Isaac Hayes
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English
Description
This documentary brings together an amazing array of musical icons. With living legends performing together on one stage, it's a dream revue of original artists and songs that have won American hearts ... Takes us back to the glory days of soul music, with the stars of Stax Records.
44) Shaft
Series
Criterion collection volume 1130
Language
English
Description
The nephew of the original John Shaft, who shares his name, is determined to track down the only witness who can identify a deadly racist killer. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger
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English
Description
Sweeney (Newley) is an artist who is desperate for money, fame, and the love of his ex-wife. In order to regain her affection, he crashes receptions, kidnaps the mayor, impersonates a trashman, and dodges bullets from his ex-mother-in-law. Meanwhile, Detective Kopeck (John Candy) slips and trips down the trail of traps engineered by this "desperate" criminal.
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English
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In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors.
50) Wattstax
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English
Description
The dynamic film of the 1972 Los Angeles event attended by over 100,000 concertgoers and first billed as the 'black Woodstock,' gets ya plenty. Its performances burn with vitality. Its forays into the neighborhood are a time capsule of pride and pain. And the Richard Pryor comedy riffs that provide the film₂s running commentary are a treasure all by themselves.
52) Oblivion
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English
Description
"A space-age battle is waged for the futuristic frontier town of Oblivion in this confrontation of cowboys and aliens. When his sheriff father is killed by the evil Redeye, Zack becomes the reluctant hero charged with saving the town from the scaly leader and his marauding hordes. Zack must also battle 20-foot scorps and Redeye's beautiful whip-wielding assistant in order to protect the honor of his father and the future of the town"--Container.
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English
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Two brothers. Two mischievous twin tiger cubs are born in the jungle but are soon separated and taken into captivity. One is sold off to the circus and the other becomes the pampered pet of the governor's son. They are reunited years later by an explorer who trains them to be sport fighters and inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Flipper. What starts out to be a bummer of a summer for a rebellious teenage boy turns into one of the most...
57) Truck Turner
Series
Language
English
Description
The great Isaac Hayes (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka) stars in this powerful, pull-out-the-stops crime thriller from director Jonathan Kaplan (White Line Fever). It's a gritty, action-packed tale of the streets, pulsating with ultra-smooth soul, high-octane energy and nonstop suspense. Truck Turner (Hayes) is a football star-turned-bounty hunter who's tracking a sadistic pimp on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Armed with his brute strength and ace cool...
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English
Description
Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter and his partner, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, are homicide investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department. Often they must go undercover to catch a variety of L.A.-style villains. In this explosive second season, Hunter and McCall take on deadly heists, killer porn stars, gangland murders, international terrorists, punk rockers and more.