Thomas Baum

Movies

Laila in Haifa
The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Teleplay
Set in the late 1870's - A woman hires an anthropologist/adventurer to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Writer
Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.
Shattered Mind
Writer
Heather Locklear stars in this psychological thriller as a woman who is racked by multiple personalities and confronts a horrifying past of dark secrets buried a long time ago. When her father dies she descends into a bizarre emotional world where she lashes out at her husband and two young daughters.
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
Writer
Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in charge of the case and Milo taunts him with personal phone calls, eventually threatening his family.
Witness to the Execution
Teleplay
This movie deals with a television network hoping to draw the biggest ratings ever while televising an execution live into the home of every American family.
Night Visions
Producer
A Los Angeles detective hunts a serial killer with a woman who has telepathic multiple personalities.
Night Visions
Writer
A Los Angeles detective hunts a serial killer with a woman who has telepathic multiple personalities.
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Teleplay
Sela Ward stars as beautiful, vulnerable heiress Sarah Hardy, recently wed and returning to her isolated childhood home, The Pines, to claim her vast inheritance. But something – or someone – evil waits there for her. It could be real. Or imagined. Whatever it is , it wants to drive Sarah into madness. And on the other side of madness lies murder. Featuring a tour de force performances by Morgan Fairchild and Polly Bergen, The Haunting of Sarah Hardy is sheer gothic suspense at its most wicked.
The Manhattan Project
Writer
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
Secret Weapons
Writer
Soviet high school girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.
The Sender
Writer
A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.
Carny
Screenplay
Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.
The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon
Writer
Tired of being short, a sixth-grader buys a magical book that enables him to "Think Big".
Hugo the Hippo
Screenplay
The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo.