The Life Before This 1999  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Leslie Hope, David Hewlett, Joel S. Keller, Jacob Tierney, Fab Filippo, Alberta Watson
"The Life Before This" begins when two robbers, with the police in hot pursuit, dart into a coffee shop and kill some of the patrons. Then the story switches to flashbacks revealing stories of how the victims ended up being in that wrong place at the wrong time.
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Neon Bible 1995 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid, Denis Leary, Jacob Tierney, Leo Burmester, Frances Conroy, Peter McRobbie, Joan Glover, Bob Hannah
Set in Georgia during World War II, this is the film adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's novel about David (Jacob Tierney) who grows up in a dysfunctional household and rebels against the bigotry he sees in his Southern town.
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Pin 1988 R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sandor Stern
Cast: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston, Terry O'Quinn, Donwen Mantel, John Pyper-Ferguson, Helene Udy, Patricia Collins, Steven Bednarski, Katie Shingler, Jacob Tierney, Michelle Anderson, Joan Austen, David Gow
After his parents (Terry O'Quinn and Donwen Mantel) die in a mysterious car crash, Leon's (David Hewlett) father's medical dummy "Pin" becomes a fantasy in his mind. As he grows up, Leon treats Pin as a member of the family and becomes obsessed with the dummy. The fixation grows until it reaches the point of violence in which Leon and Pin get rid of anyone who enters their own private world. A good psychological thriller.
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This Is My Father 1998  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Quinn
Cast: James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, John Cusack, Moya Farrelly, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney, Donal Donnelly, Brendan Gleeson, Pat Shortt
A Chicago teacher, Kieran Johnson (James Caan), travels to Ireland in search of the father he never knew. In the process of discovery, Johnson is transported–through memories–back to the 1934 affair of Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn) and Johnson's mother, Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly).
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Twist 2003  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacob Tierney
Cast: Nick Stahl, Joshua Close, Gary Farmer, Michele-Barbara Pelletier, Tygh Runyan, Stephen McHattie, Moti Yona, Brigid Tierney, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Andre Noble, James Gilpin, Josh Holliday
In this modernized version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," the orphaned Oliver (Joshua Close) has been relocated out of the orphanage and onto Toronto's streets where the artful "Dodge" (Nick Stahl) and Fagin (Gary Farmer) recruit Oliver as part of their team of thugs.
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| 1. The Life Before This (1999)
2. Neon Bible (1995)
3. Pin (1988)
4. This Is My Father (1998)
5. Twist (2003)
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