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Bloodbrothers (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Take A Run At Old Three Finger Profane scene introducing Richard Gere as “Stony” De Coco of The Bronx, fuming mad as he watches Cheri (Kristine DeBell) dance at a disco, with Marilu Henner the waitress, Ron McLarty the bouncer, and Kim Milford his buddy Butler, early in Bloodbrothers, 1978, starring Tony LoBianco and Paul Sorvino as his father and uncle.
Bloodbrothers (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Just Do What I Tell You After numerous colorful events in the opening scenes the night before, a fleshy and tense domestic events with Tony LoBianco as Bronx construction worker Tommy, Richard Gere his elder son, Leila Goldoni his wife, and Michael Hershewe his lilttle brother, in Bloodbrothers, 1978, from the Richard Price novel.
Bloodbrothers (1978) -- (Movie Clip) You Know What's Really Sick? At a Bronx hospital, the doctor (Floyd Levine) has correctly deduced that young Albert (Michael Hershewe) is anorexic because he's been abused by his troubled mother (Lelia Goldoni), refusing therapy and griping at her suspicious older son Stony (Richard Gere), in Bloodbrothers, 1978, directed by Robert Mulligan.
Bloodbrothers (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Cats Are Ancient Souls After a long credit sequence, the sun setting with an aerial trip over The Bronx, director Robert Mulligan lands in the bar run by Banion (Kenneth McMillan) where we meet Tony LoBianco as Tommy, waiting on Paul Sorvino as brother “Chubby,” and Gloria LeRoy as floozy Sylvia, in Bloodbrothers, 1978, with lots of swearing, from the Richard Price novel.
Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Bunch Of Neanderthal Retardos After director Philip Kaufman’s credit, The Bronx 1963, Joey (John Friedrich) hopes to stop fellow Wanderer Turkey (Alan Rosenberg) from joining the Fordham Baldies (a real street gang of the day), and we meet PeeWee (Linda Manz), Terror (Erland van Lidth), Toni Kalem as Despie beneath Ken Wahl as Richie, and Jim Youngs as Buddy, in The Wanderers, 1979.
Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Just The Dirty Parts Molesting women for sport in The Bronx, 1963, Ken Wahl as Richie, semi-leader of the title-gang, takes a run in their crudely named game at Karen Allen, in her first scene, as Nina, supported by John Friedrich as Joey, with Tony Ganios as big Perry and Jim Youngs as Buddy, in director Philip Kaufman’s The Wanderers, 1979.
Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Seen This In My Favorite Movie In a Bronx bowling alley, 1963, Richard Price, author of the underlying book, is the hustler in the necktie, John Califano his accomplice, Ken Wahl and John Friedrich representing the title gang, Dolph Sweet as Chubby, overseeing the wager and his own goons, in director Philip Kaufman’s The Wanderers, 1979.
Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) All Men Are Created Equal Fluid work by director Philip Kaufman and cinematographer Michael Chapman, title-gang member Joey (John Friedrich) arrives at school in The Bronx with Perry (Tony Ganios), his new neighbor from New Jersey, meeting fellow members Richie (Ken Wahl) and Turkey (Alan Rosenberg) in the class led by Mr. Sharp (Val Avery), in The Wanderers, 1979.
Border Radio (1987) -- (Movie Clip) They'll Boo You Off Stage Rocker Jeff (Chris "D" DesJardins) makes good his escape to Mexico as "Scenester" Iris Berry is interviewed, early sample of the fractured narrative of Border Radio, 1987, directed by Allison Anders, Dean Lent and Kurt Voss.
Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Open, It's The Darkness The opening with the sole un-disguised edit in the picture, Alfred Hitchcock with his first Technicolor feature, the movie-with-no-cuts gimmick, stars John Dall and Farley Granger as New Yorkers Brandon and Philip finishing off their victim (Dick Hogan), in Rope, 1948, co-starring James Stewart.
Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Think You Appreciate Me Having murdered a friend for fun, New Yorker Brandon (John Dall) springs an idea on less confident David (Farley Granger), regarding the trunk that holds the body, with director Alfred Hitchcock’s first disguised edit in his movie made to look like a single take, the loosely Loeb & Leopold-based, Edith Evanson their maid, in Rope, 1948.
Gaslight (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Six Wives Buried In The Cellar Exposition cloaked in coincidence, George Cukor directing, as Paula (Ingrid Bergman) meets Miss Thwaites (Dame May Whitty), who turns out to be personally linked to her own childhood trauma, as she begins a vacation to consider whether she should marry Daniel (Charles Boyer), early in Gaslight, 1944.

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