Victor Ives presents = Closed Captioned Movies For Television

CLOSED CAPTIONED

These twenty titles are closed captioned and available to Public and Commercial Television

True Women, Part One Angelina Jolie, Anna Beth Gish, Dana Delany Set on the Texas plains in the 1800s, this drama takes you from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War. The story is brought to life through two sisters and their families and friends and they experience love, war and adventure with each other and help each other through the deep bonds of friendship during their personal struggles for survival. 1997 Color 90 min.

True Women, Part Two Angelina Jolie, Anna Beth Gish, Dana Delany The story continues. While the story is set in Texas, the film was actually shot in Ireland.. 1997 Color 90 min.

Lord of The Rings John Hurt, Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, Dominick Guard, Michael Graham-Cox. Tag line for this animated and live action classic was, "Fantasy...beyond your imagination ... come to Middle-earth, a world beyond the furthest reaches of your imagination" A young Hobbit named Frodo (Guard) is thrown on an amazing adventure, when he is appointed the job of destroying the one ring which was created by the dark lord Sauron. He is assigned with warriors including Gandelf (Squire), Aragorn (Hurt) and Boromir (Cox). It's not going to be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-Earth of all evil. aka J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 1978 Color 132 minutes

The Hobbit John Huston. Animated Fantasy. Hobbits are simple folk. Small people with hairy feet, they are not cut out for adventure and prefer to laze about and eat. A particular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is taken by surprise one morning when the mighty wizard Gandalf knocks at his door. Soon Bilbo finds himself inducted into a party of dwarves bent on reclaiming their mountain from the deadly fire-breathing dragon, Smaug. Insisting that the timid Bilbo is a master thief, Gandalf insures the danger-loving dwarves that the quest will include many mishaps and perilous encounters with goblins, trolls, and dwarf-eating spiders. Among other things that the reluctant Bilbo discovers on this amazing journey is an enchanted ring that turns its wearer invisible, and soon the hobbit transforms from a master bumbler into a master burglar. Based on the beloved novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Color

Gentle Ben Corbin Bensen, Dean Cain, A family action/drama involving the lovable black bear Gentle Ben. Jack (Cain) is a park ranger who brings his nephew, Matt, to the National Forest where Fog, a sheep farmer, claims there is a black bear killing his livestock. Matt must team up with the sheep rancher's daughter, Ashley, to save the Gentle Ben who has fallen in a mine hole and couldn't have killed Fog's sheep! They must find a way to save the bear without Fog knowing and find out who the real predator is. 2002 Color 90 minutes.

Sacagawea Produced and written by Rolf Forsberg. Without Sacagawea, the Corp of Discovery undoubtedly would've suffered great loss or failed completely. Even though she was pregnant, Sacagawea endured every hardship the soldiers on the expedition faced. She was able to negotiate for horses with other Indian tribes and find safe natural food, like roots, to eat in a new environment. Re-enacted beautifully, this program takes you back in time and through the eyes of Sacagawea, relive the journey of the Corp of Discovery through uncharted terrain, over the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean and back again. 2003 Color 80 minutes.

Mister Johnson Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Maynard Eziashi. In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He pretends to be something he isn't and has to face himself and a deadly outcome. Brosnan is splendid as the stiff upper lip officer who must carry out the sentence. 1990 Color 97 Minutes.

King and Queen of Moonlight Bay, The Tim Matheson, Sean Young, Kristen Bell, Edward Asner. Can a Daughter's Love Heal A Father's Heart.? Tim Matheson stars with Sean Young of Blade Runner in a story about an alcoholic loner, Al, suddenly forced to reunite with his teenage daughter, Alison, he abandoned when she was six. Auggie (Ed Asner) plays a retired English teacher who shows Al that it's not too late to be a real father to Alison. This is a heart-warming drama about mending a special relationship. 2003 Color 88 min

The Mogul Danny Devito, Rhea Perlman, Barry Corbin. Cameo appearances by Jerry Seinfeld,"Kramer" and Norm from "Cheers". Huntz Hall of the Dead End Kids plays a faded TV star. Devito, with a little help from the mob, rigs the ratings to become America's hottest TV star. (a.k.a. "The Ratings Game") Directed by Devito. Color 1984.

Widow's Peak Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson. A sparkling comedy with a murder mystery foundation. Richardson moves to the Irish town of Widow's Peak in the 1920's where she stirs things up in a big way with her knack at seduction and her talent of jealousy provoking. She tells all sorts of scandalous secrets and lies, but all the while it's part of a bigger plan. The scheme is exposed after a series of startling revelations, but the final scheme could be much bigger, and deadlier. The movie's writer, Irish playwright Hugh Leonard, originally wrote the part of Miss O'Hare especially for Maureen O'Sullivan, but she gracefully reneged because of her advanced age and dwindling stamina. Her daughter Mia Farrow ultimately took over the role. 1994 Color 98 min.

Theatre of Blood Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Robert Morley, Harry Andrew. This movie has a twisted and delicious sense of humor and is fitting tribute to the acting skills of Vincent Price. Directed with delectable British wit by Douglas Hickox, the comedy is decidedly dark when Vincent Price--as effete has-been thespian Richard Lionheart--wreaks poetic justice upon the snobby critics who panned his performances and drove him to a failed attempt at suicide. Reciting his poor reviews and staging murders inspired by Shakespearean tragedies, the actor and his Dickensian coterie of accomplices (including Diane Rigg, sexy as ever) dispatch their victims with shocking ingenuity, and by the time Lionheart reenacts Titus Andronicus by gorging one dog-loving critic (the hilariously poofy Robert Morley) on toy-poodle stew, Theatre of Blood reaches giddy heights of outrageous vengeance. It's all in good fun, of course, and the film's esteemed British cast plays it to the hilt, none better than Price in one of his most entertaining roles. aka Much Ado About Murder. 1973 color 104 minutes

Killing Affair, A Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover A twisted murder mystery set in Appalachians in the 1940s. Kathy Baker plays a young wife and mother who finds her abusive husband murdered in their shed. A mysterious stranger shows claiming to have killed him after finding out he had an affair with his wife. Strangely enough, the woman takes the stranger in and starts to fall for him. Now in a bigger mess, Baker must find a way to unravel the web of fear and cover-ups that threaten both her and her family. 1986 Color 101 min.

Absolution Richard Burton, Billy Connolly, Dominic Guard, Andrew Keir. It's a gripping thriller, and Richard Burton is utterly convincing in the kind of role he was born to play (a rigid priest/teacher, but with traces of humanity underneath). At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher's pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard. In confession, Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend Blakey and buried him in the forest. When Goddard investigates the matter, he finds a buried scarecrow. Goddard is outraged, but, due to the seal of confession, he knows he cannot expel Stanfield. Shortly after, Stanfield once again enters the confession booth, telling Goddard that what before was a practical joke, he has now made happen. In disbelief, Goddard once again goes to the forest to investigate the matter. This time, he discovers Blakey's dead body. The plot soon thickens as Stanfield's fellow student Arthur Dyson mysteriously disappears... Very suspenseful film. 1978 Color 95 minutes.

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Cicely Tyson, Odetta. In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pitman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended, a long walk toward freedom, marriage to Joe Pitman, her adopted son Ned's work as an educator, helping to raise Jimmy, who returns as a civil rights worker, and her own decision to become involved in contemporary issues. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized/ Emmy Award winning production. 1974 color.

Thursday's Game Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Rob Reiner, Valerie Harper, Nancy Walker, Ellen Bursten. Norman Fell. Two friends keep seeing each other long after the regular Thursday night card game breaks up. Then the wives find out. Written by James L. Brooks. Made for ABC Television. 1974 color 100 minutes.

Virus Glen Ford, George Kennedy, Chuck Connors, Sonny Chiba, Olivia Hussey, Robert Vaughn, Henry Silva. A military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica. Made for Japanese Television. Also released in the USA as Day of Resurrection. 1980 Color 108 minutes.

Escape From Sobibor with Alan Arkin and Rutger Hauer. Escape from Nazi death camp weeks before the end of World War II. An important film well acted and authentic. Both Arkin and Hauer were nominated for 1988 Golden Globe awards. Hauer won. Directed by Jack Gold. This is one of the finest and most important films we offer. Triumph of the human spirit. Made For CBS Television Narrated by Howard K. Smith. 1987 Color 143 minutes.

Home Movies Kirk Douglas, Vincent Gardenia, Keith Gordon, Nancy Allen. Gordon is a creative young man who films the oddball doings of his family and peers. Kirk Douglas is terrific as the "The Maestro" who appears frequently to give him pointers on his techniques. It's almost a film about a young man making the film. It's a send-up of self-made stardom, adultery, male dominant control, and the craftiness in the craft of film-making, and it's very funny.1980 Color 90 minutes. Rated R.

Rehearsal for Murder Patrick McNee, Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave. A noted playwright is devastated by the apparent suicide of his fiancée, a famous film actress, after her Broadway debut in one of his plays. On the first year anniversary of her death, he arranges a reunion of cast and crew from that fateful opening night. He asks them to read for parts in his new play, but in reality he believes that his fiancée was murdered, and that someone at the rehearsal is the killer. Made for CBS Television.1982 Color 96 minute

Shocked Jodi Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Foster, Dan Shor . The ultimate price is paid for a young girl's loss of innocence. The true story of Victoria Thompson in the 1800's.Jodie foster is great in the role and her acting is held to be above average .John lithgow plays her creepy older husband. and Michael Murphy (Howard Sterns private parts) plays a minister who's into hypnotism. This film was also released as Mesmerized and My Letter To George. 1984 Color 96 minutes.