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Vision Quest (1985) Harold Becker, Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling
Vision Quest is a coming of age movie in which high school wrestler Louden Swain decides he wants to be something more than Read More »
The Ragman’s Daughter (1972) Harold Becker, Simon Rouse, Victoria Tennant, Patrick O’Connell
A cheese warehouse worker with wife and two kids hates his dull life. Read More »
Taps (1981) Harold Becker, George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Drama
The Boost (1988) Harold Becker, James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Drama, Romance
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. Read More »
Sea of Love (1989) Harold Becker, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Troubled New York City detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) investigates a serial killer who finds victims using personal ads in a magazine and leaves the song “Sea of Love” playing at his crime scenes. With the help of his partner, Sherman Touhey (John Goodman), Frank concocts a plan to find the killer using his own personal ads. But when Frank falls for one of his chief suspects, Helen Cruger (Ellen Barkin), he struggles to reconcile his personal life and his professional duty.
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