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Apocalypse Now Redux
2001 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsFrancis Ford Coppola's 1979 masterpiece follows Capt. Willard as he journeys upriver during the Vietnam War in search of the mysterious, and totally insane, Col. Kurtz. This redux version has been reedited with new footage and a fade-to-black ending.
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Lonesome Dove
1989 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsLarry McMurtry's novel comes to life in this Emmy-winning made-for-television movie that centers on kindly Gus McCrae (Robert Duvall) and gruff Woodrow Call (Tommy Lee Jones), two former Texas Rangers who leave Lonesome Dove in the Lone Star State to settle land in Montana. Along for the journey are ex-scout Joshua (Danny Glover) and Call's bastard son, Newt (Rick Schroder). Diane Lane plays California-dreaming prostitute Lorena Wood.
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Lonesome Dove
1989 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this Emmy-winning made-for-television movie based on the Larry McMurtry bestseller, two former Texas Rangers leave Texas to settle land in Montana. Their plans are thwarted and helped along by a cast of characters that could only live out West.
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Apocalypse Now
1979 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDuring the Vietnam War, Capt. Willard is sent to Cambodia on a top-secret mission, where he journeys upriver in search of the mysterious Col. Kurtz. His instructions: terminate Kurtz, who's gone completely insane.
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The Conversation
1974 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFrancis Ford Coppola follows The Godfather with this intimate film about an audio surveillance expert who faces a moral quandary when he suspects that a couple whose conversation he's been hired to record will be murdered.
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The Two Jakes
1990 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWorld War II is over, and an older, wiser Jake Gittes still works divorce cases in this sequel to Chinatown. Developer Jake Berman asks Gittes to get proof that Berman's wife is cheating on him -- and wants other things Gittes doesn't yet know about.
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Hammett
1982 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter finding himself in the midst of a true-life crime, legendary writer Dashiell Hammett actually does some detective work instead of just writing about it, channeling his fictional gumshoes for wisdom, inspiration and a little bit of bravado.
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Boogie Boy
1998 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter being released from prison, Jesse Page is determined to walk the straight and narrow. But when his former cellmate asks him for help pulling off a drug deal, Jesse reluctantly agrees ... which turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
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One from the Heart
1982 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsIn this musical drama, Hank and Frannie go to Las Vegas to celebrate their fifth anniversary, but they end up fighting and breaking up. A piano player courts Frannie and Hank meets a beautiful woman, but are things over for good?
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Rain Without Thunder
1992 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsThis evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, journalists and other key figures discuss Allison's case, they reveal how American society reached this totalitarian state. Jeff Daniels, Betty Buckley, Frederic Forrest and Carolyn McCormick co-star.
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