Biography

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Poster
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling ( 1986) | IMDb: 6.3
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.
Directed by:
Richard Pryor
Uptown Saturday Night Poster
Uptown Saturday Night ( 1974) | IMDb: 6.6
Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.
Directed by:
Sidney Poitier
The Andromeda Strain Poster
The Andromeda Strain ( 1971) | IMDb: 7.2
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
Directed by:
Robert Wise
Produced by:
Robert Wise
Sweet Charity Poster
Sweet Charity ( 1969) | IMDb: 6.9
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.