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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Kelly’s Heroes on June 23, 1970. Brian G. Hutton directed the film starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles.
Private Kelly leads a renegade WWII platoon on a mission to rob a bank behind enemy lines holding $16 million in gold. Despite obstacles, they outsmart Nazis, with Big Joe, their skeptical sergeant, eventually joining. After overcoming challenges, they negotiate with Germans, discovering 14,000 gold bars. Kelly’s Heroes, admired by a pursuing American general, escape to Switzerland with their treasure, leaving behind a liberated town.
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Paramount Pictures released Nacho Libre on June 16, 2006. Jared Hess directed the film starring Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, and Héctor Jiménez.
Jack Black is at his comic best as Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery that can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador “Nacho Libre” to earn money for the monastery — not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnacion.(Courtesy Paramount Pictures)
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Titanus released Cinema Paradiso on November 17, 1988. Giuseppe Tornatore directed the film starring Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, and Antonella Attili.
After three decades, a filmmaker finally revisits his Sicilian hometown, reflecting on the memories of his life, particularly the period he spent assisting the projectionist at the local movie theater.
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The Gaumont Film Company released The Rules of the Game on July 7, 1939. Jean Renoir directed the film starring Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Paulette Dubost.
The Rules of the Game takes place in pre-World War II France. World renowned pilot André Jurieux returns to France after flying solo over the Atlantic Ocean. André is disappointed to find that his lover Christine is not present for his landing, but has chosen to spend the evening with her husband Robert. Robert is engaged in an affair with Geneviéve, but Robert wants to end the relationship and rededicate himself to his wife. Everything comes to a head during a weekend retreat at Robert and Christine’s castle in the country where no one will return the same.
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20th Century Fox released The Martian on October 2, 2015. Ridley Scott directed the film starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, and Kristen Wiig.
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring ‘the Martian’ home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney’s safe return.
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Warner Bros. released The Fugitive on August 6, 1993. Andrew Davis directed the film starring Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sela Ward.
In the film, unjustly accused and found guilty of murdering his wife, former Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble escapes from custody and races to uncover the identity of the real killer and the reasons for his wife’s death, all while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by tenacious United States Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard.
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For the 199th episode of Movie House Memories, Patrick, Lori, Bobby, Shane A, and Matt look back at their picks to see if they stick by their choices for their list of 100 top movies you should see in your lifetime.
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Universal Pictures released Jurassic Park on June 11, 1993. Steven Spielberg directed the film starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum.
Jurassic Park takes place on a remote island. There a wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs taken from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park, and help calm anxious investors. However, the park visit is anything but tranquil when its security system goes haywire. The prehistoric creatures are then able to break out of their enclosures.
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20th Century Fox released The Abyss on August 9, 1989. James Cameron directed the film starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn.
A civilian diving team, enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine, faces danger when they encounter an alien aquatic species.
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20th Century Fox released Wall Street on December 11, 1987. Oliver Stone directed the film starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, and Tamara Tunie.
When a young hotshot—willing to do anything to succeed—sells out to an amoral investor, it plunges him into the world of high-stakes corporate espionage. He soon finds out that overnight wealth comes at a price he can’t pay.
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Twentieth Century Fox released The Empire Strikes Back on June 20, 1980. Irvin Kershner directed the film starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher.
The Rebels are on the run as Darth Vader pursues them in search of Luke Skywalker. As Han Solo and Princess Leia flee from the Empire, Luke trains as a Jedi with the ancient Master Yoda. Eventually, the Empire captures Solo and the Princess, and Vader unleashes a deadly trap where he unveils a shocking truth to Luke.
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