.
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 Scarface 1983 R, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, Mark Margolis, Miriam Colon, Paul Shenar, Harris Yulin, Angel Salazar, Pepe Serna, Arnaldo Santana, Michael P. Moran, Dennis Holahan
This gangster movie is good and on a par with Howard Hawks' 1932 version. Tony Montana aka Scarface (Al Pacino) is a Cuban refugee who claws his way to the top of the illicit Miami cocaine empire–only to be defeated by his own addiction, which will lead to his assassination.
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Sword of Gideon 1986 TV, 148 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Rod Steiger, Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Joy, Lino Ventura, Leslie Hope, Laurent Malet, Peter Dvorsky, John Hirsch
An anti-terrorist team is set up after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic games in Munich. Steven Bauer plays the commando leader. Pretty good TV movie.
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Thief of Hearts 1984 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Day Stewart
Cast: Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso, Christine Ebersole, George Wendt, Alan North, Romy Windsor, Joe Nesnow, Gordon Pulliam
While Mickey and Ray (Barbara Williams and John Getz) are celebrating their anniversary in San Francisco, sophisticated thief Scott (Steven Bauer) is robbing their house. He finds her revealing diary, which prompts him to try to start an affair with her.
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Traffic 2000  R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Bauer, Jacob Vargas, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Tomas Milian, Miguel Ferrer, Jose Yengue, Emilio Rivera, Michael O'Neill
Interlocking stories allow this film to cover the cocaine world from several aspects. In one story, Tijuana cops (Benicio Del Toro and Jacob Vargas) are involved in efforts to crash a drug cartel, but they begin to suspect motives of authorities. Meanwhile, on the San Diego side of the border, DEA agents (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) arrest a big drug supplier (Steven Bauer), leaving his pregnant wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) in a precarious situation. Finally, an Ohio Supreme Court Justice (Michael Douglas) is appointed to head the U.S. war on drugs, but he has his own personal problems: a daughter who has been freebasing with friends. An excellent examination of the illegal drug world. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Director and Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro). A nomination was also received for Best Picture. Based on the British miniseries "Traffik."
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Wild Side 1995 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Donald Cammell
Cast: Christopher Walken, Joan Chen, Steven Bauer, Anne Heche, Allen Garfield, Adam Novack, Zion, Richard Palmer, Randy Crowder, Marcus Aurelius
This violent, imaginative thriller covers one day in the life of four people: Bruno (Christopher Walken)–rich crook in the money laundering business; Alex (Anne Heche)–corporate banker who is a prostitute on the side with Bruno as her first customer, but falls in love with Bruno's wife; Tony (Steven Bauer)–Bruno's chauffer, an undercover FBI agent who rapes Alex and then blackmails her to get the goods on Bruno; and Virginia (Joan Chen)–Bruno's wife who falls in love with Alex. The production company re-cut this film without Director Cammell's knowledge, and Cammell committed suicide shortly thereafter. Most current prints have the restored (to the extent possible) director's version.
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Woman of Desire 1993 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Ginty
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Bo Derek, Steven Bauer, Robert Mitchum, Thomas Hall, John Matshikiza, Warrick Grier, Todd Jensen, Michael McCabe, John Carson, Peter Holden, James Whyle
Yacht captain Jack Lynch (Jeff Fahey) is accused of killing his boss (Steven Bauer) who was the boyfriend of playgirl Christina Ford (Bo Derek). Lawyer Hill's (Robert Mitchum) job is to prove his innocence.
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| 1. The Beast (1988)
2. Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia (2009)
3. The Blackout (1997)
4. Forever Lulu (2000)
aka: Along for the Ride
5. King of Texas (2002)
6. The Lost City (2006)
7. Masked and Anonymous (2003)
8. Plato's Run (1997)
9. Primal Fear (1996)
10. Raising Cain (1992)
11. Running Scared (1986)
12. Scarface (1983)
13. Sword of Gideon (1986)
14. Thief of Hearts (1984)
15. Traffic (2000)
16. Wild Side (1995)
17. Woman of Desire (1993)
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