Coming Home 1978  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty, Mary Gregory, Kathleen Miller, Beeson Carroll, Charles Cyphers, Willie Tyler, Louis Carello, Olivia Cole, Bruce French, Tresa Hughes
This film does a good, though biased, job of relating people's emotions over the Vietnam War. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Corps Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) and his wife Sally's (Jane Fonda) affair with paraplegic war veteran Luke Martin (John Voight). Jane Fonda and Jon Voight won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Actor. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Screenplay, and five nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Dern) and Actress (Penelope Milford as Sally's troubled friend Vi).
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Dirty Laundry 1996  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Normand, Robert Sherwin
Cast: Jay Thomas, Tess Harper, Tresa Hughes, Michael Marcus, Stanley Earl Harrison, Erin Underwood, John Driver, Michael Mulheren, Antoinette LaVecchia, Stuart Burney
Joey (Jay Thomas) struggles through a midlife crisis with his wife, Beth (Tess Harper), in this comedy about male impotence. Pass the Viagra, please!
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Fame 1980 R, 134 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Anne Meara, Barry Miller, Debbie Allen, Joanna Merlin, Eddie Barth, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Paul McCrane, Maureen Teefy, Jim Moody
This story focuses on students–Coco (Irene Cara), Doris (Maureen Teefy), Montgomery (Paul McCrane), Raul (Barry Miller), and Bruno (Lee Curreri)–at New York High School for the Performing Arts. From auditions through ensuing years at school, they cope with their teenage problems and keep up with academics in their own unique ways as they work through training that may lead to stardom. The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Song ("Fame").
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1973  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney, Dori Brenner, Win Forman, Tresa Hughes, Ron Richards, Peter Marklin, Nancy Andrews, Minerva Pious
Rita is a depressed Manhattan housewife who cannot get over her Mother's death. She and her husband Harry (Martin Balsam) travel to Europe, where she begins to come out of her depression. Woodward and Sidney received Academy Award nominations for Actress and Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Coming Home (1978)
2. Dirty Laundry (1996)
3. Fame (1980)
4. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
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