200 Cigarettes 1999  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Risa Bamon Garcia
Cast: Ben Affleck, Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Janeane Garofalo, Martha Plimpton, Gaby Hoffmann, Kate Hudson, Paul Rudd, Casey Affleck, Catherine Kellner
A collection of New York City's East Village revelers gather on New Year's Eve, 1981, in this romantic comedy that never quite hits the mark. Don't bother with this one.
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Another Woman 1988  PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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Beautiful Girls 1996  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Natalie Portman, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman, Max Perlich, Martha Plimpton, Richard Bright
Willie (Timothy Hutton) returns home for a high-school reunion and finds that the guys–including himself–have not grown up. Furthermore, the women in their lives are not ranked much higher on the maturity scale.
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Eye of God 1996 R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Hal Holbrook, Nick Stahl, Mary Kay Place, Chris Freihofer, Woody Watson, Margo Martindale
This story is set in the Bible belt town of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and involves a few story lines. Aimsley DuPree (Martha Plimpton) is a lonely waitress who wrote to prisoner Jack Stillings (Kevin Anderson). Jack found God during his incarceration, and when released he and Aimsley married and now Aimsley is pregnant. Another focus is on a troubled boy, Tom Spencer (Nick Stahl), who cannot speak of the brutal crime he witnessed despite kind interrogation from Sheriff Sam Rogers (Hal Holbrook).
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 The Goonies 1985 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Joe Pantoliano, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Mary Ellen Trainor, Jonathan Ke Quan, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson
A treasure map could be the tool for saving a housing project that is in line for demolition by greedy developers. After finding an old pirate's treasure map, a group of young boys decides to spend their afternoon searching for the treasure. Steven Spielberg wrote the story and was the executive producer of the film.
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I Shot Andy Warhol 1996  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Harron
Cast: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Tahnee Welch, Stephen Dorff, Martha Plimpton, Donovan Leitch, Danny Morgenstern, Michael Imperioli, Gabriel Mann
On 3 June 1968, radical feminist Valerie Solanis (Lili Taylor) walked into Andy Warhol's office and shot him. (Although he survived, he suffered the effects of the trauma for the rest of his shortened life.) This film depicts the collision of the homosexual world of Andy Warhol and the loathing of a lesbian feminist who wrote the SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) manifesto. Nevertheless, one cannot help but like her rationality about her unique philosophy.
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Inside Monkey Zetterland 1993  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jefery Levy
Cast: Steve Antin, Patricia Arquette, Sandra Bernhard, Sofia Coppola, Tate Donovan, Rupert Everett, Katherine Helmond, Bo Hopkins, Ricki Lake, Debi Mazar, Martha Plimpton, Frances Bay, Luca Bercovici, Chris Nash, Blair Tefkin
Once a child actor and now an aspiring screenwriter, Monkey Zetterland (Steve Antin) tries to work on his story despite interruptions from his off-the-wall family, friends, and neighbors.
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 I'm Not Rappaport 1996 PG-13, 131 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Herb Gardner
Cast: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Martha Plimpton, Ranjit Chowdhry, Ron Rifkin, Boyd Gaines, Guillermo Diaz, Elina Lowensohn, Marin Hinkle, Nancy Giles, Irwin Corey, Salem Ludwig, Josh Pais
Two elderly men, Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis), spend their days sitting on a bench in Central Park. They stop at nothing to maintain control of the world that seems to be passing them by, and problems come to a head when Midge is threatened with retirement from his job of apartment manager. While Nat steps in to help Midge, they take on a drug dealer, The Cowboy (Craig T. Nelson), and a mugger, J.C. (Guillermo Diaz), and, in the process, stop The Cowboy from harming young Laurie Campbell (Martha Plimpton).
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Last Summer in the Hamptons 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Victoria Foyt, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Robin Baitz, Melissa Leo, Martha Plimpton, Holland Taylor, Ron Rifkin, Savannah Smith Boucher, Roddy McDowall, Roscoe Lee Browne, Andre Gregory, Brooke Smith
Three generations of a dysfunctional theatrical family gather at Helene's (Viveca Lindfors, in her last film) place in the Hamptons for one last time, since the place is no longer affordable. The chitchat changes to trouble when a rich and successful actress, Oona (Victoria Foyt), appears on the scene.
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The Mosquito Coast 1986 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Helen Mirren, Jadrien Steele, Hilary Gordon, Rebecca Gordon, Jason Alexander, Dick O'Neill, Butterfly McQueen, Andre Gregory, Conrad Roberts, Alice Heffernan-Sneed, Martha Plimpton, Michael Rogers, William Newman
The theme of this film is the same as "The Swiss Family Robinson." This time, a father, Allie Fox (Harrison Ford), who is upset with what is happening to the culture of America, takes his family (Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele, Hilary Gordon, and Rebecca Gordon) to Central America where they attempt to set up a perfect community. At times beautiful and inventive and at times a drag, but in any event it will hit each viewer differently.
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Campbell Scott, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Andrew McCarthy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Keith Carradine, Sam Robards, Martha Plimpton, David Gow
This is a biography of Dorothy Parker's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) life and wit revolving around the Algonquin Round Table where she and other writers met for lunch during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Music from Another Room 1998 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charlie Peters
Cast: Jude Law, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Tilly, Brenda Blethyn, Martha Plimpton, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Kilner, Jon Tenney, Bruce Jarchow, Vincent Laresca
In this nice little romantic comedy, Danny (Jude Law) returns to his hometown to find and marry Anna Swan (Gretchen Mol), whom he has always felt he was destined to marry since he was five years old and helped deliver her. However, she is engaged to another, but he persists while interacting with the eccentric Swan family.
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Parenthood 1989 PG-13, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Mary Steenburgen, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, Harley Jane Kozak, Joaquin Phoenix, Dennis Dugan, Paul Linke, Eileen Ryan, Jasen Fisher, Helen Shaw
This funny, in-depth movie tells the story of parents' Gil and Karen (Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen) joys and triumphs as they experience the fate of parenthood. From lost soul, to rebellious teenagers, to emotionally warped–the film covers all aspects of the relationships between parent and child in a warm, humorous way. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Dianne Wiest as Gil's sister, Helen).
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Pecker 1998  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Mary Kay Place, Brendan Sexton III, Martha Plimpton, Lauren Hulsey, Lili Taylor, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy, Mink Stole
This satire on the New York art scene features Edward Furlong in the title role of a teenage photographer from Baltimore whose family pictures are spotted by an art dealer, Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor). She promotes Pecker's work in her gallery, and the pictures become the latest rage. 1 User Review
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Rollover 1981 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Martha Plimpton, Macon McCalman, Jodi Long, Ron Frazier, Howard Erskine
When ex-film star Lee Winters (Jane Fonda) inherits her murdered husband's business, she finds that she is in financial trouble. Coming to the rescue is Hub Smith (Kris Kristofferson) who has the know-how to guide Winters' financial AND romantic decisions.
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 Running on Empty 1988 PG-13, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Arby, Martha Plimpton, Ed Crowley, Steven Hill, David Margulies, Augusta Dabney, Lynne Thigpen
Danny Pope (River Phoenix) has been accepted to the Julliard School of Music. There is one major problem: his parents. It seems that 20 years before, they made an extreme political statement when they bombed a defense research installation. Ever since, they have been running from the FBI, and now the family may have to break up in order for the son to accomplish his dreams. River Phoenix was nominated for an Oscar (Supporting Actor).
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Shy People 1987 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick, John Philbin, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mare Winningham, Tony Epper, Don Swayze, Jack McGee
A writer from New York (Jill Clayburgh) and her teenage daughter (Martha Plimpton) travel to the Louisiana bayou country where they hope to use family ties as background for the next project.
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The Sleepy Time Gal 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Munch
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan, Frankie Faison, Carmen Zapata, Peggy Gormley, Seymour Cassel, Molly Price, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Justin Theroux, Clara Bellar
Frances (Jacqueline Bisset) has led a spirited activist life and has even been a popular D.J., known as "Sleepy Time Gal," at a small radio station. Now a freelance writer in San Francisco, she is dying of cancer. She takes a trip to visit an old lover to ask about the daughter, Rebecca (Martha Plimpton), they had given up for adoption. Meanwhile, Rebecca has been searching for her birth mother, and their lives cross when, in the course of the Rebecca's work, she is told about the D.J. called "Sleepy Time Gal." Good performances enhance this film.
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Stanley & Iris 1990 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Zohra Lampert, Loretta Devine, Julie Garfield
A newly widowed, bakery worker (Jane Fonda) realizes that the cook (Robert De Niro) is illiterate. She helps him learn to read, and romance blooms as both of their lives are improved.
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Stars and Bars 1988  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst, Joan Cusack, Martha Plimpton, Maury Chaykin, Deirdre O'Connell, Will Patton, Laurie Metcalf, Keith David
When a very proper British connoisseur of the arts goes to Georgia in search of an expensive painting, he runs into all kinds of people from the seedier side of life. Very weak.
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| 1. 200 Cigarettes (1999)
2. Another Woman (1988)
3. Beautiful Girls (1996)
4. Eye of God (1996)
5. The Goonies (1985)
6. I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
7. Inside Monkey Zetterland (1993)
8. I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
9. Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
10. The Mosquito Coast (1986)
11. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
12. Music from Another Room (1998)
13. Parenthood (1989)
14. Pecker (1998)
15. The River Rat (1984)
16. Rollover (1981)
17. Running on Empty (1988)
18. Shy People (1987)
19. The Sleepy Time Gal (2001)
20. Stanley & Iris (1990)
21. Stars and Bars (1988)
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