Home For the Holidays

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(1995)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Jodie Foster

Writers: Chris Radant, W.D. Richter

Producers: Jodie Foster, Stuart Kleinman, Peggy Rajski

Synopsis: After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her family. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Holly Hunter
• Anne Bancroft
• Robert Downey Jr.
• Dylan McDermott
• Claire Danes
• David Strathairn

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Silkwood

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(1983)

Genre: Biography/Drama

Director: Mike Nichols

Writers: Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen

Producers: Larry Cano, Michael Hausman, Buzz Hirsch, Mike Nichols, Tom Stovall, Joel Tuber

Synopsis: The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Meryl Streep
• Kurt Russell
• Cher
• Craig T. Nelson
• Fred Ward
• Bruce McGill
• David Strathairn

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The River Wild

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(1994)

Genre: Action/Adventure/Thriller

Director: Curtis Hanson

Writer: Denis O'Neill

Producers: David Foster, Raymond Hartwick, Ilona Herzberg, Denis O'Neill, Lawrence Turman

Synopsis: Meryl Streep headlines this fast-paced adventure as Gail, a whitewater rafting guide. For a vacation, Gail is accompanying her son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) and workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn) on a river trip. Gail and Tom are experiencing marital troubles and contemplating divorce, but their problems take a back seat when they encounter some menacing rafters led by Wade (Kevin Bacon). -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Meryl Streep
• Kevin Bacon
• David Strathairn
• John C. Reilly

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The Tempest

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(2010)

Genre: Drama/Comedy/Fantasy

Director: Julie Taymor

Writer: Julie Taymor, William Shakespeare

Producers: Ronald M. Bozman, Anthony Buckner, Beaux Carson, Robert Chartoff, John C. Ching, Lynn Hendee, Rohit Khattar, Deborah Y. Lau, Jason K. Lau, Phyllis LaVoie, Tino Puri, Greg Strasburg, Julia Taylor-Stanley, Julie Taymor, Stewart Till

Synopsis: Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it's a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Helen Mirren
• Felicity Jones
• David Strathairn
• Alan Cumming
• Chris Cooper
• Ben Whishaw
• Djimon Hounsou
• Russell Brand
• Reeve Carney
• Aflred Molina

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Temple Grandin

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(2010) (TV Movie)

Genre: Biography/Drama

Director: Mick Jackson

Writer: Christopher Monger, Merritt Johnson, Temple Grandin, Margaret Scarciano

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Synopsis: Biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who overcame the limitations imposed on her by her condition to become an expert in the field of animal husbandry. She developed an interest in cattle early in life while spending time at her Aunt and Uncle's ranch. She did not speak until age four and had difficulty right through high school, mostly in dealing with people. Her mother was very supportive as were some of her teachers. She is noted for creating her 'hug box', widely recognized today as a way of relieving stress and her humane design for the treatment of cattle in processing plants, even winning an award from PETA. Today, she is a professor at Colorado State University. (Written by garykmcd)

Cast:

• Claire Danes
• Catherine O'Hara
• Julia Ormond
• David Strathairn

 

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