Being John Malkovich 1999  R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Spike Jonze
Cast: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen, Byrne Piven, Ned Bellamy, K.K. Dodds, Carlos Jacott, W. Earl Brown
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an unsuccessful puppeteer who discovers a door in his office that allows those passing through to spend 15 minutes each inside the mind of John Horatio Malkovich (John Malkovich). You must see this one for yourself! Oscar nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener).
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The Big Chill 1983  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: William Hurt, Glenn Close, Mary Kay Place, Tom Berenger, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Kline, Meg Tilly, Don Galloway, JoBeth Williams, James Gillis
Lawrence Kasdan's thought-provoking film concerns the reunion of a group of 1960s' liberals after a friend's funeral. During the weekend they are together, the "thirtysomething" friends share their past experiences, relationships, and the challenges of adulthood. Good performances, especially by Glenn Close. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Glenn Close).
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 Captain Ron 1992  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place, Benjamin Salisbury, Meadow Sisto, Emannuel Logrono, J.A. Preston, Paul Anka, Dan Butler, Tom McGowan
Chicago businessman Martin Harvey (Martin Short) inherits his uncle's yacht. He takes the whole family to the Caribbean where he hires on Captain Ron (Kurt Russell) to sail the boat to Florida. Captain Ron turns out to be a sailor who has no "sea legs." Not exactly one of Russell's good efforts.
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Citizen Ruth 1996 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Payne
Cast: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kelly Preston, M.C. Gainey, Marilyn Tipp, Tippi Hedren, Burt Reynolds, Diane Ladd
When pregnant Ruth (Laura Dern), a glue-sniffer, is ordered by the court to either abort her fetus or be charged with fetus endangerment, abortion rights activists step into the fray.
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City of Ember 2008 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Gil Kenan
Cast: Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tim Robbins, Harry Treadway, Liz Smith, Martin Landau, David Ryall, Ian McElhinney, B.J. Hogg, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones, Lucinda Dryzek, Matt Jessup, Lara McIvor, Myles Thompson
Ember is a dark place covered with dirt–an underground world that began a number of generations ago. Mayor Cole (Bill Murray) appears to be in charge, but he follows the orders of bureaucrat Sul (Martin Landau) in a world where power outages are common and food supplies are getting low. Although Loris Harrow (Tim Robbins) and his teenage son Doon (Harry Treadway) run their house on steam and rust, the outlook is not good. Doon and classmate Lina (Saoirse Ronan) want to escape, but they know that if they fail, BIG problems will result. Nevertheless, they piece together a plot that involves a metal box that just may provide the answers to their problems.
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 Committed 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lisa Krueger
Cast: Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson, Goran Visnjic, Patricia Velasquez, Alfonso Arau, Mark Ruffalo, Summer Phoenix, Kim Dickens, Mary Kay Place
After only two years of marriage, Carl (Luke Wilson) splits, leaving Joline (Heather Graham) high and dry–but not for long. Joline has other plans for the marriage and sets out to track down her wandering spouse to force him to live up to his marriage vows.
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Eye of God 1996  R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Hal Holbrook, Nick Stahl, Mary Kay Place, Chris Freihofer, Woody Watson, Margo Martindale
This story is set in the Bible belt town of Kingfisher, Oklahoma and involves a few story lines. Aimsley DuPree (Martha Plimpton) is a lonely waitress who wrote to prisoner Jack Stillings (Kevin Anderson). Jack found God during his incarceration, and when released he and Aimsley married and now Aimsley is pregnant. Another focus is on a troubled boy, Tom Spencer (Nick Stahl), who cannot speak of the brutal crime he witnessed despite kind interrogation from Sheriff Sam Rogers (Hal Holbrook).
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Girl, Interrupted 1999 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, Vanessa Redgrave, Travis Fine, Mary Kay Place, Elisabeth Moss, Angela Bettis, Jillian Armenante, Drucie McDaniel, Joanna Kerns
This story is adapted from the memoirs of Susanna Daysen (Winona Ryder) and relates the time when she was a patient at Boston's Claymore psychiatric hospital in the mid-1960s. She recalls stories of "friends"–sociopath Lisa (Angelina Jolie), pampered Daisy (Brittany Murphy), and burn victim Polly (Elizabeth Moss)–who she encounters during her 18-month stay. Susanna works with her psychiatrist, Dr. Sonia Wick (Angelina Jolie), and is guided by nurse Valerie (Whoopie Goldberg). Susanna leaves friends behind when she reclaims her independence and moves out of the institution and on with her life. Jolie won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Grace is Gone 2007 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James C. Strouse
Cast: John Cusack, Shelan O'Keefe, Gracie Bednarczyk, Alessandro Nivola, Dana Lynne Gilhooley, Katie Honaker, Doug Dearth, Doug James, Marisa Tomei, Penny Slusher, Mary Kay Place, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence
While his wife Grace ((voice of Katie Honaker) has been fighting in Iraq, Stanley (John Cusack) has been tending to their daughters–eight-year-old Dawn (Gracie Bednarczyk) and 12-year-old Heidi (Shelan O'Keefe)–at their home in Minnesota. One day, an Army captain (Doug Dearth) and a chaplain (Doug James) appear at the door to tell Stanley that Grace has died. As his method of putting off telling his daughters the news about their mother, Stanley takes the girls to a Florida amusement park. On the long car trip south, Stanley and the girls become closer despite the fact that Stanley knows that the time is coming when he must tell the girls about their mother.
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Human Nature 2002  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Robert Forster, Mary Kay Place, Rosie Perez, Ken Magee, Sy Richardson, David Warshofsky
Puff (Rhys Ifans) has been raised in the wilds–until scientist Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins) gets into the act and decides to civilize him. But, Nathan's lover, Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette), (who has spent more than her share of years in self-imposed exile in the woods) disagrees with Nathan's intentions and believes it would be better for Puff to retain some of his wild side. 1 User Review
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| | GREAT FEEL GOOD DATE MOVIE | FUNNY 09/10/2009 | | NOT COMPLEX, NOT BORING, EASY TO FOLLOW & HILARIOUS |
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Latter Days 2004 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: C. Jay Cox
Cast: Steve Sandvoss, Wesley A. Ramsey, Rebekah Johnson, Amber Benson, Khary Payton, Jacqueline Bisset, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob McElhenney, Mary Kay Place, Erik Palladino, Terry Simpson, Linda Pine
A young Mormon missionary, Christian (Wesley A. Ramsey), begins his two-year mission in L.A. where he meets an aggressive homosexual, Elder Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss). When caught in the act of kissing, Christian's family and the Church are shocked by his homosexuality, and he is sent home to Salt Lake City.
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Lonesome Jim 2006 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Steve Buscemi
Cast: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Corrigan, Jack Rovello, Rachel Strouse, Sarah Strouse, Mark Boone Junior, Jake La Botz, Michael Buscemi
Would-be-writer Jim (Casey Affleck) moves back to his parents' home in Indiana looking for support. But help does not come from his dysfunctional family. Instead, Anika (Liv Tyler) is the one who will provide Jim with the unconditional love he needs to function in the world.
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Manny & Lo 1996 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lisa Krueger
Cast: Mary Kay Place, Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Glenn Fitzgerald, Cameron Boyd, Novella Nelson, Angie Phillips, Monica Smith, Dean Silvers
Sixteen-year-old Lo (Aleska Palladino) and her 11-year-old sister, Manny (Scarlett Johansson), try to make it on their own. But, when Lo becomes pregnant, the problems become overwhelming. Their solution is to kidnap Elaine (Mary Kay Place) who they think can offer expertise for their dire circumstances.
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Modern Problems 1981 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Shapiro
Cast: Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Mary Kay Place, Nell Carter, Dabney Coleman, Brian Doyle-Murray, Mitch Kreindel, Arthur Sellers, Sandy Helberg, Neil Thompson
After a truck empties nuclear waste material on him, air traffic controller Max (Chevy Chase) develops unusual mental abilities: he can physically move objects via his brain waves.
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More American Graffiti 1979  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill L. Norton
Cast: Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Scott Glenn, Mary Kay Place, Harrison Ford
The characters from "American Graffiti" are back in this sequel. Now, they work their ways through the turbulent 1960s–including the Vietnam War and its accompanying protest movement. It just doesn't click this time around. That motorcycle cop is Harrison Ford.
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My First Mister 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christine Lahti
Cast: Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Mary Kay Place, Michael McKean, John Goodman, Rutanya Alda, Lisa Jane Persky, Natasha Braisewell
Black-clad, pierced, tattooed, and 17-years-old Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) forms a troubled relationship with 49-year-old Randall (Albert Brooks) in this May/December comedy drama.
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New York, New York 1977 PG, 164 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli, Lionel Stander, Georgie Auld, Mary Kay Place, Barry Primus, Dick Miller, George Memmoli, Diahnne Abbott
With its setting in the Big Band era of the 1940s, this musical drama is the on-again, off-again love story of saxophonist Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro) and singer Francine Evans (Liza Minnelli). Songs include "New York, New York" and "Happy Endings."
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Pecker 1998 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Mary Kay Place, Brendan Sexton III, Martha Plimpton, Lauren Hulsey, Lili Taylor, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy, Mink Stole
This satire on the New York art scene features Edward Furlong in the title role of a teenage photographer from Baltimore whose family pictures are spotted by an art dealer, Rorey Wheeler (Lili Taylor). She promotes Pecker's work in her gallery, and the pictures become the latest rage. 1 User Review
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Private Benjamin 1980 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks, Alan Oppenheimer
A young, pampered Jewish princess (Goldie Hawn) suffers misfortune when her husband dies on their wedding night. During her bereavement, she impulsively decides to join the Army–with hilarious results. Hawn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and Eileen Brennan was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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 The Rainmaker 1997 PG-13, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Virginia Madsen, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Roy Scheider, Jon Voight, Teresa Wright, Dean Stockwell, Andrew Shue, Red West, Johnny Whitworth, Wayne Emmons
Young Memphis attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) teams up with loser Deck Shiffler (Danny DeVito) who has failed six times to pass the bar exam. Together, they take on powerful company lawyers, led by Leo Drummond (John Voight), at Great Benefit Insurance Company. The company denied potentially life-saving treatment of a bone marrow transplant to Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth), and now Rudy and Deck win the case of a lifetime when they prove that the company always denies its claims.
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 The Safety of Objects 2001 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rose Troche
Cast: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson, Moira Kelly, Robert Klein, Timothy Olyphant, Mary Kay Place, Kristen Stewart, Alex House, Charlotte Arnold
The interrelated stories of four neighboring families, each with its own separate problems, are told in this adaptation of A.M. Homes' book of short stories.
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Smooth Talk 1985 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joyce Chopra
Cast: Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm, Sarah Inglis, Margaret Welch, William Ragsdale, Geoff Hoyle, David Berridge
A girl coming of age and maturing into a woman is skillfully portrayed by Laura Dern in this touching story. Her mother (Mary Kay Place) must live and put up with all the problems associated with being the mother of a teenager.
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Starting Over 1979 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Mary Kay Place, Charles Kimbrough, Austin Pendleton, Jay O. Sanders, MacIntyre Dixon, Alfie Wise, Wallace Shawn, Kevin Bacon, Richard Whiting, Sturgis Warner
Divorce from the male point of view is the theme of this film in which Phil Potter (Burt Reynolds) is told to "hit the road" because his wife, Jessica (Candice Bergen), wants to go it alone. He later meets and falls in love with Marilyn (Jill Clayburgh). For their work in this movie, Clayburgh received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, and Bergen was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Sweet Home Alabama 2002 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, Melanie Lynskey, Dakota Fanning
Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have it made; she has obtained the status of a top fashion designer and has been proposed to by one of NYC's most eligible bachelors (Patrick Dempsey). But, there is one little problem: she must first return to Alabama and obtain a divorce from the husband (Josh Lucas) she left seven years ago.
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| 1. Being John Malkovich (1999)
2. The Big Chill (1983)
3. Captain Ron (1992)
4. Citizen Ruth (1996)
5. City of Ember (2008)
6. Committed (2000)
7. Eye of God (1996)
8. For Love or Money (1984)
9. Girl, Interrupted (1999)
10. Grace is Gone (2007)
11. Human Nature (2002)
12. Latter Days (2004)
13. Lonesome Jim (2006)
14. Manny & Lo (1996)
15. Modern Problems (1981)
16. More American Graffiti (1979)
17. My First Mister (2001)
18. A New Life (1988)
19. New York, New York (1977)
20. Pecker (1998)
21. Private Benjamin (1980)
22. The Rainmaker (1997)
aka: John Grisham's The Rainmaker
23. The Safety of Objects (2001)
24. Smooth Talk (1985)
25. Starting Over (1979)
26. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
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