Wayne Wang — Director (11)
Last Holiday (2006) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Last Holiday
7.0 (5 ratings) director: Wayne Wang actor: Queen Latifah / LL Cool J
other title: L'ultima vacanza / Tudo o que Sonhei
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.
Maid in Manhattan (2002) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban NeoDB WikiData
Maid in Manhattan
director: Wayne Wang actor: Jennifer Lopez / Ralph Fiennes
other title: Un amore a 5 stelle / Storbyens små mirakler
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them. Can two people from very different worlds overcome their differences and live happily ever after?
Last Holiday (2006) [Movie]
Last Holiday
director: Wayne Wang actor: Queen Latifah / LL Cool J
other title: L'ultima vacanza / Tudo o que Sonhei
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.
Blue in the Face (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Blue in the Face
director: Paul Auster / Wayne Wang actor: Harvey Keitel / Lou Reed
other title: Fumo Azul / Blue in the Face - Alles blauer Dunst
Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.
The Joy Luck Club (1993) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
The Joy Luck Club
director: Wayne Wang actor: Tsai Chin / Kieu Chinh
other title: Il circolo della fortuna e della felicità / Klub held og glæde
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
The Center of the World (2001) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Center of the World
director: Wayne Wang actor: Molly Parker / Peter Sarsgaard
other title: O Preço da Fantasia / Macht der Begierde
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?
A Man, a Woman and a Killer (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
A Man, a Woman and a Killer
director: Rick Schmidt / Wayne Wang actor: Ed Nylund / Carolyn Zaremba
other title: A Man, a Woman, and a Killer
A MAN, A WOMAN, AND A KILLER is the story of a small-time gangster (Dick Richardson) writing his journal in a Mendocino, California, farmhouse, as he awaits a hit man who is coming to kill him. In this first part of a trilogy, realities continue to shift between the story, and the actual making of the film, as seen through unscripted scenes, real-life narrations by lead actors, and the real relationship that developed on the set between Richardson and the actress (Carolyn Zaremba) who played his girlfriend. A bumbling, local librarian (played by Ed Nylund) is mistaken for the "killer" and plays along with the game.
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
director: Wayne Wang actor: Laureen Chew / Kim Chew
other title: Dim Sum - Etwas fürs Herz / Dim Sum : un peu de cœur
San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors. A fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried. Geraldine's boyfriend lives in Los Angeles and she's not sure she's ready for marriage, nor does she want to leave her mother alone in her declining years. Mrs. Tan's cheerful brother-in-law, Uncle Tam, tries to help out.
Anywhere but Here (1999) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Anywhere but Here
director: Wayne Wang actor: Susan Sarandon / Natalie Portman
other title: La mia adorabile nemica / Hvor lykken er
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When Adele decides to pack up and move the two of them from the Midwest to Beverly Hills, Calif., to pursue her dreams of Hollywood success, Ann grows frustrated with her mother's irresponsible and impulsive ways.