Dick Van Patten
Also Known As: John Acerno, Richard Van Patten, Dick Van Patton, Richard Vincent Van Patten
Biography: Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as Tom Bradford on the TV show Eight Is Enough. Van Patten also made appearances in the films Spaceballs, Soylent Green, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: December 09, 1928
Deathday: June 23, 2015
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Spaceballs
Overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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The Odd Couple: Together Again
Overview: Felix's daughter Edna is getting married, and his wife Gloria throws him out of the house for a few days, so that she can plan the wedding herself, without him getting in the way. Felix temporarily moves in with Oscar, who is still living in the same apartment from the TV show. Due to throat cancer, Oscar had to have one of his vocal cords removed, and he can only speak in a raspy whisper. Meanwhile, plans for the wedding are going on, and things get complicated when Felix finds out that Edna's fiancé has been divorced twice.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-24
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Westworld
Overview: Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-15
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Gus
Overview: The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-07
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Quiet Kill
Overview: An attractive married woman and a member of the 'Country Club Tennis Set', is being neglected by her workaholic doctor husband, Jerry (Corbin Bernsen). Lonely and insecure, Amy foolishly falls for the seductive charms of a much younger man, Steve Sterns (Nicholas Celozzi) who is introduced to Amy by her good friend, Sheila. The love affair is very brief, as she realizes that Steve has a dark, sinister and obsessive side to his personality, or is it personalities? Amy tries to break off the relationship, only to find that her adulterous lover has become her stalker. She also fears that Steve is responsible for the numerous brutal murders of local prostitutes.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-01
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Overview: Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-28
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The Crooked Hearts
Overview: A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-and-mouse game. This marked the TV-movie debut of both Rosalind Russell and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and was sadly also Russell's last film role.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-08
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The Strongest Man in the World
Overview: Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-06
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Soylent Green
Overview: In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-18
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Snowball Express
Overview: When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it. Only to find that the place is a wreck. But together they decide to try to fix it up and run it. But Martin Ridgeway, who wants the property, does everything he can to ensure it will fail.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-22
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High Anxiety
Overview: A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-25
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The Midnight Hour
Overview: Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?
Genres: Comedy Horror TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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Beware! The Blob
Overview: A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace-- the local hippies, cops, drunks and bowlers must all face the Blob!
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-21
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Overview: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-04
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Charly
Overview: An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-23
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I Love Liberty
Overview: An all-star variety special saluting America.
Genres: Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-21
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Joe Kidd
Overview: A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-19
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Big Brother Trouble
Overview: Younger brother Mitch is having all kinds of problems competing with his older brother Sean over a girl that just moved in next door
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-04-21
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High Powder
Overview: Joe, who has been pushing drugs at his high school, expands his business to include the ski team. Rick, one of Joe's new customers, has some apparent improvement in his skiing, until, despite the intervention of Bill, he endures a serious injury. Bill, with his father's backing, then blows the whistle on Joe.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-29
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The Shaggy D.A.
Overview: Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog catcher.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-17
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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Overview: Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure and then Henrietta escapes.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-19
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Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
Overview: A short documentary exploring the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Mel Brooks and the role it played in the production of "High Anxiety."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-15
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Freaky Friday
Overview: School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-17
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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
Overview: Actors remember the great Fred MacMurray.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-07
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The Good, the Bad and the Funny
Overview: Featurette with Dick Van Patten and Tim Conway on the making of The Shaggy D.A..
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-07
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Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas
Overview: Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-07
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The Price of Air
Overview: In the idyllic suburban distopia of Orange, the affable but clueless Paul agrees to be a drug courier for Mr. Ball who's about to take delivery of a drug rumored to be "more addictive than air." Against the better judgment of his best friend D., Paul does the deal for quick cash, but the supplier turns on him and murders D. in the ensuing shootout. Paul goes on the lam with the cash and the stash, but only after promising his dying friend that he'll flush it before Ball puts them in the street.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-29
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Opposite Day
Overview: The world goes backwards on Opposite Day. The kids become adults, and the adults become kids.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-07
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Groom Lake
Overview: When Kate discovers she has a terminal illness, she persuades boyfriend Andy to visit Groom Lake, a reputed hotbed of alien activity, hoping to discover proof of life beyond this terrestrial sphere. Soon, the pair crosses paths with desperate government scientists, eccentric locals and a surprising -- and inspiring --conspiracy of epic proportions.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-21
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Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
Overview: A rebellious 17-year-old girl ignores parental advice and joins her friends as a beach-bound regular on the local hitchhiking circuit, being picked up, ultimately, by a homicidal maniac.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-21
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Violent Midnight
Overview: An axe murderer is loose in a small New England town.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-22
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Demolition High
Overview: When a group of terrorists (led by Luther) take over a high school making the students in it their hostages, it is up to several of the students (led by Lenny) to help prevent disaster while the authorities (Slater and General Wainwright) do their part on the other side.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-12
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Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion
Overview: Years have passed and all the Bradfords, with the exception of Nicholas, have moved out of their Sacramento home and started their own lives. They get together for their father's Birthday celebration, and bind together to solve a crisis at his place of employment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-18
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An Eight Is Enough Wedding
Overview: This second made-for-television reunion film finds eldest son David on the brink of marriage to a divorcee. However, some of his sisters would prefer to see a reunion with his ex-wife Janet.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-15
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Making It
Overview: A cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-21
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Final Embrace
Overview: A detective assigned to protect a pop singer gets romantically involved with her twin sister after the singer is murdered.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Century Turns
Overview: An old-fashioned western lawman coming to grips with the "modern technology" of the 20th century. He teams up with college-educated criminologist to solve a tricky mystery.
Genres: Western Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-08
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Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Overview: Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-25
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Dirty Little Billy
Overview: Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the notorious outlaw Billy The Kid.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Overview: After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-01
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The Santa Trap
Overview: It's Christmas Eve and Judy Emerson is told there's no such thing as Santa. Determined to prove her family wrong, she sets an elaborate trap and successfully captures Santa Claus himself. But her parents think the jolly old elf is a burglar and have Santa arrested.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-13
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Love Is All There Is
Overview: The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another clan. Mike and Sadie Capomezzo, equally hard-working Sicilian caterers from the area, find they cannot stand Piero and Maria Malacici. But things get complicated when the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, and the Capomezzos' son, Rosario, fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-10
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A Dangerous Place
Overview: When Ethan's older brother Greg is found dead, the police rule the case a suicide, but Ethan suspects foul play stemming from Greg's recent involvement with a martial arts team called the Scorpions. Ethan is also accomplished at martial arts, and he determines to join the Scorpions as a means of learning what really happened to Greg. - Written by Michelle Sturges
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-14
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With This Ring
Overview: A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional crises, from past loves and parental pressure to social and financial obligations.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-05
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Going to the Chapel
Overview: As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-09
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Zachariah
Overview: A blacksmith and an amateur gunslinger embark on journey through the west together but soon separate and have surreal experiences of their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-24
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Treasure of Matecumbe
Overview: In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-01
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Combat Academy
Overview: "Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Written by Mark Lennon
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-23
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A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
Overview: A Christmas special about a world-class mystery-writing mouse who spends Christmas Eve with his sleuthing partners tracking down a missing Santa. The special combines live-action footage with an animated character, Alex the mouse.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-13
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Joker's Wild
Overview: A jealous mobster chases a screenwriter, who likes his friend, from New York to the Caribbean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-20
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Television: The First Fifty Years
Overview: Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Overview: A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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Lunch Wagon
Overview: Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-01
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Another pretty face
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-06-20
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Silver Skies
Overview: A group of eccentric retirees' lives are turned upside down when their beloved apartment complex is suddenly sold out from under them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-22
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The Fairest of Them All
Overview: A celebration of the art of animation as seen through the eyes of Walt Disney. Dick Van Patten hosts and introduces many of the artists who worked on the film, and Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell, the voices of Snow White and the Prince, are reunited.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-28
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Superdad
Overview: A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-14
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Dirty Tennis
Overview: A great comedy about how to win at tennis by playing dirty.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Angel on Abbey Street
Overview: An amiable and benign hobo named Briefcase makes his living by claiming to be the Tooth Fairy and asking passersby to fund his business. Most folks enjoy Briefcase's playful ruse, but he soon meets his match in the form of a pragmatic young girl named Lisbeth. When Briefcase learns that Lisbeth doesn't believe in the Tooth Fairy, he takes it upon himself to show her a world full of magic.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change
Overview: Sherman must learn how to deal with his changing family situation with the help of his good friend Corny.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Sure Hand of God
Overview: A struggling widow vows to save her teenage daughter from a life of hardship by snaring her a wealthy husband.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-18
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14 Going on 30
Overview: Danny is hopelessly in love with his teacher Peggy Noble. Of course she doesn't even notice him while she plans to marry the obnoxious coach Roy "Jack-jaw" Kelton. When Danny's friend Lloyd invents a growth accelerator for fruit and vegetables to "solve world hunger", Danny uses it on himself and as an adult tries to show her Roy's real personality. However at his first appearance at school as an adult, he's mistaken for someone else...
Genres: Science Fiction Romance Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-06
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Evasive Action
Overview: When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking for a new home. Several of the most dangerous, all killers, will be transported by train to Santa Ana, a new high tech prison for the worst of the worst. Included in this transfer are: -Ian Kelly, explosions expert who has set off terrorist bombings worldwide. -Lorenzo "Enzo" Martini, a mafia kingpin who enjoyed nationwide fame before finally being put away. -Karl "The Killer" Miller, a serial killer with absolutely no conscience and an unquenchable thirst for blood. -Tommy "Zimm" Zimmer, a man who's serving life for killing his wife and her lover. -Luke Sinclair, who's finishing up the last nine months of a fifteen-year sentence for killing the man who murdered his wife. When the prisoners, under heavy security, board the last car of the train, it quickly becomes clear that an escape plan has been hatched
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Sarah's Choice
Overview: Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-01
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Demolition University
Overview: College students on a field trip encounter terrorists planning to poison the city's water supply.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-27
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Hoodwinked
Overview: Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who's the hood and who's being hoodwinked?
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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John Candy: Comic Spirit
Overview: A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-03
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Picnic
Overview: A southern bell falls for a handsome drifter with no prospects, going against her parents' wishes to marry a rich businessman.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-10
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The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble
Overview: The film starts out B&W and shows Oliver Nibble being berated by his wife. They go to a cinema and Oliver's imagination runs wild. The film turns into color as Oliver photographs his models in various stages of dress (and undress).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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A Memory of Two Mondays
Overview: Workers in an auto parts warehouse in 1933 New York City inhabit a bleak, dead-end world in the depths of the Depression where, at least, they have jobs. Introduced by its playwright, Arthur Miller, it was the first in a series of NET Playhouse programs concerning life in America during the Depression years.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-28
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Couples Do It Debbie's Way
Overview: Workout designed for partners.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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First Dog
Overview: A foster boy is befriended by a lost dog who turns out to belong to the President of the United States. The boy decides to run away from the foster home to return the canine to the White House -- "Because it's the right thing to do!"
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt
Overview: A writer and a painter decide to leave the big city and move to the country. In order to support themselves, the couple design greeting cards.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-12
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Sorority Kill
Overview: A psychotic killer holds six people captive in a sorority house, each of them realizing that their captor's mind is like a defective time bomb and could go off at any moment.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-05
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The Love Boat
Overview: The adventures of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury liner on a cruise from California to Mexico.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-17
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