Celeste Yarnall

Broomfield’s behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an extravagant, glitzy production.

Fatal Beauty -- Whoopi Goldberg stars as a witty, street-smart L.A. narcotics cop who goes undercover to investigate a poisoned drug shipment in this explosive, romantic action-comedy. Co-stars Sam Elliott.

Both uproariously funny and unerringly cautionary, Broomfield's behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an extravagant, glitzy production. As Broomfield recounts it,"(This was) the first film I ever appeared in. I was so desperate in this out-of-control situation that it was the only way I could think of telling the story."

Crosses and double-crosses abound in "Scorpio." Burt Lancaster is the enigmatic and aptly named Cross, a CIA agent. Jean Laurier (Alain Delon) is a government assassin who Cross hires to kill an Arab terrorist. Afterwards, Laurier’s boss, McCleod, tells him to kill Cross for a crime that Laurier doesn’t believe Cross committed. Cross learns of the plot and runs to Vienna, where he meets up with an old army buddy and KGB agent Sergei Zharkov (Paul Scofield). While there, McCleod kills Cross’ wife, and Cross returns to America to avenge her death, and he murders McCleod. But Cross still has some surprises for Laurier….