Dinner at Eight 1989  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Lagomarsino
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Marsha Mason, Charles Durning, Ellen Greene, Harry Hamlin, John Mahoney, Joel Brooks, Tim Kazurinsky, Stacy Edwards, Lenore Kasdorf, Kelly Connell, Jane Alden, Julia Sweeney
This made-for-TV update of the 1933 version, which is based on the George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber play, is adequately done, but the first version certainly is better. It tells the story of a social-climber (Marsha Mason) getting ready to throw an extravagant dinner party for the elite. Lauren Bacall is great as a "trash" novelist.
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Colleen Camp, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, Bob Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Art Metrano, Julie Brown, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Tim Kazurinsky
Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) and his group of inept rookies–Larvell Jones (Michael Winslow), Tackleberry (David Graf), Hightower (Bubba Smith), Laverne Hooks (Marion Ramsey), and Doug Fackler (Bruce Mahler)–are new graduates of the police academy and are now working at the same precinct. Captain Lassard (Howard Hesseman) assigns them the job of putting an end to a vicious gang that scribbles graffiti in the crime-ridden neighborhood. Meanwhile, Lt. Mauser (Art Metrano) sets up roadblocks so that they will not succeed because he wants Lassard's job at the police station, and their failure will make Lassard look bad. Will Mahoney and his team outwit both the gang and Lt. Mauser?
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Bob Goldthwait, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Leslie Easterbrook, Brant von Hoffman, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Shawn Weatherly, Ed Nelson
Governor Neilson (Ed Nelson) cuts back on funds for his state's police academies, and now only one of the city's academies will have the finances to remain open. When Neilson announces that a competition will decide which one will remain open, Commandant Eric Lassard (George Gaynes) calls on former students Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), Eugene Tackleberry (David Graf), Moses Hightower (Bubba Smith), and others to serve as instructors and train the recruits. Meanwhile, Commandant Mauser (Art Metrano), who heads the rival academy, gets Lassard's officers–Kyle Blanks and Chad Copeland (Brant von Hoffman and Scott Thomson)–to sabotage Lassard's efforts to win the contest.
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jim Drake
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bob Goldthwait, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Tim Kazurinsky, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, G.W. Bailey, Derek McGrath, Billie Bird
In this sequel, Police Academy Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) is determined to recruit civilian volunteers to work with his overworked police force. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) is assigned the job of training the new volunteers, but problems lie ahead when Captain Harris (G.W. Bailey) schemes to get Lassard's job and is determined to see the "Citizens on Patrol" program fail.
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Shakes the Clown 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Cast: Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Paul Dooley, Robin Williams, Florence Henderson, Sydney Lassick, Tim Kazurinsky, Adam Sandler, Bruce Baum, Jack Gallagher, Eliza Coyle, Steve Bean, Gerald F. Edelstein, Blake Clark, Kathy Griffin
This comedy/drama is a strange story about rodeo and circus clowns. Shakes the Clown (Bob Goldthwait) is an alcoholic who ends up framed for murder after his boss is killed. Now, Shakes tries to get information about the murder and goes undercover by posing as a mime.
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Somewhere in Time 1980  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Teresa Wright, Christopher Plummer, Bill Erwin, George Voskovec, George Wendt, Tim Kazurinsky, William H. Macy, Susan French, John Alvin, Eddra Gale, Audrey Bennett, Laurence Coven, Christy Michaels
This love story takes place at the Grand Hotel on Michigan's Mackinaw Island where the scenery is unbeatable. Young playwright Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) somehow crosses over into another time period and finds his true love Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour). Sixty years ago, Elise was an actress, but she died eight years ago shortly after Richard met her. Now, as Richard slips into the past, they meet again, and love blooms–despite protests from her manager Richard Collier (Christopher Plummer).
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| 1. Continental Divide (1981)
2. Dinner at Eight (1989)
3. Neighbors (1981)
4. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
5. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
6. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
7. Shakes the Clown (1991)
8. Somewhere in Time (1980)
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