 Air Bud 1997  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Cast: Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Bill Cobbs, Eric Christmas, Brendan Fletcher, Norman Browning, Jay Brazeau, Shayn Solberg, Nicola Cavendish, Stephen E. Miller, Frank C. Turner
Josh (Kevin Zegers) is suffering emotionally after his father's death and has now been placed in a new school. One day, he finds an abandoned Golden Retriever, Buddy. It turns out that Buddy can shoot hoops, and since Josh wants to try out for the school basketball team, Buddy can help him practice. Josh makes the team, and he and Buddy perform at half-time. Buddy is a hit with the media, which is good IF the notoriety does not cause his previous owner Norm Snively (Michael Jeter) to reclaim him and cash in on his celebrity status.
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All of Me 1984 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Richard Libertini, Jason Bernard, Madolyn Smith, Dana Elcar, Eric Christmas, Gailard Sartain, Neva Patterson
This is one of those out of the body comedies in which a lawyer (Steve Martin) must share half of his body with a filthy rich, bad-tempered female client (Lily Tomlin) who had planned to inhabit the body of a young beautiful woman (Victoria Tennant). All sorts of funny situations occur as the two sides fight, especially in the bathroom.
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The Andromeda Strain 1971 G, 130 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs, Kermit Murdock, Richard O'Brien, Eric Christmas, Mark Jenkins, Carl Reindel
A U.S. Army satellite carrying a virus from outer space has crashed on Earth. It has landed in a remote village in the Southwest and has killed everyone, except a crying baby and a wino. Top scientists gather at the site to figure out what is happening. After intense examinations, they isolate the organism–Andromeda Strain–that has caused the deaths. Now the race against time begins as the scientists attempt to find a cure before more people die.
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 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 1979  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: John De Bello
Cast: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, Jack Riley, J. Stephen Peace, Eric Christmas, Ernie Meyers, Ron Shapiro, Al Sklar, Jerrold Anderson, Don Birch, Tom Coleman, Art K. Koustik, Jack Nolan, John Qualls
San Diego is terrorized when a government experiment goes wrong. Huge mutated tomatoes set off through the suburbs murdering residents and causing mayhem. The film spawned two sequels and a cartoon show.
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The Changeling 1979  R, 113 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh, Barry Morse, James B. Douglas, Eric Christmas, Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Behrens, Madeleine Sherwood, Helen Burns, Frances Hyland, Ruth Springfield, J. Kenneth Campbell
After music professor John Russell (George C. Scott) moves into a mansion in Seattle, he realizes that his new home is haunted. Working with Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), John figures out that the haunting comes from the ghost of a murdered boy whose father wanted to collect on his life insurance policy. When the father realized that he could not collect on the boy's insurance, the father substituted another boy for his son, and now the "changeling"–wealthy Joseph Carmichael–believes that John is finding information about his past and could blackmail him.
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An Enemy of the People 1977   G, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Eric Christmas, Richard Dysart, Michael Higgins, Richard Bradford, Ham Larsen
Adapted from the Ibsen play, this screenplay by Arthur Miller is about Doctor Thomas Stockmann (Steve McQueen) who tries to prevent the opening of a new health spa in his town because he has found that the hot springs are polluted. 1 User Review
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| | Memorable and Timely | Anonymous 09/20/2007 | | An outstanding performance by McQueen in this classic story in which one person has the courage to stand against evil regardless of others who choose to cower and criticize. Ibsen and McQueen clearly demonstrate once again that one person can change the world while also demonstrating the real danger of sometimes having that courage of conviction. I saw this sadly-unrecognized film in the late 1970s and it has "haunted" me ever since. I dearly wish it were available on DVD to view over and over and over. |
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 Harold and Maude 1971 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Ellen Geer, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, William Lucking, Judy Engles, Shari Summers, Tom Skerritt, Susan Madigan, Ray K. Goman, Hal Ashby
This cult classic is a dark comedy in which 19-year-old Harold (Bud Cort), who is obsessed with death, demonstrates creative ways to fake his own death to scare his dominating mother (Vivian Pickles). His mother wants him to start dating, but Harold is busy attending funerals and has no time for women in his life. While attending a funeral, Harold meets and then falls in love with swinging, life-loving 79-year-old Maude (Ruth Gordon)–much to the disgust of his mother. But, as Harold passes into manhood, Maude teaches him lessons about how best to spend his time on Earth. Good soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
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Middle Age Crazy 1980  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Trent
Cast: Bruce Dern, Ann - Margret, Graham Jarvis, Deborah Wakeham, Eric Christmas, Helen Hughes, Geoffrey Bowes, Michael Kane, Diane Dewey, Vivian Reis
Successful architect Bobby Lee (Bruce Dern) has a midlife crisis, buys a Porsche, and leaves his beautiful wife Sue Ann (Ann-Margret) when he is attracted to an empty-headed cheerleader.
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Mouse Hunt 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, Maury Chaykin, Eric Christmas, William Hickey, Michael Jeter, Vicki Lewis, Debra Christofferson, Camilla Soeberg
The Smuntz brothers, Ernie (Nathan Lane) and Lars (Lee Evans), inherit a run-down mansion that just happens to be occupied by a clever mouse that does not fit into their resale-for-profit plans for the house.
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The Philadelphia Experiment 1984 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stewart Raffill
Cast: Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Eric Christmas, Kene Holliday, Louise Latham, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Currie, Ralph Manza
A U.S. Navy vessel is part of a top-secret experiment during World War II. In the course of the operation, the ship disappears, and the ship with its crew is thrown ahead in time to 1984.
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 Porky's 1981 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly, Kaki Hunter, Tony Ganios, Kim Cattrall, Nancy Parsons, Scott Colomby, Boyd Gaines, Susan Clark, Wayne Maunder, Alex Karras, Eric Christmas
The scene is Florida's Angel Beach High School in the 1950s where it appears that every male student is looking for sex. This leads some students–Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Billy (Mark Herrier), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), and Mickey (Roger Wilson)–on a trip to the dive, Porky's, known for its abundance of prostitutes. They pay for the prostitutes but end up being dumped in a swamp. Now, revenge is the name of the game, and practical jokes abound. There are two sequels.
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Porky's 2: The Next Day 1983 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Dan Monahan, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Edward Winter, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly, Joseph Runningfox, Eric Christmas, Bill Wiley, Cisse Cameron, Ilse Earl
The lustful kids–Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), Billy (Mark Herrier), and Mickey (Roger Wilson)–from Florida's Angel Beach High School are back. This time they are fighting the Ku Klux Klan's interference in their social lives when their high school prepares to showcase "An Evening With Shakespeare." The Ku Klux Klan does not like the idea that the role of Romeo will be played by an Indian. As if that were not enough, the gym teacher (Nancy Parsons) complains because she believes Shakespeare used too many sexual overtones. Once again, practical jokes abound.
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Porky's Revenge 1985 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Porky's 3: Revenge
Director: James Komack
Cast: Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios, Kaki Hunter, Mark Herrier, Scott Colomby, Nancy Parsons, Chuck Mitchell, Rose McVeigh, Fred Buch, Wendy Feign, Eric Christmas, Ilse Earl, Kim Evenson, Bill Hindman
In this sequel to "Porky's," Porky Wallace (Chuck Mitchell) is the owner of Porky's, which is now a riverboat casino. He attempts to get even for what he suffered at the hands of the gang–Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), Meat (Tony Ganios), Billy (Mark Herrier), and Wendy (Kaki Hunter)–from Angel Beach High School. Their high-school coach, Goodenough (Bill Hindman), owes money to Porky, and Porky tries to get him to throw the championship game as payment. The slapstick and practical jokes continue.
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| 1. Air Bud (1997)
2. All of Me (1984)
3. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
4. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1979)
5. The Changeling (1979)
6. Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
7. An Enemy of the People (1977)
8. Harold and Maude (1971)
9. Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987)
10. Middle Age Crazy (1980)
11. Mouse Hunt (1997)
12. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
13. Porky's (1981)
14. Porky's 2: The Next Day (1983)
15. Porky's Revenge (1985)
aka: Porky's 3: Revenge
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