Henry Gibson
2) Nashville
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Nashville interweaves the stories of 24 characters over 5 days during a political rally in the capital of country music.
3) Nashville
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Criterion collection volume 683
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A cornerstone of 1970s American filmmaking from Robert Altman. It is a view of the country's political and entertainment landscapes set in the nation's music capital. It weaves the stories of 24 characters--from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress--into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. It showcases Altman's ability to get to the heart of American life via its eccentric byways, and barrels forward to...
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"[In] Robert Altman's fascinating and original send-up of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story, The Long Goodbye is a gloriously inspired tribute to Hollywood with an ending that's as controversial as it is provocative. Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster and a suitcase of drug money. But as Marlowe stumbles...
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Nanny enrolls Eloise in the prestigious Hawthorne Academy, but she soon finds out it isn't exactly what she was expecting. There are mean girls on the playground, very strict teachers, and so many rules. Eloise decides it is time to make school fun again, she's teaching her new friends to stand up to bullies, helping her teacher understand there are a lot of different ways to learn and having tons of adventures.
6) Nashville
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Criterion collection volume 683
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A cornerstone of 1970s American filmmaking from Robert Altman. It is a view of the country's political and entertainment landscapes set in the nation's music capital. It weaves the stories of 24 characters-from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress-into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. It showcases Altman's ability to get to the heart of American life via its eccentric byways, and barrels forward to...
8) Innerspace
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The top-secret test of a sub-miniaturization process goes wildly awry inthis comic adventure when industrial spies steal the technology and thedaring pilot (Dennis Quaid) of the world's first molecular-sized craftis accidentally injected into the bloodstream of a hypochondriac grocerystore clerk (Martin Short). Now with only a 24-hour supply of oxygen, anatom-sized test pilot must convince the nerd in whose body he is trappedhow to be a hero in order...
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The charm of the crazy Clampett clan lives on! After striking oil on his land in the Ozarks, Jed Clampett decides the sophisticated life in Beverly Hills is just what he and his kin-Jethro Bodine, Elly May, and Granny-deserve. Humorous antics ensue when they proceed to shake up privileged society with their hayseed ways. This novelization of the film features all of the favorite characters from the original series-including uptight banker Mr. Drysdale...
11) Evil Roy Slade
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Spoof of the western film genre in which good triumphs over evil. Rascally scoundrel Evil Roy Slade (Astin) struggles to become an honest man to win the love of a beautiful women.
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Following a contest in Miami, Florida, five beauty-contest finalists are on their way to the Bahamas when they somehow get tangled up in a plan to hijack a dangerous organism that can be used in bacterial warfare. When Mike O'Toole, the security manager of the small Miami airport the girls flew out of, finds out that the government wants nothing to do with the safe return of the girls, it's up to him to ensure their safety and save the day.
13) Blues Brothers
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"After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood take their blues band back on the road in an attempt to raise money for the orphanage where they were raised. Havoc ensues as the brothers seek redemption on their 'mission from God'--Container.
14) Big Stan
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Stan is a fraudulent real estate agent who is married to his beloved Mindy and has a seven million dollar fortune. When he is arrested for fraud, he is sentenced to a three year prison sentence. His assets are frozen by the Justice. Lew Popper is Stan's crooked lawyer. Lew negotiates six month's freedom and the weak Stan, who is afraid of being raped in prison, hires a specialist in martial arts. The Master teachs Stan self-defense. Six months later,...
17) Magnolia
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"Magnolia is a mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax. Some will seek forgiveness, others escape. Some will mend frayed bonds, others will be exposed"--Back of container.
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Tom and Jerry meet Robyn Starling, a runaway who desperately needs their help to find her missing father. Despite heroic efforts, Tom and Jerry are captured by Robyn's nasty Aunt Figg and the lawyer Lickboot, then tossed into pet prison by the villainous Dr. Applecheeks. Tom and Jerry brilliantly mastermind a great escape.
19) Kiss Me, Stupid
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In Billy Wilder's comic gem "Kiss Me, Stupid," when pop crooner Dino (Dean Martin) is detoured to Climax, Nevada, on his way to Las Vegas, he stumbles on fame-hungry, would-be songwriters Orville (Ray Walston) and Barney (Cliff Osmond), who encourage a cocktail waitress (Kim Novak) to coerce Dino into a song-buying mood. Felicia Farr lends support as Zelda, Orville's long-suffering wife in a comedy that is pure Wilder.