Cal 1984  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann, John Kavanagh, Ray McAnally, Stevan Rimkus, Catherine Gibson, Louis Rolston, Tom Hickey, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Edward Byrne, Audrey Johnson, Seamus Forde, J.J. Murphy, Brian Munn
Cal (John Lynch), a young Catholic in Northern Ireland, falls in love with the widowed Marcella (Helen Mirren) whose Protestant husband was killed by the IRA–a crime in which Cal reluctantly played a role. Now, as Cal becomes more interested in Marcella, she becomes attracted to him. But, Cal cannot bring himself to share with Marcella his role in her husband's murder. Can their love survive with the terrible secret being kept from Miranda? Mirren won the 1984 Cannes Best Actress award.
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Circle of Friends 1995  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Minnie Driver, Chris O'Donnell, Saffron Burrows, Alan Cumming, Colin Firth, Geraldine O'Rawe, Aidan Gillen, Mick Lally, Britta Smith, John Kavanagh, Ruth McCabe, Ciaran Hinds, Marie Mullen, Marie Conmee, Tony Doyle
In 1957, close friends Benny (Minnie Driver), Eve (Geraldine O'Rawe), and Nan (Saffron Burrows) attend Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Unlike her friends, Benny must live at home and commute to school because her strict parents will not allow her to live on campus. The first day of school, Benny meets Jack (Chris O'Donnell), and they are attracted to each other but have problems because every night Benny must return home where she wards off the advances of her father's assistant Sean (Alan Cumming). Meanwhile, Nan falls for Simon (Colin Firth) who gets her pregnant and then dumps her. Nan plans to get Jack drunk and then claim that he is the father. Eve, who has fallen for Aidan (Aidan Gillen), catches on to Nan's plot and reveals all, which allows Jack and Benny to continue their romance.
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Dancing at Lughnasa 1998 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Rhys Ifans, Darrell Johnston, Lorcan Cranitch, Peter Gowen, Gerard McSorley, John Kavanagh, Marie Mullen, Dawn Bradfield, Kate O'Toole
Set in rural Ireland during 1936, this is the story of the Mundy sisters. All five–Kit (Meryl Streep), Chrissy (Catherine McCormack), Maggie (Kathy Burke), Rosie (Sophie Thompson), and Aggie (Brid Brennan)–are spinsters and are supported by Kate's salary as a schoolteacher. When their brother, Father Jack (Michael Gambon), returns from 25 years in Africa a change is certain to take place in their lives.
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 Inventing the Abbotts 1997  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Sutton, Liv Tyler, Joanna Going, Barbara Williams, Alessandro Nivola
The three wealthy Abbott sisters–Alice (Joanna Going), Pam (Liv Tyler), and Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly)–are pursued by the less-influential Holt brothers (Joaquin Phoenix and Billy Crudup) in this story set in 1950s Illinois.
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 The January Man 1989  R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Alan Rickman, Faye Grant, Tandy Cronyn, Kenneth Welsh, Brian Tarantina, Bill Cobbs, Bruce MacVittie, Jayne Haynes, Greg Walker
There is a serial killer on the loose in New York, and Nick Starkey (Kevin Kline) is called back into service by the NYPD to track the killer down. A poor mystery/drama/comedy.
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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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 Sweet November 2001   PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann, Liam Aiken, Lauren Graham, Michael Rosenbaum, Frank Langella, Tom Bullock, Robert Joy
In this forgettable remake of the 1968 "Sweet November," Keanu Reeves takes on the role of the workaholic businessman, Nelson, who moves in with the free-spirited Sarah (Charlize Theron) as her "man of the month." 1 User Review
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| | it is a ROMANTIC-DRAMA not a comedy! | ima 08/30/2009 | | the movie does not end well, and the female main character is suffering the last part of the movie...I for sure did not laugh at this movie, it was a sweet and romantic as well as sad, with lessons to learn in the end....it is NOT a comedy! |
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| 1. Cal (1984)
2. Circle of Friends (1995)
3. Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
4. Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
5. The January Man (1989)
6. Stars and Bars (1988)
7. Sweet November (2001)
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