Michael Allan


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Lost Horizon (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Restoration, Opening Credits Opening credits for Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, 1937, include details of the restoration, a prologue from the James Hilton novel, and the brief introduction of Ronald Colman as hero Conway, amid a fictional Chinese revolution.
Romancing The Stone (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Even In Colombia Having taken the wrong bus, which has now crashed, in her attempt to ransom her kidnapped sister, bumbling romance novelist Joan (Kathleen Turner) is approached by the mysterious Zolo (Manuel Ojeda), then rescued by Michael Douglas, in his first appearance, in Romancing The Stone, 1984.
Romancing The Stone (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Some Kind Of Treasure Map First scene for Danny De Vito (as Ralph) and Zack Norman (as Ira), involved in the kidnapping of Elaine (Mary Ellen Trainor) in Colombia, who’s mailed the treasure map they’re after to her absent-minded romance novelist sister Joan (Kathleen Turner) in New York, in Romancing The Stone, 1984.
Romancing The Stone (1984) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Mondo Dizmo Adventurer Jack (Michael Douglas, also the producer) and romance novelist Joan (Kathleen Turner) are warming to each other, and burning pot for heat in the wreck of a drug-smuggling plane in the Colombian jungle, considering how to ransom her kidnapped sister, in Romancing The Stone, 1984.
Romancing The Stone (1984) -- (Movie Clip) That Woman Makes Me Hungry Running out of options as they enter a Colombian town run by drug gangs, adventurer Jack (Michael Douglas) and romance novelist Joan (Kathleen Turner) get lucky, discovering that Juan (Alfonso Arau) is a big fan, evil Zolo (Manuel Ojeda) still on their trail, in Romancing The Stone, 1984.
Romancing The Stone (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To Colombia! Both their plans upset by the same bus wreck, American bird-smuggler Jack (Michael Douglas, who also produced) has agreed for $375 in Traveler’s Checks to help sidetracked romance novelist Joan (Kathleen Turner) find a phone, early in Robert Zemeckis’ Romancing The Stone, 1984.
Back To The Future (1985) -- (Movie Clip) A Case Of Missing Plutonium The sometimes overlooked opening, filled with broad exposition, from the original screenplay by Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis, as presented by executive producer Steven Spielberg, star Michael J. Fox appearing just at the ending, in the hit time-travel comedy Back To The Future, 1985.
Back To The Future (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Blind, McFly? Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), after a day coping with the frustrations and joys of high school life in “Hill Valley,” California, comes home to find his dad George (Crispin Glover) being abused by his boss Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), wrecking his own plans, in Back To The Future, 1985, from director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Back To The Future (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Pleased To Meet You, Calvin Mostly accidentally transported to his home town 30-years earlier, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), aiming to encourage his wimpy father George (Crispin Glover), finds him peeping on his future mom, Lorraine (Lea Thompson), seen earlier in a fat-suit, causing an awkward encounter, in Back To The Future, 1985.
Back To The Future (1985) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Delorean Meeting his pal the freelance mad scientist “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd) at the mall after midnight, high-schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is surprised to see he’s really on to something, the first big special effects sequence from director Robert Zemeckis, in Back To The Future, 1985.
Dead of Night (1945) -- (Movie Clip) The Christmas Party Sally (Sally Ann Howes) slips away from precocious Jimmy (Michael Allan) then discovers a frightened youth in The Christmas Party segment, directed by (Alberto) Cavalcanti, story by Angus MacPhail, from Dead of Night, 1945.
1941 (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Northern California Coast Opening his famously expensive and box-office un-friendly follow up to Jaws and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, director Steven Spielberg decides to have fun with a reference to the former, using the same swimmer (Denise Cheshire), in 1941, 1979, starring John Belushi.

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