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Christopher Walken
portrait Date of Birth: Mar 31, 1943
Nationality: American
Biography: With a career almost as long as his life, Christopher Walken has created a timeless persona that is hard to dislike. From his strange speech pattern, to his spontaneous movie choice, boredom does not come easy when watching one of his films.
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Maiden Heist, The (2009)
Summary: Over the years, three museum security guards each fall in love with a particular work of art in their care. But now, the new curator is shipping out all three works in an overhaul of the museum's collection. Desperate to save their favorite pieces, the men hatch a plan to steal them before they can be shipped away.
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$5 a Day (2008)
Summary: When con man Nat (Christopher Walken) convinces his straitlaced son, Flynn (Alessandro Nivola), to join him on a road trip, the two learn a few things about each other as they drive to New Mexico, attempting to live on no more than $5 a day. While they scam their way across the country, Flynn deals with the resentment he feels for his estranged father. (Flynn once served jail time for one of Nat's shady deals.)
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Hairspray (2007)
Summary: Based on the 1988 John Waters cult classic, Hairspray is the story of Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, who has only one passion: dancing. When her dream of becoming a regular personality on "The Corny Collins Show" comes true, she wins many fans and becomes an advocate for integration. (New Line Cinema)
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Balls of Fury (2007)
Summary: In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this outrageous new comedy serves up this secret world for the first time on-screen... (imdb)
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Click (2006)
Summary: When an overworked architect (Sandler) finds a universal remote that lets him control his universe, he feels a rush of power. But before he knows it, the remote is programming him, rather than the other way around. (Sony)
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Man of the Year (2006)
Summary: What would happen if one of the nation's funniest men became its leading one? This film answers just that question in a comic tale of an entertainer's accidental rise to power. (Universal)
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Wedding Crashers (2005)
Summary: This outrageous comedy stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn't get themselves into. (New Line Cinema)
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Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Summary: A down-and-dirty musical set in the world of working-class New York, tells a story of a husband's journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife. (imdb)
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Domino (2005)
Summary: Smart. Daring. Defiant and dangerous. As well as beautiful. This is Domino Harvey and this is her real life story... well, sort of.
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Man on Fire (2004)
Summary: Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Fanning) whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit. When she is abducted, his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible, and he stops at nothing to save her. (20th Century Fox)
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Stepford Wives, The (2004)
Summary: Stepford has a secret. All of the wives are far too perfect, and all of the husbands are way too happy. The Stepford Wives is a sophisticated and comic re-imagining of the 1975 suspense classic. Welcome to Stepford -- the American way of love. (Paramount Pictures)
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Envy (2004)
Summary: Tim (Stiller) and Nick (Black) are best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds: Vapoorizer, a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind for that matter, evaporate into thin air. Tim, who had poo-pooed Nick's idea and passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune -- and Tim's own envy -- grow to equally outrageous proportions. (DreamWorks)
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Around the Bend (2004)
Summary: Around the Bend tells the story of four generations of men who are suddenly brought together by the chance to uncover the truth about their family's past. The journey will take them out on the road to a world full of surprises -- some comic, some dramatic and all of them personal. (Warner Independent Pictures)
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Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003)
Summary: The Work of Director Spike Jonze
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Kangaroo Jack (2003)
Summary: A comedy that follows the misadventures of two friends from Brooklyn who are forced to deliver mob money to Australia. While taking pictures of a kangaroo, one of them places his red jacket on it. When the wild kangaroo bounces off, they realize the mob money is in the jacket and are forced to give chase through the Outback. (imdb)
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Rundown, The (2003)
Summary: A contemporary action-comedy set against the raw, untamed landscape of the Amazon. (Universal)
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Gigli (2003)
Summary: In this unconventional romantic comedy, low-level hood Larry Gigli (Affleck) is given an assignment that gets him in way over his head and Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous free spirited female enforcer is sent in to assist him. (Sony)
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Poolhall Junkies (2002)
Summary: A talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years, must go back to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy, the very man who held him back from greatness. (imdb)
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Summary: Frank W. Abagnale (DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline -- all before his 21st birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill at check fraud had netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds. FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) has made it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to continue the chase. (DreamWorks)
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Julius Caesar (2002)
Summary: Twenty year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator. (imdb)
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Country Bears, The (2002)
Summary: The story of how eager young fan Beary Barrington can convince the bitter ex-members of the rock band "The Country Bears" to put aside their differences and perform a benefit concert to save Country Bear Hall, the legendary venue where the band got its start. (Disney)
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Undertaking Betty (2002)
Summary: A riotous look at small town Welsh country life centered around competing funeral homes. (Miramax)
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Affair of the Necklace, The (2001)
Summary: A romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal Family during the late 18th Century. The story of her fight to restore her name and proper place in society is filled with mystery, intrigue and desire, with an infamous diamond necklace at the center of it all. (Warner Bros.)
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America's Sweethearts (2001)
Summary: For an awkward, self-conscious girl like Kiki, being the personal assistant to a beautiful mega-star like Gwen isn't easy. But when she dutifully accepts the task of helping Gwen and her estranged mega-star husband Eddie make it through one last public appearance masterminded by legendary press agent Lee Phillips, forever devoted Kiki finds that her job is about to get even harder.
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Chelsea Walls (2001)
Summary: The residents of the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, young and full of expectations, mingle with the old hotel ghosts and guests, ultimately becoming interchangeable. They form a community, linked by their dreams. The Chelsea Hotel never really leaves the people who live there, nor do they ever really leave it. (Lions Gate Films)
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Scotland, PA (2001)
Summary: A black comedy retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," set against the backdrop of a fast food restaurant in early 70's, rural Pennsylvania. (Lot 47 Films)
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Joe Dirt (2001)
Summary: The year is 1975 and little Joe Dirt is dumpster diving at a Grand Canyon tourist stop. After gorging himself on half-eaten snacks, he emerges from the garbage bin, only to find that his parents have left him. Now grown up and working as a janitor, Joe's got a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans, and a dream -- to find the parents that he lost, or lost him. (Columbia Tristar)
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Opportunists, The (2000)
Summary: Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist. (imdb)
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Prophecy 3: The Ascent, The (2000)
Summary: The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel Gabriel. As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind... (imdb)
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Blast from the Past (1999)
Summary: A romantic comedy about the fallout of falling in love. At its center are two children of the Nuclear Age -- one a savvy, cynical, modern L.A. woman; the other an innocent, naïve young man cocooned since 1962 in a bomb shelter. (New Line)
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Vendetta (1999)
Summary: Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history... (imdb)
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Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)
Summary: A young man (Michael Rapaport) suddenly learns that the biological father he knew nothing about is a crime lord. Upon witnessing his father's untimely death, he is expected to join forces with his new "family" and is challenged to prove himself. (imdb)
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Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Summary: The classic story of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie. (imdb)
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Trance (1998)
Summary: As with Almereyda's previous films, this one deals with a gothic subject in a modern context. Lushly filmed it concerns an alcoholic womans return to her Irish roots, only to turn into a film about a woman whose soul is desired by a 1000 year old witch. (imdb)
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Antz (1998)
Summary: In an anthill with millions of inhabitants, Z 4195 is a worker ant. Feeling insignificant in a conformity system, he accidentally meets beautiful Princess Bala, who has a similar problem on the other end of the social scale. In order to meet her again, Z switches sides with his soldier friend Weaver - only to become a hero in the course of events... (imdb)
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Illuminata (1998)
Summary: It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents. (imdb)
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Prophecy II, The (1998)
Summary: Gabriel returns to Earth to prevent the birth of a child conceived by one of his kind (the Angel Daniel) and one of God's "monkeys" (a human woman - Valerie). The coming of this child has been prophecised by a monk, Thomas. When the Angel Daniel kills members of Gabriel's army of angels, Gabriel instead employs the assistance of a teenage girl (Izzy) who has just committed suicide... (imdb)
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New Rose Hotel (1998)
Summary: Maas and Hosaka are two large Corporations in the future world. They are fighting to get control over the best minds of the world. The best is Hiroshi and at the moment he is working for the Maas Corporation. Fox has accepted an offer to persuade Hiroshi to go over to the Hosaka Corporation. Sandii is a little Italian girl from Japan and she should be the way to get to Hiroshi. X is the man who should train Sandii to break Hiroshi's Heart. But if X falls in love with Sandii? And if the Hosaka Corporation breaks the agreement? And if Sandii is not a little Italian girl? (imdb)
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Suicide Kings (1997)
Summary: Ex-mob boss Christopher Walken is kidnapped by a group of four kids in a haphazard attempt at paying the ransom for another, separate kidnapping. Complexities arise as the group cannot seem to do anything right. (imdb)
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Mouse Hunt (1997)
Summary: Two down-on-their luck brothers inherit a dilapidated estate worth millions and soon discover that before they can cash in, they must rid the old mansion of its single, stubborn occupant -- a tiny and tenacious mouse. (DreamWorks)
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Excess Baggage (1997)
Summary: An offbeat adventure about a poor little rich girl and the car thief who steals her heart. (Sony)
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Last Man Standing (1996)
Summary: A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town. (imdb)
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Funeral, The (1996)
Summary: New York City, the 1930s. A powerful crime family is caught in a lethal crossfire between union organizers and brutal corporate bosses. Against this turbulent backdrop, the family's three street-hardened brothers and the women they love are about to be plunged into a deadly confrontation with their enemies, with each other, and with their own dark heritage of violence, madness and murder. (imdb)
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Wild Side (1995)
Summary: While Bruno (Christopher Walken) is an international money mover and influence peddler and Virginia (Joan Chen) is his very beautiful wife. His sexual appetite requires the services of banker and part-time hooker Alex (Anne Heche). Its love at first sight. But, who are the lovers? (imdb)
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Addiction, The (1995)
Summary: Kathleen Conklin, a doctoral student in philosophy, finds herself with a new perspective on the nature of evil and humanity after being bitten by a vampire in New York City. (imdb)
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Nick of Time (1995)
Summary: Gene Watson arrives home in Los Angeles, after attending his ex-wife's funeral, with his daughter. Soon, his daughter is kidnapped.
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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
Summary: When a powerful mob boss (Walken) gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint (Garcia) one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse. But when someone gets killed, Jimmy and his partners are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams (Anwar). (Miramax)
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Prophecy, The (1995)
Summary: Angels have no souls, but men do. And dark angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) -- angry because God has allowed humans into heaven -- descends to earth to capture the most evil human soul he can find, planning to use it to defeat his enemies in an apocalyptic battle. While a good-hearted angel (Eric Stoltz) hides the soul in the body of a little girl, a detective (Elias Koteas) on earth tracks Gabriel's every move.
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Business Affair, A (1994)
Summary: A love triangle between two writers and their publisher.
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Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Summary: The inseparable duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne must fend off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend. (imdb)
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True Romance (1993)
Summary: This rock'n'roll adventure story tells of two unlikely lovers who accidentally double-cross the Detroit mob by stealing valuable contraband. Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette flee to Los Angeles where they are sought by both gangsters and cops. (Warner Bros.)
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Batman Returns (1992)
Summary: When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda.
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McBain (1991)
Summary: Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the oppressive El Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to avenge Santos' death, calls up his old war buddies, raises the necessary funds by killing a few drug dealers and threatening the mafia, then leads an attack to topple the corrupt government.
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All-American Murder (1991)
Summary: All American Murder is the story of Artie. He is the new guy on Campus and he only has one thing on his mind, Tally Fuller. Tally is the most popular girl in school, until she is found dead and Artie becomes the prime suspect! Will he be able to clear his name and find the real killer, only time will tell. (imdb)
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Comfort of Strangers, The (1990)
Summary: An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them... (imdb)
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King of New York (1990)
Summary: A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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Communion (1989)
Summary: Whitley Strieber goes with his family and some friends to his holiday home in the forest. They experience some weird occurances... (imdb)
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Cannon Movie Tales: Puss in Boots (1988)
Summary: A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for the king, his own wit, and a pair of boots that make him appear human when he puts them on... (imdb)
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Biloxi Blues (1988)
Summary: A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon. (imdb)
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At Close Range (1986)
Summary: A boy and his friends seek to join a mid-atlantic gang led by the boy's estranged father, unaware that his father's ruthlessness takes no account of family ties. (imdb)
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View to a Kill, A (1985)
Summary: Bond is faced up against a mad industrialist who plans to destroy Silicon Valley. It is up to 007 to stop him and his ally May Day.
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Brainstorm (1983)
Summary: Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and playing back actual experiences of people... (imdb)
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Dead Zone, The (1983)
Summary: A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic detective ability. (imdb)
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Dogs of War, The (1981)
Summary: Mercenary Paul Shannon (Christopher Walken), on a reconaissance job to the African nation of Zangora... (imdb)
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Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Summary: It's the depression era and Chicago. Sheet music salesman Arthur Parker is trying to sell his products but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them (imdb)
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Heaven's Gate (1980)
Summary: Michael Cimino's bleak anti-western based on events in 1890s Wyoming. Sheriff James Averill attempts to protect immigrant farmers from wealthy cattle interests, and also clashes with a hired gun, Nathan Champion, over the woman they both love (imdb)
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Last Embrace (1979)
Summary: It begins with an ancient warning. It ends at the edge of Niagara Falls. In between there are 5 murders. Solve the mystery. Or die trying. Harry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ? (imdb)
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Deer Hunter, The (1978)
Summary: An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
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Sentinel, The (1977)
Summary: Not ready for marriage, a fashion model moves into an unbelievably nice Manhattan apartment, where scary occurrences turn into a much more frightening turn of events. (imdb)
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Annie Hall (1977)
Summary: Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. (imdb)
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Summary: An aspiring actor leaves his home in Brooklyn for adulthood in Manhattan in Paul Mazursky's loosely autobiographical comedy-drama. In 1953, would-be thesp Larry Lapinsky (Lenny Baker) flees his hysterically clinging mother (Shelley Winters) for a $25-a-month (!!) apartment in bohemian Greenwich Village... (All Movie Guide)
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Mind Snatchers, The (1972)
Summary: A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain. (imdb)
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Anderson Tapes, The (1971)
Summary: A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video tape, although he is not the subject of any surveillance. (imdb)
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