Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna 1986  TV, 194 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Amy Irving, Olivia de Havilland, Elke Sommer, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, Edward Fox, Claire Bloom, Jan Niklas, Nicolas Surovy, Susan Lucci, Jennifer Dundas, Christian Bale, Sydney Bromley, Arnold Diamond
Based on Peter Kurth's book, this story was presented as a two-part TV miniseries starring Amy Irving as Anna Anderson the woman who insisted she was Anastasia, the surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia. Anna fights to prove her claim that she is part of the royal family and should be recognized by the Romanov family. By story's end, she finally takes her case to the Romanovs now living in New York.
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 Changing Lanes 2002 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, Tina Sloan, Kim Staunton, William Hurt, Richard Jenkins, Dylan Baker, Akil Walker, Cole Hawkins, Ileen Getz, Jennifer Dundas, Matt Malloy
Road rage escalates to new heights between a Wall Street lawyer, Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) who is fighting a bitter custody battle with his estranged wife Valerie (Kim Staunton). When their cars sideswipe on FDR Drive in Manhattan, the accident sets off a chain of events that becomes more and more dangerous.
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Mrs. Soffel 1984  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine, Edward Herrmann, Jennifer Dundas, Trini Alvarado, Terry O'Quinn, Danny Corkill, Harley Cross, Pippa Pearthree
Taking place around the beginning of the 19th century, this film deals with the role of women. Mrs. Soffel (Diane Keaton) is a prison warden's wife who reads the Bible to her husband's convicts. Two prisoners (Mel Gibson and Matthew Modine) play on her sympathy, and she aids them in their escape.
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Swimming 2000  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert J. Siegel
Cast: Lauren Ambrose, Joelle Carter, Jennifer Dundas, Jamie Harrold, Joshua Harto, Josh Pais, James Villemaire, Joe Roseto, Anthony Ruvivar, Sharon Scruggs
Best friends–Frankie (Lauren Ambrose) and Nicola (Jennifer Dundas)–find their relationship threatened when Frankie's brother, Neil (Josh Pais), hires Josee (Joelle Carter) to waitress at their Myrtle Beach oceanfront diner.
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| 1. Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
2. Changing Lanes (2002)
3. Mrs. Soffel (1984)
4. Swimming (2000)
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