Frank Barhydt

Movies

Kansas City
Writer
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Short Cuts
Screenplay
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
The Player
Frank Murphy
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Health
Writer
Health is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
Quintet
Screenplay
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.