Jean Speegle Howard
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Birthday: January 31, 1927
Deathday: September 02, 2000
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Apollo 13
1995-06-30
Apollo 13
Overview: The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-30
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Cocoon
1985-06-21
Cocoon
Overview: When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-21
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Express: Aisle to Glory
1998-07-01
Express: Aisle to Glory
Overview: PBA Films and renowned bagging filmmaker Jonathan Buss bring the heart-pounding action of pro bagging to the screen in the inspiring story of a small town grocery bagger who emerges as one of the all-time bagging greats. The documentary follows bagging superstar Mark "Dizzy" Gillespie as he faces off against Food World "wonder-boy" Charlie Murphy at the Bag Boy World Championships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-01
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My Fellow Americans
1996-12-20
My Fellow Americans
Overview: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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Scrooged
1988-11-22
Scrooged
Overview: Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
1992-04-24
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
Overview: Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the neighborhood store to buy some chocolate kisses every day. This is where he meets Theresa Garabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every evening. Theresa invites Bernie to see her play piano at her father's restaurant. It is here that she gets him to join a gym. Theresa is in college and gets the idea to write about Bernie's weight problem for her thesis. She does this without telling Bernie. Meanwhile, Bernie is falling in love with Theresa, and vice versa.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-24
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986-12-14
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Overview: A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
Genres: Music Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-14
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Hundred Percent
1998-03-21
Hundred Percent
Overview: Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. Troy is an actor, who has to choose between his career and his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-21
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Fall From Grace
1990-04-29
Fall From Grace
Overview: Jim Bakker establishes a large televangelical empire in the 1980s, including Heritage Village. However, they are removed from P.T.L, the ministry that they had established in 1987.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-29
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The Night Caller
1998-07-13
The Night Caller
Overview: For 11 years, Beth's life is limited to working nights in a convenience store while her daytime hours are spent caring for her bed-ridden, bitter and abusive mother. All that keeps her going is a voice on the radio of a psychologist, Dr Roland. Her obsession grows to the point where nothing, not even murder, will stop her from getting to the woman she desires!
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-13
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Mr. Murder
1998-09-21
Mr. Murder
Overview: A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double has his same physical appearance but has the personality of a murderer.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-21
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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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The Power Within
1995-10-24
The Power Within
Overview: Stan Dryer, a teen, afraid to even ask a girl to the prom, finds courage and extreme martial arts skill when he is given a ring by an old man he tried to save from a group of attackers. The ring is a mate to a ring stolen by a double dealing art thief who had been hired to steal it by a criminal mastermind who wanted it for its mystical powers.
Genres: Fantasy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-24
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Gung Ho
1986-03-14
Gung Ho
Overview: When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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The Paper
1994-03-18
The Paper
Overview: Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-18
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Traveller
1997-04-18
Traveller
Overview: A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life. Written by Jeff Hole
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-18
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Huckleberry Finn
1975-03-25
Huckleberry Finn
Overview: Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-25
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The Hiding Place
2000-06-22
The Hiding Place
Overview: A son visits his aging mother and sees tragic, intermittent signs of senility, but she pleads with him not to send her to a sanitarium.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-22
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Matilda
1996-08-02
Matilda
Overview: Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is so different. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, she begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, she suddenly turns the tables to stand up to Harry and Zinnia and outwit the headmistress.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-02
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Los Locos
1997-01-02
Los Locos
Overview: In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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