John Phillip Law
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Phillip Law (September 7, 1937 – May 13, 2008) was an American film actor with over one hundred movie roles to his credit. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Phyllis Sallee and the brother of actor Thomas Augustus Law (also known as Tom Law). He was best known for his roles as the blind angel Pygar in the 1968 science fiction cult classic anti-war film Barbarella, and as news anchor Robin Stone in the 1971 movie The Love Machine. (The latter reteamed him with Alexandra Hay, his costar from the 1968 "acid comedy" Skidoo.) He also gained attention in the title role of the 1968 thriller Danger: Diabolik and as a Russian sailor stranded in a New England village in The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. Tall (six-foot-five) and handsome, with steel blue eyes, Law became a male sex symbol in the 1960s. He was a VIP guest at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion and in Hollywood society. While he never achieved superstar status, he became a popular action hero, particularly in the Italian movie market, with movies ranging from science fiction, and fantasy to comedy, westerns, drama, and war movies. Law co-starred in Roger Corman's 1971 film Von Richthofen and Brown, playing Manfred von Richthofen opposite Don Stroud's Roy Brown. Corman used Lynn Garrison's Irish aviation facility, complete with replica World War I aircraft. Garrison taught Law the basics of flying so that he could take off and land, making some of the footage more realistic. Some other of Law's movies have also become cult classics, including The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Death Rides a Horse and Attack Force Z. Two of Law's films, Danger: Diabolik and Space Mutiny, were also featured in the movie-mocking TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. In 2001 he appeared in Roman Coppola's directorial debut CQ, an homage to the Italian spy/sci-fi B-movies in which Law often starred during the 1960s. Law's final credited film role was in 2008's Chinaman's Chance. In his personal life, he was once married to actress Shawn Ryan, with whom he had a daughter named Dawn. His doctors told him in late 2007 that he had pancreatic cancer and only six months to live. Law died May 13, 2008, at his Los Angeles home. His remains were cremated and the ashes remain with his daughter, Dawn and his grandson, Ryan. Description above from the Wikipedia John Phillip Law, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: September 07, 1937
Deathday: May 13, 2008
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Known For
Ring of Darkness
1979-10-29
Ring of Darkness
Overview: Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to regret her tryst with Lucifer when her teenage daughter, Daria, starts showing the evil influence of dear old Dad. Convinced that she can stop the devil's power on earth, Carlotta calls upon an exorcist for help.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-10-29
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Danger: Diabolik
1968-01-24
Danger: Diabolik
Overview: International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-01-24
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Strogoff
1970-10-28
Strogoff
Overview: A captain in the Czar's army encounters danger and romance while carrying a secret message across 19th-century Russia.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-10-28
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Barbarella
1968-10-10
Barbarella
Overview: In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-10
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966-05-25
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Overview: When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-25
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The Cassandra Crossing
1976-12-18
The Cassandra Crossing
Overview: Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-18
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Space Mutiny
1988-08-01
Space Mutiny
Overview: A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.
Genres: Romance Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-01
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Tarzan the Ape Man
1981-08-07
Tarzan the Ape Man
Overview: The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured by savages, Tarzan comes to the rescue
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-07
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Skidoo
1968-12-19
Skidoo
Overview: Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-19
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CQ
2001-05-12
CQ
Overview: A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-12
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The Pioneers
1980-11-30
The Pioneers
Overview: Wu Linfang, an immigrant from the mainland to Taiwan more than a hundred years ago, grows from a poor boy to a leader who instructs villagers to open oil wells
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-11-30
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Angel Eyes
1993-03-17
Angel Eyes
Overview: Angel is a disturbed teen who becomes obsessed with her nice stepfather Steven. After her mother dies under unusual circumstances, Angel is sent to an institution. Years later, she is let out and tracks down her dear step-dad who now lives with his new girlfriend Michelle. He is technically her only kin so he takes her in, but his girlfriend doesn't like Angel one bit. Angel's obsession with her "dad" is as strong as ever and she fantasizes about seducing him. After spying on him and his girlfriend having passionate sex, she begins playing a deadly game and even tries to seduce his hostile girlfriend. However, Steven has a more immediate and obvious problem - a drug dealer called Johnny Ventura.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-17
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Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars
1992-01-01
Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars
Overview: A suicidal drunk-driver is forced to serve as bait to lure young girls into a private sanitarium that sells them to harems. One day, he runs into a woman who claims to be Marilyn Monroe.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Moon in Scorpio
1987-10-14
Moon in Scorpio
Overview: A Vietnam vet with PTSD and his new wife are invited for their honeymoon aboard his war buddy's yacht along with a third war friend and their girlfriends. Soon, they are being slaughtered one-by-one by a mysterious gloved assailant with an unusual pronged murder weapon.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-14
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Attack Force Z
1982-06-01
Attack Force Z
Overview: Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of World War II, a gritty drama based on actual events. Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly (Gibson) and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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The Three Faces of Terror
2004-08-20
The Three Faces of Terror
Overview: In the first story two grave robbers, thieving from an ancient Etruscan burial ground, gets in trouble when one of them tries out a ring which passes a werewolf curse to him! The second one is about a woman who wants to look like her best friend and goes to a plastic surgeon, which is the biggest mistake she's done. The third story is about three friends and a very dangerous sea monster eating its way through their camping site! The wrap-around story is set on a train where John Phillip Law plays a mystical hypnotist who claims that he can see the past of the passengers...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-20
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973-12-20
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Overview: Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-20
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Death Rides a Horse
1967-08-31
Death Rides a Horse
Overview: Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill's tragedy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-31
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Open Season
1974-08-01
Open Season
Overview: Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-01
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Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
1990-11-17
Delta Force Commando II: Priority Red One
Overview: Only one enemy has ever beat him. Now he needs her to save his life.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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Bad Guys
2000-08-17
Bad Guys
Overview: Two undercover cops accidentally find themselves in the middle of a small-town bank robbery.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-17
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Von Richthofen and Brown
1971-06-30
Von Richthofen and Brown
Overview: Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
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Ray of Sunshine
2006-08-17
Ray of Sunshine
Overview: Rachael, an aspiring pianist with a troubled past, disguises herself as a boy and searches for her father, a free-wheeling musician who abandoned her when she was a child.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-17
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Wanted
1999-10-08
Wanted
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Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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The Hawaiians
1970-06-17
The Hawaiians
Overview: A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-17
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Alienator
1990-02-08
Alienator
Overview: A space commander sends a female android to Earth to destroy an escaped convict.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-08
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Eyes Behind the Wall
1977-06-07
Eyes Behind the Wall
Overview: Ivano it’s a wheelchair bound man with some strange perversions.He gets his sexual kicks by spying on Arturo, their tenant in the apartment next-door and forcing his sexy accomplice Olga to watch as well.To increase his perverse thrill, Ivano persuades Olga to seduce Arturo and to have sex him as he watches. Unfortunately for all involved, the sex game starts to get very deadly
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-06-07
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Blood Delirium
1988-08-08
Blood Delirium
Overview: After his beloved wife dies, an unbalanced painter who believes himself to be the reincarnation of Vincent Van Gogh goes over the edge and digs up her corpse--with the help of his necrophiliac butler--to bring it back to his castle and use it for "inspiration". He soon meets a beautiful musician who looks exactly like his late wife and brings her back to his castle. However, she eventually discovers their secret: the butler murders young women, disposes of their bodies and uses their blood--"the color of life"--for the artist's paints.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-08-08
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The Sergeant
1968-12-20
The Sergeant
Overview: THE SERGEANT is the story of the dark inner struggle of Master Sergeant Albert Callan to overcome the overwhelming attraction he feels for one of his charges. In the staid and stifling environment of a post-World War II army post in France, Callan's deeply repressed attraction to other men surfaces when he encounters handsome Private Swanson. Maintaining the rugged "man's man" image of a war hero, Callan barks orders to his underlings. Later, lonely in his solitude, he recalls the frightening experiences of war and the events that led to this crossroads. Filled with self-loathing and unable to act on the natural attraction he feels for Swanson, Callan's affection festers into antagonism. He pushes Swanson constantly with verbal assaults and undeserved punishments.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-20
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Thunder III
1988-08-13
Thunder III
Overview: They took his wife... but he's still Walking Tall, they drew First Blood, but he's gonna fight back like Billy Jack.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-08-13
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Hurry Sundown
1967-02-09
Hurry Sundown
Overview: Post-WWII, a corporation seeks Georgia farmland, but two owners—a white veteran and a black man—refuse to sell, forming an alliance against the greedy husband of the majority landowner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-09
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The Spiral Staircase
1975-01-31
The Spiral Staircase
Overview: A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-31
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A Whisper in the Dark
1976-08-12
A Whisper in the Dark
Overview: Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume it is just a game, but strange things start to happen.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-08-12
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Hijacked to Hell
1984-11-30
Hijacked to Hell
Overview: Released directly to video, this action film features John Phillip Law as Ted Barner, a low-level employee of a corporation in Indonesia who is charged with testing a new laser weapon. Accompanied by an engineer who works for the corporation and a friend, Barner heads out to the test site with the laser in tow. Before the three can get very far, they must outrun an evil Texas industrialist who intends to grab the laser for himself. They are joined by a female reporter and end up at the site of the test, where their problems are just beginning.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-30
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Diary of a Telephone Operator
1969-11-06
Diary of a Telephone Operator
Overview: Marta works as a telephone operator for a telephone company. She lives with her friend Nanda in Nanda's flat. But Nanda's priority is above anything else to find a husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-11-06
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Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown
1987-03-20
Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown
Overview: A biopic about Austrian composer Johann Strauß.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-03-20
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Nerds of a Feather
1989-12-31
Nerds of a Feather
Overview: Filled with the fast-paced thrills of a 007 epic and the suave sophistication of a Pee Wee Herman adventure, this film takes the sacred, great all-American Nerd and puts him where he belongs - on a top secret spy mission.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-31
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The Love Machine
1971-08-14
The Love Machine
Overview: An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-14
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The Swinging Lust World of John Philip Law
2007-01-01
The Swinging Lust World of John Philip Law
Overview: The star of cult classics such as Death Rides a Horse, Danger: Diabolik and The Last Movie talks about his life and early film career. Film features a considerable amount of behind the scenes footage (much of it shot by Law himself).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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A Case of Honor
1988-01-01
A Case of Honor
Overview: A Case of Honor is a 1991 film directed by Eddie Romero. After escaping from a Vietnamese pow camp where they had suffered for five years, five American soldiers attempt to get out of the country before being spotted by Russian and Vietnamese
Genres: War Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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American Commandos
1985-11-11
American Commandos
Overview: A group of Vietnam vets are sent to Southeast Asia to destroy drug-smuggling operations in the Golden Triangle. When they get there, they find that many of the drug gangs are run by other Vietnam vets.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-11
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Your God My Hell
1976-09-01
Your God My Hell
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-09-01
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Der Schimmelreiter
1978-03-29
Der Schimmelreiter
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-03-29
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Target of an Assassin
1977-12-10
Target of an Assassin
Overview: An ailing African leader is kidnapped by a nurse after being admitted to hospital, and finds himself stuck between two men who have different ideas of what to do with him.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-10
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Striker
1988-03-17
Striker
Overview: John Slade is hired to rescue a journalist named Frank Morris from a Sandinista prison in Nicaragua. He teams with Marta, a local woman, to carry out this mission, but then he's captured, tortured, and forced to deal with the fact that he's been betrayed.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-17
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Cold Heat
1989-11-11
Cold Heat
Overview: Whatever tycoon R.C. Mallon wants, he takes. Obsessed with money and power, he crushes all who stand in his way. But now, the woman who was once the object of his desire has dared take away the most precious of all Mallon's possessions, his ten-year-old son — the heir to his corrupt and violent empire. And all hell has been let loose.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-11-11
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Three Nights of Love
1964-10-08
Three Nights of Love
Overview: Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine Spaak as "out of place" women longing for love, in a Sicillian village, a monastery, and a modern Italian urban setting, respectively.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-10-08
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Doctor Justice
1975-12-17
Doctor Justice
Overview: Based on the title character, a World Health Organisation (WHO) doctor and martial arts expert who fights bad guys, created in 1970 by scriptwriter Jean Ollivier and artist Carlo Marcello for "Pif Gadget", a weekly kids' comic book magazine in France.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-17
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Tin Man
1983-01-01
Tin Man
Overview: A young man, born deaf, invents a computer so he can hear and speak with others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Overthrow
1987-12-03
The Overthrow
Overview: On their way to cover a sporting event in Argentina, reporter John Teller and photographer Bob Norton make a brief stop-off in a Latin America country and get entangled in a revolution.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-03
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Smog
1962-10-04
Smog
Overview: An ambitious Italian attorney has his flight delayed in Los Angeles. The vapid lawyer goes to some parties with some Italians living there and has a brief affair with a beautiful Italian expatriate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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Mondo Rocco
1970-02-04
Mondo Rocco
Overview: Mondo Rocco is a collection of short films weaved together as it was seen in the Park Theater in Los Angeles in 1969/1970. Charming in their innocence, Rocco's films captured important moments in gay history and are an invaluable resource.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-04
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Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999-12-25
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Overview: A tribute to stopmotion supremo and special effects genius extraordinaire Ray Harryhausen, the man behind some of cinema's greatest fantasy films - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason & The Argonauts and One Million Years BC. Featuring exclusive footage of Harryhausen at work on his first stopmotion for over 20 years, and contributions from many of Hollywood's top special effects directors and creators.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-25
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Curse of the Forty-Niner
2002-10-01
Curse of the Forty-Niner
Overview: A group of friends discover gold deep inside an old mine. But by taking the gold and think they've hit it big, they awaken a long dead miner who's Hell Bent on protecting his treasure.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-01
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Monsters and Magic
1972-01-01
Monsters and Magic
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the making of "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".
Genres: Documentary Fantasy Horror Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Burning Heart
1995-01-25
Burning Heart
Overview: Follows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler, from his birth in 1898, in the Saar, through the two World Wars and his many travels, until his death in 1963 in India.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1995-01-25
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Faye
2024-05-15
Faye
Overview: Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-15
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The Devil's Bed
1978-01-01
The Devil's Bed
Overview: A young engineer is supposed to do surveyings for a projected nuclear power station in an economically under-developed region and encounters strong opposition by the population. He realizes that the inhabitants are influenced by strange parapsychological occurences released by an elderly man, who also seems to dominate Walpurga, a young woman the engineer falls in love with.
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
2000-10-01
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Overview: Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker Mario Bava, the grand master of Italian horror and the man known by many as “the Italian Hitchcock.”
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-01
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The Harem
1967-10-06
The Harem
Overview: A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-10-06
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Hindsight
1996-01-01
Hindsight
Overview: Things heat up when a promising young actor begins an affair with a glamorous model in order to advance his career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Last Movie
1971-09-29
The Last Movie
Overview: After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-29
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High Infidelity
1964-01-22
High Infidelity
Overview: Four different directors present lighthearted stories about married Italian couples and their dilemmas with jealousy, sex and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-22
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Stardust
1973-11-15
Stardust
Overview: The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march northward, their moment of glory finishes heartlessly.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-11-15
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The Best Place to Be
1979-05-27
The Best Place to Be
Overview: A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-27
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Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
2005-06-14
Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
Overview: Famous comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette, creator of DC Comic Book character "The Swamp Thing" and co-creator of the comic character "Constantine" teaches film appreciation and the art of comic book illustration in rural Vermont. Bissette is a life-long fan of DANGER: DIABOLIK and in "From Fumetti to Film," Bissette gives us a guided tour of how, in his own words, DANGER: DIABOLIK was "...the best adaptation of comic book to feature film bar none." His concepts of how the apparent 2-dimensional world of comic book illustrations were faithfully, but imaginatively re-interpreted by director Mario Bava are enhanced with side by side comparisons of the original comic book images laid next to film clips. Other films and television adaptations of comic books in that era were less successful, according to Bissette.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-14
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Night Train to Terror
1985-05-01
Night Train to Terror
Overview: God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals. The stories of the people in question are told in a trio of very strange vignettes. One involves an insane asylum with some very interesting treatment plans. Another involves a 'death club'. The final story shows us the adventures of a server of Satan.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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Gila and Rik
1987-01-01
Gila and Rik
Overview: The film tells the birth of a love story and its evolution between the vicissitudes, the frenzies and the complications between the two young protagonists.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Mountain of the Lord
1993-03-01
The Mountain of the Lord
Overview: Recounts the 40-year history of building the Salt Lake Temple, shown as if recounted by Wilford Woodruff to a young reporter. It portrays the pioneers' dedication to temple worship.
Genres: History Drama Family Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-01
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Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008-05-14
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Overview: 1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit. Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance explores the exploitation of Chinese workers during the building of American railroads. The workers not only spent long hours, but the work was often dangerous and fatal. The Chinaman is a fugitive on the run, and all odds are against him. While stealing a horse was a hanging offense in the Old West, our fugitive knows that killing a Chinaman is not a crime.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure History Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-14
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Rainy Day Friends
1985-12-20
Rainy Day Friends
Overview: A tough street kid from the L.A. barrios is discovered during an examination to have stomach tumors. During his hospitalization, he must learn to cope with not only his medical condition, but with people such as other patients, social workers and hospital personnel who come from a totally different world than he does--and they have to learn to cope with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-20
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004-04-30
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Overview: Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-30
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The Day of the Pig
1993-08-04
The Day of the Pig
Overview: The crippled Sarkis is the true king of Carbio. But it's Azazel who usurps the throne after having killed the former king, Sarkis' brother. Azazel proclaims a three-day feast of total freedom, chaos ensues, and Azazel asks Sarkis for help.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-08-04
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