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I dream of Jeanie.
It's the 1840s in Cincinnati, Ohio, and songwriter Stephen Foster is just
coming into his own with the huge success of "Oh Susanna." This
warmhearted romance features a minstrel show extravaganza and stream of Foster
hits from the great showboat era, including "My Old Kentucky Home".
With Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley and Muriel Lawrence. Directed by Allan Dwan.
MPAA Rating NR. 92 minutes.
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The illustrious client.
Based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes risks his life when he
becomes involved with a murdering Austrian baron and the young wealthy girl
who wants to marry the baron. Starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke. MPAA
Rating NR. 50 minutes.
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The Immortal battalion.
Soon after Britain's entry into World War II, a young lieutenant is assigned
to forge a motley group of civilian conscripts into an effective fighting
force. In North Africa they face a major German advance. With David Niven,
Stanley Holloway, Peter Ustinov and Trevor Howard. Directed by Carol Reed.
MPAA Rating NR. 115 minutes.
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Impact.
A man has fallen victim to amnesia, but, as he begins to regain his memory,
he realizes that the state he has fallen into is all part of his wife's plan
to murder him. No nonsense San Francisco industrial whiz Walter Williams's
two timing wife and her lover plot to do her husband in, but Williams survives
the attack and the lover is burned beyond recognition while driving Williams's
car. Half dazed, Williams stumbles into a moving van that takes him to idyllic
Larkspur, Idaho, where newspaper stories of his "death" job his
memory. While recuperating and plotting his eventual return and revenge, Williams
falls in love with Marsha, an auto mechanic. But when Williams finally gets
back to San Francisco, he's tried for the lover's murder. Starring Brian Donlevy,
Ella Raines. Directed by Arthur Lubin. MPAA Rating NR. 111 minutes.
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In his father's shoes.
A teen grieving over his father's death receives magical shoes from a gypsy
which permit him to travel back in time and possess his father's body for
brief period of time. Through this he gains insights into the person his father
was and the cause of an estrangement between his father and grandfather.
Starring Louis Gossett Jr., Rachel Crawford. Directed by Vic Sarin. MPAA Rating
PG. 105 minutes.
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In search of human origins: creative revolution.
Fifty thousand generations ago, a dramatic change swept through the hunt gatherers
then living in Africa. They began to paint, carve, talk, bury their dead,
travel and trade. What account for this sudden transformation? MPAA Rating
NR. 60 minutes.
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In search of human origins: the story of Lucy.
In 1974, Don Johanson unearthed Lucy, at almost 3 million years of age, our
oldest human ancestor. Lucy's tiny three and a half foot tall skeleton set
the world of paleanthropology on its ear by showing that walking upright,
not a larger brain, was the key factor that separated us from ape. MPAA Rating
NR. 60 minutes.
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In search of human origins: surviving in Africa.
In a unique way, Don Johanson sets out to disprove the long cherished view
that early man's larger brain and reliance on technology are the by products
of the ability to hunt. He embarks on a journey across the Serengeti savanna
of East Africa in search of food. He finds it, not by hunting but by scavenging
off the leftovers of lions and leopards. In the process he proves it takes
cunning and intelligence to steal a meal from these skilled predators, without
becoming a meal himself. MPAA Rating NR. 60 minutes.
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In the white man's image.
In 1875, Captain Richard Pratt escorted 72 Indian warriors suspected of murdering
white settlers to Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. Once there, Pratt
began an ambitious experiment which involved teaching the Indians to read
and write English, putting them in uniforms and drilling them like soldiers.
"Kill the Indians and save the man," was Pratt's motto. Although
liberal policy for the times, Pratt's school was a form of cultural genocide.
MPAA Rating NR. 60 minutes.
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Incident on a dark street
The mayor of New York is being lobbied by a corrupt utilities commissioner
to endorse a public works project that will line the pockets of crime boss
Domenic Leopold. But the murder of a small time hoodlum threatens to be bring
the whole scheme tumbling down. With William Shatner, Gordon Pinset and Gilbert
Roland. Directed by Buzz Kulik. MPAA Rating NR. 97 minutes.
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The Incredibles.
Bob and his wife used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving
lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been
forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat tot he suburbs where they
live "normal" lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack.
Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication
summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers
that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.
MPAA Rating PG. 115 minutes.
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Independence Day.
Mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all out invasion against the human
race by blasting destructive beams of fire on cities all over the planet.
The only hope lies with a determined band of survivors. Starring Jeff Goldblum,
Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid. Directed by Roland
Emmerich. MPAA Rating PG13. 145 minutes.
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Indiana Jones and the last crusade.
The Joneses set out to find the mystically empowered holy grail and encounter
many spectacular pursuits and narrow escapes. Starring Harrison Ford, Sean
Connery, John Rhys-Davies, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover and
River Phoenix. Directed by Steven Spielberg. MPAA Rating PG13. 126 minutes.
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Indiscreet.
When wealthy socialite Gerry Trent learns the cad who deceived her now wants
to marry her innocent younger sister, she in a quandary. If she reveals her
affair with the cad, it will hurt her sister and destroy her own relationship
with a man she loves. With Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyons. Directed by Leo McCarey.
MPAA Rating NR. 76 minutes.
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Indiscretion of an American wife.
Sparks fly in Rome's Terminal Station when an adulterous housewife attempts
to end an affair with a handsome young Italian. Her suitor persists and while
she awaits her train to Paris, she succumbs again to her lover's charms. The
couple are caught in a love's tryst in an empty rail car, and are arrested.
She faces certain public shame and humiliation at trial and the destruction
of her marriage. With Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Richard Beymer. Directed
by Vittorio De Sica. MPAA Rating NR. 65 minutes.
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Infinite world of H.G. Wells.
Posing as a reporter, a secretive government agent approaches the aging H.G.
Wells in search of answers to the greatest scientific mysterious of his time.
Overcoming his reservations, the author tells of his youth spent with his
true love, Jane Robbins, and their extraordinary adventures that would later
become the basis for his short stories. With Tom Ward, Katy Carmichael, Eva
Best and Matthew Cottle. Directed by Robert Young. MPAA Rating NR. 90 minutes.
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Insomnia
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited
to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation
disrupted by an ever shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep depriving havoc
on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged
by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
With Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank. Directed by Christopher Nolan.
MPAA Rating R. 118 minutes.
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Inspector general
Danny Kaye shines as a kind hearted fool who is mistaken for the title charter
in this engaging musical comedy based on Gogol's classic play. With Danny
Kaye, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale and Elsa Lanchester. Directed
by Henry Koster. MPAA Rating NR. 102.
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It's good to be alive.
When star baseball player Roy Campanella is paralyzed in a near fatal car
crash, he must struggle to rebuild his shattered existence. With help from
a tireless physical therapist, he battles to overcome depression and despair.
With Paul Winfield, Lou Gossett Jr. and Ruby Dee. Directed by Michael Landon.
MPAA Rating NR. 100 minutes.