Cast Away 2000  PG-13, 143 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Chris Noth, Lari White, Geoffrey Blake, Jenifer Lewis, David Allen Brooks, Nan Martin, Viveka Davis, Peter Von Berg, Dmitri S. Boudrine, Leonid Citer, Anne Bellamy, Dennis Letts
"I'll be right back," Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) tells girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt). In the next scene, he survives his plane's crash landing and floats to a deserted island. Now, he enters a world with no clocks, no meetings, and no people. It represents the direct opposite of Noland's life as a FedEx executive. If he is to survive, Noland must fend for himself to obtain food, fire, and water. Survive he does, and Tom Hanks excels in carrying the storyline by himself through more than half of the film. Tom Hanks was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award.
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Fugitive Among Us 1992  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Cast: Eric Roberts, Peter Strauss, Elizabeth Pena, Guy Boyd, Lauren Holly, Salvator Xuereb, Kiersten Warren, Annette McCarthy, Sean McGraw, Dennis Letts
This made-for-TV film is based on the true story of a rapist (Eric Roberts) who ran from the courtroom after being convicted of the crime. Detective Matt Cole (Peter Strauss) is obsessed with recapturing the rapist in the long pursuit that follows.
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Heartbreak Hotel 1988  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: David Keith, Tuesday Weld, Charlie Schlatter, Angela Goethals, Jacque Lynn Colton, Chris Mulkey, Karen Landry, Dana Barron, John L. Martin, Dennis Letts
To help his alcoholic mother (Tuesday Weld) feel better, a guitar player kidnaps Elvis Presley (David Keith).
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A Killing in a Small Town 1990 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, John Terry, Richard Gilliland, Lee Garlington, Hal Holbrook, Matthew Posey, James Monroe Black, Dennis Letts, Marco Perella, Norman Bennett, Jerry Haynes
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film involves a brutal murder committed by mild-mannered Candy (Barbara Hershey) and the ensuing trial.
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The Man in the Moon 1991   PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Jason London, Emily Warfield, Gail Strickland, Bentley Mitchum, Ernie Lively, Dennis Letts, Earleen Bergeron, Anna Chappell, Sandi & Brandi Smith, Derek & Spencer Ball
It is Summer in 1957, and teenage sisters Dani (Reese Witherspoon) and Maureen (Emily Warfield) both fall in love with Court Foster (Jason London) who has just moved into their rural Louisiana neighborhood. Maureen must decide whether or not to accept Court's love and betray her sister. Meanwhile, Dani must deal with her jealousy. Then, fate steps in with a tragedy, and Dani and Maureen must use their love for each other to get through the crisis.
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Rush 1991 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lili Fini Zanuck
Cast: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, Gregg Allman, Tony Frank, William Sadler, Special K. McCray, Dennis Letts, Dennis Burkley
Jim Raynor (Jason Patric), a Texas undercover narcotics cop, gets a new assignment: stop at nothing to get the goods on narcotics kingpin Will Gaines (Gregg Allman). He selects rookie Kristen (Jennifer Jason Leigh) as his sidekick in this deep undercover job. To establish their cover, they both start taking drugs and are soon addicts with little chance of fulfilling their mission. Based on a semi-autobiography by Kim Wozencraft.
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| 1. Cast Away (2000)
2. Fugitive Among Us (1992)
3. Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
4. A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
5. The Man in the Moon (1991)
6. Rush (1991)
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