Robert Englund: Uncredited, as an aggressive bar patron who approaches John while is watching Esther perform for the first time, and spoils her act with a bar fight. Englund later became famous as Willie beginning in V (1983) and its follow-ups and Freddy Krueger beginning in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
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RE: A Star Is Born - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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RE: Movies like Bride of Chucky (movies similar to Bride of Chucky)
The Final Girls 2015
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother a famous scream queen from the 1980s finds herself pulled into the world of her moms most famous movie. Reunited the women must fight off the films maniacal killer.
The Final Girls features slasher, parody, horror comedy, humorous and scary style.
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RE: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
One of the characters is referred to as "Control". Also known by the letter C, Control is the head of British foreign intelligence, MI6. The "C" originated with the first person in charge, Captain Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming R.N. (Royal Navy), who would sign documents with his initial and in green ink. The character "M" in the James Bond movies is a play on this, originally based on the name "Mansfield". As a matter of tradition, the succeeding directors of MI6 have continued to sign documents with the letter C (for Control), and in green ink.
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RE: Movies like Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (movies similar to Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom)
[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife
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RE: Movies like Anastasia (movies similar to Anastasia)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988
Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime ...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit features neo noir, slapstick comedy, surreal, detective and feel good style.
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RE: Movies like Captain Phillips (movies similar to Captain Phillips)
White House Down 2013
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news he takes her on a tour of the White House when the complex is ...
White House Down features exciting, suspense, action packed, action thriller and intense style.
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RE: Movies like A ghost story (movies similar to A ghost story)
On Body and Soul 2017
Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled incredulous a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in ...
On Body and Soul features captivating, sentimental, disturbing, sincere and art house style.
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RE: Movies like The Hurricane (movies similar to The Hurricane)
A Cry in the Dark 1988
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter Azaria from the family tent. Azarias body is never found. After investigations ...
A Cry in the Dark features realistic, disturbing, tense, emotional and suspense style.
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RE: Movies like White Oleander (movies similar to White Oleander)
12 and Holding 2005
Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
12 and Holding features touching, realistic, emotional, heartbreaking and sad style.
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RE: Movies like Ghost in the shell (movies similar to Ghost in the shell)
The Blob 1988
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk who refuse to take them seriously while government ...
The Blob features suspense, suspenseful, slasher, serious and rough style.
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RE: Movies like Mission: impossible - ghost protocol (movies similar to Mission: impossible - ghost protocol)
Sleeper Cell 2005
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Sleeper Cell features tense, rough, suspenseful, captivating and erotic style.
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RE: Movies like Ivanhoe (movies similar to Ivanhoe)
Helen of Troy 2003
When Paris of Troy abducts the beautiful Helen wife of Spartan King Menelaus the trojan war begins.
Helen of Troy features exciting, semi serious, captivating, tense and romantic style.
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RE: Movies like Action jackson (movies similar to Action jackson)
Above the Law 1988
Seagal is Nico Toscani an Italian immigrant American patriot ex-CIA agent aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Above the Law features suspense, exciting, realistic, serious and rough style.
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RE: The Wild Bunch - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Sam Peckinpah, notorious for being a demanding director, fired 22 cast members during the course of the shoot. According to producer Phil Feldman, "Sam had no compassion for a guy with a job who had a family at home who makes a mistake; that wasn't his concern--Sam had no tolerance for that . . . He had no understanding of a mistake that the guy made that is correctable, after all. He was volatile, and if a guy committed a mistake on the set or elsewhere, he was ready to jump on him. And that's too bad".
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RE: Movies like Body Heat (movies similar to Body Heat)
Training Day 2001
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isnt what he appears.
Training Day features neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh and suspense style.
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RE: Trading Places - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Clarence Beeks shares his name with a jazz musician, who recorded under the name "King Pleasure".
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RE: Movies like Dangerous Passion (movies similar to Dangerous Passion)
Hit! 1973
A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track ...
Hit! features action thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough style.
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Movies like Dangerous Passion (movies similar to Dangerous Passion)
Dangerous Passion is a great movie. And, if you enjoyed the movie, you are sure gonna love these. Lets make a list of movies that are similar or suited for same audience.
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RE: Movies like Cloverfield (movies similar to Cloverfield)
Monsters 2010
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was ...
Monsters features suspense, road movie, stylized, meditative and apocalyptic style.