Cadillac Man 1990  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher, Zack Norman, Annabella Sciorra, Lori Petty, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Bill Nelson, Eddie Jones
This amusing film stars Robin Williams as a philandering car salesman who will lose his job if he doesn't sell 12 cars in as many days. To further complicate matters, the jealous husband (Tim Robbins) of the dealership's resident sexpot holds them hostage, and Williams must use every sales tactic he knows to talk him out of killing them all.
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Festival in Cannes 2001  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell, Ron Silver, Zack Norman, Peter Bogdanovich, Jenny Gabrielle, Camilla Campanale, Alex Craig Mann, Kim Kolarich
Three stories about women in the entertainment world intertwine to show the viewer what it would be like to attend the Cannes Film Festival. Popular star Millie (Anouk Aimee) has now hit the age at which she is offered only "mother" roles; a hopeful writer, Alice (Greta Scacchi) arrives looking for financing to turn her story into a movie; and young actress, Blue (Jenny Gabrielle), finds her new film a huge success and herself in great demand.
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Fingers 1978  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Toback
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Michael V. Gazzo, Marian Seldes, Dominic Chianese, Danny Aiello, Ed Marinaro, Tanya Roberts, Zack Norman
In this insightful film, Jimmy Angelilli (Harvey Keitel) is a concert pianist who is torn between the world of mobsters and the more respectable realm through which he enjoys via his music.
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Mojave Moon 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Kevin Dowling
Cast: Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Angelina Jolie, Alfred Molina, Jack Noseworthy, Zack Norman, Peter MacNicol, John Getz, Mary Joy, Lee Arenberg, Corin Nemec
While hanging out with his friends at a coffee shop, Al (Danny Aiello) flirts with Eli (Angelina Jolie) and ends up driving her to her trailer home in the Mojave Desert where she lives with her mother (Anne Archer) and her mother's psychotic boyfriend (Michael Biehn). Danny delivers Eli home and then sticks around–a very unwise move on his part.
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 Romancing the Stone 1984  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau, Zack Norman, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor, Mary Ellen Trainor, Ron Silver, Eve Smith, Joe Nesnow, Jose Chavez, Evita Munoz, Camillo Garcia, Rodrigo Puebla
Romantic novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner), whose greatest excitement comes when she feeds her cat, is suddenly thrust into a world of danger and intrigue when she is ordered to deliver a package to her sister's kidnappers. She heads for the South American jungles where she is fortunate enough to run into soldier of fortune Jack T. Colton (Michael Douglas) who serves as her guide and knows more about the world than when to feed the kitty.
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Sitting Ducks 1980 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Michael Emil, Zack Norman, Patrice Townsend, Irene Forrest, Richard Romanus, Henry Jaglom
Simon (Michael Emil), the bookkeeper for a mobster gang, and cohort Sidney (Zack Norman) have a plan: steal money from Simon's gang, take off for Central America, and lead the good life. After the heist, they meet foxy Jenny (Patrice Townsend) and inferiority complex ridden Leona (Irene Forrest), and the four continue the journey. Some good laughs.
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Tracks 1976  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell, Topo Swope, Michael Emil, Zack Norman, Alfred Ryder, Barbara Flood, Cayle Chernin, James Frawley
When a Vietnam veteran (Dennis Hopper) escorts home the dead body of his war buddy, the time spent on the train provides an insightful look at what war can do to the psyche.
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Venice/Venice 1992 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Nelly Alard, Henry Jaglom, Melissa Leo, Suzanne Bertish, Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, Vernon Dobtcheff, Zack Norman, Diane Salinger, John Landis
Dean (Henry Jaglom) is an American filmmaker who goes to the Venice Film Festival. While there, he falls in love with French journalist Jeanne (Nelly Alard), and their romance continues back home in Venice, California. This story presents an interesting contrast between love in the make-believe world of the movies and the more realistic love in true life.
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| 1. Babyfever (1994)
2. Cadillac Man (1990)
3. Festival in Cannes (2001)
4. Fingers (1978)
5. Mojave Moon (1996)
6. Romancing the Stone (1984)
7. Sitting Ducks (1980)
8. Tracks (1976)
9. Venice/Venice (1992)
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