The Crazies 1973  R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Code Name: Trixie
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Richard Liberty, Lynn Lowry, Richard France, Edith Bell, Harry Spillman, Will Disney
A plane carrying an untested, top secret biological warfare virus crashes near a small town in Pennsylvania, infecting the city's water supply with the virus. Exposure results in instant death or irreversible insanity. While scientists frantically search for a cure, the Army is sent in–complete with biologically-safe suits–to round up the city's inhabitants and isolate them in the local school. Non-infected citizens attempt to escape from both the Army personnel and local authorities. A strong anti-government, anti-military statement.
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Salvador 1986  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, John Doe, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernandez, Salvador Sanchez
Richard Boyle (James Woods) is a down-on-his-luck photojournalist who joins his disc-jockey friend Dr. Rock (Jim Belushi) on a car trip to El Salvador in 1980 to cover the war. Boyle forms uneasy alliances with both the guerillas and the right-wing military and realizes that the U.S. press is not adequately reporting the situation. Meanwhile, Boyle falls in love with a Salvadorian, Maria (Elpidia Carrillo), and must find the means to get her out of the country alive. This is based on a true story and conveys the excitement of the time. Woods was nominated for an Oscar.
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| 1. The Crazies (1973)
aka: Code Name: Trixie
2. Salvador (1986)
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