Charles Gross

Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.

Eddie Dash (Richard Pryor) é um golpista que foi obrigado a prestar 100 horas de serviço comunitário, para conseguir sua condicional. Eddie tem de acompanhar George (Gene Wilder), um mentiroso compulsivo que acaba de sair de um sanatório, após alguns anos de internação. Assim que George começa a circular várias pessoas o cumprimentam como se fosse Abe Fielding, um milionário, e logo vai morar em uma mansão com Elaine (Mercedes Ruehl), sua esposa. George não entende nada e sabe que nunca viu nem esta casa nem esta mulher, temendo dentro deste contexto voltar a mentir novamente. Inicialmente Eddie vê nesta situação uma oportunidade única e espera que possa ganhar algum dinheiro, mas gradativamente os dois descobrem que estão envolvidos em uma trapaça para herdar uma fortuna.

Gene Ryack é um piloto contratado pela CIA para, sob disfarce, para transportar abastecimentos durante a Guerra do Vietnã. Ao mesmo tempo, ele tenta conciliar o tempo com o seu negócio pessoal de contrabando de armas. Mas tudo parece desandar quando ele recebe a companhia de um recruta, Billy Covington, um jovem rebelde que fora dispensado do seu último trabalho.

In 1990 NBC did a television pilot based on the 1989 film, "Turner And Hooch." It aired in the summer with another dog pilot, "Poochinski" under the banner, "Two Dog Night".

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.

Scott Turner é um detetive que leva uma vida extremamente organizada. Um dia, ele é obrigado a trabalhar com um parceiro bastante incomum: Hooch, um cachorro babão e folgado. O animal arruina sua casa, sua carreira e até seu novo romance.

Comédia não é um problema para os vencedores do Oscar ® Sally Field* e Tom Hanks** , que dominam o palco no grande sucesso PALCO DE ILUSÕES. Field (Forrest Gump, Uma Babá Quase Perfeita) estrela como Lilah Krytsick, uma dona de casa e mãe de três filhos que sonha em ser uma grande comediante. Durante toda sua vida, as pessoas ressaltaram seu Dom para a comédia e agora sua rotina está de pernas para o ar porque suas noites são passadas no palco do clube Gas Station em Nova York. Hanks (O Naúfrago, O Resgate do Soldado Ryan) é Steven Gold, um ator egoísta que rouba a cena com seu talento natural para a comédia. Atraídos, Steven ajuda a iniciante Lilah a transformar seu show em algo divertido e Lilah ajuda Steven a se manter longe de encrenca. Com performances aclamadas de Hanks e Field, PALCO DE ILUSÕES é um drama fascinante sobre o mundo da comédia.

A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat the disease.

An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenged by a ghetto youth with an intense desire to get a good education in this issue-oriented drama.

Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell of this "doctor" Reese, he will soon discover Reese has murderous plans for his future. Based on a true story.

This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior officers, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Back in the US, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.

A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.

Homem respeitador da lei deseja que os assassinos de seus pais, mortos violentamente em assalto, sejam punidos. Ele espera o resultado dos tribunais, mas ja decidiu a sentença. Baseado em fatos reais.

When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?

The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.

Nineteen people were hanged and one man pressed to death, while hundreds went to jail during the "witch hysteria" of 1692. THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH offers an accurate portrayal of the Salem witch trials, with real characters and original transcripts woven into the dialogue. The film is a powerful, moving story about three loving sisters accused of witchcraft.

Pólo Norte, na época do Natal. Uma companhia de petróleo procura um grande lençol petrolífero, mas para isto vai provocar uma explosão que poderá destruir a casa secreta do Papai Noel (Art Carney). A mulher de um engenheiro toma consciência da situação ao conversar com o bom velhinho e pretende fazer todo o possível para ajudá-lo.

Uma esposa violentamente abusada cansa de apanhar do marido. Todo lugar em que ela procura ajuda, ninguém pode faezr muito por ela. Após ser estuprada por ele, uma noite, ela coloca fogo na cama enquanto ele dorme. Baseado em uma história real.

Gil Ivy e sua mulher Jewell são fazendeiros. O marido já perdeu a esperança de se tornar próspero, mas sua mulher decide lutar pela família.

This movie is about the love and protection of a man from another culture for the lowly horsemen of the the plains in Hungary during World War II.

High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight" man with whom she falls in love.

Joey lives with his mother. His father isn't around, he doesn't like school, he is bored and doesn't take orders from anyone. In other words he is a real little scamp. Being at one's wit's end, his mother decides to look for a "big brother" (sort of surrogate father) for Joey. At first this clumsy Arnie doesn't know how to handle Joey but after a while everything changes and not only for Joey ...

A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.

When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes through town, she realizes nothing will ever change unless she does something different, so she leaves her boring sheltered life to run away and join the circus. While adapting to her new life, she finds herself challenged, and in the end, happy with her new life.

A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.

Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.

Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.

An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein.

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.

Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.

A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because the victims are too scared to testify against the bullying leader, a semi-retired toolmaker decides to take a stand.

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."

A group of family and friends assembling at a small New England island home for a weekend gathering at the behest of a war veteran. After their arrival, several members of the group are systematically picked off by an unknown psychopath.

A group of family and friends assembling at a small New England island home for a weekend gathering at the behest of a war veteran. After their arrival, several members of the group are systematically picked off by an unknown psychopath.

A close-knit Greek-American family, jeopardized when its Manhattan bakery goes up in flames, looks desperately for ways to solve the financial dilemma of repossession and property without destroying its heritage.

James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.

Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.

Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.

O velho xerife mexicano-americano Bob Valdez sempre foi um refúgio de sanidade em uma terra de loucura quando se tratava de defender a lei e a ordem. Mas o contrabandista de armas Frank Tanner é ganancioso e impulsivo. Quando Tanner provoca um tiroteio que causa a morte de um homem inocente e Valdez lhe pede para compensar financeiramente a viúva, Tanner se recusa a fazê-lo e humilha severamente Valdez, que fará justiça e vingará sua honra, não importa o que seja preciso.

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.

A junkman who lives along New York's East River saves a woman from an attacker, then lets her stay with him.