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Poltergeist review by danieljparsons from Ashford

"They're here..." 2 January 2010
...well written and Zelda Rubinstein has a great deal of presence in a small part. Beatrice Straight and JoBeth Williams are also impressive and special mention should also be give... Read customer review

Beatrice Straight - filmography

Chiller on DVD (1985)
Starring: Beatrice Straight, Laura Johnson, Michael Beck
Director: Wes Craven
Certificate:
A young man has been cryogenically frozen for the ten years since his apparent death. When a leak is discovered at the plant, his wealthy mother insists he be revived so he can run the family business. However, the course of life after death never does run smoothly, and it becomes apparent that he ..read more »

43% from 71 members

Poltergeist on DVD (1982)
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight
Director: Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
Certificate:
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Life is very pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family until a host of otherworldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. It starts with just an odd occurrence or two, but soon their house is transformed into a swirling supernatural sideshow. The forces at work are anything but friendly, ..read more »

73% from 6,380 members

Poltergeist - Blu-ray (1982)
Starring: Dominique Dunne, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke
Director: Tobe Hooper, Steven Spielberg
Certificate:
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Produced by Steven Spielberg, this hugely successful horror flick apparently came under his directorial control, as well, despite the official credit being given to Tobe Hooper. Things start going bump in the night in a suburban home, much to the consternation of its resident family. When the ..read more »

73% from 1,471 member

Endless Love on DVD (1981)
Starring: Don Murray, Martin Hewitt, Brooke Shields
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Certificate:
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Franco Zeffirelli directs this contemporary variation on the Romeo and Juliet story. When 17-year-old David (Martin Hewitt) falls in love with 15-year-old Jade (Brooke Shields), their parents intervene and put a stop to the relationship. But their forced separation only makes David grow more ..read more »

57% from 894 members

Bloodline on DVD (1979)
Starring: Romy Schneider, Ben Gazzara, Michelle Phillips
Director: Terence Young
Certificate:
Suspense thriller based on the best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon. When Sam Roffe, president of a multinational pharmaceutical company, is killed while mountain-climbing, his beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Audrey Hepburn) inherits the controlling interest of his empire - and almost immediately ..read more »

46% from 135 members

Network on DVD (1976)
Starring: Ned Beatty, William Holden, Faye Dunaway
Director: Sidney Lumet
Certificate:
A trenchant satire of trash TV, Network seems to grow only more relevant with each passing year. Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the dean of newscasters at the United Broadcasting System, is put out to pasture because he skews old. Network executive Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard's best friend,..read more »

71% from 8,762 members

Patterns (1956)
Starring: Van Heflin, Van Heflin, Everett Sloane
Director: Fielder Cook
Certificate:
"The Twilight Zone" was still three years away when Rod Serling wrote "Patterns", the prescient tale of Machiavellian goings-on at a large corporation. Serling's later masterpieces harken back to many of these plot elements, including a well placed twist at the end.

57% from 29 members
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Beatrice Straight facts

5 most recent films

Chiller - 2.0 stars
Poltergeist - 3.5 stars
Poltergeist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Endless Love - 3.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Poltergeist - 3.5 stars
Poltergeist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Network - 3.5 stars
Endless Love - 3.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Patterns - 3.0 stars
Chiller - 2.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.5 stars
Endless Love - 3.0 stars
Network - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Heather O'Rourke - 3 times - show films
Dirk Blocker - 3 times - show films
Zelda Rubinstein - 3 times - show films
Michael McManus - 3 times - show films
James Karen - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Steven Spielberg - 3 times - show films
Tobe Hooper - 3 times - show films
Franco Zeffirelli - 2 times - show films
Fielder Cook - 1 times - show films
Sidney Lumet - 1 times - show films

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