Talentosos, um grupo de jovens se dedica exaustivamente arte da dança, sacrificando até mesmo seus simples prazeres pessoais para treinar com o vigor de atletas olímpicos. Enquanto vivem alegrias e tristezas relacionados ao amor e juventude, eles sonham com um lugar em uma famosa e seletiva academia de dança.
Based on the novel Winterkill, by William Judson, Cold River is the story of an Adirondack guide who takes his young daughter and step-son on a long camping trip in the fall of 1932. When winter strikes unexpectedly early (a natural phenomenon known as a 'winterkill' - so named because the animals are totally unprepared for a sudden, early winter, and many freeze or starve to death), a disastrous turn of events leaves the two children to find their own way home without food, or protection from the elements.
A morte prematura em um acidente de um dos filhos de uma família de classe média alta acaba afetando a todos, principalmente o irmão da vítima, que se considera responsável pelo ocorrido e está em tratamento psiquiátrico. No entanto, a mãe faz questão de manter as aparências, para não dar a entender que a unidade familiar foi quebrada.
Adaptation of the 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath. Details a young woman's summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New England, and subsequent breakdown all amidst the horrors of the fifties, from news of the Rosenbergs' execution to sleazy disc jockeys and predatory college boys.
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
