Robert Chartoff
21) Up the sandbox
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English
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Story of a pregnant New York housewife who offsets her unfulfilling days by fantasizing about adventures in darkest Africa and revolutionary forays with Fidel Castro.
22) Straight Talk
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English
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A telephone operator's life changes when she innocently walks through the wrong door at the right time and is mistakenly identified as a radio station's new on-air psychologist.
24) Straight talk
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English
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Honest Shirlee chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago where she ends up hosting a radio show for callers with problems.
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English
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"Jimmy is a joint-jumpin' saxophonist on his way to stardom. Francine is a wannabe starlet who dreams of singing in the spotlight. When they meet, sparks fly and when he plays and she sings, they set New York on fire. It's the beginning of a stormy relationship as the two struggle to balance their passions for music and each other under the pressures of big-time show biz"--Container.
26) Raging Bull
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Criterion collection volume 1134
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English
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Widely hailed as the greatest film of the 1980s, this searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
27) Rocky II
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English
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After holding his own in the brutal fight for the heavyweight title, Rocky must now learn to cope with the realities of his success and the responsibilities of marriage and fatherhood.
28) Beer
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English
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Norbecker Beer's advertising plan is to turn three ordinary guys into America's new macho heroes.
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The alamo: Retells the story of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence. Facing 4,000 Mexican troops, 186 Texan soldiers and volunteers - including William Travis, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie - retreat within the walls of the Alamo, a Franciscan mission that was converted into a military fort. Once inside, the men prepare themselves for what will be a bloody battle to the death. U.S. General Sam Houston leads the charge from the...
30) Rocky III
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English
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As Rocky Balboa fights his way into the hearts of millions, life couldn't be better. He scores ten consecutive wins, lands lucrative endorsement contracts and becomes famous throughout the world. But when Clubber Lang KOs Rocky in a humiliating defeat, it becomes apparent that the 'Italian Stallion' has lost his edge. Considering hanging up his gloves, Rocky receives encouragement from an unlikely ally: his old nemesis, Apollo Creed.
31) Rocky V
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English
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Upon returning home from his latest triumph, Rocky Balboa learns that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. To make matters worse, his fight-related injuries force his retirement from the ring. So Rocky, his wife, Adrian, and his son, Rocky Jr., move to their old, low-rent neighborhood in South Philadelphia.
32) Rocky
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English
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A club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
33) Raging bull
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English
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This searing story charts the tortured rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake 'The Bronx Bull' La Motta.
34) Valentino
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English
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The story opens with the super-star actor Rudolph Valentino in his coffin, dead at the age of thirty-one. As one by one the women in his life come to pay homage to "The Sheik," Valentino's rise from tea dance gigolo to screen idol unfolds in a series of extravagant flashbacks - highlighted by beautifully rendered sepia-toned recreations of his silent films. Freely mixing fact and fiction, director Russell, a man of ideas as well as baroque images,...
36) The split
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The L.A. Coliseum is the target of a crew of thieves that stage a daring daylight robbery only to fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing and each one is accusing the other of having the money.
37) Rocky II
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English
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Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
38) Rocky IV
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English
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Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
39) Rocky V
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English
Description
Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.