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Star-Power: Hollywood Pre-Superstardom 9 Movies w/BONUS EXTRAS (3 DVDs) |  | Quantity in Basket:
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| This collection showcases such Hollywood giants as Nick Nolte, Jodie Foster, Robert DeNiro, Bill Cosby, Tom Selleck and others in their lesser-known works including some of their pre-superstardom appearances.
The Concrete Cowboys (TV 1979): A pair of Montana cowboys hit the road to Nashville and wind up victims of subtle blackmail in this very '70s TV pilot. AKA "Ramblin' Man." Tom Selleck and Morgan Fairchild head a cast that also includes Jerry Reed, Claude Atkins and Barbara Mandrell.
Leading Role: Morgan Fairchild, Tom Selleck
Director: Burt Kennedy
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (TV 1971): Denise Miller (Sally Field) is a runaway teenager in the hippie sixties who returns to the home she was kicked out of. Her parents (Jackie Cooper and Eleanor Parker) don't understand her, disapprove of her lifestyle and her counterculture boyfriend. Now they are starting to act the same way towards Denise's younger sister, who is just beginning to experiment with the hippie lifestyle. Denise is torn between her family and a man who represents the unconventional and anti-establishment lifestyle she is attracted to.
Leading Role: Sally Field
Director: Joseph Sargent
To All My Friends on Shore (TV 1972): Based on an original idea by Bill Cosby, This is the poignant story of a man who dreams of moving his family out of the ghetto and a dying son that he must come to terms with before it's too late.
Leading Role: Bill Cosby
Director: Gilbert Cates
Born to Win (1971): Ivan Passer's BORN TO WIN is a fascinating, though widely overlooked, time capsule that reflects the down-and-dirty New York City of the early 1970s. In a career filled with memorable performances, George Segal is once again astounding as J, a heroin addict whose life has begun to spiral out of control. No longer interested in being a hairdresser, J spends his days searching for another fix. Along the way, he meets Parm (Karen Black), another weary soul who clings desperately to J. As J gets more and more lost in the haze of his addiction, he must face up to the junky life that has trapped him.
Leading Role: George Segal, Robert De Niro
Director: Ivan Passer
Choices (1981): A young man, skilled in both sports and music, faces a difficult decision when he is afflicted with a hearing impairment. A sensitive story of a young man struggling to adulthood.
Leading Role: Demi Moore, Paul Carafotes
Director: Rami Alon
Death Sentence (TV 1974): A television movie about a woman who is serving on the jury of a murder trial and slowly comes to realize that the accused is innocent, and that her husband is the real killer.
Leading Role: Cloris Leachman, Nick Nolte
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Mesmerized (1986): Based on true accounts of the Victoria Thompson murder trial, MESMERIZED tells the story of an 18-year old orphan who is forced into an arranged marriage with a cruel older man. Set in New Zealand in the 1800s, this drama stars Jodi Foster as penniless, naive Victoria, who at the young age of 17, is coerced to move into her new husband's home. Before long, Victoria realizes that Oliver Thomspon (John Lithgow) has some strange sexual habits, and an abusive nature. Concerned for her own safety, Victoria ponders what desperate measures she'll have to take in order to become free of this terrible arrangement.
Leading Role: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow
Director: Michael Laughlin
Dream to Believe (1986): MTV-generation feel good story about a teenage gymnast aiming for the championship despite an abusive stepfather, an ailing mother, and injury. Reeves is notable as the supportive boyfriend. AKA "Teenage Dream."
Leading Role: Keanu Reeves, Rita Tushingham
Director: Paul Lynch
Katherine (TV 1975): A young heiress who rejects her birthright, rebels against social injustices and the system that spawned them must ultimately choose the path of violence as the only means to her desired ends.
Leading Role: Sissy Spacek
Director: Jeremy Paul Kagan
BONUS - Additional Release Material:
Hollywood's Greatest Stars Poster Gallery
Star Power Trivia
Movie Trailers:
- Sabrina
- From Here to Eternity
- The Quiet Man
- Monkey Business
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Region 0
Boxed Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1
Over 12 Hours |
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