Sarny, a 12-year-old slave girl in the ante-bellum South, faces a relatively hopeless life. Read More »
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The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) Larry Peerce, Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery
Based on the true story of Jill Kinmont. In 1955, eighteen-year-old Jill is a truly talented, gifted skier and a shoo-in for the 1956 Winter Olympics. Read More »
For Love of Ivy (1968) Daniel Mann, Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges
A white family has had the same black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon Read More »
The Incident (1967) Larry Peerce, Victor Arnold, Robert Bannard, Beau Bridges, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stark melodrama about two thrill seeking tough guys who terrorize late-night passengers on a New York City train. Read More »
The Four Feathers (1978) Don Sharp, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
In 1882, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the insurgent Arab tribes, British Lieutenant Faversham resigns his officer’s commission in order to remain with his fiancée Ethne in England. Read More »
The Second Civil War (1997) Joe Dante, Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, Comedy, Drama
An interesting story about a future United States where immigration has gone too far. Read More »
Seven Hours to Judgment (1988) Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Julianne Phillips, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A street gang raids David Reardon’s wife and leaves her half-dead. When the gang is brought to court, she still lies down in coma, so judge Eden has to let them go on lack of evidence. Read More »
Child’s Play (1972) Sidney Lumet, James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Paul Reis returns to the exclusive Catholic prep school he graduated from nine years earlier as a gym teacher. Read More »
Voyage of the Unicorn (2001) Philip Spink, Beau Bridges, Chantal Conlin, Heather McEwen, Fantasy, Adventure
A professor, grieving for his dead wife, and his two daughters unwillingly journey to a parallel universe of fairy court, marauding trolls, and a prophecy that they will save this nether world. They board the Unicorn, a magic ship manned by elves. In the search for a dragon who will help them fulfill the prophecy, they encounter the Minotaur, Medusa, the Sphinx, an ogre, and a unicorn whose tears they need to reverse one of Medusa’s misguided stares. The trolls also seek the dragon. Capture and slavery awaits failure, while faith precedes the miracle. The spirit of their mother is close to the girls, who must find courage and imagination, while Dad must keep his wits.
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Norma Rae (1979) Martin Ritt, Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
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