The Brother from Another Planet 1984  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Steve(2) James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Ren Woods, Reggie Rock Bythewood, David Strathairn
Joe Morton plays a mute, alien slave who escapes his planet and crashes on Earth–in Harlem. Most who meet him are impressed: he fixes things AND he lets others do all the talking!
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Lianna 1983  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson, Jessica MacDonald, Jesse Solomon, John Sayles, Chris Elliott, Maggie Renzi, Rochelle Oliver
Lianna (Linda Griffiths) is in the throes of an unhappy marriage when she falls in love with a woman and now must deal with her awakening as a lesbian.
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Passion Fish 1992 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Strathairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Angela Bassett, Lenore Banks, Maggie Renzi, Sheila Kelley, Tom Wright
May-Alice (Mary McDonnell) had been a television star before she was hit and paralyzed by a New York cab. Depressed and drowning her sorrows in alcohol, she returns home to Louisiana where the friendship with her nurse Chantelle (Alfre Woodard) changes both women's lives. McDonnell was nominated for an Oscar.
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Return of the Secaucus 7 1980 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, Karen Trott, Mark Arnott, David Strathairn, John Sayles
The budget was low for this film, but the impact and performances are top notch. College grads return for a reunion, having gone in different directions from their radical beginnings in the 1960s. It is more than the story of this group–it is the story of a generation. "The Big Chill," made three years later, has the same theme.
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Swing Shift 1984  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Sudie Bond, Holly Hunter, Patty Maloney, Roger Corman, Maggie Renzi
Christine Lahti was nominated for the Oscar's Best Supporting Actress for her role as a housewife working in a factory during World War II.
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| 1. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
2. Lianna (1983)
3. Passion Fish (1992)
4. Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
5. Swing Shift (1984)
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