Audrey Rose 1977  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd, John Hillerman, Robert Walden, Philip Sterling
In this too-long horror film, Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins) tries to convince the Templetons–Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill (John Beck)–that their child is really a reincarnation of his dead daughter, Audrey Rose.
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Backfire 1987  R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Dean Paul Martin, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey, Dinah Manoff, Virginia Capers, Philip Sterling
A Vietnam vet, Donny (Jeff Fahey), who is suffering from shell shock, is diabolically and systematically being destroyed through psychological means that threaten his marriage to Mara (Karen Allen). The question is: Who is the culprit?
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Born to Be Sold 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Cast: Lynda Carter, Harold Gould, Dean Stockwell, Sharon Farrell, Philip Sterling, Lloyd Haynes, Ed Nelson, Joy Garrett, Bernard Behrens, Rita Taggart
The underworld practice of selling babies is the subject of this made-for-TV thriller starring Linda Carter in the role of the social worker who tries to crack down on the world of black market babies.
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Hester Street 1975 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Doris Roberts, Zvee Scooler, Paul Freedman, Martin Garner, Lin Shaye, Mordecai Lawner, Philip Sterling, Joel Wolfe, Ed Crowley, Robert Lesser, Joanna Merlin
Jewish immigrants Gitl (Carol Kane) and her son Yossele (Paul Freedman) arrive in the United States at the turn of the 20th century to join Gitl's husband Jake (Steven Keats). Jake has been in New York for five years and has tried to adapt to the foreign ways of his newly adopted country. Gitl, unlike Jake, clings to her Old World culture, and Jake's effort to modernize her thinking–even trying to change Yoselle's name to Joey–brings problems to their marriage. Kane was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Me, Natalie 1969 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Coe
Cast: Patty Duke, James Farentino, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester, Salome Jens, Nancy Marchand, Al Pacino, Philip Sterling, Bob Balaban, Deborah Winters
An ugly-duckling teenager, Natalie Miller (Patty Duke), leaves Brooklyn and heads for Greenwich Village where she hopes to find happiness. This marks Al Pacino's first feature film.
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My Giant 1998 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan, Joanna Pacula, Zane Carney, Rider Strong, Steven Seagal, Harold Gould, Doris Roberts, Philip Sterling
While traveling in Romania, a talent agent, Sammy (Zane Carney), finds a 7 1/2-foot tall giant, Max (Gheorghe Muresan), and brings him home to America for what Sammy is sure will be fame and fortune on the silver screen.
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The Wall 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Tom Conti, Lisa Eichhorn, Gerald Hiken, Rachel Roberts, Philip Sterling, Eli Wallach, Rosanna Arquette, Dianne Wiest, Griffin Dunne
Based on Millard Lampell's play, which was taken from John Hersey's text, this is the story about the 1943 Jewish repression in Poland.
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| 1. Audrey Rose (1977)
2. Backfire (1987)
3. Born to Be Sold (1981)
4. The Competition (1980)
5. Hester Street (1975)
6. Me, Natalie (1969)
7. My Giant (1998)
8. Promises in the Dark (1979)
9. The Wall (1982)
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