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Roots
(1977)
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directed by
David Greene, Gilbert Moses, John Erman, Marvin J. Chomsky
featuring
LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen
This award-winning six-part historical epic was one of the first examples of the miniseries format and one of the highest-rated television programs in broadcasting history. Based on the best-selling novel by author Alex Haley, Roots chronicles the progress of Haley's own family across many generations, from the kidnapping of an African warrior by ...
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Die Hard 2
(1990)
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directed by
Renny Harlin
featuring
Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Bill Sadler, William Atherton, Franco Nero, Dennis Franz, John Amos
"Another basement, another elevator...how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?" asks John McClane (Bruce Willis), in what is doubtless the key question of this film. A year after foiling the terrorist takeover of a high-rise office building in the first movie, McClane is waiting to pick up his wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), at Dulles ...
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Coming to America
(1988)
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directed by
John Landis
featuring
Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley
Coming to America casts comedian Eddie Murphy as pampered African prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Murphy's regal father (James Earl Jones) agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi (Arsenio Hall) along to make sure nothing ...
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The Beastmaster
(1982)
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directed by
Don Coscarelli
featuring
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Josh Milrad
This low-budget entry into the sword-and-sorcery cycle of the early '80s wasn't successful during its initial release, but has steadily built a strong cult following over the years. The Beastmaster tells the story of Dar (Marc Singer), the son of a king who was stolen from his mother's womb by a witch under the command of vicious sorcerer Maax ...
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Let's Do It Again
(1975)
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directed by
Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie "J.J." Walker
A pair of blue-collar buddies use hypnosis to turn a wimpy boxer into a champ in this crime comedy, which reunites actor/director Sidney Poitier and comedian Bill Cosby, stars of the similarly themed Uptown Saturday Night. Clyde Williams (Poitier) and Billy Foster (Cosby) want to help raise funds to sustain the Sons and Daughters of Shaka Lodge, ...
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Lock Up
(1989)
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directed by
John Flynn
featuring
Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore
Sylvester Stallone is a tough but essentially decent convict in a relatively humane prison. He's on such good terms with the authorities that he's occasionally allowed a weekend furlough. This idyllic situation ends abruptly when he's transferred to a nasty prison run by sadistic warden Donald Sutherland (remember way back when Sutherland played ...
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My Baby's Daddy
(2004)
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directed by
Cheryl Dunye
featuring
Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Method Man, John Amos
Three lazy pals find they're facing fatherhood simultaneously in this light-hearted comedy co-written by star Eddie Griffin. Lonnie (Griffin), G. (Anthony Anderson), and Dominick (Michael Imperioli) live stress-free lives with Lonnie's trash-talking Uncle Virgil (John Amos). But when all three young men's girlfriends get knocked up at the same ...
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Mac
(1992)
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directed by
John Turturro
featuring
John Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Carl Caportoto, Katherine Borowitz, Ellen Barkin, John Amos
Actor John Turturro spent a dozen years getting his script for Mac before the cameras; he'd originally planned to merely act in the film, but the stringent budget required that he direct as well. Turturro plays Mac, one of three grown brothers in an Italian/American family living in 1950s New York. His other siblings are would-be "macho man" Vico ...
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Mardi Gras for the Devil
(1993)
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directed by
David A. Prior
featuring
Mike Starr, Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, Lesley-Anne Down, Margaret Avery, John Amos
A killer who strikes only during Mardi Gras turns out to be a supernatural demon (Michael Ironside) who has sought human sacrifices ever since the original festival began as an occultist ceremony. The New Orleans cop assigned to the case (Robert Davi) tracks the demon around the city with his partner (Mike Starr) and must save the girl he loves ...
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Dr. Dolittle 3: The Daughter Is In
(2006)
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directed by
Rich Thorne
featuring
John Amos, Kyla Pratt, Chelan Simmons, Walker Howard, Kristen Wilson
A young woman discovers that her father's special talent runs in the family in this direct-to-video sequel to the 1998 blockbuster (which, unlike the previous two films in the series, does not feature Eddie Murphy). Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt), the youngest daughter of veterinarian John Dolittle, makes the surprising discovery that, like her dad, ...
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The World's Greatest Athlete
(1973)
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directed by
Robert Scheerer
featuring
Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dayle Haddon
One of the best of the early-1970s Disney farces, The World's Greatest Athlete stars Jan-Michael Vincent in the title role. A "wild boy" living off the land in the jungles of Africa, Vincent is discovered by coaches Tim Conway and John Amos. Cursed with a last-place college athletic lineup, Conway and Amos hope that Vincent will pull them out of ...
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Hologram Man
(1995)
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directed by
Richard Pepin
featuring
Joe Lara, Evan Lurie, William Sanderson, John Amos, Michael Nouri
In this sci-fi horror outing a terrorist turns into an unstoppable mass of electromagnetic energy after an attempted prison break goes horribly awry. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Against Time
(2001)
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directed by
Cleve Nettles
featuring
Ean Mering, Craig T. Nelson, Robert Loggia, John Amos, Emilie Jacobs
An ambitious high school senior who dreams of escaping his dreary small town and his depressive single father receives a visit from a disheveled senior citizen claiming to be the boy's older self in an intimate fantasy drama starring Robert Loggia, Craig T. Nelson, and John Amos. Seventeen year-old inventor Z.T. (Ean Mering) is athletic and ...
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Good Times: Season 02
(1974)
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Having posted good, if not spectacular, ratings during its freshman year on CBS, Good Times was moved from Fridays to a more desirable Tuesday-night time slot as it entered its second season. Beyond an added emphasis on the minor character of usurious inner-city landlord Nathan Bookman (Johnny Brown), no significant changes were made amongst the ...
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Good Times: Season 03
(1975)
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By the time Good Times had begun its third season on CBS, the program had pretty much given up being a realistic (albeit basically humorous) depiction of life in the urban ghetto, and had evolved -- or, as some would claim, devolved -- into a vehicle for brash African-American standup comedian Jimmie Walker. As the cocksure J.J. Evans, Walker had ...
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