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    The Big Chill (1983)

    The Big Chill (1983)

    Columbia Pictures released The Big Chill on September 28, 1983. Lawrence Kasdan directed the film starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, and Jeff Goldblum.

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    The Big Chill (1983)

    The Big Chill (1983)

    Columbia Pictures released The Big Chill on September 28, 1983. Lawrence Kasdan directed the film starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, and Jeff Goldblum.

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  • SummariesThe Big Chill (1983)

    The Big Chill (1983)

    Film and Plot Synopsis When a suicide of a mutual friend brings a group of thirty-something baby boomers back to town for the funeral, the old pals end up spending the weekend together. Nostalgia abounds as they reminisce on their childhood of the 1960s and also confront the uncertain days of their lives in the gay ’80s. ‘The Big Chill’ Movie Summary The summary below contains spoilers. Filmed in 1982, seven thirty-something former college friends who graduated in 1969 reunite 13 years later after one of their classmates commits suicide. Fueled by not one but two best-selling soundtracks, straight-shooter ultra-achievers husband and wife, Harold & Sarah, host their friends in their historic huge plantation home in South Carolina after the funeral for their departed friend, Alex. Among the guests are: Nick, the still-drugged up washout who left his ideals in college and his manhood in the Vietnam war. There’s Karen, the unhappily married mother of two who not-so-secretly hides a crush for one of the friends in attendance. “People” magazine gossip columnist, Michael, shows up with his tape recorder, annoying motor mouth, and pent-up horniness for his former classmates, and he smells a story brewing. We meet Sam, the hunky …

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  • Summaries101 Dalmatians (1996)

    101 Dalmatians (1996)

    Roger Dearly is a video game designer living in London with his pet dalmatian Pongo.

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  • Movie House Memories
    The Natural (1984)

    The Natural (1984)

    TriStar Pictures released The Natural on May 11, 1984. Barry Levinson directed the film starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, and Glenn Close.

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  • SummariesThe Natural (1984)

    The Natural (1984)

    Roy Hobbs is The Natural. Based on the bestselling novel by Bernard Malamud, Robert Redford plays Roy Hobbs, a young farmboy raised by his father not to push a ploy but to throw a baseball harder than any mortal ever could.

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  • SummariesAir Force One (1997)

    Air Force One (1997)

    Film and Plot Synopsis A thriller about a steadfast United States President who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. Now, Russian neo-nationalists have hijacked Air Force One with the hope that they will be able to negotiate the release of a violent Russian dictator from prison. The President is now faced with a nearly impossible decision: give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country’s dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter. ‘Air Force One’ Movie Summary The summary below contains spoilers. Air Force One begins with a combined United States – Russian Special Forces operation that abducts General Ivan Radek (Jürgen Prochnow) from his bedroom. Radek is the evil dictator of Kazakhstan. Three weeks later, the United States President, James Marshall (Harrison Ford), is speaking at a diplomatic dinner in Moscow. During the speech, Marshall declares that the United States will no longer negotiate with terrorists, nor will they allow terrorists to conduct their operations without reprisals. Marshall’s advisors are upset with Marshall for committing the United States to that doctrine. A short time later, Marshall, his wife Grace (Wendy Crewson), their 12-year-old daughter Alice (Liesel Matthews), and several of …

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  • Lunchtime Movie Review
    Fatal Attraction (1987)

    Fatal Attraction (1987)

    Paramount Pictures released Fatal Attraction to theaters on September 18, 1987. Adrian Lyne directed film which starred Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer.

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  • SummariesGuardians of the Galaxy (2014)

    Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

    Guardians of the Galaxy begins on Earth in 1988. We find a young Peter Quill in the waiting room of a hospital as he intently listens to his Awesome Mix Tape no. 1 on his Walkman.

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  • SummariesThe World According to Garp (1982)

    The World According to Garp (1982)

    The World According to Garp begins with a young nurse, Jenny Fields, introducing her parents to her new born son, T. S. Garp.

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  • SummariesDangerous Liaisons (1988)

    Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

    Bedrooms and Hallways. Gardens and Castles. Love and Revenge. Acknowledged suitors, unacknowledged suitors, anatomy, deceit, surrender, jealousy, distraction and sex are timeless threads through this Oscar winner.

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  • Movie House Memories
    Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

    Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

    Warner Bros released Dangerous Liaisons to theaters on December 18, 1988. Stephen Frears directed the film which starred Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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