1918 1985  TV, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Harrison
Cast: William Converse-Roberts, Hallie Foote, Rochelle Oliver, Matthew Broderick, Michael Higgins, Jeanne McCarthy, Bill McGhee, Belinda Jackson, L.T. Felty, Michael Higgins, Rochelle Oliver, Betty Murphy
Adapted from Horton Foote's play, this film is about life in a small Texas town. As part of a trilogy, this story involves Southerners adapting to the disasters of a flu epidemic and worries about World War I. This film and one of its prequels, "On Valentine's Day," were packaged for PBS' "American Playhouse" and titled "Story of a Marriage." The other prequel is "Convicts."
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Bandits 2001 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton, Troy Garity, Stacey Travis, Brian F. O'Byrne, Bobby Slayton, January Jones, Azura Skye, Peggy Miley, William Converse-Roberts, Richard Riehle, Micole Mercurio, Anthony Burch, Scott Burkholder
Prison friends–Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton)–hijack a cement truck, break out of prison, and begin a series of bank heists that turns them into folk heroes. Plans go well, until a neurotic housewife (Cate Blanchett) is taken hostage only to become their lover. She just cannot decide between them so opts for both. A fun comedy caper.
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Confessions: Two Faces of Evil 1994  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Jason Bateman, James Wilder, James Earl Jones, William Converse-Roberts, Arye Gross, Gloria Reuben, Melinda Dillon, Rex Linn, Ari Meyers, Basil Wallace
It is Christmas Eve and a policeman is murdered. In this made-for-TV film based on a real-life incident, two men come forward to confess to the slaying. One has a criminal background and the other is a college student with no criminal record; both confessions hang together well. So-so fare despite the good work of James Earl Jones as a defense attorney.
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Courtship 1987 TV, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Cummings
Cast: Hallie Foote, William Converse-Roberts, Matthew Broderick, Amanda Plummer, Michael Higgins, Rochelle Oliver, Richard Jenkins, Steven Hill, Carol Goodheart
Horton Foote's story stars his daughter, Hallie Foote, as a young woman, Elizabeth, from a wealthy family in a small Texas community. When Elizabeth meets and takes an interest in a traveling salesman (William Converse-Roberts) her family disapproves. But Elizabeth will do anything to put distance between her and her abusive father.
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Drive Me Crazy 1999 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Schultz
Cast: Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins, Mark Metcalf, William Converse-Roberts, Faye Grant, Susan May Pratt, Chris Park, Ali Larter, Mark Webber
Nicole Maris (Melissa Joan Hart) needs a date for her prom and finds one in the person of her next-door neighbor, Chase Hammond (Adrian Grenier)–but not before she gives him a fashion makeover in preparation for the big night.
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Kiss the Girls 1997  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Jay O. Sanders, Bill Nunn, Brian Cox, Alex McArthur, Jeremy Piven, Richard T. Jones, Roma Maffia, Gina Ravera, William Converse-Roberts, Helen Martin, Tatyana Ali
Based on James Patterson's novel, this is a suspense-filled story about Washington, D.C. forensic expert Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) who is on the trail of a criminal who is abducting people. Then, when he meets Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd) who has escaped from her abductor, the two join forces, and they work to solve the case.
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On Valentine's Day 1986 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Harrison
Cast: Hallie Foote, Michael Higgins, Richard Jenkins, William Converse-Roberts, Jeanne McCarthy, Matthew Broderick, Steven Hill, Irma P. Hall, Rochelle Oliver, Carol Goodheart, Tim Green, Bill McGhee
In this other prequel (along with "Convicts") to "1918" by Horton Foote, the activities in the small Texas town of Harrison are told. It's 1917, and Horace and Elizabeth (William Converse-Roberts and Hallie Foote) elope and try to survive living with alcoholic Bobby Pate (Richard Jenkins) in his home.
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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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Stone Pillow 1985  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Lucille Ball, Daphne Zuniga, William Converse-Roberts, Stephen Lang, Susan Batson, Anna Maria Horsford, Stefan Schnabel, Rebecca Schull, Gloria Cromwell, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pat McNamara
Lucille Ball switches from comedy to drama in her role of bag lady Florabelle who carries her possessions in a shopping cart and struggles to survive on the streets of Manhattan. Daphne Zuniga takes on the part of a social worker who tries to get Florabelle off the streets. 1 User Review
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| | my best pick | Hope 04/19/2009 | | I saw this movie over 20 years ago. It has always stayed with me. It is heart warming, you never know until you have been there. An excellent movie. I have never been able to find it anywhere until now. Thank you. |
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| 1. 1918 (1985)
2. Bandits (2001)
3. Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
4. Courtship (1987)
5. Drive Me Crazy (1999)
6. Kiss the Girls (1997)
7. On Valentine's Day (1986)
8. Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Sto (1995)
9. Stone Pillow (1985)
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