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Alan Alda

Alan Alda is an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H, for which he won five Emmy Awards. He has also appeared in numerous films and television shows and has authored several books. Alda is also a science communicator and has hosted the PBS series Scientific American Frontiers.

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The Mephisto Waltz

The Mephisto Waltz

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 6.1

A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myle...

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Murder at 1600

Murder at 1600

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.1

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis part...

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The Object of My Affection

The Object of My Affection

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

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Canadian Bacon

Canadian Bacon

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 5.9

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.

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A New Life

A New Life

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 5.8

Steve Giardino, an abrasive workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife Jackie divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back into the dating world in middle age and in search o...

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Sweet Liberty

Sweet Liberty

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 5.8

Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors wa...

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White Mile

White Mile

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 5.8

An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

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Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 5.6

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction co...

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Wanderlust

Wanderlust

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 5.6

Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.

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Diminished Capacity

Diminished Capacity

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 5.5

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.

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