Body Shots 1999  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cristofer
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry O'Connell, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid, Ron Livingston, Emily Procter, Brad Rowe, Sybil Temchen, Larry Joshua, Adina Porter
Dating practices among eight shallow, young L.A. professionals are revealed in this tasteless rendition of modern-day sexual encounters.
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Lip Service 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Shawn Schepps
Cast: Jami Gertz, Sybil Temchen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Camargo, Jenna Byrne, Julie Claire, David Pressman, Jennifer McComb, Laurel Moglen, Jonathan Silverman
While in college, Kat (Jami Gertz) designed and gave roommate Allison (Sybil Temchen) a chair. Allison "stole" the design and started what became a lucrative furniture business. When Kat returns 10 years later, there's hell to pay. Alternately a black comedy, heavy drama, and a thriller.
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Manhood 2003  R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bobby Roth
Cast: Nestor Carbonell, John Ritter, Janeane Garofalo, Bonnie Bedelia, Nick Roth, Lauren Tom, Barbara Williams, Barry Newman, Andrew J. Ferchland, Skyler Shaye, Sybil Temchen, Carole Davis
Reformed womanizer Jack (Nestor Carbonell) tries to put his life back together–starting with connecting to his son and nephew. This is a boring, dark drama of a dysfunctional family. Sundance Film Festival material was billed as a dark comedy, but the comedy is hard to find.
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Nothing to Lose 1995 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Ten Benny
Director: Eric Bross
Cast: Adrien Brody, Sybil Temchen, Michael Gallagher, Tony Gillan, James E. Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Gayle Scott, Greg Zittel, David Deblinger
Ray (Adrien Brody) and Mike (Michael Gallagher) have been best friends since childhood until Ray's gambling, on money borrowed from a loan shark, gets him into trouble–big time.
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The Passion of Ayn Rand 1999  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Menaul
Cast: Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Peter Fonda, Sybil Temchen, Tom McCamus, Don McKellar, David Ferry, Donald Carrier, Hamish McEwan
The celebrated atheist, author/philosopher Ayn Rand, is portrayed well by Helen Mirren, but that is about all that is good about this film. This is the story of Ayn's private life, concentrating on her affair with a much younger man–with the permission of both her husband and her lover's wife.
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Restaurant 1999 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Bross
Cast: Adrien Brody, Elise Neal, David Moscow, Simon Baker, Catherine Kellner, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, John Carroll Lynch, Jesse L. Martin, Sybil Temchen, Vonte Sweet
P.J. McClures–a Hoboken, New Jersey, restaurant–is the setting for this well-developed character study of young people dealing with issues still unresolved in American culture.
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| 1. Body Shots (1999)
2. Lip Service (2001)
3. Manhood (2003)
4. Nothing to Lose (1995)
aka: Ten Benny
5. The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
6. Restaurant (1999)
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