John Putch
Biography: (from Putchfilms.com) Prior to becoming a filmmaker, John was an accomplished actor who started in the theater, then enjoyed a successful TV and film career before making the switch to directing. As a director, John has helmed 118 episodes of network television, 16 feature films and 7 TV movies. His independent films have won countless film festival awards and honors.
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City of Angels
1998-04-10
City of Angels
Overview: When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
Genres: Romance Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-10
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The Wave
1981-10-04
The Wave
Overview: A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-04
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The Sure Thing
1985-03-01
The Sure Thing
Overview: Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Acting Sheriff
1991-08-17
Acting Sheriff
Overview: B-movie star becomes a sheriff in a small town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-17
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Curfew
1989-04-25
Curfew
Overview: Two brothers whose grisly killing spree has landed them on death row plot a daring escape, breaking free from prison with vengeance in mind, and setting targets in the form of the key witnesses against them.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-25
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Spoiler
1998-09-15
Spoiler
Overview: Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-15
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Fugitive Mind
1999-09-14
Fugitive Mind
Overview: A man finds out that he was brainwashed to kill an important government official.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-14
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Jaws 3-D
1983-07-22
Jaws 3-D
Overview: A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-22
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Angel Dusted
1981-02-11
Angel Dusted
Overview: Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is forced to wrestle with the crisis.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-11
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Camp Nowhere
1994-08-26
Camp Nowhere
Overview: Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of their own design.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-26
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Impure Thoughts
1986-11-25
Impure Thoughts
Overview: Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is Purgatory, the afterlife state of limbo between heaven and hell. In Purgatory, these friends reflect on their pasts while they were living. They especially focus on their years in Catholic School and their coming of age. This film talks a lot about sexual issues. One of the characters is an 18-year old sent to Vietnam who dies without ever losing his virginity and there is a middle-aged, homosexual alcoholic playwright who has still has problems dealing with his identity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-25
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Welcome to 18
1986-04-18
Welcome to 18
Overview: Three young women looking for adventure get jobs on a dude ranch. The film follows the adventures of three high school girls the summer after they graduate. After their jobs at a dude ranch fail to work out, the girls head to Lake Tahoe where they meet Talia (Cristen Kauffman). Talia's boyfriend Roscoe then helps the girls get a job at a casino which leads to trouble.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-18
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Skeeter
1993-10-01
Skeeter
Overview: As the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!
Genres: Thriller Horror Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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Marian Rose White
1982-01-19
Marian Rose White
Overview: Marian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is nothing wrong with her except for some clumsiness, mostly caused by poor vision. State law (in 1934) requires sterilization of all inmates. Sympathetic nurse, Bonnie McNeil, befriends Marian and protests her treatment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-19
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You Ruined My Life
1987-02-01
You Ruined My Life
Overview: "You Ruined My Life" was a cute TV movie (from the Wonderful World of Disney movies that they show on Saturday or Sunday nights) starring Soleil Moon Frye as Minerva, a spoiled girl who lived in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie who lets her do whatever she wants. Minerva gets into trouble a lot, and her Aunt Hermione threatens to take her away from Uncle Howie. Paul Reiser plays Dexter, a professor who figures out a way to win every time at blackjack. Dexter gets caught at cheating, and Uncle Howie works out a deal for Dexter to tutor Minerva so she can get into a private school back east. This is easier said than done, because Minerva has never been interested in school.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-01
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Mach 2
2001-01-01
Mach 2
Overview: A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde. Written by Leigh Roche
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Adventures of Pollyanna
1982-04-10
The Adventures of Pollyanna
Overview: Pollyanna’s Aunt Polly wants the girl to spend her time studying, but Pollyanna has other ideas. She joins a secret club with a group of orphans, and they spy on a mysterious new resident in town, only to learn that her standoffishness is because of her desire to shield a retarded son. Pollyanna helps the town accept the boy and his mother.
Genres: Adventure Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-10
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Same River Twice
1996-01-01
Same River Twice
Overview: 13 years ago, four men met on the river working as rafting guides.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Men at Work
1990-08-24
Men at Work
Overview: Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-24
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After the Shock
1990-09-12
After the Shock
Overview: On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services who rescued people who were trapped in the rubble in houses or on the freeway.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Keeper of the City
1991-12-20
Keeper of the City
Overview: A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Clear and Present Danger
Overview: Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-03
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The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983-07-15
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Overview: Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
2016-09-05
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-09-05
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Double Agent
1987-03-29
Double Agent
Overview: International spy Jason Starr disappears following an altercation while on a mission. His boss seeks out Jason's twin brother, veterinarian Warren Starbinder, and asks him to pose as Jason in order to complete his mission.
Genres: TV Movie Family Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-29
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Crash Point Zero
2000-11-22
Crash Point Zero
Overview: A scientist recovers a powerful weapon created by inventor Nicola Tesla in the early twentieth century. Now, the plane carrying the device and a disparate group of passengers crashes in the Canadian mountains. The battle to survive begins.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-22
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