Condo Painting 2000  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: John McNaughton
George Condo is a successful painter of his own "movement": artificial realism. This film, shot with a camcorder in collaboration with director John McNaughton, follows George as he pursues his trade–and other matters. Entertaining.
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Girls in Prison 1994  R, 83 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Missy Crider, Ione Skye, Anne Heche, Nicolette Scorsese, Bahni Turpin, Jon Polito, Nestor Serrano, Miguel Sandoval, Richmond Arquette, Tom Towles, Raymond O'Connor
Young singer Aggie (Missy Crider) is an up-and-comer until she is framed for the murder of a record producer in the 1950s. She is convicted and sent to prison where she befriends others in the grim surroundings. But someone who thinks she knows too much about the murder is out to get her. A good prison tale with comedy, sex, drugs, and action.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles, Mary Demas, Anne Bartoletti, Elizabeth Kaden, Ted Kaden, Denise Sullivan, David Katz, Pamela Fox, Bruce Quist, Ray Atherton, Eric Young
This is a powerful, but very disturbing, story based on the true life of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. This low budget film used Chicago unknowns. No humor relieves the tension as Henry (Michael Rooker) goes about his business of killing people for no apparent reason. It is very graphic and may be too violent for some viewers.
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Lansky 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Max Perlich, Anthony LaPaglia, Matthew Settle, Beverly D'Angelo, Illeana Douglas, Francis Guinan, Stanley DeSantis, Jeff Perry
This made-for-HBO crime film revolves around the life of the crime lord Meyer Lansky as it reviews his youth, gangster activities at the beginning of the 20th century, and his eventual rise to the top of the criminal world.
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Mad Dog and Glory 1993  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, David Caruso, Mike Starr, Tom Towles, Kathy Baker, Richard Belzer, Derek Annunciation, Doug Hara
Robert De Niro plays the role of "Mad Dog" Dobie who, while at work as a police photographer, saves Frank Milo (Bill Murray) from certain death. As a reward, Mad Dog is given a beautiful woman (Uma Thurman) for one week. The week ends, he decides to keep her, and big problems follow.
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Normal Life 1996 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Edmund Wyson, Michael Skewes, Scott Cummins, Tom Towles, Kate Walsh, Kevin Mukherji, Penelope Milford, Dawn Maxey
Chicago policeman Chris Anderson (Luke Perry) and his wife, Pam (Ashley Judd), enter into a dysfunctional marriage that leads to a crime spree in the Chicago suburbs.
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 Wild Things 1998 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray, Jeff Perry, Carrie Snodgress, Marc Macaulay, Cory Pendergast, Eduardo Yanez, Toi Svane Stepp, Dennis Neal
High-school guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) was named "educator of the year" and prided himself on his accomplishments UNTIL students Suzy (Neve Campbell) and Kelly (Denise Richards) testify that he raped them. Detectives Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) and Gloria Perez (Daphne Rubin-Vega)–despite disapproval of the department–begin their investigation into the campaign to destroy Lombardo.
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| 1. Condo Painting (2000)
2. Girls in Prison (1994)
3. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
4. Lansky (1999)
5. Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
6. Normal Life (1996)
7. Wild Things (1998)
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