Gailard Sartain
Biography: Graduated from the University of Tulsa with a BFA. A successful illustrator, Sartain's artistic credits range from record cover designs such as Leon Russell's "Will O' the Wisp" to illustrations for nationally published magazines. Sartain created and hosted Tulsa's first late night off-the-wall comedy program, "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting".
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 18, 1946
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
The Outsiders
1983-03-25
The Outsiders
Overview: When two poor Greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are assaulted by a vicious gang, the Socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-25
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The Real McCoy
1993-09-10
The Real McCoy
Overview: Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Mississippi Burning
1988-12-08
Mississippi Burning
Overview: Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-08
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Pirates of Silicon Valley
1999-05-10
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Overview: The story about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires of Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corporation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-10
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The Big Easy
1986-11-27
The Big Easy
Overview: Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Genres: Drama Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-27
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The Patriot
1998-07-10
The Patriot
Overview: A deadly virus threatens to wipe out an entire Rocky Mountain town, leaving the town doctor to find some way to escape the soldiers who enforce the town's quarantine and devise an antidote. Matters take a more deadly turn after the physician is captured by a dangerously unstable band of militia extremists.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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The Buddy Holly Story
1978-05-18
The Buddy Holly Story
Overview: A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-18
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Blaze
1989-12-15
Blaze
Overview: A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-15
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Ernest Saves Christmas
1988-11-11
Ernest Saves Christmas
Overview: When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-11
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Made in Heaven
1987-11-06
Made in Heaven
Overview: Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follows.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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The Moderns
1988-04-15
The Moderns
Overview: Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-15
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992-02-21
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Overview: A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-21
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Choose Me
1984-08-29
Choose Me
Overview: Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-29
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Endangered Species
1982-09-10
Endangered Species
Overview: A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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The Spitfire Grill
1996-08-23
The Spitfire Grill
Overview: Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire Grill. Percy brings change to the small town, stirring resentment and fear in some, and growth in others.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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The Grifters
1990-08-08
The Grifters
Overview: A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-08
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Clean Slate
1994-05-06
Clean Slate
Overview: Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-06
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Ernest Goes to Camp
1987-05-22
Ernest Goes to Camp
Overview: Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-22
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Ernest Goes to Jail
1990-04-06
Ernest Goes to Jail
Overview: Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.
Genres: Comedy Family Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-06
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Hard Country
1981-04-01
Hard Country
Overview: Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and move to the big city. However, her shiftless factory worker boyfriend Kyle wants to stay in Texas.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
1999-01-27
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
Overview: Bronson Pinchot does a nice job imitating Stan Laurel and Gailard Sartain gives a good appearance as Oliver Hardy, but the imitation does not extend to the original duo's comedy. The silly story line finds the two trying to protect a professor's daughter from a mummy that has been re-born
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-27
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Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27
Fried Green Tomatoes
Overview: Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-27
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The Replacements
2000-08-11
The Replacements
Overview: Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-11
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Ali
2001-12-10
Ali
Overview: In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-10
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RocketMan
1997-10-10
RocketMan
Overview: Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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Wagons East!
1994-08-16
Wagons East!
Overview: After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-16
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Existo
1999-06-19
Existo
Overview: In this dystopian-musical-comedy, corporations and self-appointed guardians of "decency" and "morality" have society in a fascist choke-hold. It's up to a rag-tag group of actors, artists, and musicians to save the world the only way they know how - through the power of - wait for it - Performance Art! Led by the legendary Existo, his faithful sidekick Maxine, provocateur Marcel, and Vigo, this troupe of subversive insurgents have the Religio-Capitalist Complex in their cross-hairs. But the powers-that-be know Existo's weak spot - his ravenous libido - and seek to exploit it to derail the Revolution with a secret weapon - a curly-haired corporate-pop singer named Penelope.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-19
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Death Falls
1991-01-01
Death Falls
Overview: A terminally ill man gets his buddy to bust him out of the hospital. But, in the process, the duo antagonizes a city policeman, who trails them to the boonies surrounding their hometown. The local sheriff and their lady friend (who think more kindly of the pair) strive to find the fugitives before the less-compassionate posse, which includes a deranged, rifle-toting foe of the two.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Sandman
1993-01-01
Sandman
Overview: Unknown to its present inhabitants, a house in the San Fernando Valley is a doorway to evil that existed in the past. Nick, a 28 year old auto mechanic from Montana, and his 8 year old daughter , discover that he can travel back in time by stepping through a time warp in the living room wall. With his innocent daughter and beautiful girlfriend in tow, Nick learns that the past never sleeps and evil never dies. Can he, and his loved ones, escape the far reaching tentacles of this evil?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Leader of the Band
1987-08-07
Leader of the Band
Overview: Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its hopelessly incompetent marching band. Somehow, Eddie has to whip these kids into shape in time for the big band competition. Can he get them to march without tripping over their own feet, let alone win the contest?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-07
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Uphill All the Way
1986-01-01
Uphill All the Way
Overview: Two unemployed good ol' boys are mistaken for a pair of notorious bank robbers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Roadie
1980-06-13
Roadie
Overview: A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-13
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Guilty by Suspicion
1991-03-15
Guilty by Suspicion
Overview: Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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All of Me
1984-09-21
All of Me
Overview: Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-21
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Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
1978-11-03
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Overview: Two guys come to Nashville and try to make it on the country music scene. Their vision is to play at the Grand IL' Opry. Rejection after rejection pushes them to the verge of quitting and moving back to wherever they came from.
Genres: Comedy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-03
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Wishman
1992-09-18
Wishman
Overview: Basie is a man who collects junk and tries to make something out of it. He is also in love with Lily, a woman he has never spoken to but salutes every day. She is about to get conned out of her money by her greedy lawyer. And then there is the Genie who has lost his bottle and seeks Basie's help.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-18
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Elizabethtown
2005-10-14
Elizabethtown
Overview: Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Getting Even with Dad
1994-06-17
Getting Even with Dad
Overview: Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of planning. Timmy is ignored and Ray and his buddies pull off the heist. Timmy gets his father's attention by stealing the coins and hiding them. To get them back, his father must take him to a number of different places and treat him like he enjoys his presence. They grow fond of each other but Timmy won't stay with his dad unless he gives up the coins.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-17
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Songwriter
1984-10-14
Songwriter
Overview: Doc Jenkins may be one of country music's most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He's split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, a country outlaw with a heart of gold. Doc's singer-wife, Honey Carder, has thrown him out of the house. And now he's gotten involved with a sleazy music manager, Rodeo Rocky, who's out to steal his material. Teaming up with Blackie, Doc takes drastic measures to win back his family and reclaim his songs.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-14
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The Round and Round
2002-06-01
The Round and Round
Overview: A state proposes a law banning cock fights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
1997-10-17
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Overview: Joe Torre after failing to win a championship when he was a professional baseball player and as Manager to three teams is named Manager of the Yankees. And he finds himself having players like Dwight Gooden, Wade Boggs and Daryl Strawberry who are considered has beens. And players like David Cone who are ill. But nevertheless thinks he can win with them. At the same he deals with the loss of one brother and another brother battling the same condition that killed his brother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-17
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Murder in Mind
1997-08-01
Murder in Mind
Overview: The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-01
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Equinox
1992-09-18
Equinox
Overview: Estranged twins Henry and Freddy navigate their drastically different lives— one a troubled bookworm, the other a hardened criminal. As a young writer uncovers their royal lineage and inheritance, the brothers’ fate intertwines in unexpected ways.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-18
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Love at Large
1990-03-09
Love at Large
Overview: Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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Nashville
1975-06-11
Nashville
Overview: The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-11
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The Chase
1991-02-10
The Chase
Overview: In Denver, a fleeing bank robber kills a cop and kidnaps an old man to hold as a hostage. He is chased by the police and a news helicopter, which films the entire incident. Based on a true story.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-10
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That Championship Season
1999-06-06
That Championship Season
Overview: Four best friends and their basketball coach celebrate their championship twenty years ago. But their reunion turns violent when a dark secret comes to light.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-06
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The Jerk
1979-12-14
The Jerk
Overview: After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Trouble in Mind
1985-12-11
Trouble in Mind
Overview: The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-11
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The Hollywood Knights
1980-05-18
The Hollywood Knights
Overview: Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-18
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Cooperstown
1993-01-26
Cooperstown
Overview: A retired baseball player reflects on the mistakes and problems of the past 35 years when he is overlooked for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-26
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Speechless
1994-12-16
Speechless
Overview: In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-16
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Open Season
1995-01-14
Open Season
Overview: When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-14
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