2 Days in the Valley 1996   R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Danny Aiello, James Spader, Paul Mazursky, Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron, Eric Stoltz, Peter Horton, Cheryl Ladd, Glenne Headly, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Austin Pendleton
After the murder of Becky's (Teri Hatcher) philandering ex-husband (Peter Horton, 10 residents of the San Fernando Valley find their lives linked. Danny Aiello plays the diabolical hit man Desmo whose partner Lee is played by James Spader.
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Audrey Rose 1977  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd, John Hillerman, Robert Walden, Philip Sterling
In this too-long horror film, Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins) tries to convince the Templetons–Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill (John Beck)–that their child is really a reincarnation of his dead daughter, Audrey Rose.
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Blume in Love 1973  R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason, Shelley Winters, Paul Mazursky, Donald F. Muhich, Erin O'Reilly, Annazette Chase, Shelley Morrison, Mary Jackson, Jo Morrow
Stephen Blume (George Segal) is a philandering lawyer whose wife Nina (Susan Anspach) divorces him and begins an ill-fated affair with singer Elmo (Kris Kristofferson) despite Stephen's futile attempt to convince her to remarry him.
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 Bride & Prejudice 2004 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews, Marsha Mason, Namrata Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar, Alexis Bledel, Anupam Kher, Meghna Kothari, Ashanti
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is once more brought to the screen. This time there is a twist: culture differences rather than class distinctions cause the problems. The story begins in India where farmer's daughter Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) meets wealthy American Will Darcy (Martin Henderson). Mutual contempt results from the onset, but all will change when Lalita and Will get past those first impressions.
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Cinderella Liberty 1973 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Dabney Coleman, Burt Young, Bruno Kirby, Sally Kirkland, Allyn Ann McLerie, Don Calfa, Fred Sadoff, Allan Arbus, Jon Korkes, Diane Schenker, Ted D'Arms
A sailor, John Baggs Jr. (James Caan), goes on shore leave and falls in love with prostitute Maggie Paul (Marsha Mason). They marry and manage to work out a myriad of problems.
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Dead Aviators 1999 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Restless Spirits
Director: David Wellington
Cast: Lothaire Bluteau, Michel Monty, Juliana Wimbles, Marsha Mason, Leslie Hope, Ben Cook, Eugene Lipinski, Brooke Johnson, Dan Lett, James Allodi
Twelve-year-old Katie has had a tough time dealing with her pilot father's death while testing a plane several years ago. Now she and her younger brother are visiting their grandmother in Newfoundland and run across two ghosts who have been reliving their plane crash for the past 70 years. They will be freed if they can recover their plane from a nearby pool where it crashed after crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Maybe the pilots and Katie can help each other.
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 Dinner at Eight 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Lagomarsino
Cast: Lauren Bacall, Marsha Mason, Charles Durning, Ellen Greene, Harry Hamlin, John Mahoney, Joel Brooks, Tim Kazurinsky, Stacy Edwards, Lenore Kasdorf, Kelly Connell, Jane Alden, Julia Sweeney
This made-for-TV update of the 1933 version, which is based on the George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber play, is adequately done, but the first version certainly is better. It tells the story of a social-climber (Marsha Mason) getting ready to throw an extravagant dinner party for the elite. Lauren Bacall is great as a "trash" novelist.
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 Drop Dead Fred 1991  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ate de Jong
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson, Carrie Fisher, Keith Charles, Ashley Peldon, Daniel Gerroll, Ron Eldard, Eleanor Mondale, Bob Reid, Peter Thoemke
Elizabeth's (Phoebe Cates) life is a mess, and to top it off her philandering husband moves out for another woman. Reluctantly, she moves in with her overbearing mother (Marsha Mason). Back in her childhood home, she recalls her imaginary childhood friend, Drop Dead Fred (Rik Mayall), who helped her through her early life. The thoughts bring Drop Dead Fred back, and he sets out to take care of those who have hurt Elizabeth. A dark, dark comedy.
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The Goodbye Girl 1977  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict, Barbara Rhoades, Theresa Merritt, Michael Shawn, Nicol Williamson, Marilyn Sokol, Anita Dangler
Mismatched roommates are the result of Elliott Garfield's (Richard Dreyfuss) acquiescence to financially broke Paula McFadden (Marsha Mason) and her daughter Lucy (Quinn Cummings). After all, they are living in his apartment and have nowhere to move when he arrives on the scene. The story line is predictable as the characters fall in love, but the film is a typically good Neil Simon comedy. Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar for Best Actor. Nominations were also received for Best Actress (Mason), Supporting Actress (Cummings), Picture, and Screenplay.
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I Love Trouble 1994 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, Robert Loggia, Olympia Dukakis, James Rebhorn, Marsha Mason, Eugene Levy, Charles Martin Smith, Jane Adams
Experienced and famous columnist Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) runs into more than he is ready for when he competes with cub reporter Sabrina (Julia Roberts). Both fight for the story about the real causes of a train wreck and, in the process, fall in love. Entertaining, with a touch of humor, action, suspense, and romance.
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The Image 1990 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Werner
Cast: Albert Finney, John Mahoney, Kathy Baker, Swoosie Kurtz, Marsha Mason, Spalding Gray, Brett Cullen, Robert Schenkkan, Brad Pitt, Wendie Jo Sperber
TV news anchorman Jason Cromwell (Albert Finney) who, like his counterparts on other stations, is after the high ratings. When he accuses a friend, who happens to be innocent, in a Savings & Loan scandal, the consequences cause him to reevaluate his ethical standards.
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The Long Shot: Believe in Courage 2004 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
aka: The Long Shot
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Cast: Julie Benz, Paul Le Mat, Marsha Mason, Gage Golightly, David Alexander, Christopher Cousins, Laura Johnson, Juliette Goglia, John Livingston, Cliff Bemis, Robert Pine, Patrick Day
After her husband abandons her, Annie Garrett (Julie Benz), with seven-year-old daughter Taylor (Gage Golightly) in tow, relocates from Colorado to California in an attempt to rebuild her life. She moves onto Mary Lou's (Marsha Mason) ranch where she cares for and rides the horses. Courage to really turn her life around occurs when she sets out to earn a prize at the horse show–even though her horse is struck blind the day before the show.
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Max Dugan Returns 1983 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick, Dody Goodman, Kiefer Sutherland, David Morse, Mari Gorman, Sal Viscuso, Billie Bird
This Neil Simon comedy does have its good moments, but it is not one of Simon's best. The plot revolves around a financially struggling and widowed schoolteacher Nora McPhee (Marsha Mason) whose ex-cop father, Max Dugan (Jason Robards), arrives at her home with a suitcase full of money with which he begins buying gifts.
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Nick of Time 1995 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Roma Maffia, Marsha Mason, Peter Strauss, Courtney Chase, Gloria Reuben, Bill Smitrovich, G.D. Spradlin, Yul Vazquez, Edith Diaz, Armando Ortega, C.J. Balu, Cynthena Sanders
Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is tossed into a van by a couple (Christopher Walken and Roma Maffia) posing as police officers and is told that he has 80 minutes to assassinate the Governor of California (Marsha Mason) or kidnappers will kill his six-year-old daughter, Lynn (Courtney Chase). The plot thickens as Watson races against the clock and discovers numerous other characters conspiring against the Governor.
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Only When I Laugh 1981 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, Joan Hackett, James Coco, David Dukes, Kevin Bacon, John Bennett Perry, Ed Moore, Ellen La Gamba, Byron Webster
Based on Neil Simon's play "The Gingerbread Lady," this is the story of alcoholic actress Georgia Hines who tries to change the course of her life and form a meaningful relationship with her daughter, Polly (Kristy McNichol). Marsha Mason earned an Academy Award nomination for her role in this film and Coco and Hackett were nominated for Supporting Actor and Actress.
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Stella 1990 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason, Eileen Brennan, Linda Hart, Ben Stiller, William McNamara, Charles W. Gray
This is an update to Olive Higgins Prouty's novel "Stella Dallas," though it strays far afield from the book or earlier movie versions. As Stella's daughter matures, her single mother (Midler) decides it is time for the father to contribute financially to the daughter. 2 User Reviews
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| | TINKERXL@YAHOO.COM 09/30/2009 | | One of her best movies, be prepared to cry |
| | lady_harley47 05/16/2009 | | great acting by Midler |
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Trapped in Silence 1986 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Marsha Mason, Kiefer Sutherland, Karen Shallo, Rebecca Schull, Amy Wright, Stephen Pearlman, Ron Silver, Frances Foster, Harsh Nayyar, John McCurry, John Mahoney, Marlyn Mason
In this made-for-TV movie, psychologist Jennifer Hubbell (Marsha Mason) helps a traumatized boy, Kevin Richter (Kiefer Sutherland), out of his refusal to talk due to a life of abuse.
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| 1. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
2. Audrey Rose (1977)
3. Blume in Love (1973)
4. Bride & Prejudice (2004)
5. Chapter Two (1979)
6. Cinderella Liberty (1973)
7. Dead Aviators (1999)
aka: Restless Spirits
8. Dinner at Eight (1989)
9. Drop Dead Fred (1991)
10. The Good Doctor (1978)
11. The Goodbye Girl (1977)
12. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
13. I Love Trouble (1994)
14. The Image (1990)
15. The Long Shot: Believe in Courage (2004)
aka: The Long Shot
16. Max Dugan Returns (1983)
17. Nick of Time (1995)
18. Only When I Laugh (1981)
19. Promises in the Dark (1979)
20. Stella (1990)
21. Trapped in Silence (1986)
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