Brenda Vaccaro
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When Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a good-looking, naïvely charming Texas "cowboy" makes his way to the Big Apple to seek his fortune, the only wealth he finds is in the friendship of Ratso Rizzo (Hoffman), a sleazy, small-time con man with big dreams. Living on the tattered fringe of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond, one that transcends their broken dreams. This Academy Award® winner for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay was directed...
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Comedy spoof of the Zorro legend focusing on the twin sons of the legendary Zorro. Soon after dashing Don Diego Vega inherits his father's famous sword and blade, a broken ankle forces him to step aside and his flamboyantly fashion-conscious twin brother must assume the secret identity of Zorro in the ongoing fight for justice.
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Criterion collection volume 925
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"A picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in crisis and sparked a new era of Hollywood movies. Joe Buck, a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women finds a companion in Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida. A critical and commercial success despite controversy, [it] became the first X-rated film to receive the best picture Oscar, and decades...
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When the head of NASA's manned Mars mission discovers that the capsule meant to carry the astronauts will suffer a catastrophic failure, he forces them to participate in a hoax by broadcasting their 'Mission' from a studio built at an abandoned air force base. Over many months, the astronauts are forced to film broadcasts on their progress. They find out that they are to die upon re-entry. An investigative reporter gets wind that something is amiss...
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The year without a Santa Claus: When Santa decides to take Christmas off, two elves go to find children to convince Santa to come back, but first they have to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser. Nestor the long-eared Christmas donkey: An outcast donkey escorts an expectant couple to Bethlehem. Rudolph's shiny new year: Father Time asks Rudolph to find the missing New Year baby.
9) The clapper
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A paid audience member for infomercials, experiences the whirlwind of overnight fame threatening his budding romance.
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Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find the emotional support needed after losing a loved one. New love and romance do not end before retirement, but can bloom long after. These five do not see themselves as becoming old, and these residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. Sometimes we all need...
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On a small tropical island called Cascara forgotten by the British Empire, Governor Baxter Thwaites finds his life flipped upside down when an American company discovers a rich reserve of valuable mineral water. Soon everyone from far and wide is eager to stake their claim, while Baxter must contend with his own chaotic personal life including sexy environmentalist Pamela and his dysfunctional wife.
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Fistful of lead: Santana, a relentless bounty hunter, tracks his prey, but discovers a greater challenge when a shipment of gold crosses his path. Gunfighters: The Everett brothers join forces with the Martin ang to challenge and undermine an evil and powerful land owner, who has built his empire by stealing from localland owners living in his territory. They become victims of justice whose only crime was to fight for what was theirs. Cry blood, Apache:...
13) Supergirl
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Supergirl, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth in search of a missing Krypton power source - a gem that's been made into a paperweight. She battles a mad villain and a jealous dark sorceress; the latter for both the orb and the affections of one man.
14) Midnight cowboy
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Criterion collection volume 925
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Two small-time hustlers whose powerful friendship transcends the gritty realities of big-city life and their own unfulfilled dreams.
16) Midnight cowboy
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Joe Buck moves to New York from Texas to make his fortune servicing women. Instead, he's conned into partnering up with small-time huslter Ratso Rizzo. Living together on the tattered edges of society, these two outcasts develop an unlikely bond that helps them transcend their cruel existence.
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Rose, a literature professor who lives with her mother, is in search of passion. Gregory, a mathematics professor who has been hurt in the past, is afraid to start a new relationship. Fate brings the two together and they soon agree to a marriage of convenience, built on intellectual passion instead of sexual heat. Then they fall in love.
19) Just let go
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Different and uncertain future. But as Chris Williams sat in his demolished vehicle, staring at the car that had just caused the death of his wife, his unborn baby, his nine-year old daughter, and his eleven-year-old son, he committed to do something extraordinary: he would forgive. That decision launched Chris on a journey toward healing that affected his family and friends, the young man who caused the accident, and an entire community.
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Disc one: When a woman with the controlling interest in a magazine disappears before a business meeting, Columbo is ready to throw the book at her partner. A man with strong political connections and a strong motive for murder is the last person to see a supposed suicide victim alive.
Disc two: Columbo's case is personally and deadly serious when the wife of a man he helped put in prison is on a quest for revenge. Columbo gets to the root of the...