Angels and Insects 1995  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Jeremy Kemp, Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Douglas Henshall, Saskia Wickham, Chris Larkin, Annette Badland, Anna Massey, Lindsay Thomas
This film adaptation of A.S. Byatt's "Morpho Eugenia" involves an insect collector (Mark Rylance) whose household contains more than a few similarities to the insect world he collects, and both reflect the decadent world of Victorian England in which they reside.
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Lathe of Heaven 2002  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: James Caan, Lukas Haas, Lisa Bonet, David Strathairn, Sheila McCarthy, Serge Houde, Suzanne Desautels, Belinda Hum, Tetsuro Shigematsu, Jonathan Higgins
This made-for-cable TV remake of Ursula K. LeGuin's novel stars Lukas Haas as the young man whose visions and dreams begin to come true. Trouble lies ahead when he goes to a psychiatrist (James Caan), who has plans for putting the dreams together to form his own Utopia. Stick with the 1980 version.
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The Music of Chance 1993  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey, Samantha Mathis, Chris Penn, Pearl Jones, Jordan Spainhour, Paul Auster
After losing in a poker game, Jack Pozzi (James Spader) and James Nash (Mandy Patinkin) must satisfy their debt by building a stone wall for on the estate of Willie Stone (Joel Grey) and Bill Flower (Charles Durning). Meanwhile, Calvin Murks (M. Emmet Walsh) diabolically directs their work efforts.
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The Situation 2007 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, Driss Roukh, Nasser Memarzia, Said Amadis, Cherine Amar, Omar Berdouni, Shaun Evans, Thomas McCarthy, John Slattery, Peter Eyre, Sean Gullette
Set in present-day Iraq, this film reveals human stories behind the headlines of military, political, and CIA actions of the war.
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Up at the Villa 2000  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi, Massimo Ghini, Dudley Sutton, Lorenza Indovina, Clive Merrison, Roger Hammond, Linda Spurrier, Ben Aris, Anne Ridler, Ann Bell
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's romantic thriller set in Italy during the 1930s, this film features Kristin Scott Thomas in the role of the beautiful young widow, Mary Panton, who is currently residing in a villa. Intrigue evolves from Mary's one-night affair with an illegal immigrant, Karl Richter (Jeremy Davies), while she is also being courted by both playboy Rowley Flint (Sean Penn) and the very respectable Sir Edgar Swift (James Fox).
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| 1. Angels and Insects (1995)
2. The Blood Oranges (1997)
3. Lathe of Heaven (2002)
4. The Music of Chance (1993)
5. The Situation (2007)
6. Up at the Villa (2000)
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