Alvin Sargent — Playwright (16)
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Dominick and Eugene (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Dominick and Eugene
director: Robert M. Young actor: Tom Hulce / Ray Liotta …
other title: Nick & Gino / Dominick & Eugene …
Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.
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The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Sterile Cuckoo
director: Alan J. Pakula actor: Liza Minnelli / Wendell Burton …
other title: Pookie / El cuco estéril …
Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?
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The Stalking Moon (1968) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Stalking Moon
director: Robert Mulligan actor: Gregory Peck / Eva Marie Saint …
other title: La notte dell'agguato / Det blodige spor …
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was taken captive by an Indian named Salvaje ten years ago, he attempts to escort Sarah and her half-Native American son to his home in New Mexico. However, it soon becomes clear that Salvaje is hot on their trail.
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Anywhere but Here (1999) [Movie] WikiData IMDb 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.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) [Movie]
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
director: Paul Newman actor: Joanne Woodward / Roberta Wallach …
other title: Gli effetti dei raggi gamma sui fiori di Matilde / A Influência dos Raios Gama no Comportamento das Margaridas …
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
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What About Bob? (1991) [Movie]
What About Bob?
director: Frank Oz actor: Bill Murray / Richard Dreyfuss …
other title: Tutte le manie di Bob / Hvad med Bob? …
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself.
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Other People's Money (1991) [Movie]
Other People's Money
director: Norman Jewison actor: Danny DeVito / Gregory Peck …
other title: I soldi degli altri / Larry, o Liquidador …
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
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Gambit (1966) [Movie]
Gambit
director: Ronald Neame actor: Shirley MacLaine / Michael Caine …
other title: Gambit - Grande furto al Semiramis / Pas på hovedet …
Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.
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Ordinary People (1980) [Movie]
Ordinary People
director: Robert Redford actor: Timothy Hutton / Donald Sutherland …
other title: Gente comune / En ganske almindelig familie …
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
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Unfaithful (2002) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Unfaithful
director: Adrian Lyne actor: Richard Tiffany Gere / Diane Lane …
other title: Unfaithful - L'amore infedele / Infiel …
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
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Paper Moon (1973) [Movie]
Paper Moon
8.8 (6 ratings) director: Peter Bogdanovich actor: Tatum O'Neal / Ryan O'Neal …
other title: Paper Moon - Luna di carta / Lua de Papel …
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
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Spider-Man 3 (2007) [Movie]
Spider-Man 3
7.0 (28 ratings) director: Sam Raimi actor: Tobias Vincent Maguire / Kirsten Dunst …
other title: Homem-Aranha 3
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
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Spider-Man 2 (2004) [Movie]
Spider-Man 2
8.1 (37 ratings) director: Sam Raimi actor: Tobias Vincent Maguire / Kiki …
other title: Homem-Aranha 2 / 스파이더맨 2 …
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...