The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
The little baseball misfits try for the title with a player's (Jackie Earle Haley) father (William Devane) as their coach.
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Glow Ropes: The Rise and Fall of a Bar Mitzvah Emcee (2005)
Enthusiastic emcee Taylor James (Tim Peper) leaves behind his home state of New Jersey when party planner Vanessa Dupree (Judy Reyes) hires him to work the busier New York City bar mitzvah scene. Tutored by slick Manhattan emcee Sebastian (George Valencia), Taylor spices up his wardrobe and becomes a more clever showman. Soon, he's a bar mitzvah celebrity. But when he has a disastrous problem with his glow-in-the-dark props, his career heads in another direction.
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Who's the Man? (1993)
Ed Lover (Ed Lover) and Doctor Dre (Andre Romelle Young) are hapless New York City barbers who test the patience of their boss, Nick Crawford (Jim Moody), one too many times and end up at a police academy to try out careers in law enforcement. Training under the tough-as-nails Sergeant Cooper (Denis Leary), Ed and Dre eventually learn enough skills to become rookie cops. For their first major assignment, they attempt to thwart a corrupt businessman at odds with Nick over property development.
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The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
A Texas oil rascal (James Garner) woos a Wall Street stock analyst (Lee Remick) and takes the market for a ride.
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The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
A GI (John Forsythe) falls for a U.S. ambassador's daughter (Olivia de Havilland) who fights a senator's plan to make Paris off limits.
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Moving Violations (1985)
After receiving traffic violations, young Dana Cannon (John Murray) and other motorists are ordered by Judge Nedra Henderson (Sally Kellerman) to attend a driving school as a way to avoid further penalties. The reluctant students must contend with the stern Deputy Halik (James Keach) as a teacher and remain resigned to completing the course. However, when Dana and his classmates learn of a devious scheme involving Henderson and Halik, they rebel against their deceptive authority figures.
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Clara's Heart (1988)
A housekeeper (Whoopi Goldberg) befriends the teenage son of the bickering Baltimore couple (Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan) who brought her from Jamaica.
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Trial and Error (1997)
Lawyer Charlie (Jeff Daniels) is sent by his boss (Lawrence Pressman) to a small Nevada town to file a continuance request for mail-order con man Benjamin Gibbs (Rip Torn). Charlie's actor friend, Richard (Michael Richards), turns up to throw a surprise bachelor party celebrating Charlie's upcoming marriage to the boss's daughter (Alexandra Wentworth). When Charlie is too hung over to make it to court for the hearing, Richard fills in -- and must continue impersonating him for the whole trial.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
A modern-day blacksmith becomes the toast of King Arthur's court after being transported to sixth-century England.
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Monkey Trouble (1994)
9-year-old Eva (Thora Birch) dreams of owning a pet, but her mother (Mimi Rogers) doesn't think she's ready and her father (Christopher McDonald) is allergic to animals. One day, she finds a lost capuchin monkey, names him Dodger and secretly brings him home with her. It turns out that Dodger has been trained as an expert pickpocket that and his evil master, the gypsy Azro (Harvey Keitel), wants him back. It's all Eva can do to keep herself and her mischievous new companion out of trouble.
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