Addicted to Love 1997  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Remak Ramsay, Lee Wilkof, Dominick Dunne, Larry Pine
Naive astronomer Sam (Matthew Broderick) meets and joins forces with a photographer/artist, Maggie (Meg Ryan), in their obsessive moves to keep track of ex-lovers. The plot is pure "Hollywood": boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl falls in love with boy. But the actors are engaging, and this comedy works.
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Anna 1987  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yurek Bogayevicz
Cast: Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Gibby Brand, John Robert Tillotson, Joe Aufiery, Larry Pine, Charles Randall, Mimi Weddell, Julianne Gilliam, Lance Davis, Deirdre O'Connell
When Krystyna (Paulina Porizkova) migrates from Czechoslovakia to NYC with neither money nor the ability to speak English, she tracks down her idol, middle-aged actress Anna (Sally Kirkland), who had once been a film star. Anna takes Krystyna under her wing and leads her to success as an actress.
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 The Clearing 2004 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pieter Jan Brugge
Cast: Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven, Melissa Sagemiller, Wendy Crewson, Larry Pine, Diana Scarwid, Elizabeth Ruscio, Gwen McGee, Sarah Koskoff
Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) kidnaps wealthy businessman Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) and demands a $1 million ransom while Wayne's wife, Eileen (Helen Mirren), is left at home with their family trying to keep cool even with FBI Agent Ray Fuller (Matt Craven) digging into her past and Eileen admitting to Fuller that Wayne had, indeed, cheated on her.
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 The Door in the Floor 2004 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tod Williams
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Elle Fanning, Mimi Rogers, Bijou Phillips, Louis Arcella, John Rothman, Kristina Valada-Viara, Robert LuPone, Harvey Loomis, Larry Pine
After their teenage sons are killed in a car accident, Ted (Jeff Bridges) and Marion (Kim Basinger) each finds their own destructive means to deal with the tragedy.
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A Foreign Affair 2003 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: 2 Brothers and a Bride
Director: Helmut Schleppi
Cast: David Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Emily Mortimer, Larry Pine, Lois Smith, Allyce Beasley, Megan Follows, Redmond Gleeson, Rocio Linares, Nonna Velikaya
Midwestern brothers–Josh (David Arquette) and Jake (Tim Blake Nelson)–are helpless souls now that their mother (Lois Smith) has died leaving them to fend for themselves. Jake comes up with a solution: he and Josh will take a two-week trip to Russia in search of one traditionally minded wife who will take over their mother's household chores.
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In the Realms of the Unreal 2004 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jessica Yu
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Larry Pine
This documentary presents the life and art of reclusive "outsider" artist Henry Darger who died at age 81. Among the treasures created by Darger and left behind, his landlord found a 15,000 page novel and 300 paintings.
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Melinda and Melinda 2004 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Will Ferrell, Chloe Sevigny, Jonny Lee Miller, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brooke Smith, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet, Wallace Shawn, Larry Pine, Josh Brolin, Daniel Sunjata
As the film skips between the two versions, playwrights Max (Larry Pine) and Sy (Wallace Shawn) take different approaches–one comedy, one tragedy–in telling the story of Melinda (Radha Mitchell) and her efforts to straighten out her life.
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Plain Clothes 1988 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Arliss Howard, George Wendt, Suzy Amis, Diane Ladd, Seymour Cassel, Larry Pine, Abe Vigoda, Robert Stack, Peter Dobson, Max Perlich
When his young brother is accused of killing his high-school teacher, an undercover agent (Arliss Howard) returns to the school. His objective is to solve the crime and clear his brother's name.
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The Shipping News 2001  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, John Dunsworth, Larry Pine, Marc Lawrence, Jeanetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa/Kaitlyn/Lauren Gainer
Down-on-his-luck Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), with young daughter Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer) in tow, follows the advice of his Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to join her in the ancestral home in Newfoundland. He gets a job writing a shipping news column for the local newspaper and, with the help of widow Wavey (Julianne Moore), finds that new, better life.
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Snow Days 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Let It Snow
Director: Adam Marcus
Cast: Kipp Marcus, Alice Dylan, Bernadette Peters, Larry Pine, Henry Simmons, Judith Malina, Miriam Shor, Michael Ornstein, Season Oglesby, Debra Sullivan
High-schooler James (Kip Marcus) is turned off from love after seeing his divorced mother (Bernadette Peters) go from one affair to another. Then he meets Sarah (Alice Dylan), and they enjoy frolicking on "snow days"–days that school is out due to snow. Their friendship comes and goes over several years in several locations. A few funny moments.
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Stranger in the Kingdom 1998 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jay Craven
Cast: David Lansbury, Ernie Hudson, Martin Sheen, Bill Raymond, Sean Nelson, Rusty DeWees, Henry Gibson, Larry Pine, Tom Aldredge, Carrie Snodgress
A Vermont congregation hires a new minister, and when he shows up they are shocked to discover that he is Black. Matters slide steadily downhill for the Rev. Walter Andrews (Ernie Hudson) and for his teenage son, Nat (Sean Nelson), as well.
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Suits 1999  R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eric Weber
Cast: Robert Klein, Tony Hendra, Larry Pine, Paul Lazar, Randy Pearlstein, Ingrid Rogers, James Villemaire, Mark Lake, Joelle Carter, Edoardo Ballerini
In this satire on the advertising industry, the firm of Cranston & Co. pulls out all stops to come up with the winning slogan for a sanitary napkin campaign.
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Sunday 1997 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
Cast: David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Jared Harris, Larry Pine, Joe Grifasi, Arnold Barkus, Bahman Soltani, Willis Burks II, Joseph Sirola, Henry Hayward
One Sunday, a middle-aged resident of a halfway house, Oliver (David Suchet), is mistakenly identified as a famous film director by actress Madeleine Vesey (Lisa Harrow) who introduces herself to him. They talk, and what would have been a very lonely Sunday becomes a very enjoyable experience. This film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Sundance Festival as well as the screenwriting award.
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| 1. Addicted to Love (1997)
2. Anna (1987)
3. The Clearing (2004)
4. The Door in the Floor (2004)
5. A Foreign Affair (2003)
aka: 2 Brothers and a Bride
6. In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
7. Melinda and Melinda (2004)
8. Plain Clothes (1988)
9. The Shipping News (2001)
10. Snow Days (1999)
aka: Let It Snow
11. Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
12. Suits (1999)
13. Sunday (1997)
14. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
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