Angels Hard as They Come(1970)

Synopsis

A drug deal is foiled, when the cops show up. They agree to meet in a few days out in the desert and complete the deal. The Angels head for the meeting place. On the way they meet up with the Dragons and are invited to come party with some hippies in an old ghost town. The General, leader of the Dragons is a psychotic dwarf and his henchman Axe isn’t to stable either. The trouble start when one of the hippie girls is murdered and the Dragons decide that one of the Angels did it.

Director

Joe Viola

Cast

Scott Glenn – Charles Dierkop – James Inglehart – Gilda Texter – Gary Littlejohn – Gary Busey – Don Carerra

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Genre: Drama – Action

Runtime: 85 minutes

Born to Win(1970)

Synopsis

A smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his days looking for just “one more fix”. |Born to Win is the grimly ironic title of this jet-black comedy about heroin addicts. George Segal plays Jay Jay, an ex-hairdresser who struggles to support his expensive drug habit. To avoid arrest, Jay Jay turns “narc,” informing on his fellow junkies. Eventually Jay Jay’s sense of self-hatred threatens to overwhelm him. Also released as Born to Lose and Addict, Born to Win was the first…

Director

Ivan Passer

Cast

George Segal, George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Jay Fletcher, Hector Elizondo

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Genre: Drama – Crime – Comedy

Runtime: 88 minutes

Paper Man(1970)

Synopsis

A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.

Director

Walter Grauman

Cast

Dean Stockwell – Stefanie Powers – James Stacy – Tina Chen – Elliott Street – James Olson – Jason Wingreen

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Genre: Drama

Runtime: 75 minutes

Dionysus in ’69(1969)

Synopsis

This adaptation of “The Bacchae” by Euripides seems to be a collection of black and white home movies using hand held cameras. The filming and editing was done by Brian De Palma, but nothing distinguishes the film from being a filmed stage performance of writhing and groaning amateur actors and actresses.

Director

Brian De Palma – Richard Schechner

Cast

Remi Barclay – Samuel Blazer – William Finley – Jason Bosseau – Richard Dia – William Shephard – Judith Allen

Misc. Info

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 85 minutes