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Sidney Poitier Movies
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Bruce Willis,
Richard Gere,
Sidney Poitier,
Diane Venora,
Mathilda May,
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I entered the theater with fond memories of Fred Zinnemann's 1973 "Day of
the Jackal", expecting a chance to scoff at a butchered remake of a fine,
suspenseful and tensely-paced film. After the first half-hour or so, it
suddenly occurred to me that what I was seeing was not a remake at all, but
a parody. Then I began to enjoy myself.Watching to see what modern filmmaking sensibilit...
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Genres:
Documentary
Biography
Starring:
Alec Baldwin,
James Cagney,
Mike Connors,
Nancy Davis,
Clint Eastwood,
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Narrated by Alec Baldwin, this documentary from 1995 describes the life
of Hollywood director William Wellman. Included are anecdotes by all
his stars (check out that the cast list... he sure worked with them
all!) As Wellman had died in 1975, the stories of his childhood, war
record, and Hollywood days are told by his family, friends, and the
stars of his films. Quite well don...
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Drama
Starring:
Jo Marr,
Gary Hershberger,
Robert Redford,
Sidney Poitier,
David Strathairn,
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I was saddened that this movie had such a low rating. I've watched it
many,
many times over the years, and it continues to entertain. It is, perhaps,
the last good "hacker" film (well, 23 (1998) also comes to mind, but that
isn't widely available in English).The math is believable (Janek's lecture makes sense), as is the technology
(except for the Hollywood-ish decryption dis...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Sidney Poitier,
Tom Berenger,
Kirstie Alley,
Clancy Brown,
Richard Masur,
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Shoot To Kill (GB title: Deadly Pursuit) is a lively, fairly
intelligent action film which benefits from good character development.
Many post-1980 action films suffer because they are empty spectacles,
full of boring stock characters and visually impressive/emotionally
redundant stunts. However, this one is different. There are eight main
characters (all of them well-realized)...
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Genres:
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Sidney Poitier,
River Phoenix,
Richard Jenkins,
Caroline Kava,
Richard Bradford,
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This was a fairly involving story, although it's better in the first
half. After that, the kid gets annoying but then the film picks back up
in the last 15 minutes. The story is about this teen boy "Jeff Grant"
(River Phoenix) who discovers his parents are "sleepr" KGB agents,
spies are out of the business. They have come to the United States to
start over with their kid.Me...
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Genres:
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Spencer Tracy,
Sidney Poitier,
Katharine Hepburn,
Katharine Houghton,
Cecil Kellaway,
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It's so easy to criticize this film. The soundtrack from DeVol is *awful*.
The film is incredibly dated and there are some scenes, (the scene with the
delivery boy and the ice cream shop), that are unbearable, like something
out of a Gidget film.Of course the other problem with this film, 33 years after its production,
is who in the year 2000, would be upset about their daughter m...
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Genres:
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Spencer Tracy,
Sidney Poitier,
Katharine Hepburn,
Katharine Houghton,
Cecil Kellaway,
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It's so easy to criticize this film. The soundtrack from DeVol is *awful*.
The film is incredibly dated and there are some scenes, (the scene with the
delivery boy and the ice cream shop), that are unbearable, like something
out of a Gidget film.Of course the other problem with this film, 33 years after its production,
is who in the year 2000, would be upset about their daughter m...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Sidney Poitier,
Christian Roberts,
Judy Geeson,
Suzy Kendall,
Ann Bell,
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Genres:
Drama
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Sidney Poitier,
Rod Steiger,
Warren Oates,
Lee Grant,
Larry Gates,
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There are many bad "issues" movies out there, but this is not one of them.
In a bad movie, all of the racist characters would be one dimensional and
one hundred percent evil; here, Steiger is allowed to play a prejudiced man
who is actually sympathetic and capable of growth (hence the Oscar). In a
great twist, Virgil Tibbs himself is shown to be capable of prejudice, as he
pu...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Tony Curtis,
Sidney Poitier,
Theodore Bikel,
Charles McGraw,
Lon Chaney Jr.,
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Sidney Poitier continues to break race barriers with this formula
jail-break drama. Teamed with Tony Curtis, the escaped prisoners
encounter many situations, where their difference in color seems to
matter more than the fact that both are fugitives from the law.
Throughout the film, the viewer empathizes with the escapees, figuring
that they always got a bum deal in life. A sce...
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Genres:
Drama
War
Starring:
Jeff Chandler,
Alex Nicol,
Charles Drake,
Judith Braun,
Sidney Poitier,
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It's a sad commentary that before the Armed Services were integrated
post World War II by President Truman, the Red Ball Express was one of
the few that black American soldiers could fully participate in and
that one was relatively behind the lines.Jeff Chandler plays the steely eyed commander of this bunch of formerly
civilian truck drivers now chosen as a unit to supply Patto...
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