Awakenings 1990  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Judith Malina, Alice Drummond, Laura Esterman, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Dexter Gordon
Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) works in the chronic-care ward of a hospital in the Bronx where he gives the new drug L-DOPA to patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who is in a semi-comatose state. The drug works, and Lowe is gradually awakened after 30 years. He experiences the wonder of life and love, and this success with L-DOPA encourages Sayer to administer the drug to his other patients. Oscar nominations included Best Picture and Actor (De Niro).
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Bang the Drum Slowly 1973  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Ann Wedgeworth, Patrick McVey, Danny Aiello, Barbara Babcock, Barton Heyman, Heather MacRae, Danny Burks, Selma Diamond, Maurice Rosenfield, Tom Signorelli, Marshall Efron
"Just one more season," is what Bruce Pearson (Robert De Niro) wants. He is a baseball catcher who knows that he has a fatal disease.
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 Cruising 1980  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Joe Spinell, Barton Heyman, Gene Davis, Allan Miller, Ed O'Neill, Jay Acovone, Randy Jurgensen
Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is an officer for the NYPD who goes undercover by dressing in leather and chains in the S & M subculture to catch a sadistic homosexual killer. In the process, Burns becomes obsessed with the man (Richard Cox) he is trailing.
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Dead Man Walking 1995 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Robbins
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston, Lois Smith, Scott Wilson, Margo Martindale, Barton Heyman
Based on a real-life New Orleans nun, Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), this film follows her fictionalized relationship with a Death Row inmate (Sean Penn) who begs for her help in saving him from his fate. Susan Sarandon won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance, and three other nominations were received, including Best Actor and Director.
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 The Exorcist 1973 R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Mercedes McCambridge, Vasiliki Maliaros, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schundler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds
When Megan (Linda Blair) exhibits bizarre behavior that includes violence and foul language, her mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), calls in a young priest, Father Karras (Jason Miller), to help her. Father Karras is sure that Megan is possessed by the devil and asks exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to come to her aid by staging an exorcism. Many horrors ensue as Father Merrin confronts the supernatural spirit. This film caused quite a stir at the time of its release. Academy Awards were received for Best Writing and Sound as well as eight other nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting Actor (Miller) and Actress (Blair), and Director. Two sequels follow
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Let's Scare Jessica to Death 1971  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John D. Hancock
Cast: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, Alan Manson, Mariclare Costello
Jessica (Zohra Lampert) tries to recuperate following her release from a mental hospital and moves to a New England farmhouse with her husband Duncan (Barton Heyman) and friend Woody (Kevin O'Connor). They find a weird woman, Emily (Mariclare Costello), at the farmhouse, and now Jessica begins hearing and seeing strange things. Is Emily a vampire? Or, is Jessica suffering another mental breakdown?
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 Masquerade 1988 R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Swaim
Cast: Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall, Doug Savant, John Glover, Dana Delany, Erik Holland, Brian Davies, Barton Heyman, Ira Wheeler
A wealthy young woman (Meg Tilly), living in the Hamptons, is the victim of her conniving stepfather and young suitor (Rob Lowe) who intend to steal her fortune.
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Night of the Juggler 1980   R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano, Abby Bluestone, Linda Miller, Julie Carmen, Mandy Patinkin, Barton Heyman
When his daughter is kidnapped by a psychopath, N.Y. ex-cop Sean Boyd (James Brolin) leads the massive citywide efforts to get her back alive. 1 User Review
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| | movieman 03/02/2007 | | this is a great movie , you would think with all the re-releases and remakes this should be added to that list. it was a excellent movie then,(1980) it would be better to day........... or not, this should be on all video selves if you like a good action movie . i cannot find this movie anywhere it,s starting to piss me off. |
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Raising Cain 1992  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, Teri Austin, Gabrielle Carteris, Barton Heyman, Amanda Pombo, Kathleen Callan
John Lithgow takes on multiple roles in this psycho thriller about child psychologist Dr. Carter Nix (Lithgow) who is obsessed with bringing up his daughter Amy (Amanda Pombo). His wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is too busy with her extramarital affair to pay attention–until children begin to disappear. Now Jenny begins to suspect that Carter is behind the mystery and is delivering the missing children to his father (also played by Lithgow) and his brother (also played by Lithgow) so that they can use them for psychological experiments.
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Valdez Is Coming 1971  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin Sherin
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Barton Heyman, Richard Jordan, Frank Silvera, Hector Elizondo, Lex Monson, Juanita Penaloza, Phil Brown
A lawman (Burt Lancaster) in Mexico encounters racial problems and greed when he tries to collect money from a landowner to help an Apache woman (Juanita Penaloza) whose black husband (Lex Monson) was accidentally killed. 1 User Review
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| | GREAT MOVIE!!! | Anonymous 10/24/2009 | | |
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| 1. Awakenings (1990)
2. Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
3. Cruising (1980)
4. Dead Man Walking (1995)
5. The Exorcist (1973)
6. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
7. Masquerade (1988)
8. Night of the Juggler (1980)
9. Raising Cain (1992)
10. Valdez Is Coming (1971)
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