"You'll be seeing stars and stripes as the most fascinating leaders in American history come to life in 1776, a musical about the birth of a nation! With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch her subjects' freedom-loving spirit! It's up to John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to conv ..."
"The hit Broadway musical by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards became the basis for this 1972 film about America's first congress and the nation's declaration of independence from Britain. Most of the original cast members are aboard, including William Daniels as John Adams. The film is a little stodgy and moves stiffly from scene to scene--the adaptation to the screen is not a smooth success. But it is nonetheless captivating, considering ..."
"After turning down the role of Dirty Harry, John Wayne made up for lost time by starring in this pretty-good 1974 police drama. Shot on location in a gritty pre-Microsoft Seattle, McQ finds John Wayne butting heads with fellow cops and local crime elements as he investigates the murder of a fellow cop and friend. Wayne is obviously a bit long-in-tooth to be taking on this kind of role, but the script allows for some decent character d ..."
"When Walter Davis (Bruce Willis, The Sixth Sense) is set up with gorgeous Nadia Gates (Kim Basinger, No Mercy), the perfect BLIND DATE dissolves into disaster in this sexy comedy caper. Walter invites beautiful southern belle Nadia to a button-down corporate dinner, expecting to impress his associates with this dazzling beauty. But all hell breaks loose when Nadia has "one too many" and reduces the evening and Walter's career to shamble ..."
"Bruce Willis's first starring vehicle was this 1987 comedy by Blake Edwards (Victor/Victoria), in which the actor plays a yuppie set up on a blind date with a beautiful blonde (Kim Basinger). Everything goes swimmingly until Willis does what he was warned not to do: give the lady alcohol, which causes her to get entirely out of control. The one-note joke basically turns the film into a succession of set pieces in which Willis has to kee ..."
"It's been years since Blake Edwards made a funny film, and this 1981 effort may have been one of his last consistent laugh producers. Richard Mulligan plays a Hollywood producer who realizes that his career may be over when the public sees his latest film: a big-budget musical that lands on test audiences with a thud. In a moment of madness, he hits upon the idea of reediting it to include soft-porn reshoots--including a shot of his mov ..."
"James Garner returns for this pseudosequel to Support Your Local Sheriff, this time as a gigolo con man mistaken for a legendary killer. Escaping matrimonial entanglements, he lands in the town of Purgatory in the midst of a raging war between gold miners racing for the mother lode. In a play right out of Maverick, he quickly casts drifter Jack Elam into the gunfighter role and names himself the man's agent, selling his services to the ..."
"While hardly the first Western spoof to ride out of Hollywood, Support Your Local Sheriff is easily one of the best. James Garner plays the confident, cool-headed cowboy who strolls into a wild gold rush town on the way to Australia and takes the job as sheriff. Like a parody of My Darling Clementine by way of Rio Bravo, he arrests the hotheaded but hopelessly confused son (Bruce Dern) of a ruthless ranching magnate (Walter Brennan). St ..."
"The true story of Gert Behanna shows how the Gospel reached a rich and miserable society woman. A hopeless alcoholic with a third wrenching divorce and a son who disowned her, she came to the end, but through the Gospel, found it just the beginning. This is a film that speaks sensitively and realistically to those torn by alcoholism and marital strife. Stars Anne Baxter and Jack Albertson."
"Born Again [Import] // Charles Colson's life will be radically changed during the course of Watergate as he discovers what it means to be Born Again. As president Richard Nixon's Special Counsel, Colson had his own office in the White House, power and prestige. After Watergate he had a prision record... and a strong faith. In this major motion picture, Colson (played by Dean Jones) pleads guilty to Watergate-related charges and is sent ..."
"Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Go Tell the Spartans is set in Vietnam during that period in which American troops were euphemistically termed "advisors". Reluctantly dispensing much of that advice is veteran American ma ..."
"Aten-hut, dudes. Fall in with the cadets of Sheldon R. Weinberg Military Academy, where the new arrivals have decided that anything goes. So the first things to go are the rules. In the tradition of Stripes and Police Academy, Up the Academy deploys film-debuting Ralph Macchio and company in a series of raunchy, madcap maneuvers. Barbara Bach as a fully-armed armaments expert, Tom Poston as an instructor whose favorite subject is bedche ..."
"Join the irresistible Ted Danson (two-time Emmy(r) winner, TV's "Cheers") and the unpredictable HowieMandel (TVs "St. Elsewhere") as they find themselves in A FINE MESS. While making a movie at a racetrack, lady crazed actor, contartist, and all around bungler Spence Holden (Danson) stumbles on two goofball thugs, Turnip (Richard Mulligan) and Binky (Stuart Margolin), doping a race horse. Always ready to cash in on a golden opportunity, ..."
"After her long and wholesome run as America's Sweetheart, Doris Day quit movies with this well-scrubbed picture. With Six You Get Eggroll--oof, what a title--caught the wave of blended-family comedies, coming just after Yours, Mine and Ours and just before TV's The Brady Bunch. Doris has three sons, and new beau Brian Keith has an 18-year-old daughter (the still-baby-faced Barbara Hershey). It's family-friendly sitcom stuff, with both D ..."
"Robert Redford (Der Unbeugsame, Sneakers - Die Lautlosen) und Barbra Streisand (Liebe hat zwei Gesichter) treten in diesem Film als soziopolitische Gegensätze auf. Er als Romanautor und klassischer WASP-Repräsentant (ein weißer angelsächsischer Protestant), sie als Aktivistin. Nichtsdestotrotz beginnen die gegensätzlichen Figuren in den 30er Jahren eine Romanze und führen über zwei Jahrzehnte eine wackelige Beziehung, deren Verlauf auch ..."
"Dudley Moore and director Blake Edwards are reunited in this laugh-packed romp about a lovable bigamist. TV reporter Rob Salinger (Moore) longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki (Ann Reinking), is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, Maude (Amy Irving), leads to her pregnancy. Rob receives another shock when Micki announces that she' MAUDE reaches the heights of hilarity when both women are del ..."
"Starring Oscar® winner* George C. Scott with a comical cast of "first-rate actors" (The New York Times), this "hilarious" (VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever) film brims with "wonderful and imaginative silliness" (Los Angeles Times)! Fresh from his recent jailbreak, criminal mastermind Walter Ballantine (Scott) is already plotting his next bank heist. Andthis time he's thinking bighe's not just taking the loot, he's stealing the whole ..."
"BITE THE BULLET is an epic Western adventure featuring an amazing award-winning cast. Directed by Robert Brooks (In Cold Blood, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), the film's turn of the century tale of high stakes and harsh tests of endurance glorifies the kind of gutsy men and women who built this country. Two-time Oscar(r) winner GENE HACKMAN plays a former rough-rider who matches wits with a lovely but shady lady in distress (Oscar(r) nominee C ..."