Anthony LaPaglia
2) Pearl
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English
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Pearl is a brilliant sixteen year-old girl, traumatized by the sudden death of her adoring mother, who now must move in with Jack, the father she never knew. He's a misanthrope who has lost his will to live: not what the teenager wants or needs at this moment of crisis. Though both resist this new kinship, they find salvation in the improbable but beautiful odyssey of coming to love one another.
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WINTER SOLSTICE is a tale of small steps taken in the aftermath of family loss. Landscape gardener Jim Winters (Anthony LaPaglia) is a quiet craftsman, a soft-spoken man who prefers an orderly life. His family, however, is anything but orderly. Older son Gabe (Aaron Stanford) is planning his escape to Florida, leaving behind any shot at a stable future with his girlfriend. Younger son Pete (Mark Webber) has retreated into a private world of anger,...
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
LaPaglia and Janney star in a poignant look at how a woman's love and support can help a widower, who is struggling to overcome the loss of his wife and deal with his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's destructive behavior
"Anthony LaPaglia is terrific!"--Entertainment Tonight
"...Marvelous!"--Entertainment Weekly
"This is a real triumph of storytelling and character! Wonderful! Beautifully done!"--Richard Roeper, Ebert and...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ave Maria Mulligan has lived her whole life in tiny Big Stone Gap, a picturesque coal-mining town nestled in the hollers of southwestern Virginia. When she's not making deliveries from her family's pharmacy to far-flung neighbors, Ave Maria directs the annual outdoor drama festival, keeps chaste company with her longtime beau, Theodore, and exchanges good-natured barbs with local hunk Jack MacChesney.
11) One Good Cop
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English
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New York City police detective Artie Lewis is a good cop. Devoted to his job, his loving wife Rita and longtime partner Stevie Diroma it's always been Artie's nature to do the right thing -- until his world is abruptly shattered by Stevie's death in the line of duty. Left to pick up the pieces of not only his own life, but also the lives of his partner's three orphaned daughters who have been left in his care, Artie is torn between doing what he feels...
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Manhattan psychiatrist Ann Hecker (Annabella Sciorra, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Jungle Fever) is haunted by secret fantasies - recurring erotic dreams inspired by the bondage-and-sex confessions of a lustful patient (Deborah Unger). Seeking help, Ann approaches her university mentor, Dr. Leo Green (Alan Alda). But real treatment comes when Ann meets Doug McDowell (Jamey Sheridan), a ruggedly handsome pilot whose attentions spark a love affair...
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48 year-old restaurateur Will (Richard Gere) is successful, single and determined to keep it that way. Will has never thought seriously about marriage or commitment until he meets Charlotte (Winona Ryder). Charming, vivacious and radiantly beautiful, Charlotte is unlike anyone Will's ever known before, and as their relationship blossoms into something rare and wonderful, they both realize that this love will last a lifetime. But a lifetime may be...
14) Spinning Boris
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English
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This is the improbable but true story of three Americans hired against all odds to convince the Russian people to denounce Communism by spearheading Boris Yeltsin's bid for the Russian presidency.
15) Company Man
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English
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Former Woody Allen collaborator Douglas McGrath co-wrote, co-directed, and stars in this historical screwball comedy that offers up its own creative suggestion as to what might have spurned 1961's Bay of Pigs invasion. McGrath plays Allen Quimp, a nebbish schoolteacher who — in an attempt to appease his browbeating wife Daisy (Sigourney Weaver) — boasts that he leads a double life as a CIA operative. Daisy immediately sets to work writing a tell-all...
16) Summer of Sam
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In the summer of 1977, a serial killer who called himself Son of Sam held New York City in terror.
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He says sex, she says romance. He says relationship, she says marriage. He says he won't but she hopes he will...lucky they both agree they've fallen in love! Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins are competing journalists who find love and success as battling co-hosts of their own talk show. But the friction that makes the show a hit threatens to cancel the romance, as the lovers discover each has a completely different concept of commitment. This...