A Decade Under the Influence 2003  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
Today's filmmakers interview revolutionary 1970s' filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Peter Bogdanovich, Julie Christie, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and Elliott Gould.
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Freedom Writers 2007  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April L. Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Hunter Parrish, Antonio Garcia, Gabriel Chavarria
In Freshman English teacher Erin Gruwell's (Hilary Swank) classroom, 75% of the students are Latinos, Blacks, and Asians who have been bussed in to school and are members of gangs at the gang-infested California high school. Most of these kids have been written off, but when Erin assigns "The Diary of Anne Frank," the kids read it, and learning tolerance and applying themselves in lessons learned about unity and self-expression, they open doors leading to bright futures.
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Living Out Loud 1998 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah, Martin Donovan, Richard Schiff, Elias Koteas, Suzanne Shepherd, Clark Anderson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Lin Shaye
Divorcee Judith Nelson (Holly Hunter) is so lonely that she gets involved with her doorman, Pat Francato (Danny DeVito), for whom she feels sorry. Their evolving friendship, however, leads to self-fulfillment for them both.
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P.S. I Love You 2007  PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, James Marsters, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr., Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dean Winters, Anne Kent, Brian McGrath, Sherie Rene Scott, Susan Blackwell, Michael Countryman
Holly (Hilary Swank) and her Irish husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) love each other but spend much of their time embroiled in arguments. Gerry dies suddenly, and Holly is left alone and miserable holed up in her apartment. Then comes Holly's 30th birthday, and her friends throw her a surprise birthday party, during which a cake with a mysterious message from Gerry arrives on the scene. Before he died, Gerry had written messages to Holly showing her the way to get back in life. Although Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and her best friends (Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon) worry about the notes, those notes–signed "P.S. I love you."–are the very things that bring Holly out of her doldrums.
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| 1. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
2. Freedom Writers (2007)
3. Living Out Loud (1998)
4. P.S. I Love You (2007)
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