8 Heads in a Duffel Bag 1997  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Schulman
Cast: Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, Todd Louiso, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon, David Spade, Anthony Mangano, Joe Basile, Ernestine Mercer
Joe Pesci stars as mob hit man Tommy Spinelle who loses his duffel bag along with its contents (eight heads of slain gangsters) at an airport. The bag is mistakenly picked up by a young couple (Andy Comeau and Kristy Swanson) who are heading to Mexico for a relaxing vacation, which turns out to be anything but.
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The Anderson Tapes 1971  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, Christopher Walken, Stan Gottlieb, Margaret Hamilton, Scott Jacoby, Richard B. Shull, Ralph Meeker, Val Avery, Dick Anthony Williams, Garrett Morris, Paul Benjamin, Conrad Bain
Ex-con Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) develops a scheme to rob a New York apartment building. He needs money, and the mob funds his robberies. What Anderson does not know is that government agencies, aware that he is linked to the mob, are taping his every move. Now, the apartment building is filled with video cameras ready to tape Anderson's every move. The good supporting cast includes Christopher Walken in his film debut, and Alan King does a very good job playing Mafia don Pat Angelo.
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Author! Author! 1982 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King, Bob Dishy, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Eric Gurry, Andre Gregory
After his wife (Tuesday Weld) leaves him, a playwright (Al Pacino) tries to prepare for his next play while tending to the five children his estranged wife left in his care.
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Robert Culp, Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Horst Ebersberg, Lee Bergere, Donald F. Muhich, K.T. Stevens, Noble Lee Holoderread Jr., Celeste Yarnall, Greg Mullavy, Diane Berghoff, Lynn Borden, Linda Burton, Andre Philippe
This very funny account of four people–Bob and Carol Sanders (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) and Ted and Alice (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon)–who are determined to be completely honest with each other, even to the point of an attempted orgy among the four of them, ends up with the group discovering that they are more conservative than they believed.
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The Boynton Beach Club 2006 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Sally Kellerman, Michael Nouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Renee Taylor, Mal Z. Lawrence
Harry (Joseph Bologna), Lois (Dyan Cannon), Jack (Len Cariou), Sandy (Sally Kellerman), Donald (Michael Nouri), and Marilyn (Brenda Vaccaro) have moved into an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. They attend a support group for bereaved senior citizens and find themselves replaying the dating game.
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Caddyshack II 1988  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Arkush
Cast: Jackie Mason, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Dyan Cannon, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill, Randy Quaid, Jessica Lundy, Jonathan Silverman, Brian McNamara, Marsha Warfield, Paul Bartel, Chynna Phillips, Pepe Serna
Eight years after the original "Caddyshack," the sequel appears with Jackie Mason in the role of millionaire contractor Jack Hartounian. Jack's daughter Kate (Jessica Lundy) wants to join upper-crust Bushwood Country Club whose members can't stand Jack. A solution is found by Jack when he buys the majority of Bushwood's stock and turns the country club into an amusement park featuring golf. The confrontation between Jack and the members is finally solved through a golf match.
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Christmas in Connecticut 1992 TV, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Gene Lythgow, Kelly Cinnante, Jimmy Workman, Vivian Bonnell, David Arnott, Sonny Carl Davis, Jenee Bandler, Bob Braun, Peter Kent, Wendle Josepher, Robert Noble
Forest ranger Jefferson Jones (Kris Kristofferson) has lost his cabin in a fire and states on TV that he would like a home-cooked meal on Christmas. What a great idea to serve him that meal on live TV as a guest on Elizabeth Blane's (Dyan Cannon) popular homemaker show. But Elizabeth can't cook, and the "fun" begins.
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Coast to Coast 1980  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Robert Blake, Quinn K. Redeker, Michael Lerner, Maxine Stuart, William Lucking, George P. Wilbur, Ellen Gerstein, Patricia Conklin, David Moody
Madie Levrington (Dyan Cannon) and trucker Charles Callahan (Robert Blake) travel cross-country with their enemies in close pursuit.
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Doctors' Wives 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Anderson, Cara Williams, Scott Brady
This less-than-glamorous depiction of the lives of doctors' wives is boring, artless fare.
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The End of Innocence 1990 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dyan Cannon
Cast: Dyan Cannon, John Heard, George Coe, Lola Mason, Stephen Meadows, Rebecca Schaeffer, Billie Bird, Dennis Burkley, Viveka Davis, Eric Harrison, Stoney Jackson, Paul Lieber
Dyan Cannon directed and stars in this story about Stephanie (young Stephanie is Rebecca Schaeffer) who is torn apart by conflicting forces in her home and, finally, as an adult (Stephanie is Dyan Cannon) arrives at a drug treatment center where a psychiatrist (John Heard) tries to help her deal with the pain.
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 Heaven Can Wait 1978 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Harry D.K. Wong, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, George J. Manos
Whoops! Due to some bungling by an overzealous angel (Buck Henry), L.A. Rams football star Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) dies before he is supposed to. Joe's body is cremated before the error can be corrected, and, to make up for the error, archangel Mr. Jordan (James Mason) offers to place his soul in the body of Leo Farnsworth whose wife Julia (Dyan Cannon) and secretary Tony Abbott (Charles Grodin) have plotted his demise. Environmentalist Betty Logan (Julie Christie) convinces Joe to assume Leo's body, and, because he is attracted to her, he agrees. The deed is done. Joe hires his coach Max Corkle (Jack Warden) to get him in shape, straightens out Farnsworth's affairs, and struggles to get on the Rams' line-up. Meanwhile, Julia and Tony, who are sure they murdered Farnsworth, are trying to figure out just what is happening. The film won an Oscar for Best Art Direction and was nominated for eight others, including Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Supporting Actor (Warden), Supporting Actress (Cannon), and Director.
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Honeysuckle Rose 1980  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: On the Road Again
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving, Slim Pickens, Diana Scarwid, Priscilla Pointer, Pepe Serna, Lane Smith, Emmylou Harris
In this loose adaptation of "Intermezzo," a country music star (Willie Nelson) falls for the daughter of his partner, and they begin an ill-fated affair. Good Nelson songs.
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Kangaroo Jack 2003 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David McNally
Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken, Dyan Cannon, Michael Shannon, Marton Csokas, Bill Hunter, David Ngoombujarra, Mark Sellitto
Mob boss Sal Maggio (Christopher Walken) sends stepson Charlie (Jerry O'Connell) and Charlie's friend, Louis (Anthony Anderson), to Australia with a package containing $100,000 to be delivered to "Mr. Smith." Along the way, a kangaroo absconds with the money, and the chase is on.
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The Last of Sheila 1973 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, Raquel Welch, Yvonne Romain
Celebrities gather on "Sheila," the yacht of a Hollywood producer (James Coburn), where they participate in a game that will reveal the hit-and-run driver who killed the producer's wife, Sheila.
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Out to Sea 1997 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Gloria DeHaven, Brent Spiner, Elaine Stritch, Hal Linden, Donald O'Connor, Edward Mulhare, Rue McClanahan
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau work together again–this time as Herb Sullivan and Charlie Gordon who are professional dance partners for women passengers on a cruise ship. This is their seventh film together, and Lemmon/Matthau fans will not be disappointed.
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The Pickle 1993 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon, Clotilde Courau, Shelley Winters, Barry Miller, Jerry Stiller, Spalding Gray, Chris Penn, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dudley Moore
If you really have nothing else to do, check out this flick about Harry Stone's (Danny Aiello) midlife crisis. Stone is a movie director whose recent credits include a sci-fi story about a large pickle.
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Revenge of the Pink Panther 1978 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Burt Kwouk, Paul Stewart, Andre Maranne, Graham Stark, Robert Loggia, Ferdy Mayne, Tony Beckley, Marc Lawrence, Alfie Bass, Sue Lloyd, Danny Schiller
This is Peter Sellers' last film as the bungling Inspector Clouseau. This time around, Clouseau is on the heels of an international drug trafficking ring led by drug lord Douvier (Robert Webber) who gives orders to kill Clouseau. When Clouseau's car crashes, Douvier believes that Clouseau, not an escaping criminal, was killed. Clouseau fakes his own death, and Douvier, believing he is dead, is not on the lookout for him. Now, Clouseau goes incognito to Hong Kong, and Douvier's ex-girlfriend Simone Legree (Dyan Cannon), who seeks revenge against Douvier, helps Clouseau solve the case.
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The Sender 1997 R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Richard Pepin
Cast: Michael Madsen, Robert Vaughn, R. Lee Ermey, Dyan Cannon, Shelli Lether, Steven Williams, Brian Bloom, Josh Clark, Erica Everage, Carlos Lauchu, Rance Howard, Richard Kuhlman, Arminae Austen, Francis Fallon, Ramsey Krull
An American fighter squadron encounters an alien spaceship in the Bermuda Triangle, and one plane is shot down. About 30 years later the plane is recovered, but government authorities do not allow the pilot's son, Dallas (Michael Madsen), to see it. Meanwhile, Dallas' daughter, Lisa (Erica Everage), is contacted by an alien woman (Shelli Lether) who teaches Lisa to use her psychic powers. Lisa is then captured by government agents who want to use her psychic abilities to help in future space flights. Dallas must now attempt to get his daughter back–with the help of the alien.
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Shamus 1973 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan, Joe Santos, Georgio Tozzi, Kevin Conway, John Glover, Ron Weyand, Beeson Carroll, Larry Block
Private eye Shamus McCoy (Burt Reynolds) is hired to crack a murder and jewel theft case–a feat that requires numerous heroic exploits.
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Such Good Friends 1971  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Nina Foch, Laurence Luckinbill, Burgess Meredith, Sam Levene, Louise Lasser, William Redfield
A witty script is behind this comedy about Richard Messinger's (Laurence Luckinbill) minor surgery that leads to revelations for his wife, Julie (Dyan Cannon), and death for Richard through a series of errors by those treating him. 1 User Review
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| | Underated 70's comedy deserving re-appraisal | Tap Reffahs 10/22/2007 | Sharp vivid and under rated 70's comedy with Elaine May script, and exceptional performance by Dyan Cannon in a sassy turn that fits the era, her unique and delightful personality deserving of more credit for this - and better roles like it to have vaulted her into the first rank of actresses in the 70's.
Preminger assembled a cast of pros that had performed with his direction before, such as Burgess Meredith, and newcomer Jennifer O'Neill, so refreshing in "Summer of '42". Her lustrous beauty - in addition to Dyan Cannon's effervescent smile and the cast of talented stage and screen talents - should have jelled into a strong comedy of it's era - having fallen through the cracks at the time - it is damn good and deserving of the audience that has become loyal to it through the years, awaiting a DVD release pronto - and the long delayed and deserved praise NOW. |
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 That Darn Cat 1997 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Bob Spiers
Cast: Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug, George Dzundza, Peter Boyle, Bess Armstrong, Michael McKean, Dean Jones, Estelle Parsons, Dyan Cannon, John Ratzenberger, Megan Cavanagh, Rebecca Schull, Thomas F. Wilson, Brian Haley, Mark Christopher Lawrence
In this remake of "That Darn Cat" (1965), Christina Ricci takes the role of Patti whose cat, D.C. (Darn Cat), stumbles upon a kidnap victim who scratches the word "Help" on her wristwatch and attaches it around D.C.'s neck. Patti discovers the watch and joins forces with FBI rookie Zeke (Doug E. Doug), and together they tail D.C.–believing that he will lead them to the kidnap victim and, hopefully, to the abductors (Peter Boyle and Rebecca Schull).
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This Rebel Breed 1960 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Black Rebels
Three Shades of Love
Director: Richard L. Bare
Cast: Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Eugene Martin, Tom Gilson, Richard Rust, Doug Hume, Richard Laurier, Dyan Cannon, Al Freeman Jr.
Gangs rule in the high school as Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics push drugs and enjoy wild parties. The solution: send in undercover cops Frank and Don (Mark Damon and Doug Hume) to investigate.
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The Virginia Hill Story 1974 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, John Vernon, Herbert Anderson, Robby Benson, John Quade, Liam Dunn, Conrad Janis, Tom Reese
Told in flashback as she is testifying, this is the story of Hollywood starlet Virginia Hill (Dyan Cannon) who was the lover of Mafia gangster Bugsy Siegel (Harvey Keitel). Siegel went into debt opening a gambling casino in Las Vegas, upset opponents, and was murdered by rival mobsters.
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| 1. 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
2. The Anderson Tapes (1971)
3. Author! Author! (1982)
4. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
5. The Boynton Beach Club (2006)
6. Caddyshack II (1988)
7. Christmas in Connecticut (1992)
8. Coast to Coast (1980)
9. Deathtrap (1982)
10. Doctors' Wives (1971)
11. The End of Innocence (1990)
12. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
13. Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
aka: On the Road Again
14. Kangaroo Jack (2003)
15. The Last of Sheila (1973)
16. Out to Sea (1997)
17. The Pickle (1993)
18. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
19. The Sender (1997)
20. Shamus (1973)
21. Such Good Friends (1971)
22. That Darn Cat (1997)
23. This Rebel Breed (1960)
aka: The Black Rebels
aka: Three Shades of Love
24. The Virginia Hill Story (1974)
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