Educating Rita 1983  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas, Godfrey Quigley, Dearbhla Molloy, Patrick Daly, Kim Fortune, Philip Hurd-Wood, Hilary Reynolds, Jack Walsh, Christopher Casson, Rosamund Burton
A simple cockney girl Susan/Rita (Julie Walters) goes to an alcoholic English professor, Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) for literature lessons and ends up changing her life for the better. Meanwhile, his life seems to get worse. Caine and Walters were both nominated for Academy Awards.
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A Simple Plan 1998  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe, Bridget Fonda, Jack Walsh, Chelcie Ross, Becky Ann Baker, Gary Cole, Bob Davis, Peter Syvertson, John Paxton, Tom Carey, Paul Magers, Marie Mathay, Joan Steffand
Brothers Hank (Bill Paxton) and Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton) and their friend Lou (Brent Briscoe) find a bag containing over $4 million in cash inside a crashed plane and decide to keep the money. Hank's wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda) is let in on the secret, but keeping the money is not such a good idea. It leads to lies and distrust. When F.B.I. agent Neil Baxter (Gary Cole) arrives in the area looking for the crashed plane, tensions reach a new high and lead to murder. Thornton received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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