Dick Van Patten’s Typical Vibe
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Dick Van Patten has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s.
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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
Comedy · Science Fiction

Sleeper
1973
Comedy · Science Fiction

Silent Movie
1976
Comedy

And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
Comedy

Bananas
1971
Comedy

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
Comedy

The Kentucky Fried Movie
1977
Comedy

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
1972
Comedy

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Dir. Mel Brooks · With Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Dir. Michael Crichton · With Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin

A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
Dir. Mel Brooks · With Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala

A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.
Dir. John Sturges · With Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.
Dir. Gary Nelson · With Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin
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