Awakenings 1990  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Judith Malina, Alice Drummond, Laura Esterman, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Dexter Gordon
Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) works in the chronic-care ward of a hospital in the Bronx where he gives the new drug L-DOPA to patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who is in a semi-comatose state. The drug works, and Lowe is gradually awakened after 30 years. He experiences the wonder of life and love, and this success with L-DOPA encourages Sayer to administer the drug to his other patients. Oscar nominations included Best Picture and Actor (De Niro).
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 Crossing Delancey 1988 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin
Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Sylvia Miles, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbe, Amy Wright, George Martin, Kathleen Wilhoite, John Bedford Lloyd, Rosemary Harris
A Jewish girl (Amy Irving) meets many interesting people through her job in a bookstore. Unfortunately, she believes the men she meets are attracted to her mind and not her beauty. A matchmaker sets her up with a man (Peter Riegert) who turns out to be perfect, but she doesn't appreciate him at first.
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 Dead Poets Society 1989 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, James Waterston, Carla Belver, Leon Pownall, George Martin, Joe Aufiery
An interesting, unconventional literature teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), in "the best prep school in America" challenges his students to question conventional views. A great performance by Williams, who was nominated for an Oscar. The film also received nominations for Best Picture and Director, and won for Best Writing.
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Drunks 1995  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Cohn
Cast: Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Dianne Wiest, Parker Posey, Amanda Plummer, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Spalding Gray, Liza Harris, George Martin, Sam Rockwell
Jim (Richard Lewis) falls off the wagon after his wife dies. Meanwhile, we watch and listen to the rest of his AA group's problems. This film does not do a service for AA efforts.
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Dying Young 1991  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby, Ellen Burstyn, Alex Trebek, Kevin O'Connor, George Martin, Tim Bohn
Hilary O'Neil (Julia Roberts) finds meaning in her life when she is hired as a nurse/companion to leukemia patient Victor Geddes (Campbell Scott).
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Falling in Love 1984  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Dianne Wiest, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin, David Clennon, Victor Argo, Frances Conroy, Kenneth Welsh, Wiley Earl, Jesse Bradford, James Ryan
Frank (Robert De Niro) and Molly (Meryl Streep) commute between Westchester County and Manhattan but do not meet until they run into each other while Christmas shopping for their respective families and their packages get mixed up. They meet again on the train home months later, and their brief encounters grow into romance as their marriages are thrown to the wind in an instant of passion.
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Give My Regards to Broad Street 1984 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Peter Webb
Cast: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Ralph Richardson, Bryan Brown, Tracey Ullman, John Bennett, George Martin
Beatles fans should enjoy Paul McCartney's story about searching for a missing recording tape, and, as an added bonus, they also get some songs. But this film is NOT going to make anyone's list of "10 Best..."
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 One Fine Day 1996 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Anna Maria Horsford, Sheila Kelley, Pete Hamill, Gregory Jbara, Robert Klein, George Martin
This enjoyable, romantic comedy features Michelle Pfeiffer as single-mom Melanie Parker and George Clooney as single-dad Jack Taylor. When their tots miss the ferry for their school field trip, Melanie and Jack are forced into helping each other. They spend the day swapping kids to allow attendance at scheduled meetings in this satire of today's hectic schedules of working parents who try to meet responsibilities of both the workplace and the home.
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| 1. Awakenings (1990)
2. Crossing Delancey (1988)
3. Dead Poets Society (1989)
4. Drunks (1995)
5. Dying Young (1991)
6. Falling in Love (1984)
7. Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
8. One Fine Day (1996)
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