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The Rain Makers (2005)

Actors: Ray Wise (actor), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Louis Herthum (producer), Jake Busey (producer), Ray Ellingsen (writer), Ray Ellingsen (director), Ray Ellingsen (producer), Ray Ellingsen (actor), Jake Busey (actor), Richard Hatch (actor), Louis Herthum (actor), Ezra Buzzington (actor), Greg Collins (actor), Jean-Luc Martin (producer), Jean-Luc Martin (actor),

Plot: In the tradition of such films as "Billy Jack", "The Seven Samurai", and "Electra Glide in Blue", "The Rain Makers" is the story about a rag tag group of unique individuals who reluctantly come together to protect the weak from the unscrupulous criminals trying to oppress them. Set in and around a small Arizona town in the year 1973, this tale revolves around a commune called the Freedom Preserve. It's occupants, mostly hippies, peaceniks, and artists, have all turned their back on a society and government in turmoil over the war in Vietnam. They have created their own Utopia and try to maintain a peaceful existence with the local residents. Their efforts, however, are unsuccessful. The townspeople despise them and the local law harasses them every chance they get. When a real estate developer attempts to steal their land from them, they find themselves without allies. The members of the Freedom Preserve refuse to give up their commune and property, and suddenly find themselves being attacked and terrorized by a vicious biker gang. The sheriffs won't help and we discover that the department's lead deputy is in on it. Billy, a local Native American, and ex- Special Forces soldier, watches this injustice from afar, never interfering in anyone's affairs. Karen, the local veterinarian, sympathizes with the people from the Freedom Preserve but is obsessed with her own hidden agenda. Cole, also an ex- Green Beret who served with Billy, has just returned from Vietnam. Cole takes a job as a Sheriff's deputy and finds himself caught in the middle. Art is a local store owner who helps the Freedom Preserve get their crafts to the marketplace. He is one of the only local townspeople who openly supports the commune. Jerry, a long haul trucker, is Art's best friend. He stays with the Freedom Preserve community in between hauls and gets along with the local law about as well as the hippies do. Paulo is a member of the Freedom Preserve who is unable to turn the other cheek like his fellow comrades. Ben is an attorney. Being black, he has had first hand experience with prejudice. He offers his services to the Freedom Preserve in hopes of finding some peaceful resolution. It is Ben's investigations that eventually uncover the plot to destroy the Freedom Preserve so that the corrupt Sheriff's deputy and his cohorts can build an airstrip to fly in drugs from Mexico. He also discovers that the bikers are being used to distribute the drugs across the state. The Seven all find themselves drawn into the growing conflict between the Freedom Preserve and the bikers and local Sheriffs. They reluctantly decide to stand together to protect the commune members. While the Freedom Preserve community is grateful for their saviors, they are also reluctant to condone the Seven's violent actions against the bikers. They force the Seven to promise that they will not kill anyone in the process. In the incredibly violent war that follows, the Seven must defend themselves and the Freedom Preserve against both the bikers and the Sheriffs, without resorting to the same lethal tactics that are being used on them. It is a war that only one side will survive.

Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: Rein your vengeance, lest you become an instrument of your own destruction.

Flashpoint (2002)

Actors: Saffron Burrows (actress), Adam Goldberg (actor), Billy Burke (actor), Kathryn C. Galberth (miscellaneous crew), Skye McCole Bartusiak (actress), R.W. Goodwin (producer), Kim Percival (miscellaneous crew), Lou Richards (actor), Jane Ruhm (costume designer), Amanda Roberts (miscellaneous crew), Chris Brancato (writer), Chris Brancato (producer), D.B. Woodside (actor), Alan L. Shefland (editor), Félix Enríquez Alcalá (director),

Genres: Drama,

The Suicide Club (2000)

Actors: David Morrissey (actor), Robert Louis Stevenson (writer), Roger Corman (producer), Adrian Johnston (composer), Paul Bettany (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Julie Daly-Wallman (miscellaneous crew), Lev L. Spiro (writer), Neil Stuke (actor), Triona Campbell (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Dawson (miscellaneous crew), Goly Jamshidi (miscellaneous crew), Catherine Siggins (actress), Frank Melia (actor), Eamonn Draper (actor),

Plot: London 1899 - Devastated by the loss of his beloved wife, Captain Henry Joyce joins the highly secretive Suicide Club, a place where one can be ushered into eternity quietly, and without scandal. This highly secret society caters to an elite, decadent group of aristocrats. It is run by Mr. Bourne, who provides his clientèle with whatever last vices they desire. Membership in the Suicide Club is an irrevocable contract with only one exit clause - death. However, Captain Joyce begins to regret his decision after he meets Sarah Wolverton, the Club's only female member.

Keywords: independent-film, suicide
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: He didn't have a reason to live... until he met her Pray you don't draw it.

Complex of Fear (1993)

Actors: Hart Bochner (actor), Tom Nowicki (actor), Brett Cullen (actor), Joe Don Baker (actor), Robert C. Treveiler (actor), Matt Dorff (writer), Rus Blackwell (actor), Brian Grant (director), Chelsea Field (actress), John Cosgrove (producer), Albert B. Cooper IV (miscellaneous crew), Terry Beaver (actor), Lisa Darr (actress), Geoff McKnight (actor), Jordan Williams (actor),

Plot: Condominium residents are terrified when they learn that two of their neighbors have been brutally raped and that the culprit may be living in their midst. A police manhunt ensues. One officer, who actually lives in the complex, is particularly troubled, for not only do the incidents cause his wife to admit that she was a victim of date rape, he is also the one who had a chance to kill the rapist and didn't.

Keywords: answering-machine, apartment, apartment-complex, bound-and-gagged, condominium, masked-criminal, neighbor, rape, rapist, serial-rapist
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,

International Airport (1985)

Actors: Vera Miles (actress), Connie Sellecca (actress), Robert Reed (actor), Kurtwood Smith (actor), Susan Blakely (actress), Steven Williams (actor), Jason Wingreen (actor), George Grizzard (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Gil Gerard (actor), Christopher Kriesa (actor), Bill Bixby (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), Mark Johnson (producer), Douglas S. Cramer (producer),

Genres: Drama,

North Sea Hijack (1979)

Actors: Michael Parks (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Angela Allen (miscellaneous crew), James Mason (actor), Jack Davies (writer), Andrew V. McLaglen (director), Jack Davies (writer), Anthony Perkins (actor), George Baker (actor), Elliott Kastner (producer), David Hedison (actor), Faith Brook (actress), Jack Watson (actor), Jeremy Clyde (actor), Tim Bentinck (actor),

Plot: A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy mysogynistic eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other options available, the British Government reluctantly accepts his help.

Keywords: ailurophilia, androgyny, anti-feminism, based-on-novel, cat-lover, closeted-homosexual, commando, effeminacy, extortion, hijack
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller,
Taglines: When the next 12 hours could cost you 1,000 million pounds and 600 lives you need a man who lives second by second. [UK Theatrical] Terrorists of the High Seas . . . With a push of a button they threaten to blow up the biggest oil rig in the world. Only one man can stop them. [USA DVD] Roger Moore is "ffolkes" the man who loved cats, ignored women and is about to save the world.

Quotes:

Harris: How are we doing, sir?::ffolkes: Like plowmen at a bloody knitting convention.::Harris: We're improving, then.

Admiral Brindsen: I suppose you're one of those fellows who does the Times crossword puzzle in ten minutes.::ffolkes: I have *never* taken ten minutes.

Lou Kramer: I don't like you, Flag,::ffolkes: How fortunate.::Lou Kramer: My instinct tells me you're bad news. Did you search him, Webb?::Art Webb: I could tell you the size of his underwear.

Lou Kramer: You'd better take that pussycat grin off your face or this guy's liable to carve it off.

Lord Privy Seal Dennis Tipping: You really don't like women much, do you?::ffolkes: I do not. You see, I, together with my five elder sisters, was raised by a maiden aunt. Both my parents died tragically in childbirth. Until the age of ten, I was forced to wear my sister's hand-me-downs. Then when I married, I discovered to my horror that my wife also had five sisters, all unmarried, and all expecting my support. I find cats a far superior breed. Just on the off chance, I have made a will. I've left everything to my cats. I want it testified that I am sound of body and mind. Well go on!

ffolkes: A wet suit in vermilion. Just what one needs at night.

ffolkes: Jennifer? ffolkes here. You can tell the Lord Privy Seal the operation had been completed. As planned, naturally.

[dying words]::Lou Kramer: I still... don't like your face.

Admiral Brindsen: Cigarette, Kramer?

ffolkes: [to one of his frogmen] Do that again, Harris, and I'll have your balls for breakfast!

The Godchild (1974)

Actors: Frank Morriss (editor), Keith Carradine (actor), Jack Palance (actor), John Quade (actor), Jesse Vint (actor), Jack Warden (actor), Fionnula Flanagan (actress), Peter B. Kyne (writer), David Shire (composer), John Badham (director), Ed Lauter (actor), Bill McKinney (actor), Richard Collins (producer), Ed Bakey (actor), José Pérez (actor),

Plot: Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them knows anything whatsoever about children or babies.

Keywords: abc-movie-of-the-week, baby, bank-robbery, death-in-childbirth, desert, deserter, godfather, man-hunt, native-american, posse
Genres: Western,

D-Day on Mars (1966)

Actors: Roy Barcroft (actor), Fred Howard (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), George Chesebro (actor), James Craven (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), John Davidson (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor), John Daheim (actor), Cliff Lyons (actor),

Plot: An invader from Mars, known as The Purple Monster, plots a secret take -over of the Earth in this feature-length version of the serial 'Purple Monster Strikes (1945)'.

Genres: Sci-Fi,

We Shall See (1964)

Actors: Edgar Wallace (writer), Jack Greenwood (producer), Marianne Stone (actress), Maurice Kaufmann (actor), Faith Brook (actress), Derek Holding (editor), Bernard Ebbinghouse (composer), Alec Mango (actor), John Kidd (actor), William Abney (actor), Hugh Paddick (actor), Bridget Armstrong (actress), Stephen Jack (actor), David Dodimead (actor), Donald Morley (actor),

Genres: Drama,

The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)

Actors: Roy Barcroft (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), George Chesebro (actor), James Craven (actor), John Daheim (actor), John Davidson (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Fred Graham (actor),

Plot: A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton, designer of Earth's first spaceship. The survivor, forerunner of an invasion, can assume the form of any earthman. Calling himself the "purple monster," the humanoid invader sets about gaining control of Layton's rocket project. Opposing him is Craig Foster, former Secret Service man, who episode by episode tries to thwart the monster's attempts to acquire rocket components. Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?

Keywords: 1940s, acid-fumes, alien, alien-civilization, ambulance, annihilation, archive-footage, assumed-identity, astronomer, bound-and-gagged
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: AMERICAN SCIENTIST BATTLES MAN FROM MARS IN STRANGEST STORY EVER TOLD! Warrior from another planet annihilates space...eliminates distance...carries diabolical devices! BREAT-TAKING GLIMPSE INTO A WAR OF THE FUTURE! See how America meets menace from Mars! SEE strange metallic warriors! SEE wonderful distance eliminators! SEE stratosphere rockets! See the ATOMIC Ray Machine Destroy All Before It! INVASION OF AMERICA FROM 50,000,000 MILES AWAY! Daring! Thrilling! Weird! Wonderful! ( original print ad) MOST BREATH-TAKING ADVENTURE EVER FILMED! (original print ad-all caps)) Strange, sinister men rocket to earth from planet Mars! (original print ad) AMERICA MEETS UNKNOWN IN WAR OF WORLDS! Secret agent from Mars in first war move! (original print ad) SEE IT FOR NEW THRILLS! It's out of this world for pulse-pounding adventure! (original poster)

Quotes:

Dr. Cyrus Layton: This is really the greatest day of my life.::Purple Monster: Unfortunately for you, Doctor, it is also the last day of your life.

Dr. Cyrus Layton: Why, who are you?::Purple Monster: My name would mean nothing to you. I've come from the planet which people on Earth call Mars.::Dr. Cyrus Layton: From Mars? But you speak our language.::Purple Monster: I speak all languages. Many years ago, my people invented and perfected a remarkable instrument known as the distance eliminator. With the aid of this device, I've been able to see and hear everything that happens on Earth.

Purple Monster: You are Dr. Cyrus Layton. We've watched the progress of your work and have come to you for help. My own projectile, you see, has no provision for a return journey. I am anxious to see the plans for your jet plane.

Dr. Cyrus Layton: I'm highly flattered, sir. I was afraid that my humble efforts might seem childish to a scientist from Mars.::Purple Monster: On the contrary, this is just what I need. Your launching rocket is far superior to ours, and the anti-gravity device, which assures a safe landing, is superb. Are there other copies of the plans?::Dr. Cyrus Layton: No, this is the only copy. My project is backed by the Scientific Research Foundation. We've tried to keep it more or less a secret until we're ready to let the public know.::Purple Monster: That is a very wise precaution.

Purple Monster: I am not mad. The invasion has only been delayed because of our inability to build ships that could safely land and return to Mars. Your plans have supplied that need.::Dr. Cyrus Layton: Then you landed in the wrong country, my friend. Do you think the American people will sit by and do nothing while you build a jet plane for the purpose of bringing in an army of conquest?::Purple Monster: Yes - because they won't know I'm building it. I intend to build it in the personality of Dr. Cyrus Layton. You see, I have the ability to kill you, enter your body and use it for my own purposes.