James Caan
122) Rollerball
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"Rollerball (1975) posits a dystopian future (2018!) in which war has been replaced by the titular game, a gladiatorial spectacle of violence that helps keep the global populace entertained and anesthetized. Director Norman Jewison and writer William Harrison further give us an athletic champion, Jonathan E (the great James Caan), whose individual expertise defeats the worldwide corporate leadership's design: to emphasize the futility of individual...
123) Rollerball
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The year is 2018. There are no wars. There is no crime. There is only....the Game. In a world where ruthless corporations reign supreme, this vicious and barbaric "sport" is the only outlet for the pent-up anger and frustrations of the masses. Tuned to their televisions, the people watch "Rollerball": a brutal mutation of football, motocross, and hockey. Jonathan E. is the champion player a man too talented for his good. The Corporation has taken...
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The Godfather: It is the late 1940s in New York and "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a powerful Mafia "family." His youngest son Michael had defied Vito by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II. Michael has returned with no intention of continuing the family business, but after several assassination attempts on his father's life, Michael wants revenge on the men responsible. He is groomed as the new Don, leading the family to a new era...
125) The rain people
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"Unsure of herself, two months pregnant and feeling trapped, Natalie Ravenna leaves her sleeping husband a note and drives away from her Long Island home one rainy morning to find herself. She meets two lonely men who bring tenderness and tragedy her way"--Container.
126) Elf: Fred Claus
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Elf: A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working....
127) Elf
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A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
128) Elf
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Elf: A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special." When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. At first his father rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working....
129) The dark backward
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"Garbage man Marty tries his hand at standup comedy, failing miserably until a third arm mysteriously grows from his back. Gus, his accordion player friend, figures out a way to use the new arm and gets them signed with a sleazy talent agent. Just when success seems near, Marty's girlfriend leaves him. Can the arm be far behind?"--Container.
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The shootist: A dying gunman returns to his friend for medical care in his last days, but becomes involved with a window and her son. El Dorado: an alcoholic sheriff and his gunfighter friend battle cattle barons and businessmen in the Old West; The sons of Katie Elder: The four sons of Katie Elder return home to Texas for her funeral and then set out to avenge both her death and their father's murder.
131) Middle men
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Based on a true story, businessman Jack Harris joins forces with technological innovators Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby to make a fortune selling pornography on the Internet.
132) Dogville
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Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, on the run from gangsters. The townspeople agree to hide her. However, when outsiders start looking for the fugitive, the locals make demands of Grace in exchange for the risk of harboring her. But Grace has a secret and its a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever decided to bare its teeth.
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Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals. Flint and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world again!
135) The glory guys
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"The Glory Guys (1965) is screenwriter Sam Peckinpah's gloss (adapted from Hoffman Birney's novel) on the Custer/Little Big Horn story, directed by Arnold Laven. Andrew Duggan stars as the ill-fated general, badly overseeing a cavalry troop peopled by the spectacular likes of Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Michael Anderson Jr., Slim Pickens, and a very young James Caan in a standout performance. Also featuring Senta Berger as the requisite love interest;...
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Godfather: "The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son."--IMDb.com, 02/03/17.
Godfather Part II: "The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate."--IMDb.com, 02/03/17.
Godfather Part III: "In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York and Italy...
137) Hide in plain sight
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"Factory worker Thomas Hacklin [who] has moved on with his life after divorce. He plays baseball on weekends. Dates a little. And never misses a scheduled visit with his two young children. But one day Hacklin shows up for a visit and finds his children are gone. They, Hacklin's ex and the mob informant she married have been whisked into the secrecy of the witness relocation program. A compelling true-life tale of a father determined to find and reclaim...
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Jory: Orphaned in the harsh wilderness of the Wild West, a boy must walk away from his childhood and become a man.
The Jackals: A gang of six thieves in 1800s South Africa terrorizes an old gold prospector and his innocent daughter.
Little Moon and Jud McGraw: A fallen hero and an Indian maiden return to the southwestern ghost town to right the wrongs that have been done to them.
The brothers O'Toole: Two con artist brothers swindle their way through...
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The Yards: Recently released from prison, Leo Handler just wants to get his life back on track. But when he takes a job with his powerful Uncle Frank and reconnects with his old friend Willie, Leo finds himself unwittingly drawn into a world of sabotage, high-stakes payoffs and even murder.
The Lookout: "Chris "Slapshot" Pratt, whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury, is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated, Chris falls...
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Disc 1: Disappearance of Flight 412: When two Air Force jets disappear while chasing a UFO, a respected colonel goes looking for the truth. Good against evil: A writer teams up with an exorcist to battle a band of Satan worshippers. Border cop: A cop working the United States/Mexico border runs into trouble when his Mexican protege wants to marry his sweetheart but gets tangled with a drug runner. Great St. Louis bank robbery: A football hero accidentally...