Bird (
1988) | IMDb:
7.1
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Starring:
Forest Whitaker
,
Diane Venora
,
Michael Zelniker
,
Samuel E. Wright
,
Keith David
,
Michael McGuire
Partners (
1982) | IMDb:
5.3
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
Directed by:
James Burrows
Hard Times (
1975) | IMDb:
7.2
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Starring:
Charles Bronson
,
James Coburn
,
Jill Ireland
,
Strother Martin
,
Margaret Blye
,
Michael McGuire