Bernice Bobs Her Hair 1976  TV, 48 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Shelley Duvall, Veronica Cartwright, Bud Cort, Lane Binkley, Patrick Byrne, Dennis Christopher, Polly Holliday, Mark La Mura, Murray Moston, Mark Newkirk, Gary Springer
Set during the "Roaring '20s," this made-for-TV adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale is the story of shy, young Bernice (Shelley Duvall) who longs for popularity. She visits flapper cousin Marjorie (Veronica Cartwright) who tries to "modernize" Bernice, and the transformation begins.
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Between the Lines 1977  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Goldblum, Jill Eikenberry, Bruno Kirby, Gwen Welles, Stephen Collins, Lewis J. Stadlen, Michael J. Pollard, Lane Smith
A publishing tycoon has his eye on a successful underground newspaper in Boston, but if he succeeds in purchasing the paper, the move will have no small impact on the newspaper's staff.
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Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even 1992  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Stepkids
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Hillary Wolf, David Strathairn, Margaret Whitton, Griffin Dunne, Patricia Kalember, Adrienne Shelly, Dan Futterman, Jenny Lewis, Ben Savage, Sean Blackman, Joe D'Angerio, Googy Gress
Thirteen-year-old Laura (Hillary Wolf) gives up on trying to figure out her parents' multiple marriages, divorces, and arguments. Laura runs away from her brother's (Griffin Dunne) home in the woods where new experiences of living on her own teach her how to deal with her feelings about her family. Meanwhile, Laura's worried family members reconcile their differences in the process of searching for her.
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Charms for the Easy Life 2002 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Mimi Rogers, Susan May Pratt, Geordie Johnson, Kenneth Mitchell, Wayne Robson, Kayla Perlmutter, Kirsten Kieferle, Christine Rotenberg, Sylvie Weir
In the early 1900s, eccentric Charlie (Gena Rowlands) heads a family consisting of her daughter, Sophia (Mimi Rogers), and granddaughter (Susan May Pratt). Her husband had previously left Charlie and, after Sophia's husband died at a young age, Sophia and her daughter move in with Charlie. This made-for-TV film covers the family's story over the following few decades. Based on a novel by Kaye Gibbons.
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Head Over Heels 1979 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Chilly Scenes of Winter
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, Nora Heflin, Jerry Hardin, Frances Bay, Griffin Dunne
Based on Ann Beattie's novel, this is a love story about Laura (Mary Beth Hurt) who is estranged from her husband when ex-boyfriend Charles (John Heard) becomes obsessed with winning her back.
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Hester Street 1975 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Doris Roberts, Zvee Scooler, Paul Freedman, Martin Garner, Lin Shaye, Mordecai Lawner, Philip Sterling, Joel Wolfe, Ed Crowley, Robert Lesser, Joanna Merlin
Jewish immigrants Gitl (Carol Kane) and her son Yossele (Paul Freedman) arrive in the United States at the turn of the 20th century to join Gitl's husband Jake (Steven Keats). Jake has been in New York for five years and has tried to adapt to the foreign ways of his newly adopted country. Gitl, unlike Jake, clings to her Old World culture, and Jake's effort to modernize her thinking–even trying to change Yoselle's name to Joey–brings problems to their marriage. Kane was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies 1997 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Dance, Elina Lowensohn, Chad Lowe, Don McKellar, Tony Nardi, John Dunn-Hill, Peter Friedman, Jason Shayne Schwartz, Alon Nashman, Susan Almgren, Alexandra Clermont
A Rabbi (Armin Mueller-Stahl) struggles to keep his faith and his family together in a Warsaw ghetto during the days preceding the Jewish uprising during World War II.
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| 1. Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)
2. Between the Lines (1977)
3. Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even (1992)
aka: Stepkids
4. Charms for the Easy Life (2002)
5. Head Over Heels (1979)
aka: Chilly Scenes of Winter
6. Hester Street (1975)
7. In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
8. A Private Matter (1992)
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