The Day After 1983  TV, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Bibi Besch, Lori Lethin, Jeff East, Georgann Johnson, William Allen Young, Calvin Jung
A Soviet-launched nuclear bomb falls on a small Kansas town. This made-for-TV film follows the aftermath, highlighting the effects and actions of the residents. The graphic nature of the film resulted in a massive public reaction.
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The Deep End 2001  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Peter Donat, Josh Lucas, Raymond J. Barry, Tamara Hope, Jordon Dorrance, Margo Krindel, Georgann Johnson
One problem leads to another as Navy wife Margaret Hall (Tilda Swinton) tries to keep her son, Beau (Jonathan Tucker), out of big trouble while her admiral husband is away serving his country. Originally enjoyed as the 1947 novel, "The Blank Wall," and, later, the 1949 film, "The Reckless Moment," details are changed, but "The Deep End" retains the original myriad of plot twists and turns.
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Do You Know the Muffin Man? 1989  TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Pam Dawber, John Shea, Stephen Dorff, Brian Bonsall, Matthew Laurance, Anthony Geary, Georgann Johnson, Graham Jarvis, Bruce Fairbaim, William Prince, John Hammond, Janet Eilber
Police officer Roger Dollison (John Shea) and wife Kendra (Pam Dawber) are living the good life in a nice neighborhood with their two children Teddy (Brian Bonsall) and Sandy (Stephen Dorff). Their lives change when the children at Teddy's daycare center report that they have been abused at the center. Roger and Kendra hire a lawyer, which leads to courtroom conflicts in which the children must be coaxed into testifying, and the neighborhood is divided over the guilt or innocence of the center's owners.
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Father Hood 1993   PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Michael Ironside, Diane Ladd, Bob Gunton, Adrienne Barbeau, Georgann Johnson
Jack's (Patrick Swayze) children (Sabrina Lloyd and Brian Bonsall) have been treated poorly while in foster care, so the petty crook dad takes them from the home at gunpoint. Thus begins an odyssey that takes them across country. Not much here. 1 User Review
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1973 G, 105 min.
Genre: Family
aka: The Hideaways
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Sally Prager, Johnny Doran, George Rose, Richard Mulligan, Georgann Johnson, Madeline Kahn, Linda Selman, Peter Turgeon, Donald Symington
Based on E. L. Konigsburg's entertaining book, this is the story of Claudia (Sally Prager) and Jamie (Johnny Doran) who run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Murphy's Romance 1985 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Georgann Johnson, Dortha Duckworth, Charles(2) Lane, Bruce French, Henry Slate
This is a delightful tale about a love triangle. Sally Field is a determined divorcee who is trying to make a living with her children. She meets the town's pharmacist (James Garner) and just when romance seems to blossom, her ex-husband (Brian Kerwin) appears back in the picture. Field and Garner make a charming couple in this movie and Garner received and Oscar nomination.
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Short Cut to Hell 1957 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James Cagney
Cast: Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, William Bishop, Jacques Aubuchon, Yvette Vickers, Murvyn Vye, Roscoe Ates, Peter Baldwin, Milton Frome, Sarah Selby
This screen adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun for Sale" is about a hit man who searches for the man who hired him. This is a remake of 1942's "This Gun for Hire."
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The Slugger's Wife 1985  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt, Randy Quaid, Cleavant Derricks, Lisa Langlois, Loudon Wainwright III, Georgann Johnson, Danny Tucker, Lynn Whitfield
Atlanta Braves power-hitter Darryl Palmer (Michael O'Keefe) falls in love with and marries rock singer Debby (Rebecca De Mornay). But almost immediately, a clash in their careers looms when Darryl finds that he can't hit when Debby is not present, and she feels trapped with no time for the music business.
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| 1. The Day After (1983)
2. The Deep End (2001)
3. Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989)
4. Father Hood (1993)
5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
aka: The Hideaways
6. Murphy's Romance (1985)
7. Short Cut to Hell (1957)
8. The Slugger's Wife (1985)
aka: Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife
9. Twilight Man (1996)
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