Funland 1986  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael A. Simpson
Cast: William Windom, David L. Lander, Bruce Mahler, Clark Brandon, Robert Sacchi, Michael McManus, Jill Carroll, Mary Beth McDonough, Terry Beaver, Lane Davies, Jan Hooks, Randal Patrick
A mob family buys an amusement park, lowers salaries, and fires the clown, Bruce Burger (David L. Lander)–a step in the wrong direction because Bruce seeks revenge.
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Imaginary Heroes 2004  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Dan Harris
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams, Kip Pardue, Deirdre O'Connell, Ryan Donowho, Suzanne Santo, Jay Paulson, Luke Robertson, Sara Tanaka, Terry Beaver, Lee Wilkof, Ned Benson, Larry Fessenden
After their son Matt (Kip Pardue) commits suicide, the Travis family traits of drug use, secrets, homosexuality, and alcoholism rise to the fore. The father, Ben (Jeff Daniels), turns away from the family, and their college student daughter Penny (Michelle Williams) rarely comes home from school. Meanwhile, the mother, Sandy (Sigourney Weaver), becomes sarcastic and smokes marijuana, while youngest son Tim (Emile Hirsch) uses drugs and sex to find meaning in his life. Will these family members finally learn to accept each other for what they really are?
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Shot in the Heart 2001 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Elias Koteas, Eric Bogosian, Amy Madigan, Lee Tergesen, Terry Beaver, Sam Shepard, Tom Cleary, Ashley Edwards, Arthur Laupus
This good, made-for-TV film is based on the book by Mikal Gilmore, brother of the infamous Gary Gilmore who was executed in 1977. It covers the last days of Gary's life, including the activists on both sides of the capital punishment issue, his brothers' efforts to get the execution delayed, and the history of violence that appears to run in the family.
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To Dance with the White Dog 1993  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Christine Baranski, Terry Beaver, Harley Cross, Esther Rolle, Frank Whaley, Amy Wright, Bob Hannah, Ed Grady
Cora (Jessica Tandy), nearing death, worries about how her husband, Sam (Hume Cronyn), will cope after she is gone. After she dies, he is indeed grief stricken, but when a white dog appears, his outlook changes, and he finds that love is eternal. A good made-for-TV adaptation of a novel by Terry Kay.
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| 1. Funland (1986)
2. Imaginary Heroes (2004)
3. Shot in the Heart (2001)
4. To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
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