Pat Ast
Biography: Pat Ast was an American actress and model. She was best known for starring in Andy Warhol films and being a Halston model and muse in the 1970s. Ast enjoyed partying in her twenties on Fire Island, and her boisterous personality allowed her to meet and befriend influential people. She had aspirations to become an actress, singer and model despite her day job as a receptionist at a box factory. She made her screen debut after meeting director John Schlesinger on Fire Island, who cast her as a party guest in his film Midnight Cowboy (1969). Around that time, she caught the attention of fashion designer Halston, who gave her a job at his boutique and made her one of his models, despite her weighing 210 pounds, in a time when most models were extremely thin. In the early 1970s, with Pat Cleveland, Connie Cook, Alva Chinn, Anjelica Huston, Karen Bjornson, among others, Ast became one of Halston's favored troupe of models, nicknamed the Halstonettes. She also appeared in runway shows for Halston and Yves St. Laurent, closing the 1972 Coty Awards runway show for Halston by popping out of a giant cake. She later became associated with Andy Warhol, who gave her the role of landlady Lydia in his film Heat (1972) alongside Joe Dallesandro. In 1975, Ast moved to Hollywood to pursue her acting career. She has appeared in films such as The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), Foul Play (1978), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), and Reform School Girls (1986). She became resentful of Los Angeles as her film career stalled. She went to New York to do Nine, a Broadway musical based on Federico Fellini’s movie 8 1/2, but was dismissed after three months.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 21, 1941
Deathday: October 03, 2001
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Reform School Girls
1986-08-22
Reform School Girls
Overview: Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-22
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The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972-05-24
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Overview: Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a backstreet murderer.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-24
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The World's Greatest Lover
1977-12-18
The World's Greatest Lover
Overview: When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-18
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The Donna Summer Special
1980-01-27
The Donna Summer Special
Overview: A variety special that showcased the musical talents of singer and actress Donna Summer.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-27
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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981-11-13
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Overview: A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?
Genres: Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-13
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Warhol
1973-03-27
Warhol
Overview: David Bailey, self-taught photographer and one of the prime architects of the Swinging Sixties, broadened his horizons in the early 1970s by making high-profile documentaries for ATV. With his standing among the artistic community, Bailey was given unprecedented access to Pop Art legend Andy Warhol and his followers, in an attempt to penetrate behind the expressionless exterior of a man who was one of the most controversial figures of his generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-27
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Heat
1972-10-06
Heat
Overview: Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-06
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Six Characters in Search of An Author
1976-10-14
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Overview: A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-14
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The Princess and the Pea
1984-04-16
The Princess and the Pea
Overview: A bored prince realizes he would like a wife. His mother searches through all the kingdoms far and wide for a "suitable" princess. In the meantime, a charming and witty young lady, who claims to be a princess, shows up at the castle doorstep with a sprained ankle and is shown hospitality by the prince and his best friend the Fool.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-16
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Club Life
1986-02-20
Club Life
Overview: A young man from a small town goes to Hollywood to make his fortune. He gets hired as a bouncer at a disco club, but soon finds himself caught up in drugs, gangsters and eventually has to flee when his boss and another bouncer are murdered by drug dealers, who are soon after him.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-20
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Midnight Cowboy
1969-05-25
Midnight Cowboy
Overview: Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-25
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Beauville
1995-01-01
Beauville
Overview: Tragicomedy about a man who hears he has got one more week to live and who brings his two water turtles to the sea to set them free.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Homer and Eddie
1989-08-17
Homer and Eddie
Overview: A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-17
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Foul Play
1978-07-14
Foul Play
Overview: A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-14
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Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
1979-01-08
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
Overview: A variety of people are drawn together through their participation in an amateur talent contest in a country roadhouse.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-08
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Pandemonium
1982-04-01
Pandemonium
Overview: A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976-04-01
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Overview: A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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The Users
1978-10-01
The Users
Overview: A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-01
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Ted & Venus
1991-08-08
Ted & Venus
Overview: Ted is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his poetry to anyone who will listen. His life changes when a bikini-clad beauty named Linda strolls by him. Instantly, Ted believes he's found his "Venus" and becomes obsessed with Linda. He tries to woo her with poetry, obscene phone calls and romantic overtures, all to disastrous effect.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-08
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