Agency 1980  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Kaczender
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine, Saul Rubinek, Alexandra Stewart, Antony Parr, George Touliatos, Michael Kirby, Gary Reineke, Hugh Webster, Franz Russell, Jonathan Welsh, Hayward Morse
Political campaign manager Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum) plots to use subliminal television messages to brainwash potential voters in his candidate's favor. First, Quinn buys an ad agency and then plants the messages in the ads. After the suspicious suicide of one of the agency's employees, the Creative Director of the agency, Phillip (Lee Majors), uncovers the plot and finds his own life in danger.
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Boiling Point 1993 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James B. Harris
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Jonathan Banks, Tony Lo Bianco, Valerie Perrine, Paul Gleason, Christine Elise, Lorraine Evanoff, Stephanie Williams, Tobin Bell, Bobby Hosea
When scam-artist Red Diamond (Dennis Hopper) is released from prison along with dim-witted Ronnie (Viggo Mortensen), they join forces. Their new business goes bad when Ronnie kills a treasury agent. The partner of the deceased agent, Jimmy Mercer (Wesley Snipes), wants to avenge the partner's death and is given one week in which to find the killers of his partner before he is transferred. At the same time, Diamond is trying to come up with money owed to the Mafia, and he is trying to deal with his long-suffering wife Mona (Valerie Perrine). A final showdown at the local dance hall lies ahead.
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The Border 1982  R, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Shannon Wilcox, Jeff Morris, Lonny Chapman, Alan Fudge, William Russ
U.S. Border Patrolman Charlie (Jack Nicholson) rebels against the corruption and physical violence he encounters in his chosen profession.
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The Californians 2005 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jonathan Parker
Cast: Noah Wyle, Illeana Douglas, Kate Mara, Cloris Leachman, Joanne Whalley, Keith Carradine, Valerie Perrine, Jane Lynch, Michael Panes, Charles Martinet, Richard Gross, Erika Luckett
Real-estate developer Gavin Ransom (Noah Wyle) plans yet another gated community in California but runs into trouble when activist folksinger Zoe Tripp (Kate Mara) forms a bond with Gavin's sister, Olive (Illeana Douglas), and sings anthems protesting Gavin's real-estate plans.
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Can't Stop the Music 1980  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Nancy Walker
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, Ray Simpson, David Hodo, Felipe Rose, Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes, Alex Briley, Bruce Jenner, Paul Sand
This disaster more or less tells the story of the founding and success of the popular 1970s and 1980s disco group The Village People. An aspiring songwriter (Steve Guttenberg) needs a vehicle for his music, and a group is formed to sing them. Hoping to appeal to "Grease" audiences, the budget was big but entertainment was little.
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The Electric Horseman 1979 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Valerie Perrine, Nicolas Coster, Allan Arbus, Wilford Brimley, Will Hare, James Sikking
Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) is a has-been rodeo star who promotes cereal for the large corporation: Ampco. When he discovers that the corporation is abusing a beloved horse, he rescues the horse in Las Vegas and heads for the desert. Television reporter Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda) follows the horse and Sonny looking for a story and falls for Sonny.
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The Last American Hero 1973 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hard Driver
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey, Art Lund, Ed Lauter, William Smith, Gregory Walcott, Tom Ligon, Lane Smith, Ernie F. Orsatti
Junior Jackson (Jeff Bridges) gained his driving skills as a moonshiner's son who learned to evade the law while running whiskey. Now, Junior decides to put his past behind him but to use the skills he learned to become a race car driver. As he begins his rise in the world of stock cars, Junior is confronted by corporate sponsorship realities that threaten to infringe on his independence.
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Lenny 1974  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Gary Morton, Rashel Novikoff, Guy Rennie, Frankie Man, Michelle Yonge, Kathryn Witt, Monroe Myers, John DiSanti
Comedian Lenny Bruce is portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in this well-made film showing Bruce's trials and tribulations as seen through the eyes of his wife (Valerie Perrine), his mother (Jan Miner), and his agent (Stanley Beck). It received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Hoffman), Actress (Perrine), and Director.
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The Magician of Lublin 1979  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine, Shelley Winters, Maia Danziger, Lou Jacobi, Shaike Ophir, Lisa Whelchel, Warren Berlinger
Based on Isaac Bashevis' novel, this is the story of an early 20th-century magician, Yasha Mazur (Alan Arkin), and his efforts to better his lot in life. Not at all good.
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Maid to Order 1987 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Amy Holden Jones
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt, Theresa Randle, Merry Clayton, Rain Phoenix, Begonia Plaza
This is a Cinderella story in reverse. A spoiled, wealthy young girl (Ally Sheedy) is changed by her fairy godmother (Beverly D'Angelo) into an average person who is forced to find a way to make a living.
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Mr. Billion 1977 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens, William Redfield, Chill Wills, Dick Miller, R.G. Armstrong, Kate Heflin, David S. Cass Sr., Johnny Ray McGhee, Sam Laws, Leo Rossi, Bob Minor, Bob Herron
Auto mechanic Guido Falcone (Terence Hill) inherits his uncle's billion-dollar estate, and Guido must be in San Francisco within 20 days to claim it. But, kidnappers and the corporation's president, John Cutter (Jackie Gleason), have other plans for Guido.
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Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 R, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Perry King, Kevin Conway, John Dehner, Roberts Blossom, Sorrell Booke
Kurt Vonnegut's antiwar novel is brought to the screen in this futuristic story of Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) who survives Dresden's World War II fire bombings and now simultaneously lives in the past, present, and future.
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Superman II 1980 PG, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas
Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.
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 Superman: The Movie 1978 PG, 143 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
aka: Superman
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York
Off the pages of comic books and onto the large screen comes "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" This film has everything going for it with Christopher Reeve doing a good job as Superman and Margot Kidder playing girl reporter Lois Lane to a tee. The film won an Oscar for Best Special Achievement and received three other nominations.
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Sweet Bird of Youth 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Rip Torn, Valerie Perrine, Ruta Lee, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Geer, Megan Blake, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Cheryl Paris, Charles Lucia, Teddy Wilson, Tom Nolan
In this version of Tennessee Williams' play, Elizabeth Taylor plays the aging actress Alexandra Del Lago, and Mark Harmon is her young lover Chance Wayne who plans to use her as his steppingstone to success. However, he joins her in sinking into the mire of drugs and alcohol.
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W.C. Fields and Me 1976 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Kenneth Tobey, Linda Purl
Rod Steiger takes on the role of famed comedian W.C. Fields, and Valerie Perrine plays his mistress Carlotta Monti in this biography centering on Fields' later years.
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Water 1985   PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dick Clement
Cast: Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter, Billy Connolly, Maureen Lipman, Dennis Dugan, Fulton Mackay, Jimmie Walker, Dick Shawn
When mineral water is discovered and becomes the object of investment possibilities on a tiny Caribbean island, Governor Baxter Thwaites (Michael Caine) must deal with outside forces struggling for control of his once-peaceful island.
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 What Women Want 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine, Judy Greer, Ana Gasteyer, Lisa Edelstein, Sarah Paulson, Loretta Devine, Diana-Maria Riva
Chicago advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) loses out in the selection for a top job in his agency. Instead, Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt) wins the spot. Nick survives a freak hair dryer accident and discovers that he can now hear what women think. At first, he uses this new power to his own benefit–he is especially effective at stealing Darcy's ideas and using them as his own. Later, when he begins to sympathize with problems women encounter, he finds himself falling in love with Darcy.
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| 1. Agency (1980)
2. Boiling Point (1993)
3. The Border (1982)
4. The Californians (2005)
5. Can't Stop the Music (1980)
6. The Electric Horseman (1979)
7. The Last American Hero (1973)
aka: Hard Driver
8. Lenny (1974)
9. The Magician of Lublin (1979)
10. Maid to Order (1987)
11. Mr. Billion (1977)
12. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
13. Superman II (1980)
aka: Superman 2
14. Superman: The Movie (1978)
aka: Superman
15. Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
16. W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
17. Water (1985)
18. What Women Want (2000)
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