The Out-Of-Towners 1999  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Weisman
Cast: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Mark McKinney, John Cleese, Oliver Hudson, Valerie Perri, Gregory Jbara, Tom Riis Farrell, Steve Mittleman, Randall Arney, Carlease Burke, William Duell, J.P. Bumstead, Peggy Mannix, Jordan Baker
This remake of the Jack Lemmon/Sandy Dennis 1970's comedy relates the trials of Midwesterners, Henry and Nancy Clark (Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn), who suffer one misfortune after another while visiting New York City on a job interview.
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 Scent of a Woman 1992   R, 157 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, Rochelle Oliver, Todd Louiso, Gene Canfield, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Matt Smith, Frances Conroy
High-school student Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell) is hired to take care of blind, depressed, and foul-mouthed, retired Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino) during Thanksgiving break. Slade plans to commit suicide AFTER one last fling in which Charlie is his companion. Al Pacino won an Oscar for his portrayal of the Colonel. Nominations were also received for Best Picture and Director. Based on the 1974 Italian film.
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 Sleepless in Seattle 1993  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rita Wilson, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner, Gaby Hoffmann, Carey Lowell, Frances Conroy, Victor Garber, Barbara Garrick, David Hyde Pierce, Dana Ivey, Tom Riis Farrell
Talk-show listener Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes emotionally involved in the plight of recent widower Sam (Tom Hanks) when she hears his story over the radio. Sam's eight-year-old son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), had called the show hoping to find a new mother. Annie is engaged to marry Walter (Bill Pullman), but she believes it is Sam who she wants to marry. She travels to Seattle to meet Sam but then changes her mind. Meanwhile, Jonah has booked a flight to New York to meet Annie. Sam follows his son, and finally meets Annie in the observation area of the Empire State Building where love blooms. A nice, sweet, romantic comedy.
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 The Stepford Wives 2004  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart, David Marshall Grant, Jon Lovitz, Dylan Hartigan, Faith Hill, Matt Malloy, Kate Shindle, Fallon Brooking, Tom Riis Farrell, Lorri Bagley
Joanna (Nicole Kidman), Walter (Matthew Broderick), and their kids move to Stepford, Connecticut, where the wives in the neighborhood appear to be much too perfect. Walter loves Stepford, but suspicious Joanna investigates and discovers that the idyllic wives are really robots programmed to serve their husbands.
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| 1. The Out-Of-Towners (1999)
2. Scent of a Woman (1992)
3. Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
4. The Stepford Wives (2004)
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