Paramount Pictures (Firm)
2) Real Life
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Albert Brooks, in his directorial debut, presents a hilarious account of what happens to a typical American family when a group of filmmakers moves in with them to record "REAL LIFE." Brooks heads up the crew that invades the Phoenix household of Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain and their children. The results are disastrous...and hysterically funny. *"Albert Brooks's first and funniest feature." - J. Hoberman, **Village Voice***
3) Face To Face
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Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece about a female psychiatrist who is a helpless witness to the degeneration of her family, marriage, and career. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards including Best Director.
4) The Patsy
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When a star comedian dies, his comedy team, decides to train a nobody to fill the shoes of the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man they choose, bellboy Stanley Belt, can't do anything right. The big TV show is getting closer, and Stanley gets worse all the time.
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Eight-year-old Sophie is the girl on the bus that everyone teases. Julien is the little boy that comes to her rescue. He, too, is an outcast of sorts, struggling to cope with the loss of his dying mother. Together, they invent an outrageous game of "Dare" to keep their spirits alive. Their game becomes a glorious mutual addiction. It binds them together as it tears them apart. As their feelings for each other grow through childhood into adulthood,...
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English Dub Version. International martial arts mega-star Jackie Chan (Rush Hour) directs and performs all his own death-defying stunts in a hard-hitting and humorous action adventure! Dragon Ma (Jackie Chan), is a lieutenant in the 19th-century Hong Kong marines. Pirates have been terrorizing local waters, with assistance from the corrupt authorities. Dragon Ma hopes to defeat the evil pirate clan but finds himself in a seemingly never-ending struggle...
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A glittering Hollywood all-star cast shines in Robert Altman's deliciously sexy comedy hit Ready To Wear! At the world's hottest fashion show, there's been a murder. Now, everybody's a suspect - including two guests who end up sharing much more than a hotel room! Add to the fun a hilariously inept TV reporter on the trail of her most shocking interview yet! They're all caught up in the year's biggest see-and-be-seen event - where steamy scandals and...
9) Grease 2
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Return to rockin’ Rydell High for a whole new term! It’s 1961, two years after the original Grease™ gang graduated, and there’s a new crop of seniors – and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield) is the new kid in school – but he’s been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds (Adrian...
10) Bugsy Malone
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A pint-sized cast with giant talents illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, BUGSY MALONE captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam's Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts. Award-winning pop composer Paul Williams wrote the words and...
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE FABULOUS STAINS is a film about three teenage girls, played by Diane Lane, Laura Dern and Marin Kanter, who start a punk band.The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.
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Aviation and sports come together in STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. This 1955 American film is starring James Stewart and June Allyson, and is directed by Anthony Mann. Robert "Dutch" Holland (James Stewart) is a professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. As a former B-29 bomber pilot during World War II, he is also an officer on inactive status in the United States Air Force Reserve. During spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida, he is...
13) Mandingo
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Based on the hugely successful novel by Kyle Onstott, MANDINGO takes the audience beyond the sentimentalized South of other films with uncompromising honesty and realism to show the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. Heavyweight boxer Ken Norton makes his screen debut in the title role, with Perry King (Possession of Joel Delaney) as his white owner, friend, and eventual nemesis.
14) Northfork
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It's 1955 and industries are booming as America undergoes a postwar metamorphosis. However, in the small town of NORTHFORK, the townspeople are being evacuated because of the construction of a dam that will wash away their homes. A group of trench-coat-wearing government employees, hired to get rid of the proud few who remain, go about the business of destroying lives with efficiency. Meanwhile, a young orphan boy lies sick in bed, being cared for...
15) Operation Condor
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Get ready for Jackie Chan's most spectacular adventure ever...starring and directed by Jackie Chan himself! Risking everything and performing all his own deathdefying stunts, Chan ignites the big screen as the world's greatest secret agent, code name Condor. Sent to track down stolen Nazi gold buried beneath the Sahara, Condor is pursued by a ruthless band of treasurehunting terrorists. With the help of three sexy sidekicks, Jackie takes off on a...
16) Bug
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A massive earth tremor opens a deep crevasse in the California dessert, releasing a bizarre and deadly breed of foot-long cockroaches which threaten to destroy the city of Riverside before spreading across the country. Entomologist Bradford Dillman tried to find a way to deal with these virtually indestructible creatures. The roaches also seem to have a high intelligence which makes Dillman's task nearly hopeless. This is a creepy crawler right out...
17) Cinderfella
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In a hilarious twist on the timeless fairy tale, the irrepressible Jerry Lewis plays the title role of CINDERFELLA – a hard-working and honest lad mistreated by his wicked stepmother (Judith Anderson) and his two boorish stepbrothers (Henry Silva, Robert Hutton). But miracles do happen – especially when your Fairy Godfather is the one-and-only Ed Wynn! With a little – okay, a lot – of wizardry and magic, the wacky Wynn manages to transform...
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The year was 1962. Teens twist at the Peppermint Lounge. John Glenn orbits Earth. Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game. And Elvis digs the possibilities of GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! This Time he's a charter-boat skipper who helps tourists land the big ones. Of course, plenty of beautiful girls (including Stella Stevens) want to land Elvis. But there's something Elvis likes almost as much as romance - a boat! He yearns for a sleek sailboat...
19) Prospero's Books
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Prospero is a magician who gets to keep only a small fragment of his enormous library when he is exiled with his daughter to an enchanted island. Soon problems arise when Prospero's daughter falls in love with the wrong man.
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In a small village in the remote English countryside, several young maidens have been found dead – their beautiful faces horribly aged almost beyond recognition. Suspecting a supernatural evil at work, the local doctor calls on Army friend and famed vampire hunter Captain Kronos, an expert swordsman formerly of the King’s Imperial Guard. Aided by his expert assistant Professor Grost, the two quickly confirm the gruesome murders are the work of...