It's easy to assume this is just another dumb redneck comedy from Burt Reynolds's years of underachievement. But it's not bad as a dumb redneck comedy at all. Directed by career stuntman Hal Needham, Smokey and the Bandit is just a goofy chase starring a bunch of Reynolds's Hollywood cronies. New to the job as film boss, Needham brings a silly but energized sensibility to the production and ...
Manufacturer: Universal StudiosStarring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams (III)Directed By: Hal Needham
Starring: Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Isobel BlackDirected By: John Hough
Action-god Jackie Chan does his best James Bond impression with this ecstatic sequel to the classic Supercop. The bare-bones plot has Chan in pursuit of international terrorists, but the narrative quickly gives way to an unceasing barrage of insane stunt work (including a nitro-fueled ski chase and a grandiose fight scene set inside a functioning shark tank). As with most of the aging ...
Starring: Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu, Annie Wu, Bill Tung, Yuri PetrovDirected By: Stanley Tong
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams (III)Directed By: Hal Needham
Manufacturer: HallmarkStarring: Jackie Cooper, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Donald HainesDirected By: Robert F. McGowan, Gordon Douglas
This landmark award-winning documentary, which revolutionized the form and helped acquit an innocent man of murder, came about almost by accident. Errol Morris had already directed such offbeat documentaries as Gates of Heaven (concerning pet cemeteries; a favorite of Roger Ebert's) and Vernon, Florida, which touchingly portrays the small town's eccentric inhabitants. He'd intended ...
Starring: Randall Adams, David Harris (III), Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson, Marshall TouchtonDirected By: Errol Morris
Starring: Kate Jackson, Al Waxman, Jeffrey Nordling, Chip Zien, Barbara WilliamsDirected By: Sheldon Larry
