, 24minutes Directed byWill Vinton OriginUSA GenresComedy, Documentary, Musical, Animation ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsCam Clarke, Brian Cummings, David Downing, Jim Cummings, Dorian Harewood, Brian Stokes Mitchell Roles Red (voice) Rating81% Meet the Raisins! spoofs musical documentaries with its use of anthropomorphic food characters. Through its historical perspective, the special also provided an opportunity to elaborate on the personalities and introduce names of the simple yet popular characters. It follows the California Raisins' humble beginnings, rise to musical success, fall from stardom, and eventual comeback. This includes "home movie" clips, scenes of the group's early days as the Vine-Yls, concert footage, and interviews with the people behind the success of the California Raisins including manager Rudy Begaman. The group is also shown performing various hit songs.
, 1h40 Directed byGeorge Schaefer OriginUSA GenresDrama ActorsBette Davis, Keenan Wynn, Alexa Kenin, George Hearn, Antony Holland, Penny Fuller Roles Mr. Harris Rating76% The story focuses on Esther Cimino, an aging piano teacher who is misdiagnosed as having dementia shortly after her husband passes away. Her son George has her declared incompetent and puts her affairs in the hands of a questionable trustee. Her granddaughter Karen places the woman in a convalescent home overseen by a caring director, and under his patient care Mrs. Cimino blossoms, only to learn her business, home, and all her possessions, including her beloved piano, were sold during her confinement.
, 1h37 Directed byIrvin Kershner OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy ActorsBarbra Streisand, David Selby, Jacobo Morales, Conrad Bain, Paul Benedict, Carl Gottlieb Roles John Rating57% Margaret Reynolds, a young wife and mother, severely bored with her day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slowly slips into depression, finding refuge in her outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into her apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.
, 1h24 Directed byRobert Downey Sr. OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsArnold Johnson, Antonio Fargas, Allen Garfield, Allan Arbus, Robert Downey Sr., Shelley Plimpton Roles (uncredited) Rating66% Putney Swope, the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm, is accidentally put in charge after the unexpected death of the chairman of the board: each board member actually believed that he, himself, should be elected chairman, but the bylaws of the corporation prohibit voting for oneself, so each individual member voted his secret ballot for the person that no one else would vote for: Putney Swope.