Cast: Martin Sheen
Marlon Brando
Robert Duvall
Laurence Fishburne
Dennis Hopper
Harrison Ford
Frederic Forrest

The movie is about a US general in Cambodia who has gone mad and is in to illegal activities. Martin Sheen is sent to take care of the situation. The movie is great where you will sew new things and the adventure is never ending. the movie won 2 academy awards: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro), Academy Award for Best Sound (Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nathan Boxer)

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Cast: Dennis Christopher
Dennis Quaid
Daniel Stern

The movie is about clash between the working class kids and the rich class kids. It ends up with a cycle race which is pretty interesting. There is a Hindi movie based on this one: Jo Jeeta wohi Sikandar. The movie won  an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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Cast: Dustin Hoffman
Meryl Streep
Justin Henry
Jane Alexander

Kramer is an executive working for a company. He gets fires and simultaneously his wife files a divorce and claim for the custody of the child. He gets a job with less salary. In court he was asked lots of questions. The movie is great one and shows how Kramer fights for his kid. The movie won 5 academy awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Actor in a Leading Role - Dustin Hoffman , Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Meryl Streep.

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Tess (1979): 3 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted by maneesh On August - 12 - 2010

Cast: Nastassja Kinski
Peter Firth
Leigh Lawson

The movie is about a girl who is unsure about the family tree. The story takes place early in England. I found the movie a bit boring. The movie won 3 academy awards: for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens), Best Cinematography (Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumously) and Ghislain Cloquet) and Best Costume Design.

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Alien (1979): Good thriller movie

Posted by maneesh On June - 17 - 2010

Cast: Tom Skerritt
Sigourney Weaver
Veronica Cartwright

Well, as the name suggests, it's an Alien movie. It received an academy award for best visual effect. The movie still looks pretty good as far as the visual effects goes. The visualization of Alien was great. Overall, a good movie.

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Cast: Mel Gibson

Mad Max was the first movie of the trilogy which was released in 1979. I liked the story and it was quite unique. In the first part the villain was quite dramatic and sounds really good with the Australian accent. The first part signifies the making of Max, a mad guy. Second part was good with the fighting for the fuel concept. At the last, when it was found out that the fuel was not in the tanker was a great suspense. Nice way to tackle the bad guys. In the third part I liked the concept of Master-Blaster. Overall, all the three parts are nice. The first part is a bit slow, but again it's good to watch.

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