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Bob Roberts 1992 3 stars

    R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Robbins
Cast: Tim Robbins, Alan Rickman, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Rebecca Jenkins, John Ottavino, Pamela Reed, Gore Vidal, James Spader, Helen Hunt

  The election process of United States politics is satirized in this film that was written and directed by its star, Tim Robbins.

Movies Directed By Tim Robbins

Bob Roberts (1992) 3 stars

Cradle Will Rock (1999) 3 stars

Dead Man Walking (1995) 3 stars

Bob Roberts (1992)

Tim Robbins

Oscar: Best Supporting Actor for Mystic River (2003)

Helen Hunt

Oscar: Best Actress for As Good As It Gets (1997)

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A Matter of Life and Death 1946 4 stars

    PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Stairway to Heaven

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Colleano, Abraham Sofaer, Joan Maude, Robert Atkins, Bob Roberts, Edwin Max, Betty Potter

  Returning from a World War II bombing run, Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) realizes his plane will not make it. He talks on his radio to RAF worker June (Kim Hunter) and then jumps, certain that he will die. But a miracle occurs, and Carter awakens in the surf (the angels couldn't find him in the fog, so he didn't die). He and June meet, fall in love, and talk Heaven into waiting.

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1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
aka: Stairway to Heaven

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