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<strong>Criterion</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong><br />

30 MacIntosh Blvd., Unit 7 • Vaughan, Ontario • L4K 4P1<br />

800-565-1996 Fax: 866-664-7545 • www.criterionpic.com<br />

Goonies<br />

1985 • 113 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />

Director: Richard Donner<br />

Cast: Sean Austin, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Kerri Green<br />

“Nothin’ exciting ever happens around here,” sighs 13-year-old Mikey Walsh, staring out his bedroom window as a misty rain settles over<br />

the sleepy seaport city of Astoria. Mikey is about to find out how wrong he is. He and a group of his friends from that small northwest town<br />

will soon find themselves on a thrilling adventure, filled with humour and heart-pounding peril, in the Steven Spielberg Presentation of the<br />

Richard Donner film “The Goonies”.<br />

Grace is Gone<br />

2007 • 85 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc<br />

Director: James C. Strouse<br />

Cast: Nathan Adloff, Gracie Bednarczyk, Heather O. Craig, John Cusack, Doug Dearth, Michael Thomas Dunn, Brian Patrick Farrell<br />

Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.<br />

Grand Theft Auto<br />

1977 • 89 minutes • Colour • New Horizons<br />

Director: Ron Howard<br />

Cast: Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Elizabeth Rogers, Barry Cahill, Rance Howard, Paul Linke<br />

Ron Howard stars as a guy whose girlfriend is forbidden to see him, so the couple elopes to Las Vegas in her father's Rolls Royce. It all<br />

finally ends at a Vegas demolition derby.<br />

Grease<br />

1978 • 110 minutes • Colour • Paramount <strong>Pictures</strong><br />

Director: Randal Kleiser<br />

Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar<br />

The most popular musical of all time, "Grease" merges the talents of solid gold recording star Olivia Newton-John as good girl Sandy and<br />

John Travolta of "Saturday Night Fever" fame as greaser Danny in this nostalgic look at the Fabulous Fifies.<br />

Greased Lightning<br />

1977 • 94 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />

Director: Michael Schultz<br />

Cast: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges<br />

The real-life story of Wendell Scott, the first black auto-racing driver who wins the national stock car title. He is beset with the racial<br />

prejudices of his time and finally the victim of a crash, but he recovers and becomes a champion.<br />

The Great Debaters<br />

2007 • 126 minutes • Colour • Alliance Films Inc<br />

Director: Denzel Washington<br />

Cast: Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams, Forest Whitaker, Gina Ravera, John Heard,<br />

Kimberly Elise<br />

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the<br />

school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.<br />

The Great Race<br />

1965 • 160 minutes • Colour • Warner Brothers<br />

Director: Blake Edwards<br />

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn<br />

Villains, heroes, and heroines vie for the winning cup in a wild and crazy transcontinental auto race.<br />

© 2011 All Rights Reserved Les Films <strong>Criterion</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> 1-800-595-1996 www.criterionpic.com

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