Bill Blackburn was born as William R. Blackburn. He is known for his work on Challenge the Wind (1991), The Diary of Anne Frank (1980) and Berrenger's (1985).
Matt Harding is a boy in trouble on the journey of a lifetime. When a judge orders him to live with grandparents he's never known in a sleepy, farm town, his only plans are for escape. When he arrives at the farm, he begins to face the reality of his father's tragic death in Vietnam... and his own anger. Shunned by the townspeople, Matt runs up against the school's best athlete. But one day Matt finds he has a special gift... he was born to be a track star. With the gentle, but firm hand of his grandfather, the two spend hours everyday training. What Matt learns from his grandfather is much more than winning a race. It is competing in life and the words, "Run every race like it's your last race" would carry him far beyond the finish line.
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.
A glowing meteor falls into a secluded pond into which Mafia hitmen have dumped the body of one of their victims. Students from the local college use the pond for a swimming hole. Then the fun begins.
A young, millionaire rock promoter creates a new boy/girl team for his teen TV dance show. Will the ambitious go-go dancer and has-been pop star fall in love for real?
Spartacus, um homem que nasceu escravo, labuta para o Império Romano enquanto sonha com o fim da escravidão. Ele foi condenado à morte por morder um guarda em uma mina na Líbia. Mas seu destino foi mudado por um lanista (negociante e treinador de gladiadores), que o comprou para ser treinado nas artes de combate e se tornar um gladiador. Até que um dia, dois poderosos patrícios chegam de Roma, um com a esposa e o outro com a noiva. As mulheres pedem para serem entretidas com dois combates até à morte e Spartacus, é escolhido para enfrentar um gladiador negro, que vence a luta mas se recusa a matar seu opositor, atirando seu tridente contra a tribuna onde estavam os romanos. Este nobre gesto custa a vida do gladiador negro e enfurece Spartacus, de tal maneira que ele acaba liderando uma revolta de escravos, que atinge metade da Itália.
