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Lifeforce (1985) -- (Movie Clip) HMS Churchill, Outward Bound

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Lifeforce (1985) -- (Movie Clip) HMS Churchill, Outward Bound Opening with Steve Railsback and Nicholas Ball in charge of a multi-national spacecraft timed to intercept Halley’s comet passing near earth, in director Tobe Hooper’s first outing after Poltergeist, from the Goram-Globus Cannon Group, with special effects by John Dykstra, also starring Peter Firth and Mathilda May, Lifeforce, 1985.

Lifeforce (1985) -- (Movie Clip) She Did That At the space command center in London, Mathilda May is the nude and presumed-dead “space girl” found inside a shuttle in which the whole human crew was killed, John Keegan her tempted guard, Michael Gothard the observing scientist Bukovsky, and Frank Finlay his Peter Cushing-esque boss, Tobe Hooper directing, in Lifeforce, 1985.

Lifeforce (1985) -- (Movie Clip) In A Sense We're All Vampires Edgy scientist Fallade (Frank Finlay) is sharing early theories with high-powered British security man Caine (Peter Firth) about the vampire-like space girl who’s escaped into London, while two soldiers (Milton Cadman, Rupert Baker) watch over her two partners (Bill Malin and Mick’s brother Christopher Jagger), in Lifeforce, 1985.

Mandingo (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Slaves & Mules Impressive period staging, Richard Fleischer directing, the introduction of heavyweight ex-champ Ken Norton as slave Mede, prized as a specimen of the Mandinka ethnic group, noted in the title, nasty language as Hammond (Perry King) bids against a German (Rosemary Tichenor), in Mandingo, 1975.

Wild, Wild Planet, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Proteo Theater Commander Mike (Tony Russell) consults with fellow space travel officers, a piece of Piero Poletto's design work as evil Nurmi (Massimo Serato) and conflicted Connie (Lisa Gastoni) visit the theater, and a low tech abduction, from the Italian-made Wild, Wild Planet, 1965.

Song Is Born, A (1948) -- (Movie Clip) How Jazz Was Born The musical show-stopper, joining the original novelty number by Don Raye and Gene de Paul, Virginia Mayo dubbed by Jeri Sullavan, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet on sax, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Mel Powell on piano, and Louie Bellson drumming, Danny Kaye the professor in charge, in Howard Hawks’ remake of his own Ball Of Fire, 1942, A Song Is Born, 1948.

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Your Gentle Czar Tender early sequence, 1904, as Nicholas Romanov, the last Russian czar (Michael Jayston), learns he has a son, and discusses names with the Czarina (Janet Suzman) in director Franklin J. Schaffner's Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971.

Nicholas And Alexandra (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Little Yellow Buddhists Selfish and racist notions from the Queen Mother (Irene Worth) before the Czar (Michael Jayston), Czarina (Janet Suzman) and Grand Duke (Harry Andrews) meet the new monk Rasputin (Tom Baker) in Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971.

Dry White Season, A (1989) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Worried About These Wounds Soweto, 1976, trouble as young Jonathan (Bekhithemba Mpofu) is arrested, we meet his friend Johan (Rowen Elmes) playing rugby, parents (Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman) watching, then Jonathan’s dad Gordon (Winston Ntshona), opening Euzhan Palcy’s A Dry White Season, 1989.

Enter The Dragon (1973) -- (Movie Clip) A Good Martial Artist Opening scene said to have been directed by the star, Bruce Lee dominates a student (future Hong Kong martial arts star, producer and director Sammo Hung), then consults with a master (Roy Chiao), in Lee’s last film, the first martial arts feature by a Hollywood studio, Enter The Dragon. 1973.

Cry In The Dark, A (1988) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for director Fred Schepisi's acclaimed treatment of the case that enthralled and polarized Australia, starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill, A Cry In The Dark, 1988.

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Think Of The Soldiers The imperial composure is threatened when the Czar (Michael Jayston) and Czarina (Janet Suzman), busy blessing soldiers, learn their hemophiliac son is bleeding, in Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971.

Karate Kid, The - (Original Trailer) A boy (Ralph Macchio) learns karate from a retired master (Pat Morita) to deal with school bullies. From the director of Rocky (1976).

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