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Filmography
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The
Kiss (2003)
This touching tale begins as a
keen-eyed book editor sifts through a selection of dusty
manuscripts which have been left behind in her new office. Drawn
to one in particular, she is entranced by the passionate love
story that leaps from the pages in front of her. However, the
story remains unfinished, so she embarks on a trip to find the
author. On finding him, she is dismayed to find a broken man.
Shattered after the death of his wife, the now elderly writer is
encouraged to finish his words, forming a close bond between
himself and his would-be publisher. But there's a twist in the
tale, which allows director Gorman Bechard to effectively muse on
the subject of true love, and what it really means.
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Wrong
Turn (2003)
A wrong turn leaves a group of
young people trapped --- and hunted in the West Virginia
wilderness. Makeup and creature effects created by Stan Winston.
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City
by the Sea (2002)
New York City homicide detective
Vincent LaMarca has forged a long and distinguished career in law
enforcement, making a name for himself as a man intensely
committed to his work. But on his latest case, the stakes are
higher for Vincent - the suspect he's investigating is his own
son, Joey. Vincent and Joey have been painfully estranged ever
since Vincent divorced Joey's mother and left the decaying
boardwalks of Long Beach, Long Island for the anonymity of
Manhattan and a successful career with the NYPD. He lives his life
in solitude, keeping his girlfriend at arm's length; the closest
relationship he maintains is with his partner, Reg - and Vincent
makes sure that friendship stops at the precinct door. As long as
Vincent lives in the protection of the present, he doesn't have to
deal with the pain of his past - or his sorrow over his broken
relationship with Joey. But this murder investigation is drawing
Vincent home to Long Beach, the self-proclaimed "City by t!
he Sea," where the past has been waiting for him to return.
The agonizing memory that has tortured him all his life - the
death of his father, a convicted murderer who was executed when
Vincent was just a boy - still plagues him. In the course of the
investigation, he discovers that his own unresolved pain and
failures as a father have deeply influenced Joey's life, and the
destructive choices he has made. As a cop, Vincent must bring a
criminal to justice; as a father he must find a way to save his
son. Now he will put his life on the line in order to do right by
both his family and his profession.
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The
New Guy (2002)
At Eastland High School, new guy
Gil Harris is Mr. Popularity. Mysterious and charming, Gil has
girls falling all over him and thugs scrambling to get his back.
He's got Eastland High in the palm of his hand. But Gil's also got
a secret. Not so long ago, at Rocky Creek High School, Gil,
formerly known as Diz, was the resident loser. So how did lowly
Diz become Gil, the hot new guy? With a simple plan, determination
and the help of some unlikely friends, Diz makes an incredible
transformation that works like a charm -- that is until some
students from Rocky Creek also make the transfer to Eastland...
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Soul
Survivors (2001)
After surviving a car crash that
killed her boyfriend (Casey Affleck), Cassandra (Melissa
Sagemiller) finds herself haunted by his ghost. While a priest
(Luke Wilson) tries to exorcize these frightful visions from
Cassandra's mind, her college friends see her vulnerability as the
perfect outlet for their malicious plans.
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Jay
and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that
a "Bluntman and Chronic" movie is being made featuring
their comic book counterparts, they drool at the thought of fat
movie checks rolling in. But when the pair find that there won't
be any royalties coming their way, they set out to sabotage the
flick at all costs. The stoner duo makes the cross-country trip
from New Jersey to Hollywood and along the way they meet up with a
quartet of sexy diamond thieves (that's Chrissy, Sissy, Missy and
Justice)...and an orangutan. The escaped orangutan gets a federal
wildlife marshal on their tail, and the whole shebang climaxes as
Jay and Silent Bob make it to the Mirmax lot, crashing through the
sets of a whole bunch of movies, both real and imaginary. And, oh,
yeah - the "secret origin" of Jay and Silent Bob is
finally revealed!
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Bring
It On (2000)
Torrance Shipman is a typical
all-American high school girl. Since being been named captain of
her school's championship-winning cheerleading squad, the San
Diego Toros, she's on top of the world. She's determined that
nothing-not even her homework, her nagging parents or her perfect
college boyfriend-get in the way of leading her squad to its sixth
consecutive national title. But the Toro's have some stiff
competition this time out from the Clovers, an inner-city, hip-hop
squad from Los Angeles. When Torrance learns that her predecessor
has been stealing cheer routines for years from the rival squad,
she realizes that the Clovers and their captain Isis are looking
to even the score and that the Toro's are in big trouble. Things
get even worse when Torrance finds herself falling for Cliff, an
outsider from school with whom she normally would never associate,
and with the national championships only a few weeks away, the
pressure is on.
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Race
the Sun (1996)
Halle Berry (MONSTER'S BALL) stars
in this inspirational adventure in which a group of low-income,
under-achieving Hawaiian students are inspired by their new
science teacher to design a solar-powered car for a local
competition. Their determination ultimately lands them in
Australia in a 2,000 mile race across the Outback.
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Journey
(1995)
This acclaimed family drama
centers on an eleven-year-old boy named Journey whose mother
deserts him and his sister on the family farm, leaving them to be
cared for by their grandparents. The bond between the boy and his
grandfather helps ease his pain and confusion. A Hallmark Hall of
Fame adaptation of Patricia Maclachlan's novel.
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Bye,
Bye Love (1995)
A comedic drama about the
difficulties of divorce for men and their children, BYE BYE LOVE
stars likable actors Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine, and Randy Quaid.
All three are divorced fathers who get custody of their children
on the weekends, and have to make the most of the little time they
get. Each one must also contend, in a different way, with their
ex-wives and the new women they've become involved with. The film
also features Janeane Garofalo in a brief, scene-stealing role as
the stereotypical "date from hell," and Eliza Dushku (BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) in an early part.
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True
Lies (1994)
Secret agent Harry Tasker (Arnold
Schwarzenegger) is a busy man; when he's not saving the world from
terrorists, he's under cover as a boring computer salesman,
juggling the everyday needs of his wife, Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis),
and his daughter. While Harry and his partner, Gib (Tom Arnold),
work to stop a gang of international terrorists from getting their
hands on missing nuclear weapons, Helen, feeling neglected, begins
a covert affair with a sleazy used car salesman pretending to be a
spy. When Harry finds out, he decides to give Helen a lesson in
spy games, which backfires when the couple is kidnapped and stuck
in the middle of an international terrorist crisis. Director James
Cameron topped his previous spectaculars with this action-comedy
extravaganza (the most expensive film ever made before TITANIC),
featuring amazing stunts and special effects. TRUE LIES is based
on a 1991 French spy comedy entitled LA TOTALE! (Translation: THE
JACKPOT).
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That
Night (1993)
An adaptation from Alice
McDermott's 1987 novel about two young lovers from opposite sides
of the tracks who have a secret affair until one hot summer night
when a crisis strikes.
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This
Boy's Life (1993)
The story of a boy and his
free-spirited mother in 1950's America who together try to make
her new marriage work, hoping to conform to a husband and father
who is cruel and old-fashioned.
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