The Accused 1988  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin, Leo Rossi, Tom(2) O'Brien, Peter Van Norden, Terry David Mulligan, Woody Brown, Scott Paulin, Tom Heaton, Kim Kondrashoff, Stephen E. Miller
Jodie Foster (in her Best Actress Oscar performance) takes the role of Sarah Tobias who is gang-raped in a crowded bar. The case goes to court where District Attorney Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) agrees to a plea bargain and tries to show that Sarah was on drugs at the time of the rape and acted provocatively. Now, Sarah must contend with the humiliation of her questionable past being paraded in a courtroom. Powerful and moving.
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April Fool's Day 1986  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Fred Walton
Cast: Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Thomas F. Wilson, Clayton Rohner, Deborah Goodrich, Tom Heaton, Ken Olandt, Leah Pinsent, Amy Steel
This slasher film is about a group of college students vacationing at an island mansion. Their hostess, Buffy (Deborah Foreman), induces them to reveal personal secrets. But once each secret is out, that person ends up dead.
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The Bridge at Remagen 1969  G, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall, Peter van Eyck, Tom Heaton, Matt Clark, Bo Hopkins, Robert Logan
Toward the end of World War II, U.S. troops attempted to capture the last remaining bridge over the Rhine River to keep the Germans from destroying it. Meanwhile, the German officer in charge (Robert Vaughn) delayed the demolition, which precluded German soldiers from returning home. Good acting.
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Call of the Wild 1993  TV, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Alan Smithee, Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Cast: Rick Schroder, Gordon Tootoosis, Duncan Fraser, Mia Sara, Richard Newman, Brent Stait, Eric McCormack, Kerry Sandomirsky, Tom Heaton, Vince Metcalfe, Marie Stillin, Allen Lysell, Bill Croft, Dayne Low, Peter Bibby
In this rendition of Jack London's novel, young, inexperienced John Thornton (Rick Schroder) is searching for gold in the Yukon, and he receives invaluable help from Buck, a German Shepherd that, after being stolen from its California home, is now a sled dog in Alaska. John and Buck bond as they face many hardships while traveling through the frozen terrain during the Yukon Gold Rush.
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A Christmas Romance 1994  TV, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Sheldon Larry
Cast: Olivia Newton-John, Gregory Harrison, Chloe Lattanzi, Stephanie Sawyer, Tom Heaton, Stephen E. Miller, Brent Stait, Susan Astley, Tom McBeath, Anna Ferguson, Teryl Rothery, Melody Ryane
Single-mom Julia Stonecypher (Olivia Newton-John) is struggling to eke out a living while raising daughters Emily Rose (Stephanie Sawyer) and Deenie (Chloe Lattanzi–Newton-John's real-life daughter). One day, bank employee Brian Harding (Gregory Harrison) comes to Julia's door and announces that her house is being repossessed. Just when it couldn't get any worse for Julia, Brian is involved in a car accident after leaving her home. He returns to the house where he is stranded by bad weather. But a bond forms, romance begins, and it looks like Julia's life will take a turn for the better.
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Final Days of Planet Earth 2006  TV, 170 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Robert Lieberman
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Campbell Scott, Gil Bellows, Suleka Mathew, Serge Houde, Beau Starr, Patrick Gilmore, Tygh Runyan, Tina Milo Milivojevic, William MacDonald, Tom Heaton, John Cassini, Mary Black
Strange things are happening in San Francisco, and archaeologist Lloyd Walker (Gil Bellows) and entomologist Marianne Winters (Suleka Mathew) are investigating when they come across an underground colony of insect-like creatures that are planning to enslave mankind. Now Walker finds himself in an all-out effort to save the human race and puts together clues that link the creatures to William Phillips (Campbell Scott) who is the sole survivor of a space mission and is being held captive. Will Walker find Phillips in time to save humanity? And, where exactly does Liz (Daryl Hannah), who is an employee at the mayor's office, really fit into the picture?
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Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure 1998 TV, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Power
Cast: Alyssa Milano, Bruce Campbell, William Morgan Sheppard, Tom Heaton, Peter Fleming, Frank C. Turner, Tom McBeath, Terence Kelly, Charles Siegel, Jerry Wasserman
It's the 1890s and an expedition to Alaska to strike it rich is formed. Along with the men is a perky woman ( Alyssa Milano). This made-for-TV Disney production is good for kids.
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The Grey Fox 1982  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Phillip Borsos
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Wayne Robson, Jackie Burroughs, Timothy Webber, Ken Pogue, Gary Reineke, David Petersen, Don MacKay, Tom Heaton
Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) served 33 years in San Quentin for stagecoach robberies. When he is released in 1901, he finds stagecoaches are no longer in existence, so he robs trains! Great photography, especially of trains roaring through the mountains of the Northwest.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Isabel Sanford, Roy Glenn, Virginia Christine, Tom Heaton, Alexandra Hay, Barbara Randolph, D'Urville Martin, Skip Martin
When Joey's (Katharine Houghton) parents (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy) discover their daughter is going to marry a Black man (Sidney Poitier), they express their concerns and disapproval. For 1967, this movie dealt with racism in a mature manner. Hepburn won the Best Actress Oscar for her role. The film also won an Academy Award for Best Writing and was nominated for eight more, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Cecil Kellaway), and Supporting Actress (Beah Richards). 2 User Reviews
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| | Relevant Social Film | AvidMovieFan 09/22/2007 | | This film in all its glory was groundbreaking in revealing the human spirit in what and how race matters in America. I loved this film because it captures the true feelings in each of us and challenges the status quo to "marry someone of your own race". Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy offer stellar performances along with Sir Sydney Poitier and Katherine Houghton. The film is set in beautiful San Francisco and offers a sense of hope to all who view the world as colorblind. The year this film was made Jim Crow was still active in this country and challenges us to look inside ourselves and question self-prejudice. Excellent film for all, especially for people who are in and interracial relationship. The line at the end, "you'll just have to hold on to each other tight" and don't give a DAMN what anybody thinks is priceless! |
| | Should a rich white girl marry a black nobel prize winner? | 1fatts 03/26/2007 | I really wanted to like this film.
It was Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy . . . in fact, Tracy's last film. Stanley Kramer directed. And in 1967 to dislike anything Sidney Poitier was in was seen, pretty much in itself, as an act of racism.
But the film -- its comedy and its "importance" -- turned, ultimately, on the conflict caused by the white woman and the black man wanting to marry. And it was all a straw man. The girl (Katherin Houghton), aside from playing about as vivid as a cardboard cutout of a Bryn Mawr recruitment ad, faced no sacrifice of money, position, parental angst, or anything else. The boy was a PhD, brilliant, a guaranteed financial and professional success and spoke the Queen's English with an ease and sophistication that John Gilgood could have envied.
In short: no conflict, no tension, no comedy, no "significance".
"In the Heat of the Night" it wasn't. Maybe "in the cool of the cocktail hour." |
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The Haunting Passion 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Korty
Cast: Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins, Ruth Nelson, Paul Rossilli, Ivan Bonar, Lisa Britt, Ocean Hellman, Terry David Mulligan, Tom Heaton
Dan (Gerald McRaney), a former football star who is starting a broadcasting career, and wife Julia (Jane Seymour) move into a remote house on a cliff. Jane starts having erotic dreams of a man, and it turns into an affair. But this is no ordinary man; he is a ghost. Now she must make a choice between the two men in her life.
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Intersection 1994 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Richard Gere, Lolita Davidovich, Sharon Stone, Martin Landau, David Selby, Jennifer Morrison, Ron White, Tom Heaton, Matthew Walker, Scott Bellis
Partners (Richard Gere and Sharon Stone) in an architectural firm are also married; however, their lives are emotionally empty. Enter the girlfriend (Lolita Davidovich) who presents the dilemma for Gere: should he go back to his wife and daughter or leave them for happiness with his new love interest? Set in the Pacific Northwest, this film's scenery is the film's highlight as it provides the setting for a romantic triangle. Beyond that, this soaper will only appeal to the affectionate few.
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Jane Doe 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ivan Nagy
Cast: Karen Valentine, William Devane, David Huffman, Stephen E. Miller, Eva Marie Saint, Terry David Mulligan, Don MacKay, Jackson Davies, Anthony Holland, Julie Brown, Tom Heaton, Jason Michas
Jane Doe (Karen Valentine) was left for dead after being beaten, but she survived and now suffers from amnesia. To make matters worse, a serial killer is on her trail as Jane begins to have flashbacks of past events. Made for TV.
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Kill Me Later 2001 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dana Lustig
Cast: Selma Blair, Max Beesley, O'Neal Compton, Lochlyn Munro, D.W. Moffett, Brendan Fehr, Tom Heaton, David Adams, Alex Zahara, Keegan Connor Tracy
At the same moment that loan-officer Shawn (Selma Blair) climbs onto the roof of her bank, intent on committing suicide, a trio of bank robbers are holding-up an armored car below. One of the robbers, Charley (Max Beesley), escapes to the roof where he makes a deal with Shawn: he will hold her hostage now and delay her suicide by killing her later. As Shawn and Charlie attempt to elude the law, they discover that perhaps there is more to their relationship than either suspected.
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The Last Mimzy 2007 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Shaye
Cast: Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kirsten Williamson, Irene Snow, Marc Musso, Nicole Munoz, Scott E. Miller, Tom Heaton
Ten-year-old Noah Wilder (Chris O'Neil) and his five-year-old sister Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) find a box of "toys" from the future. They play with the toys, which include a stuffed rabbit named Mimzy that appears to be causing their intelligence levels to soar. Soon their entire family is drawn into a strange new world as the children dream about an intergalactic bridge that will connect Earth to a dying planet. By story's end, they end up at a research lab where the children are found to be connected to philosophical belief systems that support human survival.
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Monte Walsh 1970  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Fraker
Cast: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitch Ryan, Jim Davis, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, G.D. Spradlin, Matt Clark, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam
Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) and Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) are friends who have trouble adapting to the contemporary world during the last days of the Old West. Their friends are losing their jobs and turning to cattle rustling. Chet marries, but an ailing Martine (Jeanne Moreau) turns down Monte's offer of marriage. A short time later, Martine's death leaves Monte distraught, and tragedy ensues. 1 User Review
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| | 52marksman 06/28/2009 | | Monte Walsh is to Lee Marvin what Tom Horn is to Steve Mcqueen This is a western. But only in the sense that it takes place in the west,on horseback during the era ( or rather the end of the era ) of the true cowboy. It is a poignant story of a man, who is nearer to the end of his life than the begining , and finds himself in an ever changing world into which he no longer fits. Circumstances involving his best friend, and his lover make for a surprisingly touching and introspective story. A story in which one cannot help but care about the characters. I highly recommend watching it. |
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 Morning Glory 1993 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Deborah Raffin, Lloyd Bochner, Nina Foch, Helen Shaver, J.T. Walsh, Tom Heaton, Susan Astley, Ian Black, Leslie Carlson
Former convict Will Parker (Christopher Reeve) answers an ad in the personals and falls in love with the young widow Elly Dinsmore (Deborah Raffin). Just as their lives are looking up, Will is accused of murder.
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Harold Gould, David Ogden Stiers, Charles(2) Frank, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott, Brenda Forbes, Suzanne Lederer, John Pleshette, Kathryn Walker, Babs Chula, Tom Heaton
Wealthy, WASP, widowed Margaret Delafield (Katharine Hepburn) falls in love with a Jewish doctor, Marvin Elias (Harold Gould)–an event that throws both families into tailspins.
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Navigating the Heart 2000 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Burton Morris
Cast: Jaclyn Smith, Tim Matheson, David Andrews, Tantoo Cardinal, Lynda Boyd, Kevin McNulty, Stephen Dimopoulos, Luc Corbeil, Rob Freeman, Tom Heaton, Frank C. Turner, Alec Willows
Cosmopolitan journalist Edith Iglauer (Jaclyn Smith) travels to British Columbia to write a satiric story in the local fishing industry. There she meets loner fisherman John Daly (Tim Matheson). Though complete opposites, love blossoms as she changes her attitudes about the local way of life as well as about the fishing industry. This made-for-TV film is based on Edith Iglauer's book "Fishing With John."
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 Reindeer Games 2000 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, Clarence Williams III, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, James Frain, Danny Trejo, Isaac Hayes, Tom Heaton
Rudy (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are about to get out of prison when Nick is killed in a brawl. As Rudy leaves prison, he sees a woman (Charlize Theron) waiting for Nick–they had been corresponding and were ready to rumble. So, of course, Rudy takes on Nick's identity. The sex is great, but Rudy is now expected to help her brother (Gary Sinise) and his gang pull off a casino heist. Weak plot.
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| 1. The Accused (1988)
2. April Fool's Day (1986)
3. The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
4. Call of the Wild (1993)
5. A Christmas Romance (1994)
6. Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
7. The Golden Seal (1983)
8. Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1998)
9. The Grey Fox (1982)
10. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
11. The Haunting Passion (1983)
12. Incident at Deception Ridge (1994)
13. Intersection (1994)
14. Jane Doe (1983)
15. Kill Me Later (2001)
16. The Last Mimzy (2007)
17. Monte Walsh (1970)
18. Morning Glory (1993)
19. Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
20. Navigating the Heart (2000)
21. Reindeer Games (2000)
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