Jane Austen in Manhattan 1980  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate, John Guerrasio, Katrina Hodiak, Kurt Johnson, Philip Lenkowsky, Charles McCaughan, Nancy New, Sean Young, Bernard Barrow, Naomi Riordan, Bella Jarrett, Lee H. Doyle
Rival directors Lilliana (Anne Baxter) and Pierre (Robert Powell), who differ in their plans for the mode of presentation, fight for the right to bring to the stage a long-lost play written by Jane Austen when she was a mere 12 years old. During their competition for the rights to present the play, they also vie for actress Ariadne (Sean Young) to perform in the play–and the intrigue continues.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990 R, 93 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Harrison
Cast: Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, Matthew Lawrence, Robert Sedgwick, Julianne Moore, James Remar, Rae Dawn Chong, Robert Klein, Steve Buscemi, Donald Van Horn, Paul Greeno, Alice Drummond, Philip Lenkowsky
Newspaper delivery boy Timmy (Matthew Lawrence) is imprisoned by mad cannibal housewife Betty (Deborah Harry) who plans to eat him. Timmy tries to forestall his fate by telling three horror stories. The stories include Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lot 249," in which a college student (Christian Slater) is confronted by a mummy he has raised from the dead. Stephen King's "Cat From Hell" features a millionaire (William Hickey) hiring a hit man (David Johansen) to track down a cat that killed his family, and "Lover's Vow" is about an artist (James Remar) who makes a deal with the devil.
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