 Annie 1999  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Andrea McArdle, Erin Adams, Sarah Hyland, Lalaine
This TV remake of the hit Broadway play stars Alicia Morton as the orphan Annie and Kathy Bates as the mean head of the orphanage. A good effort featuring many actors having stage experience with awards to their credit. Disney.
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The Best Thief in the World 2004  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacob Kornbluth
Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Silverman, David Warshofsky, Audra McDonald, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, Jelani Jeffries, Jonah Bobo, Tanya Clarke, Chelsea Harkins
Young Izzy's (Michael Silverman) father (David Warshofsky) has suffered a stroke, and his mother (Mary-Louise Parker) is trying to make ends meet by teaching school. Izzy has a unique solution to relieve the stress at home: he vandalizes neighboring apartments and commits acts of petty theft.
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 It Runs in the Family 2003  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Bernadette Peters, Rory Culkin, Michelle Monaghan, Geoffrey Arend, Sarita Choudhury, Mark Hammer, Annie Golden, Audra McDonald
Kirk Douglas stars as the patriarch while his son, Michael, and grandson, Cameron, join in as members of a dysfunctional family that tries one more time to understand each other.
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A Raisin in the Sun 2008 TV, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenny Leon
Cast: Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, David Oyelowo, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Stamos, Alexandra Cheron, Ron C. Jones, Emily Swiss, Justin Martin, Elle Downs, Bill Nunn
Set in Chicago's South Side during the 1950s, this story centers on the Younger family and how an insurance check for $10,000 could change their lives. Lena's (Phylicia Rashad) husband has died, and she is waiting for the insurance check. Problems arise when each family member has a different plan for the money. When the check does arrive, Lena buys a house in an all-White neighborhood in Chicago, and the Younger family becomes the first Black family to move in.
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Wit 2001  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Harold Pinter, Rebecca Laurie, Su Lin Looi, Raffaello Degruttola, Miquel Brown
English Professor Vivian (Emma Thompson) is diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer and agrees to have experimental treatments. This is the story of how she copes with her situation. Though depressing at times, Emma Thompson gives a fine performance in this made-for-HBO adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning story.
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| 1. Annie (1999)
2. The Best Thief in the World (2004)
3. It Runs in the Family (2003)
4. A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
5. Wit (2001)
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