Thursday, October 1, 2009

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OBJECTIVE, BURMA! (1945) Dir: Raoul Walsh. Writer: Ranald MacDougall, Lester Cole. Capt. Nelson: Errol Flynn, War Correspondent, Mark Williams: Henry Hull, S.Sgt. Treacy: James Brown, Lt. Sid Jacobs: William Prince, Cpl. Gaby Gordon; George Tobias. An American commando unit under the command of Captain Nelson, accompanied by war correspondent, Mark Williams, parachute into Japanese occupied Burma to blow up a Japanese radar station. When the landing strip the unit is supposed to use to escape Burma is over run by the Japanese, the commandos are forced to get back to their base on foot.
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OCEANS (2009) Dir: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzand. Writer: Christophe Cheysson, Jacques Cluzand, Laurent Debas, Stephane Durand, Laurent Gande, Jacques Perrin, Francois Sarano. A documentary about the world's oceans.
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OLYMPIA: PART 1, FESTIVAL OF THE NATIONS (1938) Dir: Leni Riefenstahl. Writer: Leni Riefenstahl. Documentary of the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.
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OLYMPIA: PART 2, FESTIVAL OF BEAUTY (1938) Dir: Leni Riefenstahl. Writer: Leni Riefenstahl. Second part of the documentary of the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.
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ON THE TOWN (1949) Dir: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Writers: Adolph Green, Betty Comden. Music: Leonard Bernstein. Gabey: Gene Kelly, Chip: Frank Sinatra, Ozzie: Jules Munshin, Brunhilde Esterhazy: Betty Garrett, Ivy Smith: Vera-Ellen, Claire Huddesen: Ann Miller, Lucy Shmeeler: Alice Pearce. Three sailors have a 24 hour liberty in New York City. They go off to sight see and find girls. Gabey sees a poster for Miss Turnstiles, AKA Ivy Smith and becomes obsessed with finding her. Chip and Ozzie find their own girls, Brunhilde and Claire. The three couples meet up at the Empire State Building. Chased by the police, they all end up at Cony Island before the three sailors have to be back on their ship.
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ONE, TWO, THREE (1961) Dir: Billy Wilder. Writer: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond. C.R. MacNamara: James Cagney, Otto Ludwig Piffl: Horst Bucholz, Scarlett Hazeltine, Phyllis MacNamara: Arlene Francis, Schlemmer: Hanns Lothar, Fraulein Ingeborg: Liselotte Pulver. The head of Coca Cola's Berlin office, C.R. MacNamara dreams of heading up European operations in London. When the president of Coke sends his wild daughter, Scarlett Hazeltine, to Berlin and asks the MacNamara's to keep an eye on her, C.R. sees his opportunity for advancement. When Scarlett sneaks out and marries a radical East German communist, C.R. plots to destroy the marriage. He succeeds in getting Otto arrested by the Communist East Germans by framing him as an American spy. When he learns that Scarlett is pregnant, he frees Otto and remakes him as a phony count and ardent conservative.
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THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976) Dir: Clint Eastwood. Writer: Phil Kaufman, Sonia Chernus. JoseyWales: Clint Eastwood, Laura Lee: Sondra Locke, Lone Watie: Chief Dan George, Terril: Bill McKinney, Jamie: Sam Bottoms, Grandma Sarah: Paula Trueman, Little Moonlight: Geraldine Keams, Fletcher: John Vernon, Ten Bears: Will Sampson. After the civil war, a group of Confederate irregulars surrender to the Union Army. When they are gunned down, Josey Wales, the only member who refused to surrender, heads towards Texas, pursued by troops led by Terril, the commander who killed Wales's wife and son at the beginning of the war and Fletcher a fellow irregular who urged the group to turn themselves in. . Along the way, others, including two Indians, Lone Watie and Little Moonlight, and Grandma Sarah and grand daughter Laura Lee, attach themselves to a reluctant Josey Wales.

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