Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 1982  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Kathy Bates, Marta Heflin, Mark Patton, Caroline Aaron
Based on the Broadway play, this story takes place at a Woolworth's in Texas where a group of James Dean fans meet.
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Enormous Changes at the Last Minute 1983 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Trumps
Director: Mirra Bank, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
Cast: Maria Tucci, Sudie Bond, David Strathairn, Ellen Barkin, Ron McLarty, Jeffrey DeMunn, Zvee Scooler, Kevin Bacon
Based on Grace Paley's collection of stories, this trilogy reveals hidden secrets involved in three New York women's lives, depicting meanings behind their successes and failures.
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The Greatest Man in the World 1980 TV, 51 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Rosenblum
Cast: Brad Davis, Carol Kane, Howard Da Silva, Reed Birney, John McMartin, William Prince, Sudie Bond, Russell Horton, Henry Fonda
This made-for-TV tale, based on a James Thurber short story, is about a 1930s aviator who became famous after he flew around the world non-stop. The problem is that he is an illiterate dunderhead, and the media that made him a hero must now make him presentable.
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I Am the Cheese 1983  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Jiras
Cast: Robert MacNaughton, Hope Lange, Don Murray, Robert Wagner, Cynthia Nixon, Frank McGurran, Russell Goslant, Robert Cormier, Dorothea MacNaughton, Lee Richardson, Sudie Bond, John Fiedler
This story, adapted from Robert Cormier's novel, involves a teenager (Robert MacNaughton) who tries to uncover facts from his childhood that are locked in his subconscious mind.
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 Love Story 1970  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland, Tommy Lee Jones, Katharine Balfour, Andrew Duncan, Sudie Bond, Sydney Walker, Julie Garfield
Jenny (Ali MacGraw) and Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) are college students who marry and then discover that Jenny is dying. It is Jenny who says, "Love means never having to say you are sorry." Have plenty of handkerchiefs ready when you watch this one. The film won an Academy Award for Original Musical Score and received six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor (John Marley) and Director.
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Silkwood 1983   R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Hallahan, Sudie Bond, Bruce McGill, J.C. Quinn, Henderson Forsythe
Based on true events, this film is the story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), a 28-year-old worker in a plutonium plant, who is accidentally exposed to radiation. Karen has lived a ribald life as a hard-drinking woman living with her lover Drew (Kurt Russell) and lesbian friend Polly (Cher). As Karen investigates the illness caused by her exposure to the radiation, she gathers information about plant violations and sets out to divulge supposed nuclear violations. But, on her way to the meeting with a reporter, she dies in a mysterious car crash, which prevents her from revealing plant violations. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), and Director.
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Swing Shift 1984 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Sudie Bond, Holly Hunter, Patty Maloney, Roger Corman, Maggie Renzi
Christine Lahti was nominated for the Oscar's Best Supporting Actress for her role as a housewife working in a factory during World War II.
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They Might Be Giants 1971 G, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan, F. Murray Abraham, M. Emmet Walsh, Kitty Winn, Sudie Bond
Justin Playfair (George C. Scott) is a retired judge who becomes convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes, and his brother (Lester Rawlins)–hoping to have him committed–hires a psychiatrist (Joanne Woodward) to look into the matter. Her name just happens to be "Dr. Watson," and she becomes intrigued with Justin leading to further complications. This film was remade for TV as "The Return of the World's Greatest Detective."
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The Tiger Makes Out 1967 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dishy, John Harkins, David Burns, Ruth White, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dustin Hoffman, Sudie Bond, Frances Sternhagen
A mailman (Eli Wallach) makes his stand against society by kidnapping a housewife (Anne Jackson) in this film marking the film debut of Dustin Hoffman.
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Tomorrow 1972 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Robert Duvall, Olga Bellin, Sudie Bond, Richard McConnell, Peter Masterson, William Hawley, James Franks, Johnny Mask, Effie Green, Ken Lindley, Jeff Williams, Dick Doherty, R.M. Weaver, Jack Simley, Billy Summerford
This story is told in flashbacks as a juror, Stonewall Jackson Fentry (Robert Duvall), is holding back his guilty verdict in the murder case of a young man. Now, the story picks up events from the past when Fentry is taking care of abandoned, pregnant Sarah (Olga Bellin). Fentry falls in love with Sarah and helps her through childbirth. They marry, but Sarah dies shortly after they exchange vows, and Fentry raises her son–until a blood relative interferes.
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| 1. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
2. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
aka: Trumps
3. The Greatest Man in the World (1980)
4. I Am the Cheese (1983)
5. Love Story (1970)
6. Silkwood (1983)
7. Swing Shift (1984)
8. They Might Be Giants (1971)
9. The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
10. Tomorrow (1972)
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