 The Break Up 1998  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Marcus
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Kiefer Sutherland, Steven Weber, Penelope Ann Miller, Tippi Hedren, Hart Bochner, Brent Briscoe, Sarah DeVincentis, Susan Barnes, Leslie Stefanson, Tom Harrison, Hal Landon Jr., Joe Spano, Jack Shearer, Tommy Townsend
Frank Dade (Hart Bochner) physically abuses his wife, Jimmy (Bridget Fonda), himself, and others as well. But it is not until dead bodies start showing up that Jimmy flees for her life.
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 Nurse Betty 2000  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
Director: Neil LaBute
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Renee Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart, Tia Texada, Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Allison Janney, Kathleen Wilhoite, Elizabeth Mitchell, Susan Barnes, Laird Macintosh, Sung Hi Lee, Harriet Sansom Harris
Two romantic fantasies evolve after Betty (Renee Zellweger) witnesses hit men Charlie (Morgan Freeman) and Wesley (Chris Rock) murder her no-good husband Del (Aaron Eckhart). Betty blocks out all memory of the trauma, climbs into her Buick, and plans to meet the man of her dreams: Dr. David Ravell (Greg Kinnear)–a soap opera character she imagines, in her muddled state, to be her long lost lover. Unknown to Betty, that Buick just happens to contain the drugs that Del stole from Charlie and Wesley. Hence, those two are in hot pursuit. Along the route–the Grand Canyon, to be precise–Charlie begins to fantasize about a romance with Betty. Once in L.A., Betty is mistaken for an ambitious actress, and the fun begins.
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Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Sto 1995 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes, Wendy Makkena, Susan Barnes, William Converse-Roberts, William Allen Young, Kevin McNulty, Vic Polizos, Molly Parker
Glen Close takes on the role of Margarethe Cammermeyer in this true story of Cammermeyer's legal fight to prevent the U.S. Army from discharging her when her status as a homosexual was revealed. Close won an Emmy for her role in this film, and costar Judy Davis also was awarded the Emmy for her depiction of Cammermeyer's lover, Diane.
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Switched at Birth 1999  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Two Babies: Switched at Birth
Mistaken Identity
Director: Douglas Barr
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Rosanna Arquette, David Andrews, James McCaffrey, Mary Mara, Susan Barnes, Ron Silver, Lester B. Hanson, Peter Lohnes, Joe Ivy
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film concerns two new-born babies that were switched at the University of Virginia Medical Center. A year and a half later, tests reveal the error, but the mothers (Melissa Gilbert and Rosanna Arquette) decide to keep the babies that they have grown to love. This begins a series of problems for them and their families.
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They Live 1988 R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George "Buck" Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III, John Lawrence, Susan Barnes, Sy Richardson, Wendy Brainard, Lucille Meredith, Norman Alden, Susan Blanchard, Dana Bratton
A drifter, Nada (Roddy Piper), finds a special pair of sunglasses that allows him to see the "real" world. One such sight is that, supposedly, human beings are, in fact, aliens behind a massive plot to subdue the humans. Can he do something about it? A poor make-up job on the aliens is but one of the flaws of this film; however, it's good fun. From the mouth of our hero: "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum."
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Where the Money Is 2000 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney, Susan Barnes, Anne Pitoniak, Bruce MacVittie, Irma St. Paule, Michel Perron, Dorothy Gordon, Rita Tucket
Nurse Carol Ann McKay (Linda Fiorentino), married to Wayne (Dermot Mulroney), is semi-discontent with her life when she begins to suspect that the new geriatric patient–the legendary bank robber, Henry Manning (Paul Newman)–has been faking the extent of his stroke. Linda begins to make her own criminal plans; the question is: Is Henry really going to be able to help?
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| 1. The Break Up (1998)
2. Nurse Betty (2000)
3. Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Sto (1995)
4. Switched at Birth (1999)
aka: Two Babies: Switched at Birth
aka: Mistaken Identity
5. They Live (1988)
6. Where the Money Is (2000)
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