And Justice for All 1979  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Jack Warden, Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Sam Levene, Craig T. Nelson, Robert Christian, Thomas G. Waites, Larry Bryggman, Dominic Chianese, Victor Arnold, Vincent Beck, Michael Gorrin
Idealistic lawyer Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino) is a Baltimore defense attorney who is trying to uncover corruption within Maryland's legal system. When Judge Henry T. Fleming (John Forsythe) demands that Kirkland defend him after he is accused of assaulting a woman, Kirkland has no choice but to take the case. Now, honest lawyer Kirkland tries to find justice in the court system while also trying to make the system work. Pacino earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination.
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The Doctor 1991  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randa Haines
Cast: William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Charlie Korsmo, Wendy Crewson, Bill Macy, J.E. Freeman, Kyle Secor
A successful doctor (William Hurt) is diagnosed with cancer of the larynx and learns how dehumanizing hospitalization can be.
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The Executioner's Song 1982 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Jordan Clarke, Steven Keats, Richard Venture, Walter Olkewicz, Jenny Wright, Michael LeClair, Pat Corley, Mary Ethel Gregory, John Dennis Johnston, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien
Tommy Lee Jones takes on the role of convicted killer Gary Gilmore who was the first man executed in the USA after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The last nine months of Gilmore's life are the basis for this story. Gilmore is 35 years old when he is released from prison for armed robbery. He tries to go straight and fails. After killing two men during separate robberies, Gilmore is sentenced to death in Utah. Jones won the Emmy for his very believable performance as the villainous Gilmore.
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Funny About Love 1990  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Gene Wilder, Christine Lahti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Robert Prosky, Stephen Tobolowsky, Susan Ruttan, Anne Jackson, Jean De Baer, David Margulies, Tara Shannon, Wendie Malick, Robert Hy Gorman, Freda Foh Shen, Scott Groff, Ramy Zada
Liberal political cartoonist Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) falls in love with and marries a chef, Meg (Christine Lahti). All goes well–for awhile–until Duffy thinks about having a baby, and Meg wants her career. They drift apart, and Duffy finds another "love of his life," Daphne (Mary Stuart Masterson). Only after Daphne becomes pregnant does Duffy realize how much Meg means to him.
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Gross Anatomy 1989  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti, Todd Field, John Scott Clough, Alice Carter, Robert Desiderio, Zakes Mokae, J.C. Quinn, Clyde Kusatsu
Joe (Matthew Modine) doesn't take medical school seriously, joking his way through his first year. His teacher (Chrisine Lahti) and his lab partner (Daphne Zuniga) try to change his attitude, realizing that he has untapped potential.
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Hideaway 1995  R, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Christine Lahti, Alicia Silverstone, Alfred Molina, Jeremy Sisto, Rae Dawn Chong, Kenneth Welsh, Joely Collins, Suzy Joachim, Shirley Broderick, Tom McBeath, Don S. Davis, Roger R. Cross, Michael McDonald, Rebecca Toolan
Hatch Harrison (Jeff Goldblum) has a near-death experience when the car in which he, his wife Lindsey (Christine Lahti), and daughter Regina (Alicia Silverstone) are riding in is hit by a semi-truck. Lindsey and Regina survive, and Hatch is resuscitated two hours later by Dr. Jonas Nybern (Alfred Molina). As he recovers, Hatch suffers hallucinations and sees through psychopath Vassago's (Jeremy Sisto) eyes. Vassago also experiences events in Hatch's life and is plotting to capture Regina and use her for a sacrifice. Now, Hatch sets out to find Vassago in order to save Regina and to try to regain the life he had before the accident. 1 User Review
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Just Between Friends 1986 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Burns
Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Ted Danson, Sam Waterston, Salome Jens, Susan Rinell, Julie Payne, Read Morgan, Jane Greer, Beverly Sanders, Mark Blum, Timothy Gibbs, Diane Stilwell, Castulo Guerra
Holly Davis (Mary Tyler Moore) is a happily married housewife, with no apparent problems, who runs into a big one when she discovers that her new friend Sandy Dunlap (Christine Lahti) and she are in love with the same man: Holly's husband Chip (Ted Danson). Chip dies suddenly, and, in the midst of the tragedy, Holly discovers that Sandy is pregnant and has been trying to keep it a secret. Problems rise to the fore, but Chip's friend Harry Crandall (Sam Waterston) steps in to help.
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Miss Firecracker 1989 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Cast: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, Scott Glenn, Ann Wedgeworth, Amy Wright, Christine Lahti, Trey Wilson, Bert Remsen
Based on Beth Henley's play, this is the story of Carnelle Scott (Holly Hunter) who is bored with her life in Yazoo City, Mississippi, so she enters a beauty contest and sets in motion a series of events that affect her cousin Elaine (Mary Steenburgen) and Elaine's brother Delmount (Tim Robbins).
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My First Mister 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Lahti
Cast: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place, Michael McKean, John Goodman, Rutanya Alda, Lisa Jane Persky, Natasha Braisewell
Black-clad, pierced, tattooed, and 17-years-old Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) forms a troubled relationship with 49-year-old Randall (Albert Brooks) in this May/December comedy drama.
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Obsessed 2009 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steve Shill
Cast: Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry O'Connell, Christine Lahti, Bonnie Perlman, Nathan&Nicolas Meyers, Scout Taylor-Compton, Bruce McGill, Richard Ruccolo, Bryan Ross, Nelson Mashita, Ron Rogge, Matthew Humphreys, Dana Cuomo
Derek Charles (Idris Elba) is successful in business and is happily married to Sharon (Beyonce Knowles). They are enjoying their infant son Kyle (Nathan and Nicolas Myers). Then, office temp Lisa (Ali Larter) reports for work at the office and flirts with Derek. The flirting turns from harmless play to dangerous stalking, which leads Derek and Sharon to use desperate measures to defend Derek's honor and to protect themselves from Lisa's potentially deadly activities.
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Out of the Ashes 2003 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Jolyon Baker, Jessica Beichman, Oliver Cotton, Michelle Fine, Zoie Palmer, Ingrid Veninger, Nina Young
This made-for-TV movie is based on Hungarian Dr. Gisella Perl's (Christine Lahti) memoirs and is told in flashback as she endures intense interrogation by U.S. officials when she attempts to gain U.S. citizenship in 1946. She lost her entire family at the Auschwitz death camp and had come to the U.S. to begin life anew. The interrogation centered around her work as a gynecologist who performed morally questionable abortions at Auschwitz in an effort to save pregnant women from the gas chambers.
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The Pilot's Wife 2001 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Christine Lahti, Campbell Scott, John Heard, Kirsty Mitchell, Alison Pill, Nigel Bennett, Richard Donat, Mauralea Austin, Joseph Rutten, Sophie Hough
Kathryn (Christine Lahti) learns that her pilot husband has been killed in an airplane accident. She is further saddened that he is accused of causing the accident through carelessness. With a pilot friend, Robert (Campbell Scott), she investigates with the intent of clearing his name. But she finds that her husband had a double life. This made-for-TV film is based on a novel by Anita Shreve.
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 Running on Empty 1988  PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Arby, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley, Steven Hill, David Margulies, Augusta Dabney, Lynne Thigpen
Danny Pope (River Phoenix) has been accepted to the Julliard School of Music. There is one major problem: his parents. It seems that 20 years before, they made an extreme political statement when they bombed a defense research installation. Ever since, they have been running from the FBI, and now the family may have to break up in order for the son to accomplish his dreams. River Phoenix was nominated for an Oscar (Supporting Actor).
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Smart People 2008 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Noam Murro
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page, Ashton Holmes, Christine Lahti, Camille Mana, David Denman, Don Wadsworth, Robert Haley, Patrick Sebes, Kevin James Doyle
English Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) is widowed and raising his 17-year-old daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page). His grown son James (Ashton Holmes) drops by from time to time, and both James and Vanessa present him with more than a few problems. One day, Lawrence's brother Chuck (Thomas Haden Church) appears at the door in need of a home. As if he did not have enough problems, Lawrence suffers a brain injury, and the very unreliable Chuck offers to be his chauffeur. While in the emergency room, Lawrence encounters Dr. Janet Hartigan (Sarah Jessica Parker) who is a former student of his, and it appears that Janet is about to change forever the direction of his self-absorbed life.
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Swing Shift 1984 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Sudie Bond, Holly Hunter, Patty Maloney, Roger Corman, Maggie Renzi
Christine Lahti was nominated for the Oscar's Best Supporting Actress for her role as a housewife working in a factory during World War II.
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Women vs. Men 2002 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chazz Palminteri
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Christine Lahti, Paul Reiser, Glenne Headly, Robert Pastorelli, Jennifer Coolidge, Jon Polito, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Dayton Callie
The battle of the sexes hits the screen for the umpteenth time in this made-for-cable TV offering. Rather than liking the Cadillac that husband Michael (Joe Mantegna) brings home to Dana (Christine Lahti), she walks out. His best friend, Bruce (Paul Reiser), thinks it is because Michael reminds her of her father. It also comes to light that his other friends seem to be having similar problems with their wives. So, why not go to a strip joint? Michael and Bruce go, and, of course, Dana follows them, reports back to Bruce's wife (Glenne Headly), and the two await the men's return. When they arrive, bickering continues. But, of course, all things get patched up–eventually.
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| 1. And Justice for All (1979)
2. The Doctor (1991)
3. The Executioner's Song (1982)
4. Funny About Love (1990)
5. Gross Anatomy (1989)
6. Hideaway (1995)
7. Housekeeping (1987)
8. Just Between Friends (1986)
9. Miss Firecracker (1989)
10. My First Mister (2001)
11. No Place Like Home (1989)
12. Obsessed (2009)
13. Out of the Ashes (2003)
14. The Pilot's Wife (2001)
15. Running on Empty (1988)
16. Smart People (2008)
17. Swing Shift (1984)
18. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
19. Women vs. Men (2002)
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