Marjoe Gortner
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Biography: Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner, generally known as Marjoe Gortner (born January 14, 1944, in Long Beach, California), is a former revivalist who first gained a certain fame in the late 1940s when he became the youngest ordained preacher at the age of four. He then gained outright notoriety in the 1970s when he starred in an Oscar-winning, behind-the-scenes documentary about the lucrative business of Pentecostal preaching. The name "Marjoe" is a portmanteau of the names "Mary" and "Joseph". Description above from the Wikipedia article Marjoe Gortner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California
Birthday: January 14, 1944
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Gender: Male
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Earthquake
Overview: Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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Starcrash
Overview: A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-12-21
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
Overview: Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ninjas.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-24
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Hellhole
Overview: An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk’s only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!
Genres: Horror Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-15
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The Food of the Gods
Overview: Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-18
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Marjoe
Overview: Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-24
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Mausoleum
Overview: By way of an unnatural urge during her Mother's funeral, Susan enters her family's mausoleum, which unleashes an evil presence to lurk inside of her.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-01
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Wild Bill
Overview: Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
Genres: Western Action Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-01
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Overview: A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-09
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Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
Overview: A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and mayhem.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-01
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Pray for the Wildcats
Overview: Three ad agency executives are pressured into taking a motorbike trip to Baja by a big-ticket client. Along the way, the client is spurned by a young woman whose boyfriend sticks up for her. The client later disables their van, leading to their deaths in the desert. When the executives piece together what has happened, it leads to a showdown.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-23
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Return Engagement
Overview: Return Engagement is a 1983 documentary film directed by Alan Rudolph about the tour debate between Timothy Leary and G. Gordon Liddy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-09
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Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Overview: The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-29
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Frisbee: The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
Overview: Lonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip. This event so transformed him that Lonnie became an itinerant Christian evangelist, something of a John the Baptist of Southern California who compelled thousands of fellow spiritual seekers to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. During the 1970s Lonnie Frisbee became widely known as California's "hippie preacher," the quintessential "Jesus freak" whose pictures frequented such magazines as Time and Life as the media told the story of a burgeoning "Jesus movement." Lonnie Frisbee provided the charismatic spark that launched the Calvary Chapel church into a worldwide ministry and propelled many fledgling leaders into some of the most powerful movers and shakers of the evangelical movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-24
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The Gun and the Pulpit
Overview: In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-03
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Sidewinder 1
Overview: An ageing motocross champ agrees to help design and endorse a new motorcycle.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-01
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Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
Overview: Hugh Hefner invites you to Playboy’s Roller Disco and Pajama Party! With your host, Richard Dawson!
Genres: Music Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-23
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Acapulco Gold
Overview: In this rollicking adventure set on the high seas, an innocent insurance agent working on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai, is framed as a drug smuggler. He gets help from a most unlikely source - the town drunk who knows more than anyone suspects.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-01
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Overview: A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-08
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FantastiCozzi
Overview: A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Jungle Warriors
Overview: A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a drug baron's private army. At the same time, the Mafia's representative arrive to negotiate future collaboration.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-11
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The Robber Bridegroom
Overview: In a small Southern town, a plantation owner is duped into thinking a thief is a kind stranger. To repay the stranger for stopping a robbery, the plantation owner invites him to his home to meet his daughter.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-01
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Viva Knievel!
Overview: The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-10
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The Survivalist
Overview: An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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Fire, Ice & Dynamite
Overview: Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-18
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