Back Roads 1981  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Miriam Colon, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael V. Gazzo, Dan Shor, Nell Carter, Barbara Babcock, Alex Colon, Lee de Broux, Ralph Seymour, Royce D. Applegate, Bruce M. Fischer, John Dennis Johnston
Amy Post (Sally Field) is a prostitute who teams up with unemployed boxer Elmore Pratt (Tommy Lee Jones). The two become traveling companions and leave their dead-end lives in Alabama. They hitchhike to California where they hope to better their lives–and along the trek, they find themselves attracted to each other.
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The Crazysitter 1995 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Michael McDonald
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane, Brady Bluhm, Rachel Duncan, Phil Hartman, Nell Carter, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Landesberg, Sean Whalen, Tim Bagley, Eric Allan Kramer
The Van Arsdale kids (Brady Bluhm and Rachel Duncan) trick their wealthy parents–Treva (Carol Kane) and Paul (Ed Begley Jr.)–into hiring ex-con Edie (Beverly D'Angelo) as their governess. Edie quickly learns that taking care of the precocious children requires more than she had envisioned and decides to sell them while their parents are abroad. But, by story's end, they become good friends.
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The Grass Harp 1996  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Matthau
Cast: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong, Jack Lemmon, Mary Steenburgen, Nell Carter, Roddy McDowall, Charles Durning, Joe Don Baker
Based on Truman Capote's novella, this is the story of a family and the maturing process of Colin (Edward Furlong) who, following his mother's death, is sent to live with his aunts, Verena (Sissy Spacek) and Dolly (Piper Laurie).
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Modern Problems 1981 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Shapiro
Cast: Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Mary Kay Place, Nell Carter, Dabney Coleman, Brian Doyle-Murray, Mitch Kreindel, Arthur Sellers, Sandy Helberg, Neil Thompson
After a truck empties nuclear waste material on him, air traffic controller Max (Chevy Chase) develops unusual mental abilities: he can physically move objects via his brain waves.
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| 1. Back Roads (1981)
2. The Crazysitter (1995)
3. The Grass Harp (1996)
4. Modern Problems (1981)
5. The Proprietor (1996)
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