Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Pierrot le Fou movie storyline. Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo), married to a wealthy Italian wife, has recently been fired from the television station where he worked. His wife forces him to go to a party at the home of her influential father, who wants to introduce him to a potential employer. Her brother brings babysitter Marianne Renoir (Anna Karina) to take care of their children.
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Jacqueline Bisset plays a housewife who has some problems with her husband. The movie takes place in the course of one day. In the late afternoon while her husband is interviewed for a job, J is approached by a man who says that J resembles his dead wife. As she gets to know him, an affair develops. Her husband meanwhile has a relationship with the female interviewer. Finally, both the affairs only help to strengthen the marriage.
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The Beauty of French Cinema. Something that I always notice when looking at French movies is the terrible despair of the average French cititizen and how he feels terribily alone even in the biggest crowds.
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The Possession of Joel Delaney movie storyline. Norah Benson (Shirley MacLaine), an affluent socialite living in the upper east side of New York City, seems to be living the perfect life as a divorced mother of two. After her mother’s suicide, she becomes a mother figure in the close relationship she has with her younger brother Joel Delany (Perry King). However, Joel begins to a act very unusually.
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The War Between Men and Women movie storyline. Two quirky Manhattanites crash into each other at an ophthalmologist’s office. Peter is a grouchy cartoonist/author whose vision is failing; divorced mother Theresa is also reluctant to plunge into a relationship right now.
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The Poseidon Adventure movie storyline. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, the SS Poseidon is struck by a 90-foot tidal wave and is capsized. Reverend Frank Scott leads nine survivors; an elderly couple, Manny and Belle Rosen headed to Israel to see their grandson.
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Isaac is a twice divorced New York writer with a 17 year-old girlfriend, Tracy, who has quit his job and is now afraid his upcoming book won’t provide him with much of an income. It doesn’t help that one of his ex-wives is also writing a book about their time together. He meets the somewhat pretentious Mary – who is seeing his married friend Yale – and he immediately takes a disliking to her.
Manhattan (1979) Read More
Convoy movie storyline. While driving through the Arizona desert, Albuquerque based independent trucker Martin Penwald – who goes by the handle “Rubber Duck” – along with his fellow truckers “Pig Pen” and “Spider Mike”, are entrapped by unscrupulous Sheriff Lyle “Cottonmouth” Wallace using a key tool of the trucker’s trade, the citizens’ band (CB) radio.
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Big Wednesday movie storyline. 1962. Friends Matt Johnson, Jack Barlow and Leroy Smith are generally regarded the surfing kings of their Southern California beach, it a time of their life when the future holds so much promise despite they arguably thinking solely of the here and now.
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If Ever I See You Again movie storyline. Bob Morrison (Joe Brooks) is a successful composer of TV commercial jingles who has become rich from his work, allowing him to make a good life in New York City for himself and his two young children. However, Bob is frustrated with having to conform his music to the ideas of executives such as Lawrence who are often eccentric or rude.
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