Andersonville 1996  TV, 167 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Carmen Argenziano, Jayce Bartok, Frederick Coffin, Cliff De Young, Denis Forest, Justin Henry, William H. Macy
Union soldiers endure squalid conditions during the Civil War when they are locked up at the infamous Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia. This story may seem excessively long; it was originally made for cable TV and shown in two parts.
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The Bedroom Window 1986  R, 112 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert, Paul Shenar, Wallace Shawn, Frederick Coffin, Brad Greenquist, Maury Chaykin, Mark Margolis
Sylvia (Elizabeth McGovern) witnesses an attack on Denise (Isabelle Huppert) while having an affair with Terry (Steve Guttenberg), one of her husband's associates. In order to protect her reputation, Terry tells the police that he was the witness. When Denise's body is found nearby, Terry becomes the suspect because his story has more holes in it than Swiss cheese. A good little thriller.
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Hard to Kill 1990  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cast: Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, Frederick Coffin, William Sadler, Bonnie Burroughs, Zachary Rosencrantz, Dean Norris, Branscombe Richmond, Robert LaSardo, Ernie Lively, Andrew Bloch, Charles Boswell, Lou Beatty Jr., Nick DeMauro, Nick Corello
A cop, Mason Storm (Steven Seagal), who has evidence of political corruption is shot and left for dead. His partner, Lt. Kevin O'Malley (Frederick Coffin) allows the assassins to think he died, but, instead, Storm survives in a coma in a nursing home for seven years. When he regains consciousness, Storm plots his revenge.
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 King Lear 1974 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin Sherin
Cast: James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Rosalind Cash, Paul Sorvino, Rene Auberjonois, Lee Chamberlin, Ellen Holly, Douglass Watson, Tom Aldredge, Franklyn Seales, James Harper, Frederick Coffin, Frankie Faison, George Dzundza, William Hart
In this TV re-creation of the New York Shakespeare Festival production, James Earl Jones does a good job in his role of King Lear. Lear is getting old, and decides to leave his kingdom to the daughter he believes loves him the most. His daughter Cordelia (Lee Chamberlin) refuses to play along, and Lear exiles her. The other two daughters–Regan and Goneril (Ellen Holly and Rosalind Cash)–now plot against their father, and their actions lead to tragedy. At the same time, Gloucester (Paul Sorvino) and his sons Edmund (Raul Julia) and Edgar (Rene Auberjonois) experience their own family problems.
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 Shoot to Kill 1988 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown, Richard Masur, Andrew Robinson, Kevin Scannell, Frederick Coffin, Robert Lesser, Michael Chapman
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) heads for the Pacific Northwest where he enlists the aid of a rugged woodsman (Tom Berenger) in pursuit of a vicious killer.
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 A Streetcar Named Desire 1995 TV, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Patricia Herd, Rondi Reed, Frederick Coffin, Carlos Gomez, Matt Keeslar, Jerry Hardin, Tina Lifford, Carmen Zapata
In this made-for-TV version of Tennessee Williams' classic story, Jessica Lange performs as the Mississippi Southern belle, Blanch DuBois, who visits her pregnant sister Stella (Diane Lane) and Stella's husband Stanley Kowalski (Alec Baldwin) in their run-down French Quarter apartment in New Orleans. Although Blanche appears to be a refined woman, Stanley learns there is more to her than meets the eye and sabotages her romance with his friend Mitch (John Goodman). Alec Baldwin and Lange repeated their Broadway roles in this film.
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A Time of Destiny 1988 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Melissa Leo, Stockard Channing, Megan Follows, Francisco Rabal, Concha Hidalgo, Frederick Coffin, Kelly Pacheco, John O'Leary
William Hurt plays the son of a man who is killed accidentally. He feels he must avenge his father's death through the man, a close friend, who killed him (Timothy Hutton).
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| 1. Andersonville (1996)
2. The Bedroom Window (1986)
3. Hard to Kill (1990)
4. King Lear (1974)
5. Shoot to Kill (1988)
6. A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
7. A Time of Destiny (1988)
8. V.I. Warshawski (1991)
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