Colin Adams


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Class of '44 (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Send Me A Samurai Sword In an un-specified outer-borough of New York, Hermie (Gary Grimes) and Oscy (Jerry Houser), working at a loading dock in the summer before college, receive pal Benjie (Oliver Conant), who surprised everybody by enlisting in the Marines, in Class Of ’44, writer Herman Raucher’s kind-of sequel to the hit Summer Of ’42, 1971.
Roger & Me (1989) -- (Movie Clip) Three People Worked For General Motors The opening from Michael Moore’s acclaimed debut documentary, personal narration and anecdotes framing his coverage of the impact of General Motors corporate strategy on his hometown, Flint, MIchigan, from Roger & Me, 1989.
Star Is Born, A (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Queen Bee The meeting of the principals, train-wreck rock star John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson) stumbles into an LA club where Esther Hoffman (Barbra Streisand) is performing, with Venetta Fields and Clydie King, an original song by Rupert Holmes, early in the 1976 re-make A Star Is Born.
Little Murders (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Hey Fat Face! Through most of the credits and her morning routine, Patsy (Marcia Rodd) has heard noises of a guy being beaten up outside her New York apartmen, so she decides to rescue Alfred (Elliott Gould), in Little Murders, the first film directed by Alan Arkin, from cartoonist Jules Feiffer’s play.
Little Murders (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I Can't Stand Families Laconic photographer Alfred (Elliott Gould) isn't the first guy Patsy (Marcia Rodd) has brought home to meet her nutty family, Vincent Gardenia her dad, Elizabeth Wilson the mom, Jon Korkes the brother, Alan Arkin directing from Jules Feiffer’s play and screenplay, in Little Murders, 1971.
Little Murders (1971) -- (Movie Clip) You Think I'm Too Aggressive? Indifferent New York photographer Alfred (Elliot Gould) has agreed to hang out with peppy interior designer Patsy (Marcia Rodd) but has no interest in a physical relationship, as first-time director Alan Arkin follows their leisure activities, in Little Murders, from Jules Feiffer’s play.
$ -- (1971) -- (Movie Clip) This Thing Never Sleeps Following writer-director Richard Brooks' thorough introduction of Frankfurt in then-West Germany, the first appearance of star Warren Beatty, as bank security expert Joe Collins, Gert Frobe his customer, and Goldie Hawn, her role not quite clear, early in $, 1971.
Lepke (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Good Education Rising gangster Tony Curtis (title character) emerges from court with Lucky Luciano (Vic Tayback), then meets lawyer Kane (Michael Callan) and girlfriend to-be Bernice (Anjanette Comer) in Lepke, 1975.
Lepke (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Bad For Business Tony Curtis (title character) chairs a meeting of "The Syndicate" with Lucky Luciano (Vic Tayback), Albert Anastasia (Gianni Russo) and Dutch Schultz (John Durren), in Lepke, 1975.
Summer of '42 -- (Movie Clip) When I Was Fifteen Much nostalgia with narration by director Robert Mulligan, introducing Hermie (Gary Grimes), Oscy (Jerry Houser), Benjie (Oliver Conant) and distant Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill), in Summer Of '42, 1971.

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