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Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Uptown Saturday Night (1974)





































Starring:


Storyline
Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub. During their visit, however, the place is robbed and they are forced to hand over their wallets. Steve's wallet turns out to have contained a winning lottery ticket, and together they must recover their stolen property.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Cooley High (1975)































Starring:


Storyline
Richard "Cochise" Morris (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs), a local basketball hero, and Leroy "Preach" Jackson (Glynn Turman), who dreams of a career in writing, are likable Chicago high school students in 1960s Chicago. They're into hanging out with friends, pretty girls, and the Motown sounds so popular during the era. Each wants to make it big in his way, but not everybody they meet is looking out for them, as they learn when a seemingly harmless outing goes awry.