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Friday, July 8, 2011

Strictly Business (1991)







































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Storyline
Mailroom clerk Bobby (Davidson) wants a fast track to the executive suite, and opportunity knocks when buttoned-down middle manager Waymon (Phillips) agrees to recommend Bobby for the firm's management trainee program. The catch: Bobby must introduce Waymon to the drop-dead gorgeous Natalie (Berry). From then on, the only thing that can go wrong is everything.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

In The Heat Of The Night (T.V. Series) [Season 2] (1989)



Starring:

  • Carroll O'Connor
  • Alan Autry
  • David Hart
  • Hugh O'Connor
  • Howard E. Rollins Jr.
  • Anne-Marie Johnson
  • Geoffrey Thorne
  • Crystal R. Fox
  • Dee Shaw
  • Randall Franks
  • C.C. Taylor
  • Denise Nicholas

Based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name, this series provided a hopeful, yet honest look at life in the new South. Set in the fictional Sparta, Mississippi, the show was a marvelous blend of heartfelt drama and folksy humor. It portrayed both the professional and personal… More pursuits of Sparta P.D's officers. Series star Carroll O'Connor, in a role far removed from Archie Bunker, served as executive producer. Using the pen name Matt Harris, Mr. O'Connor was also the story editor and wrote many of the episodes.

Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)

























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Storyline
Thomasine and Bushrod was intended as the African American counterpart to Bonnie and Clyde, the difference being that the story in this case is utterly fictional. Vonette McGee plays Thomasine, and Max Julien (who also wrote and coproduced the film) is Bushrod. They are a pair of thieves, operating in the southwest between 1911 and 1915. Fancying themselves as Robin Hoods and the White Establishment as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Thomas and Bushrod steal only from Caucasian capitalists, then distribute the booty to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites. George Murdock is the redneck sheriff who dogs their trail.