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Filmography
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Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)
A lyrical telling of the coming of
age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound
sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
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Don't Come Knocking
(2006) Directed by: Wim
Wenders, During production on his latest movie, an aging cowboy star (Shepard) walks away from the set and heads out on a journey of self-discovery.
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What Is It?
(2006)
Being the
adventures of a young man whose principle
interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get
home. As tormented by an hubristic, racist inner
psyche.
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A Year and a Day
(2005) A
man is suddenly drawn kicking and screaming into
caring for his dying mother, and amidst the sudden
crush of responsibility he tries to gauge the
measure and worth of a man and a life.
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Deuces
Wild (2002)
The summer of 1958
forever changed the Brooklyn landscape. Aside from
the sweltering summer heat and the loss of their
beloved Dodgers, Brooklyn was in a state of
unrest. It was a time when rumbles escalated into
gunfights and honor was quickly becoming a thing
of the past. A new breed of wise guys threatened
to take control of Brooklyn's rough streets, but
only one gang wouldn't back down: the Deuces.
Soon, however, the Deuces began to realize that
loyalty and midnight rumbles could no longer
protect them from the turbulent times ahead.
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Personal
Velocity (2002)
As a teenager,
Delia was a tough girl from a small New York town
who had survived an abusive father and found power
amongst her peers through her sexuality. How did
she end up a battered wife and mother of three?
Greta is a sharp, spunky Ivy League editor who, to
spite the hated infidel ways of her father, has
settled into a complacent relationship with a
blond, blue-eyed grad student. Sudden success
leads her to confront her own issues of fidelity.
Paula ran away from home only to find herself
pregnant and in a relationship she doesn't want.
When she narrowly escapes death's grip, what will
she do with her second chance at life?
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Almost
Famous (2000)
Sixteen-year-old
avid rock fan William lands an assignment from
Rolling Stone to accompany a fledgling band from
Michigan called Stillwater on their first tour. As
he becomes more involved with the band members, he
loses his objectivity and is soon entangled in the
infamous 70's rock scene.
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Red
Letters (2000)
A university
professor embarks on an affair with a convicted
murderess, only to become convinced she's been the
victim of a frame by a former lover. Soon, he
begins a series of dogged attempts to convince a
weary police detective of the truth.
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Life
in the Fast Lane (1999)
Mona's (Balk - THE
CRAFT) ex-boyfriend (Dempsey) won't leave her
alone. Maybe it's because she accidentally killed
him! He shows up everywhere she goes, which
wouldn't be such a problem if he wasn't dead. But
with nowhere to go and plenty of time on his
hands, Mona's beau is determined to breathe new
life into their fading romance, giving a fresh --
slightly surreal -- twist to the old adage
"undying love."
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American
History X (1998)
Edward Norton
gives an impassioned performance as Derek Vinyard,
a Southern Californian skinhead who must do time
after committing a hateful murder. Once in jail,
his mind opens and he sees the error of his ways.
Upon reentering the real world, he must now turn
his attentions to his younger brother Danny, who
is swiftly heading down the same path as his
brother. Controversy surrounded the film when
director Tony Kaye disowned it, claiming that
Norton had the film re-edited without Kaye's
permission. Norton still got an Oscar Nomination
for his intense performance.
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The
Waterboy (1998)
Despite being the
constant target of gross jokes and public
humiliation from the university football team
players he serves, lowly water boy Bobby Boucher
loves his job and thinks dispensing water to
dehydrated athletes is life's greatest calling.
However, when he is unceremoniously fired, for no
reason other than pure ineptitude, Bobby gets a
chance as a player for the neighboring
down-and-out team.
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American
Perfekt (1997)
Brilliant actor
Robert Forster (JACKIE BROWN and MEDIUM COOL)
plays a psychotic psychiatrist who bases all his
decisions on the flip of a coin, including whether
or not to murder someone. He picks up a woman
(Amanda Plummer; "Honey Bunny" in PULP
FICTION) in the desert after she's been run off
the road, then later gives her beautiful
hitch-hiking younger sister (Fairuza Balk of THE
ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU and PERSONAL VELOCITY) a
ride. Paul Sorvino (BERT D'ANGELO and GOODFELLAS;
father of Mira) plays a sheriff in desperate
pursuit, with Chris Sarandon (ex-husband of Susan;
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS) as his beleaguered
deputy.
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The
Maker (1997)
On the cusp of his
eighteenth birthday, petty criminal-in-training
Josh is surprised by the return of his errant
older brother, who ropes Josh into a dangerous
robbery scheme he may have to shoot his way out
of.
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The
Craft (1996)
Four teenage
girls, outsiders in their clique-ridden religious
school, find an outlet for their pent-up
hostilities when they form a supernatural coven.
Armed with the power of "the craft,"
these novice witches gleefully take vengeance on
their enemies, but ultimately their indiscriminate
use of power catches up to them.
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The
Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Marlon Brando
stars as the scientist in the third adaptation of
the H.G. Wells classic. The archetypal mad
scientist, the good doctor has been conducting a
number of experiments in his remote island
kingdom, producing a race of genetic mutants both
man and beast in his quest to produce a superior
creature. The mutants treat Moreau as a virtual
god, carrying out his orders with blind obedience.
To deal with the few rebels, the scientist has
embedded electrodes under their skin through which
he can induce a degree of pain sufficient for his
purpose. A plane crash-lands on the island, and
the only survivor, U.N. negotiator Edward Douglas
(David Thewlis), is taken to Moreau's compound by
the doctor's demented assistant, Montgomery (Val
Kilmer), where he's soon imprisoned. Shocked by
Moreau's experiments, Douglas desperately seeks
escape but is badly outnumbered by the army of
mutants. At length, the creatures discover how to
remove the controlling devices from their bodies
and attempt a rebellion, but it soon becomes clear
that their collective intelligence was not
increased by their physical transformation. This
film became an instant camp classic, the result of
a troubled production on which John Frankenheimer
replaced the original director after only a day of
shooting. The fine camerawork of veteran William
Fraker stands out above all else.
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Things
to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1996)
A suave, reformed
hit man who never killed anybody is forced into
just one more job when his former boss gives him
an offer he can't refuse. Though he just met the
girl of his dreams he acquiesces and gets his
rag-tag team together, but they botch the job and
incur the wrath of the boss, who sets an actual
killer on their trail. A blackly comedic suspense
thriller.
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Tollbooth
(1996)
In this offbeat
comedy, a woman tells her tollbooth operator
boyfriend that their relationship must be put on
hold until her missing father turns up, prompting
him to embark on a bumpy road to find him.
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Imaginary
Crimes (1994)
A father who turns
his back on his integrity betrays his family in
ways he did not anticipate.
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Gas
Food Lodging (1992)
Allison Anders’s
GAS FOOD LODGING is a heartfelt, honest look at a
teenage girl’s coming of age. Fairuza Balk
stars, giving a tremendously sympathetic
performance as Shade, a girl living in a trailer
park with her mom, Nora (Brooke Adams), and doing
her best to hold her volatile family together.
While Shade’s older sister, Trudi (Ione Skye),
sleeps around and is filled with rage at men, her
mother, and the world in general, Shade is a
compassionate, melancholy teen who spends time
watching wildly romantic Mexican movies at the
local cinema. She believes her mother will be
happy if she can find her father, John Evans (a
moving performance by James Brolin), and reunite
her family. Though things don’t go quite so
smoothly, the film maintains a hopeful tone.
Anders’s second film, GAS FOOD LODGING put her
on the indie film map, establishing her as
sensitive director whose stories of struggling
women, told in their own voices, are marked by
emotional honesty and disarming humor. GAS FOOD
LODGING is an intimate, well-wrought gem.
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The
Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1990)
When Max, a
typical 13-year-old, is paired with Celia in a
piano recital, he falls in love. But is it the
real thing? His parents don't approve of Celia and
Max finds himself torn between family obligations
and his first attraction.
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Valmont
(1990)
VALMONT is
director Milos Forman's witty and playful
adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos's famous novel
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, about the sexual
machinations of two jaded 18th-century French
aristocrats. In order to get revenge on the man
who jilted her, the wicked Marquise de Merteuil
(Annette Bening) persuades a former lover, the
rakish Vicomte de Valmont (Colin Firth), to
deflower the man's virginal young fiancיe.
Valmont agrees but presents the marquise with his
own challenge: If he succeeds in seducing Madame
de Tourvel (Meg Tilly), a virtuous young wife
known for her unshakable fidelity, the marquise
must grant Valmont a night in bed. The
cold-blooded twosome proceeds gleefully with their
heartless scheme until true love unexpectedly
alters the course of events. Look for a great
bathtub scene. The film was co-written artfully
for the screen by Milos Forman and Jean-Claude
Carriere and set like a gem in the visually
emphatic Baroque period.
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The
Worst Witch (1986)
Mildred Hubble (Fairuza
Balk) is the flunk-out of the Witch's
Academy--that is until she gets her big chance to
show everyone just how much magic she can make!
The school's headmistress Agatha (Charlotte Rae)
has an evil twin, who is plotting to cause havoc
just before the big Halloween celebration and
visit by the Grand Wizard (Tim Curry). Can Mildred
find a way to stop this plot before it ruins the
party? This family fantasy features a stellar
cast, including Diana Rigg and Tim Curry, as well
as plenty of enchanting action.
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Return
to Oz (1985)
This sequel to THE
WIZARD OF OZ adheres to author L. Frank Baum's
wonderful fantasy novels as Dorothy returns to Oz
where she battles a powerful Gnome King and a vain
witch. Helping her are a cute robot named Tik Tok,
a gangly jack 'o' lantern, and a talking chicken.
Some material may be frightening for very young
children. Academy Award Nominations: Best Visual
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