Jessica Tandy

Interviews and photos about the play on Broadway

This is a lovely documentary that pays tribute to the career of star Jessica Tandy, as the filmmakers recall what it was like to work with this marvelous actress. This featurette is fairly short, but it offers fine insight, history and heart

Behind the scenes of the making of Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Um homem teimoso reflete sobre sua vida de independência estrita e busca mais de si mesmo. Sully é um homem mal-educado que se aproxima da idade de aposentadoria. Enquanto ele está movendo um processo de compensação de trabalho por um joelho ruim, ele secretamente trabalha para seu rival Carl, e flerta com a jovem esposa de Carl, Toby. O filho há muito esquecido de Sully e sua família se mudaram para a cidade, então Sully enfrenta responsabilidades familiares desconhecidas. Enquanto isso, o filho banqueiro de sua senhoria Sully planeja fazer um novo empreendimento e expulsar Sully da vida de sua mãe. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic elderly woman who plays the violin. When the two embark on a journey together, Camilla reclaims a lost love and makes peace with herself and her son, while Freda discovers inner resources she never knew she had.

When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.

No final dos anos 60, logo após a morte de seu marido (Dishy), Pearl (MacLaine), uma mulher de origem judaica, que mora no bairro de Queens, em Nova York, com a mãe (Tandy), e as filhas (Bates e Gay), passa a receber a visita de Joe (Mastroianni), um velho amigo do marido, de origem italiana. Joe sempre foi apaixonado por Pearl e acredita que chegou o momento de se declarar, apesar da reação contrária de toda a família da viúva.

Evelyn Couch visita com o marido um parente no asilo de idosos. Uma vez lá, ela encontra Ninny Threadgoode, uma mulher idosa, que a ilumina e traz uma nova perspectiva através de contos do seu passado. Evelyn ganha a confiança necessária para mudar sua própria vida para melhor.

When Grace comes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she is eager to find a way to be useful in the community. She loves to read stories to children, and decides to read one on public access television. The response is so strong that a large company hears about it and offers her a television series. Her life becomes complicated as she is forced to make some serious decisions. Through it all, Grace is able to help a young mother realize that time is the most valuable gift she could give to her daughter.

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

Atlanta, 1948; Uma rica judia de 72 anos (Jessica Tandy) joga acidentalmente seu Packard novo em folha no jardim premiado do seu vizinho. O filho (Dan Aykroyd) dela tenta convencê-la de que seria o ideal ela ter um motorista, mas ela resiste a esta idéia. Mesmo assim o filho contrata um afro-americano (Morgan Freeman) como motorista. Inicialmente ela recusa ser conduzida por este novo empregado, mas gradativamente ele quebra as barreiras sociais, culturais e raciais que existem entre eles, crescendo entre os dois uma amizade que atravessaria duas décadas. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)

Os internos do asilo que foram para um outro planeta aproveitam uma oportunidade e pegam uma "carona", para poderem rever seus familiares e amigos. Mas quando chegam na Terra começam a questionar se devem continuar no planeta ou retornar a Antares, enquanto seus amigos alienígenas se preocupam em resgatar alguns de seus antepassados.

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a neighbouring house, the more so since one of those involved is her main senator prosecutor. Starting to look into things, she gradually enlists the help of FBI officer Cochran who was initially detailed to check her out. Just as well when things turn nasty

Quando um corretor de imóveis sem escrúpulos deseja se livrar dos últimos cinco inquilinos de um prédio, o que eles precisam é de nada menos que um milagre, e ficam encantados quando alguns "visitantes" do espaço aparecem para ajudá-los. Dos produtores de ET, Steven Spielberg e Kathleen Kennedy, surge esta deliciosa fantasia cheia de efeitos especiais, uma incrível história de "calor humano" intergaláctico. Hume Cronyn e Jessica Tandy fazem um casal de antigos inquilinos, cuja fé é recompensada de maneira jamais esperada por eles.

Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.

Extra-terrestres vem a Terra com a missão de recuperar casulos com seres de outro planeta sendo que, enquanto os casulos vão sendo recuperados, eles são colocados em uma piscina, energizada pelos alienígenas. Mas os extraterrenos ignoram o fato desta piscina ser utilizada por três idosos moradores de um asilo, que logo passam a ter uma disposição fantástica. Porém, quando descobrem a origem da sua juventude, um dilema surge na vida deles.

A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected difficulties. They soon find that being married is often quite different from being "best friends."

George Bynum (Josef Sommer), um paciente do psiquiatra Dr. Sam Rice (Roy Scheider), é brutalmente assassinado. Logo após, o médico recebe a visita da ex-colega de trabalho e amante de Bynum, Brooke Reynolds (Meryl Streep). Enquanto revisita as anotações de suas sessões com George, o Dr. Rice começa sua própria investigação e começa a se apaixonar pela loira, sem perceber que enfrenta grandes perigos. e 16.

A vida de T.S. Garp não é nada convencional. Fruto de um caso rápido da mãe - uma enfermeira feminista que sempre quis um filho, mas não um marido - , recebe o mesmo nome do pai, que nunca conheceu.

Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.

Set in an old folks home, senior citizen Weller Martin (Hume Cronyn) has the disease of Old Age, meets an old woman named Fonsia Dorsey (Jessica Tandy) who's diabetic. They both discuss issues such as society, the hospitals, money, families, and the folks home where they live, over a game of Gin Rummy. Fonsia has never played before so Weller teachers her. Instantly she goes on a winning streak, making it very hard for Weller not to lose his temper. But he does. Both put out an excellent performance with a lot of swearing!

Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.

The brutes and the belles. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths. They're all part of a tennessee state of mind -- a realm of places, personalities and ideas. Williams is front and center for this exploration, reading from his works, placing them in the context of his life, and serving as guide in visits to his career-shaping refuge in New Orleans and his later-day writing quarters in Key West. Also, dramatizations by distinguished actors -- including Jessica Tandy, Broadway's original Blanche DuBois, in a recreation of her A Streetcar Named Desire triumph -- give flesh-and-bone immediacy to some of the writer's famed works. In his own words. In his own places. The resilient character and memorable characters of one of our greatest writers reside in Tennessee Williams' South.

Melanie Daniels, uma jovem da cidade de São Francisco, vai até uma pequena cidade isolada da Califórnia, chamada Bodega Bay, atrás de um potencial namorado: Mitch Brenner. Mas na cidade começa de repente a acontecer fatos estranhos: pássaros de todas as espécies passam a atacar a população, em número cada vez maior e com mais violência, deixando todos aterrorizados.

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.

A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.

The Christmas Tree is a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film that was broadcast on NBC on December 14, 1958. It is based on the short story "An Affair at the Inn" by Charles J. Finger. A number of stars in short skits, including Carol Channing and Cyril Ritchard on skates.

No ano de 1764, a América ainda é uma colônia britânica. O coronel Henry Bouquet, comandante do exército dos casacos vermelhos, desce o estado de Ohio com sua tropa de 1500 homens para se dirigir ao forte Pitt, durante da guerra do Pontiac (1763-1766), numa tentativa de acordo de paz com os chefes dos índios moicanos Delaware. Por este tratado, todos os homens brancos e mulheres capturados pelos índios e vivendo em cativeiro, deverão ser devolvidos a suas famílias de origem.

The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four-poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness and sorrow, through good times and bad, through childbirth, parenthood, and the eventual sadness from the absence of their children. In the end, they face the future together, while remembering their past.

O marechal Rommel, especialista de Hitler em táticas militares na Segunda Guerra Mundial, era conhecido como a Raposa do Deserto. Respeitado por seguidores e adversários, ao ver que Hitler estava levando a Alemanha à destruição, uniu-se a conspiradores para depor o Fürher.

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.

Peter (Philip Dorn) and Delilah (Mary Astor) are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally (Gloria Grahame), a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend (Marshall Thompson) as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler seeks freedom in Holland.

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.

An Earl loves a girl who models for shop window dummies.