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Directed by Penny MarshallOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Military humor in film,
Films about education,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William ShakespeareActors Danny DeVito,
Gregory Hines,
James Remar,
Ed Begley Jr.,
Lillo Brancato,
Stacey DashRating61%
Bill Rago (DeVito) is a divorced advertising executive down on his luck. When he loses his job in Detroit, the unemployment agency finds him a temporary job: teaching a class at a nearby U.S. Army training base, Fort McClane., 1h58
Directed by Anthony Drazan,
Anthony DrazanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films based on playsActors Sean Penn,
Kevin Spacey,
Meg Ryan,
Robin Wright,
Chazz Palminteri,
Garry ShandlingRating57%
The film is an adaptation of David Rabe's play, directed and produced by Tony Drazan, about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes, whose dysfunctional personal lives are more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios. Rabe wrote the screenplay for the film, condensing the action of the three-hour plus play into two hours and updated the setting from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s., 1h40
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Danny DeVito,
Gregory Peck,
Penelope Ann Miller,
Piper Laurie,
Dean Jones,
Tom AldredgeRating61%
Lawrence "Larry the Liquidator" Garfield (Danny DeVito) is a successful corporate raider who has become rich buying up companies and selling off their assets. With the help of a computerized stock analyzing program, Garfield has identified New England Wire & Cable as his next target. The struggling company is run by the benevolent and folksy Andrew "Jorgy" Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) and is the primary employer in its small Rhode Island town., 1h52
Directed by Al PacinoOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
DocumentaryThemes Films about writers,
Films about television,
Théâtre,
Documentary films about business,
Documentary films about the film industry,
Documentaire sur une personnalité,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Films about royaltyActors Alec Baldwin,
Al Pacino,
Aidan Quinn,
Winona Ryder,
Kevin Spacey,
Kevin ConwayRating72%
Al Pacino vise à présenter la vision populaire de l'œuvre de l'écrivain William Shakespeare, à travers des séquences filmées de la pièce de théâtre Richard III, jouées par une troupe d'acteurs (Al Pacino interprétant dans ces scènes le rôle de Richard III), et des interviews d'acteurs, de spécialistes du théâtre, ou d'inconnus interrogés dans les rues new-yorkaises. Il y a juxtaposition des scènes de répétitions de la pièce de Shakespeare Richard III et des parties où il est question de la mise en scène., 1h24
Directed by Sidney FranklinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on plays,
Films about marriageActors Norma Shearer,
Robert Montgomery,
Reginald Denny,
Una Merkel,
Jean Hersholt,
George DavisRating66%
Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne, divorced after a tempestuous marriage, are dismayed to discover they both have opted to honeymoon with their new spouses at the same hotel on the French Riviera. Elyot finds his bride Sybil's questions about Amanda annoying, while Amanda wishes her new husband Victor would stop referring to Elyot every chance he gets. When Elyot discovers Amanda on the terrace their adjoining suites share, he insists he and Sybil immediately depart for Paris, the same plan Amanda proposes to Victor. The two ex-spouses quarrel with their new mates, both of whom set off in search of peace and quiet., 1h41
Directed by Robert Ellis MillerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about suicide,
Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Tom Conti,
Kelly McGillis,
Roberts Blossom,
Joel Fabiani,
Cynthia Harris,
Lois SmithRating67%
Gowan McGland (Tom Conti) is a creatively blocked Scottish poet who ekes out a day-to-day existence by exploiting the generosity of strangers in an affluent Connecticut suburb, where he recites his verse to various arts groups and women's clubs. Gowan is something of a leech, cadging expensive dinners from well-off patrons (usually stealing the tips afterward) while seducing their bored wives and affecting a superior attitude toward the smug bourgeois types he exploits., 1h50
Directed by Lewis GilbertOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Michael Caine,
Julie Walters,
Michael Williams,
Maureen Lipman,
Godfrey QuigleyRating71%
Liverpudlian working-class young woman – hairdresser – Rita (Julie Walters) wants to better herself by studying literature. Her assigned Open University professor, Frank Bryant (Michael Caine), however, has long ago openly taken to the bottle, and soon develops misgivings about Rita's ability to adapt to student culture. Bryant is a jaded university lecturer, who describes his occupational ability as "appalling but good enough for his appalling students". His passion for literature is reignited by Rita, whose technical ability for the subject is limited by her lack of education but whose enthusiasm Frank finds refreshing., 1h58
Directed by Will GluckOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Films about adoption,
Films about children,
Films about music and musicians,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicalsActors Quvenzhané Wallis,
Jamie Foxx,
Cameron Diaz,
Rose Byrne,
Bobby Cannavale,
David ZayasRating53%
In Harlem, 10-year-old Annie Bennett lives in foster care with several other girls in the care of the cruel Colleen Hannigan. She spends each Friday waiting outside the restaurant Domani's where she believes her parents will return to collect her., 2h20
Directed by Paul MazurskyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William ShakespeareActors John Cassavetes,
Gena Rowlands,
Susan Sarandon,
Vittorio Gassman,
Raúl Juliá,
Molly RingwaldRating63%
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.