Sheldon Collins Movies
- 2002
Sheldon Collins' pseudo-documentary comedy NTV-1 is about a group of friends who scam their way through Europe. Collins opens the film by convincing a travel agency that he is making a documentary and will feature the agency prominently in his film if they pay for his travel. He and his friends meet and exploit a series of Europeans so that they can enjoy excellent accommodations and adventures. The filmmakers claim that the events depicted in the film are true, although some have questioned that assertion. NTV-1 was screened at the Hollywood Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sheldon Collins, Jon Artigo, (more)
- 1969
Tony (Larry Hagman) gives Jeannie (Barbara Eden) a working toy model of a top-secret nuclear earth station. Unaware of its importance, Jeannie subsequently gives the toy to a child, who then shows it to his father, an ambitious toy manufacturer. As a result, the "secret" is exposed via mass production and exploitation, and Tony is facing a court-martial! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1968
Hoping to earn enough money to purchase a guitar, Opie takes a job as a soda jerk at Crawford's drugstore, When he accidentally breaks an expensive-looking perfume bottle, Opie worries that Mr. Crawford (Robert F. Simon) will fire him, thus he spends all his savings to replace the bottle. But our hero soon discovers that his grand gesture was entirely unnecessary. Written by Kent Wilson, "Opie's Drugstore Job" first aired on January 15, 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jack Dodson
- 1967
In this adventure, three young boys stumble upon a secret tunnel. Eventually they learn it was used during the Revolutionary War. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Butch Patrick, Sheldon Collins, (more)
- 1967
Armed with a new tape recorder, Opie and his friend Arnold (Sheldon Collins) plant a "bug" in one of the jail cells. They manage to record evidence that a tight-lipped prisoner named Eddie (Herbie Faye) knows the whereabouts of some stolen money. But when the boys present the tape to Andy, he angrily refuses to listen, explaining that it would be a violation of proper police procedure. How is Andy going to bring this one to closure? Written by Michael Morris and Seaman Jacobs, "Tape Recorder" first aired on October 30, 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The President's Analyst is James Coburn, whose position makes him privy to any number of delicate government secrets. Thus Coburn becomes a most desirable prize for several secret-agent organizations, including the CEA and the FBR (we know who these folks are really supposed to be, even though the phony names were crudely dubbed onto the soundtrack after the film was completed). When Coburn becomes expendable, he finds a pair of strong allies in the form of likeable political assassin Godfrey Cambridge and gay Soviet spy Severn Darden. The main plot involves an insidious, unnamed concern that wishes to harness Coburn's talents in order to brainwash the president -- and everyone else in America -- into submission. The President's Analyst is a terrific, on-target satire of virtually every sacred cow of the late 1960s; the satire was so potent, in fact, that when the NBC network broadcast the film in the early 1970s, it was compelled to remove the picture's punchline. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, (more)
- 1967
Like so many other children of the sixties, Opie Taylor organizes a rock-and-roll band with two of his friends (The boys huffily reject Andy's suggestion that the band call itself "The Young Swingers"). Unfortunately, Opie spends so much time rehearsing in the garage that his schoolwork begins to suffer. The solution to this problem is provided by, of all people, prissy old Clara Summers (Hope Summers). Originally shown on November 6, 1967, "Opie's Group" was written by Doug Tibbles. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1967
The Andy Griffith Show launched its eighth and final season with its September 11, 1967 episode "Opie's First Love." Preparing to escort Mary Alice Carter to his friend Arnold's 13th birthday party, Opie is stood up at the last moment when Mary Alice decides to go with swaggering young Fred Simpson (Kevin Tate). Following his dad Andy's advice, Opie decides to swallow his pride and attend the party "stag"-and ends up having the time of his life. The role of little heartbreaker Mary Alice is played by Suzanne Cupito, who went on to adult stardom as Morgan Brittany. "Opie's First Love" was written by Douglas Tibbles. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1966
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Just because The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming was vastly overrated by contemporary critics does not make it any less amusing. The story gets under way when a Soviet submarine accidently gets lodged in a sandbar on the coast of a New England town. In his feature film debut, Alan Arkin plays the sub's second-in-command, who is ordered by commander Theodore Bikel to free up the sub and skeedaddle before an international incident erupts. Hoping to secure a power boat to tug the sub out to sea, Arkin and his men call upon vacationing TV writer Carl Reiner, passing themselves off as Norwegians. When this ruse fails, Arkin is reluctantly compelled to force Reiner at gunpoint to fetch his motorboat, while gentle-natured Russian sailor John Philip Law is left behind to guard Reiner's wife Eva Marie Saint and pretty neighbor girl Andrea Dromm (yes, love blooms). The plot thickens when the locals, notably bullnecked sheriff Brian Keith and superpatriot Paul Ford, spread the word that the Russians have "invaded" their little community. Several slapstick complications later, the Russians and the locals face each other down in the center of the village, weapons at the ready. Fortunately, World War 3 is averted when the Russians and the villagers band together to rescue young Johnny Whittaker from falling to his doom. Enormously popular upon its first release, The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming still works on a slick sitcom level. The film was based on a novel by Nathaniel Benchley, the son of humorist Robert Benchley and the father of Jaws author Peter Benchley. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, (more)
