"Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life" 12 April 1985 Horror, Comedy, Crime 83 mins
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
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Reed Birney as Vic Ajax
Louise Lasser as Helene Trend
Sheree J. Wilson as Nancy
Paul L. Smith as Faron Crush
Brion James as Arthur Coddish
Edward R. Pressman as Ernest Trend
Bruce Campbell as Renaldo 'The Heel'
Frances McDormand as Nun
Anne Cooper as Nun
Bridget Hoffman as Nun
Richard Bright as Officer Brennan
Antonio Fargas as Blind Man
Hamid Dana as Donald Odegard
John Hardy as Mr. Yarman
Emil Sitka as Colonel Rodgers
Hal Youngblood as Jack Elroy
Ethan Coen Writer
Robert Tapert Producer
Arlon Ober Original Music Composer
Robert Primes Director of Photography
Irvin Shapiro Executive Producer
Sam Raimi Director
Sam Raimi Writer
Edward R. Pressman Executive Producer
Joel Coen Writer
Barbara Claman Casting
Duane Hartzell Dialogue Editor
Michael Kelly Editor
Kim Thrasher Set Dresser
Kathie Weaver Editor
John Cameron Second Assistant Director
Martin Bresin Special Effects
Onda de Crime Trailer
Ola de crímenes, ola de risas Trailer
Mort sur le gril Trailer
Ring - Så Mördar Vi! Trailer
XYZ Murders Trailer
Germany 12 April 1985
Greece 16 December 1985
Hong Kong 19 September 1985
United States 25 April 1986
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An erring military officer is sent to jail but bolts with the other inmates to take the whole town in hostage.
01 January 1985
Conceptual-structural film by Branko Karabatić exploring media and television.
02 April 1985
A boy receives a Velveteen Rabbit for Christmas. The Velveteen Rabbit is snubbed by other more expensive or mechanical toys, the latter of which fancy themselves real.
14 December 1985
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum.
21 May 1985
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
01 January 1985
Dancing eurynome (Mytho-Clip) is dedicated to the Greek goddess Eurynome, the child of Oceanus and Tethys.
24 August 1985
In a summer in Shonan village, Sumiko is the daughter of an important upper-class Shikishima family, she loves to paint pictures, is going through a cooling-off of an arranged marriage that did not work out.
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"Barbara Hammer's Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing and editing, is layered and manipulated to create a compelling meditation on her visit to her grandmother in a nursing home.
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Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal.
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John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped.
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