High Stakes 1989  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Melanie Rose
Director: Amos Kollek
Cast: Sally Kirkland, Robert LuPone, Richard Lynch, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kathy Bates, W.T. Martin, Betty Miller, Eddie Earl Hatch, Maia Danziger, Larry Block
Sally Kirkland plays a stripper who tries to save her daughter from trouble and finds love with a Wall Street speculator along the way.
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The Ice Storm 1997  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Sigourney Weaver, Jamey Sheridan, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood, Courtney Peldon, David Krumholtz, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire, Kate Burton, Katie Holmes, Maia Danziger, Michael Cumpsty
Set in Connecticut during the weekend after Thanksgiving, 1973, this is a tale about members of the wealthy Hood and Carver families who have lost purpose in their lives. Sixteen-year-old Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) is home from prep school but wishing he was nearer to Casey (Katie Holmes) who he has a crush on. Meanwhile, his 14-year-old sister Wendy (Christina Ricci) has been playing around sexually with neighbor Mikey Carver (Elijah Wood)–whose mother Janey (Sigourney Weaver) is having an affair with Wendy's father Ben (Kevin Kline). Ben's wife Elena (Joan Allen) knows that there are problems but has no idea of how to cope. The ice storm hits, and they find things turning from bad to worse.
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Last Exit to Brooklyn 1989 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach, Stephen Baldwin, Ricki Lake, Jason Andrews, Maia Danziger, Frank Vincent, James Lorinz, Sam Rockwell, Camille Saviola
Based on Hubert Selby Jr's novel, this is the story about down-and-out characters in Brooklyn during the 1940s.
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The Magician of Lublin 1979  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Valerie Perrine, Shelley Winters, Maia Danziger, Lou Jacobi, Shaike Ophir, Lisa Whelchel, Warren Berlinger
Based on Isaac Bashevis' novel, this is the story of an early 20th-century magician, Yasha Mazur (Alan Arkin), and his efforts to better his lot in life. Not at all good.
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Sooner or Later 1979  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Hart
Cast: Denise Miller, Rex Smith, Mary Beth Manning, Lynn Redgrave, Lilia Skala, Morey Amsterdam, Judd Hirsch, Vivian Blaine, Barbara Feldon, Maia Danziger
Thirteen-year-old Jessie (Denise Miller) is infatuated with Michael (Rex Smith), a rock musician, and to get his attention she pretends to be older. After he notices her, he encounters a dilemma when he finds out the truth.
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| 1. High Stakes (1989)
aka: Melanie Rose
2. The Ice Storm (1997)
3. Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
4. The Magician of Lublin (1979)
5. Sooner or Later (1979)
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