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Cloris Leachman

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
Feat. Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, John Forsythe
Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series)Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974) Recommended
Feat. Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Edward Asner
A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
Lovers and Other StrangersLovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Dir. Cy Howard
Feat. Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon
Smart ensemble comedy about preparations for a young couple's wedding and how this stirs up the lives of those around them. Full of many delightful…
Last Picture Show, TheLast Picture Show, The (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid
Much admired film about the problems of adolescence in a roadside town in '50s Texas. Launched the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris…
DillingerDillinger (1973)
Dir. John Milius
Feat. Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman
A tough portait of the Depression–era bank robber that like BONNIE AND CLYDE, invests the criminal with the mythic qualities of the outlaw.…
Young FrankensteinYoung Frankenstein (1974) Recommended
Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr
One of Mel Brooks' best is this on–target parody of Mary Shelley's gothic legend and especially James Whale's classic 1930s film versions.…
Daisy MillerDaisy Miller (1974)
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Mildred Natwick
A thoughtful if slightly 'out of tune' version of Henry James' early novel, in which the titular American tours Europe in the late 1800s. Nicely…
Thursday's GameThursday's Game (1974)
Dir. Robert Moore
Feat. Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn
Well regarded made–for–TV buddy movie. Acquaintances Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart, deeply mired in parallel mid–life crises,…
High AnxietyHigh Anxiety (1977)
Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman
Mel Brooks' affectionate tribute to Alfred Hitchcock threads a story by lampooning famous scenes from the Master's films including THE BIRDS,…
S.O.S. TitanicS.O.S. Titanic (1979)
Dir. William Hale
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, David Janssen
Solid telemovie depiction of the notorious sinking of the Big Ship in 1912, with an approach that distinguishes it from the other versions. Involving…
Herbie Goes BananasHerbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith
Final sequel to THE LOVE BUG is set at Rio De Janiero's Grande Premio.
History of the World, Pt.1History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)
Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
Castle in the SkyCastle in the Sky (Laputa) (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman
A triumph of craft and narrative sophistication, this is an epic, supremely imaginative feature from master animator/storyteller Miyazaki that will…
Hansel and GretelHansel and Gretel (1988)
Dir. Len Talan
Feat. Nicole Stapleton, Cloris Leachman, Hugh Pollard
Musical interpretation of the classic fairy tale with real, flesh–and–blood actors, some Disney–ish musical numbers and a few plot…
PrancerPrancer (1989)
Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda
Warm–hearted festive tale of a young girl who after stumbling across a wounded reindeer and after nursing him back to health sets out to return…
TexasvilleTexasville (1990)
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Annie Potts
The director reassembles the youthful cast from his THE LAST PICTURE SHOW to illustrate the effect that thirty years has had on a group of school…
In Broad Daylight (1991)
Dir. James Steven Sadwith
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Cloris Leachman, Marcia Gay Harden
True account of how a group of townsfolk took revenge on a barbaric bully whose unlawful antics kept them at his mercy. Brian Dennehy incarnates the…
Beverly HillbilliesBeverly Hillbillies (1993)
Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Diedrich Bader, Dabney Coleman, Buddy Ebsen
A hair–brained big–screen remake, which despite being well re–cast, re–works what barely passed for a plot in THE ADDAMS…
Ellen Show, The (TV Series) Ellen Show, The (TV Series) (2001-2002)
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Cloris Leachman, Martin Mull
America's most mainstream lesbian Ellen DeGeneres puts her comic talents to use in her own TV series about a successful big city entrepreneur tempted…
SpanglishSpanglish (2004)
Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Tea Leoni
A Mexican maid (Vega) is inducted into the Bel Air household of a celebrity chef (Sandler) and his dysfunctional family, in this cheerfully sour…
BeerfestBeerfest (2006)
Dir. Jay Chandrasekhar
Feat. Jay Chandrasekhar, Jurgen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman
Beer–swill comedy serves up some decent OTT gaggery. (recent pending)
New York, I Love YouNew York, I Love You (2009) Recommended
Dir. Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen
Not to be mistaken as a cynical American remake of PARIS, JE'TAIME, this – on the contrary – naturally extends the short–story…
Expecting Mary Expecting Mary (2010)
Dir. Dan Gordon
Feat. Olesya Rulin, Elliott Gould, Linda Gray
Good–natured road movie tale with a pregnant teenager heading to California in search of her father, but who she encounters along the way will…
GambitGambit (2012)
Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz
An art curator's best laid plans to steal a priceless statue from a tycoon come unstuck when he recruits a slippery blonde as his partner in…
Croods, TheCroods, The (2013) Recommended
Dir. Kirk De Micco
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone
Dreamworks animate the life and times of a Stone Age family as they come to terms with evolution in the prehistoric era. Though predicable in…

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