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SONY PICTURES TELEVISION SONY FILM CLASSICS Release Avail Title Genre Cast Synopsis Year Dates 1941 1979 Comedy Dan Aykroyd It's December of 1941, and the people of California are 10/1/08- John Belushi in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere 1/31/09 desire to defend the country to virtual blind panic in the & Treat Williams wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus 4/1/09- Robert Stack begin several story threads that comprise the plot of 11/30/09 Tim this period comedy from Steven Spielberg. & Matheson 2/1/11- John Candy 3/31/11 Christopher Lee 13 GHOSTS 1960 Horror, Jo Morrow A Professor and his family move into an ancient house Now- Thriller which hides a treasure and is plagued by ghosts of 3/31/11 Charles Herbert former owners. Plenty of chills and chuckles, with Margaret Hamilton cleverly cast as a sinister Donald Woods housekeeper. 20 MILLION 1956 Sc-Fi Joan Taylor Margaret The first human expedition to Venus returns to Earth in Now- MILES TO a crash landing off the coast of Italy. The only survivor 9/30/09 EARTH Frank Puglia is Hopper and he's frightened that he may have lost a & canister holding specimens of Venusian life. 20 4/1/10- William Hopper MILLION MILES TO EARTH is Ray Harryhausen's 9/30/10 signature special effects story of a terrifying monster from Venus running wild and wreaking havoc in Italy. 3 WORLDS OF 1960 Fantasy, Jo Morrow Kerwin Mathews plays Dr. Gulliver in this Ray 10/1/08- GULLIVER, THE Family Kerwin Mathews Harryhausen animation/live-action feature that 3/31/11 June explores the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. The film Thorburn shows miniature folks dwarfed by giant people and Lee Patterson animals and is designed for youngsters but lots of fun for adults, too. 5,000 FINGERS 1952 Fantasy, Mary Healy One of Hollywood's best fantasies, devised by Dr. Now- OF DR. T., THE Family Peter Lind Hayes Seuss, about a young boy who has a nightmare about 9/30/08 Hans a cruel piano teacher ruling over land where kidnapped & Conried youngsters are forced to practice the piano. This 1/1/09- surrealistic children's film features Tommy Rettig of 3/31/11 TV's "Lassie" as Bart Collins, a young boy who would rather play baseball than take piano lessons. 5TH 1979 Adventure Beau Bridges An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel "The Now- MUSKETEER, Sylvia Kristel Man in the Iron Mask." King Louise of France has a 9/30/08 THE Ursula twin brother whose identity is kept secret. The king has & Andress the brother imprisoned and his face put in an iron 11/1/08- Cornel Wilde mask. The stellar cast includes Lloyd Bridges as 3/31/11 Olivia De Aramis, Alan Hale Jr. as Porthos, Jose Ferrer as Havilland Athos. Jose Ferrer 7TH VOYAGE 1958 Adventure, Kathryn Grant Top notch adventure as our hero Sinbad must rescue 12/1/08- OF SINBAD, Fantasy a princess who has been minaturized and held captive 3/31/11 THE Kerwin Mathews by a ruthless magician. All sorts of obstacles are thrown in Sinbad's way, including the famous swordfighting skeleton. SONY PICTURES TELEVISION SONY FILM CLASSICS Release Avail Title Genre Cast Synopsis Year Dates AFTER 1942 Crime, Ann Savage Granite-jawed Morris as Blackie meets old flame Now- MIDNIGHT WITH Mystery Cy Kendall Savage, who tells him that her father, Baldwin, has just 3/31/11 BOSTON George been released from prison and that he has hidden a BLACKIE McKay sack of diamonds in a safe deposit box. She wants Richard Lane Baldwin to go straight and return the gems, asking Chester Blackie to expedite matters; before the gumshoe can Morris obtain the diamonds, he is arrested for Baldwin's George E. Stone murder. AGNES OF GOD 1985 Drama Jane Fonda Jane Fonda stars as a chain-smoking court-appointed 9/1/08- Anne analyst sent to a cloistered convent to investigate the 3/31/11 Bancroft strange case of Sister Agnes (Meg Tilly), a young nun Winston whose newborn baby is found strangled. It's up to Rekert Fonda to decide whether Agnes (who cannot r Meg Tilly ALIAS BOSTON 1942 Crime, Adele Mara Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) attends a Christmas Now- BLACKIE Mystery Richard Lane show in a prison where Joe Trilby's (Larry Park) magic 3/31/11 Walter act is a cover for a prison break. Parks escapes with Sande Blackie on his tail. Parks is determined to track down Chester Morris and kill the double who is really responsible for the Lloyd crime that imprisoned him. Corrigan George E. Stone ALL THAT JAZZ 1979 Drama, Ann Reinking In this acclaimed, Oscar-winning film, Roy Scheider 12/1/08- Musical Roy Scheider plays Joe Gideon, a gifted choreographer whose 5/31/09 Jessica compulsions, both professionally and personally, lead & Lange to his destruction. As directed by acclaimed Broadway 9/1/09- John Lithgow director/choreographer Bob Fosse and based on his 5/31/10 own experiences, ALL THAT JAZZ is a unique experience in movie magic. ALVAREZ 1966 Western William Holden Based on a true Civil War story, ALVAREZ KELLY 9/1/08- KELLY Richard stars William Holden as a Mexican-Irish war profiteer 11/30/09 Widmark and cattleman who plays the north and the south & Janice Rule against each other as he sells both sides cattle, 1/1/10- Victoria Shaw Richard Widmark co-stars as a one-eyed confederate 3/31/11 Patrick officer, who kidnaps Holden and forces him to teach O'Neal his troops how to handle cattle. A true classic American Adventure! AMERICAN 1932 Drama Pat O'Brien Walter Huston stars as an idealistic bank president Now- MADNESS Walter Huston who has been making loans to depositors without 3/31/11 sufficient collateral. When there's a run on his bank, his loyal staff rallies local small businessmen to make more deposits which moves the directors to keep the bank afloat. Released shortly after FDR's New Deal, this film whole-heartedly espoused Roosevelt's ideals. AND NOW FOR 1971 Comedy John Cleese Includes some of the best of the BBC TV's "Monty Now- SOMETHING Graham Chapman Python's Flying Circus" sketches reshot for feature film 8/31/09 COMPLETELY Michael release. The cast is includes Graham Chapman, John & DIFFERENT Palin Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and 11/1/10- Connie Booth Terry Gilliam. 3/31/11 SONY PICTURES TELEVISION SONY FILM CLASSICS Release Avail Title Genre Cast Synopsis Year Dates ANDERSON 1971 Crime, Dyan Cannon A habitual criminal, looking for a big score immediately Now- TAPES, THE Suspense Sean Connery upon leaving prison, goes to the syndicate seeking 3/31/11 Garrett funds for a massive robbery. He intends to ransack a Morris posh East Side New York apartment building. Margaret Hamilton Rounding up a gang of top-flight thieves, he proceeds Christopher to plan and carry out his caper unaware that he is Walken being taped. Martin Balsam ANNIE 1982 Musicl Albert Finney Director John Houston's film adaptation of the Now- Broadway smash hit, ANNIE, which in turn was based 10/31/08 Carol Burnett on the perennial cartoon favorite, Little Orphan Annie. & 4/1/09- Bernadette Peters 9/1/09 & Ann Reinking 1/1/10- 1/31/10 AUTUMN 1955 Drama Vera Miles Joan Crawford turns in a stunning performance as an Now- LEAVES Lorne Greene aging spinster who, in the autumn of her years, marries 3/31/11 Joan Crawford a good-looking younger man (Robertson) only to find Ruth that he has a very tormented past and is mentally Donnelly disturbed. Nat King Cole sings the title song. Cliff Robertson BEDTIME 1941 Comedy Fredric March Broadway star (Loretta Young) wed to Playwright Now- STORY Loretta (Fredric March) wants to retire, but hubby wants her to 6/29/09 Young star in his new play but she wants to retire to their & Robert Benchley Connecticut hideaway. They part, but he continues to 1/1/10- Allyn try and win her back as wife and star. 3/31/11 Joslyn Eve Arden Helen Westley BELL, BOOK 1958 Comedy Kim Novak Delightful spoof on witchcraft, based on John Van Now- AND CANDLE Jack Lemmon Druten's 1950 Broadway play. Kim Novak falls in love 12/31/08 Ernie Kovacs with publisher (James Stewart) as her Warlock brother & James (Jack Lemmon) complicates matters by co-authoring a 7/1/09- Stewart book on magic with drunken Ernie Kovacs. 12/31/09 Elsa Lanchester & Hermione 7/1/10- Gingold 3/31/11 BERSERK 1967 Thriller Ty Hardin Dressed in leotards, red jacket and top hat, Joan Now- Joan Crawford Crawford is her imperious best as the owner and 3/31/11 Diana Dors ringmaster of a circus--an iceberg of a character who Judy takes in her stride a series of mysterious and grisly Geeson murders. BIG HEAT, THE 1953 Crime, Glenn Ford A melodrama of dice, vice and corruption. Glenn Ford Now- Suspemse Gloria Grahame stars as a rogue homicide cop who takes the law into 12/31/08 Jocelyn his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious & Brando crime syndicate and in the process finds who planted 1/1/11- Lee Marvin the car bomb that killed his wife. 3/31/11 BIG MOUTH, 1967 Comedy Buddy Lester An eccentric fisherman catches a frogman who is Now- THE Susan Bay searching for sunken treasure. The frogman hands him 3/31/11 Jerry Lewis a map, mumbling something about diamonds and their Harold J.