Affliction 1997  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True-Frost, Marian Seldes, Holmes Osborne, Brigid Tierney, Sean McCann, Tim Post, Christopher Heyerdahl, Janine Theriault, Wayne Robson, Sheena Larkin
Based on Russell Banks' novel, this film adaptation features Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse, a small-town sheriff in New England who delves into an "accidental" hunting accident to redeem his bleak life–both professionally and personally. He reexamines his life and the relationship he has with his abusive father Glen (James Coburn). Meanwhile, his ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) hates him, and his relationship with his daughter Jill (Brigid Tierney) is badly in need of repair. Wade is dating Margie (Sissy Spacek) who is the only one he seems capable of relating to. After his mother dies, Wade's brother Rolfe (Willem Dafoe) comes home to pay his respects, and now Wade suspects Rolfe of being involved in the criminal world. James Coburn won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Nick Nolte was nominated for Best Actor.
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Price
Cast: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harvey Fierstein, Thea Vidale, Jeremy Piven, Polly Bergen, Stephen Shellen, Sheena Larkin, John Franklyn-Robbins, Aron Tager, Kim Morgan Greene, Jane Connell, Julie Cobb
A frustrated chemist, Dr. Richard Jacks (Tim Daly), creates perfumes in NYC. One day, Jack reads the notebooks filled with experiments of his great-grandfather, Dr. Henry Jekyll. Jack decides to try his own experiment; however, the results are different from those of his ancestor. Instead of creating a beast, Jack creates a beautiful woman, Helen Hyde (Sean Young). But wait, Helen's nymphomaniac personality may just be Jack's ticket to the top of the perfume industry.
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Hiroshima 1995 PG, 190 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Kenneth Welsh, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard Masur, Wesley Addy, Sheena Larkin, Leni Parker, Timothy West, Mark Camacho, Tatsuo Matsumura, Naohiko Umewaka, David Hemblen, David Gow
Events leading up to Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are presented blending archival footage and interviews with those involved.
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Vanished 1995  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Vanished'
Director: George Kaczender
Cast: Lisa Rinna, George Hamilton, Maurice Godin, Robert Hays, Alex D. Linz, Albert Millaire, Sheena Larkin, Domini Blythe, Victor Knight, Lawrence Dane, Matt Holland, Kenneth Welsh
Set in the 1930s, this is the story of Marielle (Lisa Rinna) who keeps secret her past marriage and the child she lost in an accident. She starts a new life, but when her son disappears and her ex-husband (Maurice Godin) is suspected, the truth begins to unfold.
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| 1. Affliction (1997)
2. Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
3. Hiroshima (1995)
4. Vanished (1995)
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Vanished'
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