Ruth Charny

Фильмы

Rick
Producer
"Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That evening, he's out for drinks with his much younger boss, Duke, and the same women is their waitress. Rick's continued rudeness leads to her getting fired. She puts a curse on him. A potential rift with Duke quickly surfaces; Rick is approached by the hail-
Kill the Poor
Producer
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float
С любовью, Лайза
Producer
Талантливый и удачливый веб-дизайнер Уилсон Джоул впадает в депрессию и пытается вернуться к реальной жизни после неожиданного и необъяснимого самоубийства жены Лизы. Однако ему оказывается проще прятаться от боли в играх с радиоуправляемыми самолетами и вдыхании паров бензина. Он упорно избегает встреч с матерью Лизы, которая пытается помочь ему найти предсмертную записку Лизы - возможно, это прояснит происшедшее и столкнет самого Уилсона с суицидальной дорожки... Но он тщательно и этого избегает.
Searching for Paradise
Producer
A young woman, coping with the death of her father, embarks on a quest to meet a Hollywood star with whom she has become obsessed.
The Sleepy Time Gal
Producer
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.
Other Voices
Producer
Phil and Anna are a young, married couple, who begin to suspect one other of an affair. When a shady private investigator gets involved in their relationship, things begin to spin out of control, in this turn-of-the-millennium thriller.
Drowning on Dry Land
Producer
A taxi driver (Naveen Andrews) picks up a fare (Barbara Hershey) in Manhattan. She offers the driver a large sum to drive her to the desert. While the pair drive across the country, the woman tries various strategies to lure the driver into conversation. Despite his reticence, the pair begins a tumultuous and steamy relationship.
Spark
Producer
.An urban black couple (Terrence Howard, Nicole Parker) traveling via back roads from Chicago to LA has a car breakdown in a backwater town where everyone is white trailer trash and racial epithets are common graffiti. The film tries to examine the thoughts of the lower class that they get involved in and the loud mouth impetuosity of the black man which ultimately leads the couple into greater problems.
Grace of My Heart
Producer
Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist, fast-talking record producer Joel Millner recognizes her songwriting talent and teams her with struggling songsmith Howard Caszatt.
Search and Destroy
Producer
A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of making a movie.
Любовница
Executive Producer
Сценарист-неудачник Марвин Лэндисман и разорившийся продюсер Джек Рот решают в очередной раз попытать удачу и снять хитовый фильм, который принес бы им неплохую прибыль. Вот только средств для осуществления этой задумки у них маловато. Тогда Джеку приходит в голову отличная идея, и вскоре незадачливые киношники находят себе спонсора, в лице пожилого богача, а заодно и главную героиню, в лице его любовницы, которой стоит только щелкнуть пальчиком, и стареющий Дон Жуан выполнит любое ее желание, и уж тем более самое главное — стать звездой…