Lies and deceptionit's all in the family when Robin Williams must convince his future in-laws that he's as upstanding and uptight as they are in "the funniest comedy you'll see this year" (Gene Shalit, "Today Show"). Co-starring Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski and Calista Flockhart, The Birdcage is an uproarious comedy that will send your spirits soaring. Armand ...
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Dan FuttermanDirected By: Mike Nichols
First broadcast on HBO in June of 1998--shortly before the theatrical release of Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan--this World War II drama offers an equally intimate and devastating study of combat and its tragic aftermath. Set in Germany during the closing days of the war, the film uses a little-known episode of U.S. military history--the bloody battle of the Hurtigen Forest--as the ...
Manufacturer: Hbo Home VideoStarring: Ron Eldard, Zak Orth, Frank Whaley, Dylan Bruno, Devon GummersallDirected By: John Irvin
Working class waitress slim finds her life transformed when she marries wealthy contractor mitch. She settles into an idyllic suburban life and seems to have everything she wants: loving husband beautiful home and gracie. Her dream is suddenly shattered when she discovers mitch is anything but perfect. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Jennifer Lopez Billy ...
Manufacturer: Sony PicturesStarring: Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis, Dan FuttermanDirected By: Michael Apted
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
Manufacturer: Paramount VantageStarring: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irfan Khan, Archie Panjabi, Mohammed AfzalDirected By: Michael Winterbottom
Family problems have never been this hilarious! What's a teenage girl to do with a crazy new stepfamily, except escape? That's exactly what Hillary Wolf (Home Alone) does. And it brings all her moms, dads, and step-siblings out in force to find her.
Manufacturer: New Line Home VideoStarring: Griffin Dunne, Dan Futterman, Patricia Kalember, Jenny Lewis, Ben SavageDirected By: Joan Micklin Silver
Jon Shear's film, one of the overlooked gems of 2000, simmers under a tense, disturbing air of inevitability. Charlie (Dan Futterman) wanders the nighttime streets of the city, a mournful lost soul determinedly pursuing a mysterious stranger whom he is convinced holds the key to his redemption. He encounters chatty bartenders, pompous pickups, and dying friends (including a biting Alan Cumming), ...
Manufacturer: Lions GateStarring: Dan Futterman, Paige Turco, Scott Denny, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Lothaire BluteauDirected By: Jon Shear
Aristocratic but flat broke Georgie needs cash for a good cause. Enter Jez and Dylan, two young men who scam the rich and give the money to a pair of poor, deserving orphans themselves! However, after they meet the lovely, mysterious Georgie, these modern day Robin Hoods are ensnared in a hilariously complicated net when she steals their hearts.
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Rowena Cooper, Scott Charles, Antonia Corrigan, Myles Anderson, Jane LapotaireDirected By: Stefan Schwartz
Ridiculous, manipulative, and utterly irresistible, this push-button thriller instantly qualifies as a guilty pleasure, even when you know it's just a B-movie potboiler with moxie to spare. Taking a savvy clue from Ashley Judd's Double Jeopardy and any number of endangered-female melodramas from Hollywood's golden age, Jennifer Lopez stars as a blue-collar beauty who marries the ...
The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of the French comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams stars as a gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it straight and ask his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and ...
Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Dan FuttermanDirected By: Mike Nichols
