Famous 2000  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Lisa Picard Is Famous
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Laura Kirk, Nat DeWolf, Daniel London, Griffin Dunne, Linda Blair, Sandra Bullock, Carrie Fisher, Buck Henry, Spike Lee, Mira Sorvino
Cameo roles by real stars fill the screen in this mockumentary about Lisa Picard (Laura Kirk) who is teetering on the verge of stardom while documentary filmmaker Andrew (Griffin Dunne) follows her every move.
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Four Dogs Playing Poker 1999  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: 4 Dogs Playing Poker
Director: Paul Rachman
Cast: Stacy Edwards, Balthazar Getty, Daniel London, Olivia Williams, Tim Curry, Forest Whitaker, Steve Jones, John Taylor, George Lazenby, Arly Jover
Four friends head to Buenos Aires to steal a valuable piece of art for a ruthless black market dealer. They get the statuette, screw up the delivery, and it is lost. Now, with the dealer demanding either the art or one million dollars, the group needs a way out. The solution: insure each of them, then conduct a lottery to see who is the victim and who is the killer. OK entertainment.
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Patch Adams 1998 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall, Harve Presnell, Frances Lee McCain, Peter Coyote, Daniella Kuhn, Harold Gould, Michael Jeter, James Greene, Bruce Bohne
Robin Williams performs well as the real-life West Virginia physician, "Patch" Adams, an ex-mental patient who is now in medical school. Patch uses humor to challenge both the medical establishment and fellow students to become more personal in their relationships with patients. Based on a true story.
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A Soldier's Sweetheart 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Georgina Cates, Skeet Ulrich, Daniel London, Louis Vanaria, Larry Gilliard Jr., Christopher Birt
During the Vietnam War an Army medic, Fossie (Skeet Ulrich) finds a way to bring his girlfriend, Marianne (Georgina Cates), to the war zone. Marianne becomes fascinated with the carnage and ends up joining the Green Berets on a night patrol.
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Synecdoche, New York 2008 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Josh Pais, Peter Friedman, Tom Noonan, Sadie Goldstein, Daniel London, Rosemary Murphy, Amy Wright
Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Adele's (Catherine Keener) marriage is falling apart, and Adele takes their daughter Olive (Sadie Goldstein) on a trip to visit her friend Maria (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Caden suffers from a series of ailments that are shutting down his autonomic function. He sees therapist Madeleine Gravis (Hope Davis), but that gets him nowhere. Caden gathers an ensemble cast in a New York City warehouse and directs them to live out their lives in a small mockup of the outside city. Time passes, Caden and Adele are divorced, and Olive is growing up in Europe. Caden has divorced his second wife Claire (Michelle Williams) and buries himself deeper into his masterpiece that increasingly blurs the line between the play and reality. Just when he appears to pushing everything to the limit, an actress (Dianne Wiest) enters Caden's world and just may be the answer to what he needs.
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| 1. Famous (2000)
aka: Lisa Picard Is Famous
2. Four Dogs Playing Poker (1999)
aka: 4 Dogs Playing Poker
3. Patch Adams (1998)
4. A Soldier's Sweetheart (1998)
5. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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