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Bustin' Loose
Richard Pryor stars in this wild, wacky and warmhearted road movie with a difference, which later inspired a TV series. When budget cuts close a children's home in Philadelphia, Vivian Perry (Emmy® Award winner Cicely Tyson) decides to help eight special-education students by taking them to her aunt's farm outside Seattle. In desperate need of a driver/mechanic for the bus, she teams up with Joe Braxton (Pryor), an equally desperate ex-con who hates women and children. Fueled by Roberta Flack's...
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
This highly acclaimed drama, based on the epic novel by Ernest J. Gaines, eloquently covers the story of the American Experience – from the Civil War to the civil rights movement – all told from the memories of a fictional 110-year-old former slave (Cicely Tyson). Ms. Tyson's tour-de-force performance earned her two Emmys, best actress and actress of the year (1974). All total this incredible film earned nine Emmys, including best picture and was named by numerous movie critics as one of the...
Idlewild
Grammy®-winning OutKast members Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000) and Antwan A. Patton (Big Boi) star in this dazzling story in the key of cool. At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, piano player Percival (Benjamin) lives life by the rules, while Rooster (Patton), the club's flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But everything changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to destroy them and the place that ties them together. Critics are calling Idlewild "a fresh, hip and imaginative...
Fried Green Tomatoes
Academy Award-winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in this inspiring drama adopted from Fannie Flagg's best-selling novel. When an unhappy housewife (Bates) befriends a lady in a nursing home (Tandy) she hears a remarkable tale of laughter, devotion and a special friendship that defies all obstacles in this heart-warming film from acclaimed director Jon Avnet.
The Concorde: Airport '79
Matchless intrigue soars out of the sky at supersonic speed in this incredible tale of airborne suspense derived from Arthur Hailey's all-time best seller. Susan Blakely headlines the star-studded, tension-packed international drama as a jet-setting TV reporter who puts everyone on board a Moscow-bound Concorde in jeopardy when she becomes the target of her former lover, traitorous arms smuggler Robert Wagner. The lives of Alain Delon, Sylvia Kristel, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, John...
The Richard Pryor 4-Movie Collection
The laughs are non-stop in The Richard Pryor 4-Movie Collection , featuring Car Wash , Which Way Is Up? , Brewster's Millions , and Bustin' Loose . Widely considered one of the greatest comedians of all time, Richard Pryor stars in one side-splitting romp after another in these timeless classics that will have you rolling from beginning to end. Car Wash It's a typical day at a Los Angeles car wash featuring an assembly line of the weirdest, baddest, shadiest characters you've ever met... and...
Coal Miner's Daughter / Smokey and the Bandit / The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas / Fried Green Tomatoes Four Feature Films
Coal Miner’s Daughter: Starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, this tale of a rousing love affair and a woman's triumph in making her name in the world is the amazing true story country singer Loretta Lynn. Smokey and the Bandit: Tear up the highway with the Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a fun-loving trucker who takes on a runaway bride (Sally Field) and his craziest haul yet all with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) hot on his trail. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Join stars Burt...
Airport Terminal Pack
Prepare to take off on a non-stop, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride with four suspense-filled adventures in the Airport Terminal Pack . The quest begins with the original Airport , nominated for 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, which launched the popular 1970s disaster film genre and became a box office smash. In Airport 1975 , a mid-air collision leaves a 747 without a pilot and little hope for survival. The tension continues in Airport ‘77 when a 747 is trapped underwater in the...
Airport: The Complete Collection
Prepare to take off on a nonstop, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride with four suspense-filled adventures in Airport: The Complete Collection . The quest begins with the original Airport , nominated for 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, which launched the popular 1970s disaster film genre and became a box office smash. In Airport 1975 , a mid-air collision leaves a 747 without a pilot and little hope for survival. The tension continues in Airport ‘77 when a 747 is trapped underwater in the...