Warren Oates
1) Tom Sawyer
Series
Description
Mark Twain's boy hero enters a cave with Huck and Becky to save Muff Potter, witness to murder.
2) Stripes
Description
When John Winger loses his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend--all in one day--he decides he only has one option: volunteer for Uncle Sam.
Pub. Date
[1971]
Description
Harry, Arch, and Dan head into Del Norte, a small town in the middle of nowhere. Harry decides to return home after a seven-year absence, but not before Dan runs afoul of a group of unsavory characters and Harry vows vengeance for the lad's death. Harry and Arch flee from the town. Harry's wife, Hannah, is none too pleased to see her wayward husband at her doorstep. Taking his wife's anger in stride, he asks only to be allowed to work as a hired hand....
5) Badlands
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend, Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree.
8) 1941
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
This zany comedy spectacular from Steven Spielberg is set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor when the fear of a Japanese invasion threw the city into a state of pandemonium.
9) Blue Thunder
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Chosen to test Blue Thunder, Frank Murphy is amazed by the capabilities of the high-speed, high-tech chopper. It can see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner learn the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control.
Pub. Date
c2005, 1982
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
Pub. Date
1962
Description
Two aging gunmen accept the job of transporting gold from a mining camp back to town. One views the commission as a means of regaining his self-respect. The other intends to steal the gold. The men eventually join forces to protect the gold shipment and a young woman from a brutal gang of brothers.
15) Major Dundee
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A Union major late in the Civil War takes it upon himself to punish a band of Apaches who murdered a ranch family and fled into Mexico. Being short of troops he uses Confederate prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals to accomplish his goal.
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