Jane Austen in Manhattan 1980  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate, John Guerrasio, Katrina Hodiak, Kurt Johnson, Philip Lenkowsky, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Sean Young, Bernard Barrow, Naomi Riordan, Bella Jarrett, Lee H. Doyle
Rival directors Lilliana (Anne Baxter) and Pierre (Robert Powell), who differ in their plans for the mode of presentation, fight for the right to bring to the stage a long-lost play written by Jane Austen when she was a mere 12 years old. During their competition for the rights to present the play, they also vie for actress Ariadne (Sean Young) to perform in the play–and the intrigue continues.
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Rachel, Rachel 1968  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons, James Olson, Kate Harrington, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Moffat, Bernard Barrow, Terry Kiser, Franco Corsaro, Nell Potts, Shawn Campbell, Violet Dunn, Beatrice Pons, Dortha Duckworth, Simm Landres
Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) is a 35-year-old spinster schoolteacher who has been living under the influence of her strong mother (Kate Harrington). Rachel attends a religious revival meeting with her friend Calla (Estelle Parsons) and is swept up in the fervor of the preacher (Terry Kiser). Then, a friend from her childhood, Nick Kazlik (James Olson), appears on the scene, and romance blooms. Rachel thinks that she is pregnant, but it turns out not to be so. But, as a result of her experiences, Rachel changes her outlook and sets out to begin living a meaningful life. This film marks Paul Newman's directorial debut. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress (Woodward), Supporting Actress (Parsons) and Writing.
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The Survivors 1983 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robin Williams, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright, Anne Pitoniak, John Goodman, Kristen Vigard, Annie McEnroe, Bernard Barrow, Michael P. Moran, Marian Hailey, Joseph Carberry, Skipp Lynch, Meg Mundy, Yudie Bank
Robin Williams plays unemployed executive Donald Quinelle who is taken under the wing of gas station owner Sonny Paluso (Walter Matthau). Because of a strange set of circumstances, they are on the list of hit man Jack Locke (Jerry Reed). From there, they end up in a survival-training unit where things really get "Robin Williams" strange.
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| 1. Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
2. Rachel, Rachel (1968)
3. The Survivors (1983)
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