Anna and the King 1999 PG-13, 145 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk Kim, Lim Kay Siu, Melissa Campbell, Keith Chin, Mano Maniam, Shanthini Venugopal, Deanna Yusoff
In this classic story of Empire vs. Colonial cultures, Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster) is a prim, widowed British schoolteacher who has been hired as a tutor for the King (Chow Yun-Fat) of Siam's oldest child. She travels miles from home and arrives in Siam with her young son Louis (Tom Felton). Now, Anna learns that the King has 26 wives and 53 children. She and the King begin with prejudices against the others' cultures, but both realize the importance of educating the children and begin to recognize the good qualities in each other.
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Desperate Choices: To Save My Child 1992 TV, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Joanna Kerns, Bruce Davison, Reese Witherspoon, Joseph Mazzello, Jeremy Sisto, Bruce McGill, Steven Gilborn, Rondi Reed, Ron Canada, J.D. Hall, Phillip Curry, Larry Brandenburg, William Newman
Carefree teenager Cassie (Reese Witherspoon) is diagnosed with leukemia, and her life depends on a bone-marrow transplant from her six-year-old half-brother Willy (Joseph Mazzello). Now, her parents (Joanna Kerns and Bruce Davison) marriage comes under great strains as they make a decision that could risk one child's life to save the other.
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Ever After: A Cinderella Story 1998 PG-13, 121 min. Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance / Fantasy aka: Ever After
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy West, Judy Parfitt, Jeroen Krabbe, Jeanne Moreau, Lee Ingleby, Kate Lansbury, Matyelok Gibbs, Walter Sparrow, Anna Maguire
This Cinderella story is set in 16th-century France where 18-year-old Danielle (Drew Barrymore) loses her father (Jeroen Krabbe) when he suffers a heart attack and finds herself serving her widowed stepmother Baroness Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston) and new siblings Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey) and Marguerite (Megan Dodds). Danielle's life is miserable–until she meets Prince Henry (Dougray Scott), the future King of France, who whisks her away.
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Fools Rush In 1997 PG-13, 106 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gomez, Tomas Milian, Anne Betancourt, Jill Clayburgh, John Bennett Perry, Siobhan Fallon, Stanley DeSantis, Suzanne Snyder, Angelina Torres
Alex Whitman (Matthew Perry) is a successful contractor in Las Vegas working on a construction site where he meets and heads straight to bed with Isabel Fuentes (Salma Hayek). A few months later, a pregnant Isabel reenters the picture; they marry and prove that, while opposites may initially attract, living happily ever after takes work.
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Fool's Gold 2008 PG-13, 112 min. Genre: Action / Comedy / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, Donald Sutherland, Alexis Dziena, Ewen Bremner, Ray Winstone, Kevin Hart, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Brian Hooks, David Roberts, Michael Mulheren, Adam LeFevre
Although he has been searching for years and has gone into debt in the process, Ben "Finn" Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) has not given up on his dream of finding a sunken treasure: the Queen's Dowry. He goes through a divorce with Tess (Kate Hudson), and just when she finds a new life, Finn uses Tess's employer, billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland) to continue his quest. Finn convinces Nigel and his spoiled daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) to join Tess and himself in searching for the treasure. But, they are not the only ones out there; Finn's mentor Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has been hired by crime boss Bigg Bunny (Kevin Hart) to retrieve the treasure. And, the race is on–over and under the sea.
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Hitch 2005 PG-13, 115 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James, Amber Valletta, Julie Ann Emery, Robinne Lee, Nathan Lee Graham, Adam Arkin, Michael Rapaport, Jeffrey Donovan, Kevin Sussman, Philip Bosco
"Date Doctor" Hitch (Will Smith) helps NYC's not-so-suave bachelors correct their dating mistakes so they can find true love. Although his advice to others works, Hitch meets his match when he is attracted to gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes) who resists his advances.
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It Takes Two 1995 PG, 98 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, Philip Bosco, Jane Sibbett, Lawrence Dane, Desmond Robertson, Michelle Grisom, Tiny Mills, Shanelle Henry, LaTonya Borsay, Michelle Lonsdale Smith, Anthony Aiello, Elizabeth Walsh
An adoptee, Amanda (Mary-Kate Olsen), meets her look-alike Alissa (Ashley Olsen), and the two girls decide to change identities in an effort to bring their parents together. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent | 12/06/2006 | | This was an excellent movie I loved it I just wish that I could own it as well. I am a very big fan of The olsen Twins and if I could have each and every movie they have ever made I would. I only have one problem I can not find them in South Africa. |
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Sweet Home Alabama 2002 PG-13, 105 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Tennant Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, Melanie Lynskey, Dakota Fanning
Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have it made; she has obtained the status of a top fashion designer and has been proposed to by one of NYC's most eligible bachelors (Patrick Dempsey). But, there is one little problem: she must first return to Alabama and obtain a divorce from the husband (Josh Lucas) she left seven years ago.
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| 1. Anna and the King (1999)
2. Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
3. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) aka: Ever After
4. Fools Rush In (1997)
5. Fool's Gold (2008)
6. Hitch (2005)
7. It Takes Two (1995)
8. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
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