Otto Part's - Moviedrome (134 titles)
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Blue Collar
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Blue Collar
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Schrader
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In 'Blue Collar', Paul Schrader's strong directorial debut, three assembly-line auto workers (Richard Pryor in one of his only serious dramatic roles, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto) are equally angry and disenchanted at factory management and their own union. They are also, as the film reveals in ..read more »
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from 767 members
High And Low
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High And Low
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Based on KING'S RANSOM, a crime novel by Ed McBain, HIGH AND LOW stars Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy, hardworking businessman. As Gondo plans a coup that will secure his position as the head of his Yokohama shoe company, he is contacted by a criminal who informs him that he's kidnapped ..read more »
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Raymond Bailey
Director: Jack Arnold
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When an ordinary businessman encounters a mysterious radioactive mist during a boating trip, his life takes a bizarre and frightening twist. Soon he finds he is shrinking and within weeks he's just two inches tall battling cats and spiders.
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Where The Buffalo Roam
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Where The Buffalo Roam
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Boyle
Director: Art Linson
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A zany comedy story of an off-the-wall journalist who tries to fulfil his writing deadlines whilst battling against the effects of powerful self-administered drugs.
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Drugstore Cowboy
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Drugstore Cowboy
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros
Director: Gus Van Sant
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Being a junkie is a full-time job for Bob (Matt Dillon), who leads his wife (Kelly Lynch) and another addicted couple (James LeGros and Heather Graham) on a reckless spree of drugstore robberies. When he has a brush with death, Bob realises he must leave both his addiction and his wife if he wants ..read more »
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Rififi
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Rififi
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel
Director: Jules Dassin
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With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (..read more »
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The Mosquito Coast
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The Mosquito Coast
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory
Director: Peter Weir
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Based on the novel by Paul Theroux, an inventor disillusioned by the growing bureaucracy of America uproots his family to build a utopia in the jungle of Central America. There he finds new threats to his freedom and peace of mind, with tragic results.
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The Return Of The Streetfighter
Sequel to "The Streetfighter"
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The Return Of The Streetfighter
on DVD
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Claude Gannyon, Yoko Ichiji
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
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More martial arts action as Terry once again brushes aside any sense of morality to undertake jobs for the Mafia.
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Day Of The Locust
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Day Of The Locust
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith
Director: John Schlesinger
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It's the 1930s. Some people travel to Hollywood in search of stardom, but not everyone can make it. Drama based on the novel by Nathanael West.
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Bicycle Thieves
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Bicycle Thieves
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell
Director: Vittorio De Sica
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Vittorio De Sica's remarkable 1947 drama of desperation and survival in Italy's devastating post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses the real-life environment of contemporary life to frame his moving drama of a ..read more »
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