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Title
Against All Odds
Year
1984
     Distributer     
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Director
Taylor Hackford
Catagory
Drama
Country
USA
CAST
Jeff Bridges
Rachel Ward
James Woods
Alex Karras
Jane Greer
Richard Widmark
Running Time
128 mins
Rating
R
    Summary    
An honestly felt remake of the film "Out of the Past." Bridges plays an out-of-work football player who travels to Mexico to find a girl for a ruthless nightclub owner. He ends up falling in love with her instead and must fight an increasingly far reaching web of corruption to keep her.

Title
Airplane!
Year
1980
     Distributer     
Malofilm Group
Director
Jim Abrahams
Catagory
Comedy
Country
USA
CAST
Robert Hays
Julie Hagerty
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lloyd Bridges
Leslie Nielsen
Peter Graves
Robert Stack
Running Time
88 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
Panic is mixed with humor on flight 209 as the passengers and crew are stricken with food poisoning. A spoof on disaster movies helped by an all-star cast. An ITA winner.

Title
Airplane II: The Sequel
Year
1982
     Distributer     
Malofilm Group
Director
Ken Finkleman
Catagory
Comedy
Country
USA
CAST
Robert Hays
Julie Hagerty
Lloyd Bridges
Raymond Burr
William Shatner
Chad Everett
Peter Graves
Kent McCord
Running Time
85 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
The wild and crazy crew is in the sky again, and this time there's a mad bomber on board, the engines aren't working, and the angel of death keeps popping up in the cockpit. But worst of all, the flight attendants suddenly discover that they're completely out of coffee.

Title
Alien
Year
1979
     Distributer     
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director
Ridley Scott
Catagory
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Country
USA
CAST
Tom Skerritt
Sigourney Weaver
John Hurt
Ian Holm
Harry Dean Stanton
Veronica Cartwright
Yaphet Kotto
Running Time
117 mins
Rating
15
    Summary    
While investigating an alien spacecraft ditched on a dead planet, the crew of a space freighter picks up an uninvited passenger. This languid masterpiece of horror depicts a primal inter-species struggle for survival juxtaposed against a jungle of hyper-technology. "Aliens," a cathartic sequel by James Cameron, was made in 1986. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction. Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects.

Title
Aliens
Year
1986
     Distributer     
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director
James Cameron
Catagory
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Country
USA
CAST
Sigourney Weaver
Carrie Henn
Michael Biehn
Paul Reiser
Lance Henriksen
Bill Paxton
Running Time
137 mins
Rating
R
    Summary    
In this cathartic sequel to "Alien," Ripley is rescued after years of hibernation in space and is reluctantly drawn into a second encounter with the deadly zenomorphs, this time as part of a gung-ho platoon of Marines. Truly one of the greatest action movies of all time. "Alien 3" is the somewhat somber sequel. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Actress--Sigourney Weaver, Best Original Score.

Title
Alien 3
Year
1992
     Distributer     
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director
David Fincher
Catagory
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Country
USA
CAST
Sigourney Weaver
Charles Dance
Paul McGann
Brian Glover
Charles S. Dutton
Ralph Brown
Running Time
115 mins
Rating
R
    Summary    
Sometimes it takes three movies to really kill an alien. In this grim three-quel, Lt. Ripley crash lands on a prison planet and soon discovers an alien is aboard her craft. Mutilated bodies pile up, but this time she has no weapons to fight the creature. Can she survive again? Academy Award Nominations: Best Visual Effects.

Title
Almost An Angel
Year
1990
     Distributer     
Malofilm Group
Director
John Cornell
Catagory
Comedy
Country
USA
CAST
Paul Hogan
Linda Kozlowski
Elias Koteas
Charlton Heston
Joe Dallesandro
Running Time
98 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
An incorrigible thief is convinced he's died and returned to earth to do good deeds after being knocked unconscious by a car while saving a child's life. His newfound mission to make the world a better place propels him into some funny and heartfelt situations. Charlton Heston plays God.

Title
An American Werewolf in London
Year
1981
     Distributer     
Live Home Video Inc.
Director
John Landis
Catagory
Horror/Suspense
Country
USA
CAST
David Naughton
Jenny Agutter
Griffin Dunne
John Woodvine
Brian Glover
Frank Oz
Running Time
96 mins
Rating
18
    Summary    
In this dripping black comedy, two American students on a European vacation are changed forever by an ancient terror as they walk along the Welsh Moors on a moonlit night. Terrific makeup effects and tongue-in-cheek humor make this one of the best werewolf films ever. Academy Awards: Best Make-Up.

Title
And Now for Something Completely Different
Year
1972
     Distributer     
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Director
Ian McNaughton
Catagory
Comedy
Country
UK
CAST
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Running Time
89 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
An amusing compilation of television productions of the inimitable Monty Python troupe. Their unusual routines range from slapstick to the most erudite & intellectual comedy.

Title
Arthur
Year
1981
Distributer
Warner Home Video, Ltd. (Canada)
Director
Steve Gordon
Catagory
Comedy
Country
UK
CAST
Dudley Moore
Liza Minnelli
John Gielgud
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Jill Eikenberry
Stephen Elliott
John Coleman
Running Time
97 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
A drunken billionaire careens through life until he meets a flat broke girl with a heart of gold. Great performances by all, especially Gielgud as the driest butler ever. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actor--Dudley Moore, Best (Original) Screenplay. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Original Song ("Arthur's Song - Best That You Can Do"), Best Supporting Actor--John Gielgud.

Title
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Year
1988
     Distributer     
Warner Home Video, Ltd
Director
Bud Yorkin
Catagory
Comedy
Country
USA
CAST
Dudley Moore
Liza Minnelli
John Gielgud
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Stephen Elliott
Paul Benedict
Running Time
112 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
The much-loved movie characters of "Arthur" return for this sequel. A crooked business deal has bilked the world's funniest playboy out of his fortune. And now Arthur must do the impossible - get a job!

Title
Assault on Precinct 13
Year
1976
     Distributer     
United American Video Corp.
Director
John Carpenter
Catagory
Drama
Country
USA
CAST
Austin Stoker
Darwin Joston
Laurie Zimmer
Martin West
Nancy Loomis
Kim Richards
Henry Brandon
Running Time
91 mins
Rating
R
    Summary    
An L.A. Police station is besieged by a young gang as they seek revenge on the cop who killed one of their members.

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Compiled by D. M Brewer - November 1997