The Architect 2006  R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Tauber
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James, Serena Reeder, Malcolm Goodwin, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Duane McLaughlin, Constance Wu, Lauren Hodges, David Call, James O'Toole
Chicago activist Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis) dreams of having the drug and crime infested public housing projects torn down. To achieve her goal, she starts a petition and now needs the signature of the project's architect, Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia). Tonya does contact Leo at his university class, but his refusal to sign sets off a chain of events that will directly impact both Tonya's and Leo's families.
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Big Night 1996  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Holm, Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott, Allison Janney
Set in the 1950s, this is the story of Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and his brother Secundo (Stanley Tucci) who run an Italian restaurant, the Paradise. When the owner (Ian Holm) of the much more successful nightspot across the street talks the brothers into preparing one superb meal in return for which he supplies the means (Louis Prima) to save the Paradise, the "Big Night" is on in this story about how food connects us to each other–and to ourselves.
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 Blue Velvet 1986  R, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Brad Dourif, George Dickerson
This film begins with the discovery of an ear in a field. The police have no leads, but two young people (Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern) become involved when they decide to investigate a cabaret singer (Isabella Rossellini). Kinda weird. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Director.
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Cousins 1989  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, Lloyd Bridges, William Petersen, Norma Aleandro, Keith Coogan, George Coe
"Cousins" is about weddings. When a couple of distant cousins sneak off for a lustful little rendezvous, their respective spouses, Maria and Larry (Isabella Rossellini and Ted Danson) get together. Larry doesn't care about his wife's infidelity; however, Maria tracks him down at work and asks if he thinks her husband and his wife are having an affair. Naturally, this is the beginning of their own affair.
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Crime of the Century 1996 PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, David Paymer, Barry Primus, Bert Remsen, J.T. Walsh, Michael Moriarty, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Mickey Knox, Allen Garfield
In 1932 famed aviator Charles Lindberg's 14-month-old son was kidnapped and killed. The subsequent police investigation is the focus of this film, which shows the pressure placed on investigators to find the kidnapper.
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Death Becomes Her 1992 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Sydney Pollack, Michael Caine, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Mary Ellen Trainor
Years ago, after Madeline (Meryl Streep) stole Helen's (Goldie Hawn) plastic surgeon fiance Ernest (Bruce Willis), Helen ended up in a mental institution. Now, Helen has recovered from her breakdown and is determined to kill Madeline and get Ernest back. But, both women have been taking potions to prevent aging that has left them immortal, and their violent attacks on each other only leave them with injuries. As a result, both become dependent on the plastic surgery services of Ernest. The special effects in this film are worth the price of admission.
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Empire 2002 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franc. Reyes
Cast: John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca, Isabella Rossellini, Sonia Braga, Delilah Cotto, Nestor Serrano, Anthony "Treach" Criss, Rafael Baez, Fat Joe
Drug dealer Vic Rosa (John Leguizamo) decides to go straight and befriends a shady investment banker, Jack (Peter Sarsgaard), who invests Vic's ill-gotten money in the stock market. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Fallen Angels, Volume 1 1993 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Cruise
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Alan Rickman, Diane Lane, James Woods, Tim Matheson, Peter Gallagher, Gary Busey
This is the first part of a two-part anthology series based on 1940s literature. All three stories are set in Los Angeles during the World War II era of tough, hard-living characters. In this part of the series, Tom Cruise makes his directorial debut in "The Fighting Frammis." Other stories are "Since I Don't Have You" and "Murder Obliquely."
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Fearless 1993 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce, John Turturro, Benicio Del Toro, Deirdre O'Connell, Rance Howard, John de Lancie, Spencer Vrooman, Daniel Cerny, Eve Roberts
The shock of a near-death experience affects the psyche of Max Klein (Jeff Bridges), and the only person he seems able to relate to is Carla Rodrigo (Rosie Perez) who was also in the same accident.
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 The Funeral 1996 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio Del Toro
Set in the Depression era, two brothers, Ray (Christopher Walken) and Chez (Chris Penn), are professional gangsters who attend the funeral of their third sibling, Johnny (Vincent Gallo). Their wives (Annabella Sciorra and Isabella Rossellini) are also present as the remaining brothers agree to avenge their brother's murder but discuss moral codes in the process.
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Heights 2005 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chris Terrio
Cast: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford, Eric Bogosian, John Light, Matthew Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Thomas Lennon, George Segal, Susan Malick, Michael Murphy
During a 24 hour period, five New Yorkers (Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford, and Matthew Davis) struggle with identities and love as their lives intersect and then go their separate ways.
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Immortal Beloved 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe, Isabella Rossellini, Johanna ter Steege, Miriam Margolyes, Barry Humphries, Valeria Golino, Marco Hofschneider, Gerard Horan, Christopher Fulford, Alexandra Pigg, Luigi Diberti, Michael Culkin, Donal Gibson, Matthew North
This is a love story about musical genius Ludwig von Beethoven (Gary Oldman) who, when he died in 1827, left behind papers hinting at the identity of a great love of his life. His secretary Anton Felix Schindler (Jeroen Krabbe) tries to uncover the identity of the mystery woman, and his investigation reveals Beethoven's relationships with countesses–one of whom may have played a special role in his life.
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The Impostors 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Lili Taylor, Alfred Molina, Campbell Scott, Steve Buscemi, Isabella Rossellini, E. Katherine Kerr, Tony Shalhoub, Hope Davis
Starving actors Maurice (Oliver Platt) and Arthur (Stanley Tucci) stow away on a luxury liner. They are spotted, and the chase is on as they encounter numerous nut cases among the elite passengers.
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Infamous 2006 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney Weaver, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lee Pace, John Benjamin Hickey, Michael Panes, Juliet Stevenson
In 1959, after reading a newspaper article about the murders of a Kansas family of four, young writer Truman Capote (Toby Jones) and friend Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock) head for Kansas to investigate the case. After interviewing the killers–Dick Hickock (Lee Pace) and Perry Smith (Daniel Craig)–Capote forms a bond with Smith. Later, following the executions of Smith and Hickock, Capote is inspired to write "In Cold Blood."
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The Innocent 1993 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Isabella Rossellini, Campbell Scott, Hart Bochner, Ronald Nitschke, James Grant, Jeremy Sinden, Richard Durden, Corey Johnson, Richard Good, Meret Becker, Matthew Burton
On a spying mission to Berlin during the Cold War, Leonard Markham (Campbell Scott) is assigned to the command of American agent Bob Glass (Anthony Hopkins). Bob shows Leonard the town but becomes concerned when a naive Leonard falls for a mysterious seductress, Maria (Isabella Rossellini), who Bob suspects has ulterior motives in the relationship.
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King of the Corner 2004 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Riegert
Cast: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Ashley Johnson, Eli Wallach, Rita Moreno, Jake Hoffman, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Bogosian, Dominic Chianese, Harris Yulin, Frank Wood, Peter Friedman
"Freelance Rabbi" Evelyn Fink (Eric Bogosian) offers spiritual advice to Leo Spivak (Peter Riegert) who is in the midst of a midlife crisis brought on by problems with his father (Eli Wallach), daughter (Ashley Johnson), and wife (Isabella Rossellini).
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Left Luggage 1998 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeroen Krabbe
Cast: Laura Fraser, Adam Monty, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Topol, Marianne Sagebrecht, Maximilian Schell, David Bradley, Heather Weeks, Miriam Margolyes
During the 1970s a liberal Jewish girl, Chaya (Laura Fraser), finds employment as a nanny for four-year-old Simcha (Adam Monty) in his strict Hassidic home. Chaya becomes devoted to Simcha and, in the process, learns much about his family's beliefs as well as her own.
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A Matter of Time 1976  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Spiros Andros, Tina Aumont, Fernando Rey, Isabella Rossellini, Gabriele Ferzetti, Orso Maria Guerrini, Amedeo Nazzari
Nina (Liza Minnelli) is a hotel maid who rises to stardom under the tutelage of the aging Contessa (Ingrid Bergman). While this would be Vincente Minnelli and Charles Boyer's final film, it marks Isabella Rossellini's screen debut.
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Merlin 1998 TV, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer, James Earl Jones, Miranda Richardson, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Short, Paul Curran, Jeremy Sheffield
King Arthur's wizard, Merlin (Sam Neill), is the subject of this Camelot adventure. Beginning with young Merlin being trained in magic, the story ensues through his meeting with Arthur (Paul Curran) and subsequent efforts to keep Arthur on the straight-and-narrow path leading to the throne. Originally a TV miniseries.
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Monte Walsh 2003 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, Keith Carradine, George Eads, Wallace Shawn, Barry Corbin, James Gammon, Lori Hallier, Rex Linn, Robert Carradine, Marshall R. Teague, William Sanderson, Rick Ravanello, Joanna Miles, John Michael Higgins
This made-for-cable TV Western is the second film based on a novel by Jack Schaefer. Monte (Tom Selleck) and pal Chet (Keith Carradine) are cowhands and bronco busters, a dying breed in Wyoming near the end of the 19th century. Monte's girlfriend "Countess" Martine (Isabella Rossellini) tries to convince him to take a regular job, but Monte still yearns for the scant wide-open space that remains. When a cowboy is laid off, Monte deals with one last confrontation.
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The Odyssey 1996  PG-13, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbe, Christopher Lee, Irene Papas, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams
This is a weak rendition of Homer's classic tale about the brave and clever Odysseus (Armand Assante) and his adventures on the long trek home to his beloved and faithful Penelope (Greta Scacchi).
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Red Riding Hood 1988 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Adam Brooks
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Rocco Sisto, Isabella Rossellini, Amelia Shankley, Helen Glazary, Linda Kaye, Amnon Meskin, Julian Chagrin, Haim Zehavy, Stuart Kingston
In this musical twist on the original story, the ruthless uncle sends a wolf to deal with his high-spirited niece.
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 Roger Dodger 2002 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dylan Kidd
Cast: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Elizabeth Berkley, Jennifer Beals, Ben Shenkman, Mina Badie, Chris Stack, Marina Bacarin, Lisa Emery
Ladies'-man Roger (Campbell Scott) introduces his 16-year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg), to the world of sexual conquests when he takes him to a singles bar. They pick up two women (Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Berkley) who end up attracted not to cynical Roger but to naive Nick, instead.
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The Saddest Music in the World 2004 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Maddin
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, Ross McMillan, David Fox, Claude Dorge, Erik J. Berg, Darcy Fehr, Brent Neal
During the Great Depression, the Canadian owner and operator of the Muskeg Brewery, Lady Port-Huntley (Isabella Rossellini), promotes her beer by offering a $25,000 prize for the country that comes up with the saddest music. Her reasoning: as a double amputee, she knows that the sadder a person is the more he or she will drink.
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Siesta 1987 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Lambert
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Jones, Alexei Sayle, Frank Brana, Gary Cady
This movie juggles time so that it moves back and forth to tell about a stuntwoman who falls in love with her married trainer. Because of her attraction to him, she follows him to Spain where she joins a group of acquaintances for a while, but she becomes lost and at the mercy of anyone or anything.
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The Sky Is Falling 2000 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Barbara Enrichi, Gianna Giachetti, Luciano Virgilio, Bruno Vetti, Mauro Marino, Azzurra Antonacci, Selene Maltauro, Jonas Castelli, Veronica Niccolai, Lara Campoli
Based on an autobiographical novel, this is the story of a family in Tuscany during World War II. Two orphaned, pre-teen girls come to live with their Jewish-German uncle and aunt. All is well until the arrival of the Germans, after which the family begins to understand Nazi horrors.
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Tough Guys Don't Dance 1987 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Mailer
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser, John Bedford Lloyd, Clarence Williams III, Lawrence Tierney, Frances Fisher, Penn Jillette, R. Patrick Sullivan
This movie takes place in a small coastal Massachusetts town where an ex-con wants to be a writer, but too many tough guys get in the way. Among the "toughies" are a porno star, a chief of police, and a neurotic Southern belle.
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Two Lovers 2008 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Gray
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov, John Ortiz, Bob Ari, Julie Budd, Mari Koda, Marion McCorry, David Cale, Samantha Ivers, Jeanine Serralles
Trying to recover from a broken romance, emotionally disturbed Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) moves back to the Brooklyn home of his parents Reuben and Ruth Kraditor (Moni Moshonov and Isabella Rossellini). Leonard meets two women–Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the daughter of Michael Cohen (Bob Ari) who wants to buy the Kraditor family business, and partying neighbor Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow). Both Sandra's and Leonard's parents would love to see the marriage of Leonard and Sandra take place, but Leonard is drawn to Michelle. Now, Leonard is faced with the decision between a loving relationship with Sandra or satisfying his desire for Michelle.
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White Nights 1985 PG-13, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Geraldine Page, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Isabella Rossellini, John Glover, Stefan Gryff, William Hootkins, Shane Rimmer
Inside the Soviet Union, Nikolai (Mikhail Baryshnikov) and Raymond (Gregory Hines) plot an escape to the West. This movie is filled with intrigue, and you also get the added bonus of some great dance choreography. Lionel Ritchie wrote the Academy Award-winning song, "Say You, Say Me."
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 Wild at Heart 1990 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton, Crispin Glover, Grace Zabriskie, J.E. Freeman, Calvin Lockhart
When an ex-con Elvis worshipper (Nicolas Cage) elopes with Lula Pace Fortune (Laura Dern), her mother (Diane Ladd) will stop at almost nothing to get her daughter back.
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 Wyatt Earp 1994  PG-13, 190 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Mare Winningham, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen
This complex rendering of the life of Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) explains how Earp's childhood affected his later life (His father taught him to distrust all men–except for family). For those interested in comparisons, "My Darling Clementine," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," and "Tombstone" provide glaring discrepancies in the Wyatt Earp persona. Also of interest in this film is the evidence of women and families on the settling of the West.
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| 1. The Architect (2006)
2. Big Night (1996)
3. Blue Velvet (1986)
4. Cousins (1989)
5. Crime of the Century (1996)
6. Death Becomes Her (1992)
7. Empire (2002)
8. Fallen Angels, Volume 1 (1993)
9. Fearless (1993)
10. The Funeral (1996)
11. Heights (2005)
12. Immortal Beloved (1994)
13. The Impostors (1998)
14. Infamous (2006)
15. The Innocent (1993)
16. Ivory Hunters (1990)
aka: The Last Elephant
17. King of the Corner (2004)
18. Left Luggage (1998)
19. A Matter of Time (1976)
20. Merlin (1998)
21. Monte Walsh (2003)
22. The Odyssey (1996)
23. Red Riding Hood (1988)
24. Roger Dodger (2002)
25. The Saddest Music in the World (2004)
26. Siesta (1987)
27. The Sky Is Falling (2000)
28. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
29. Two Lovers (2008)
30. White Nights (1985)
31. Wild at Heart (1990)
32. Wyatt Earp (1994)
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