Made for TV airing on Lifetime , January 31st in the US.
Filmed in California.
Based on truths.
The story : In the early 80s , 16-year-old Laurie doesnt have much.
She's living with her mom and step dad in the trailer park and likes to go roller skating with her girlfriends.
One night Laurie goes out to a bar with her friend. There she meets older , handsome Bruce.
Immediately Bruce is smitten with Laurie and wont leave her alone.
He explains that he is a seperated dad of two , owns his own home , has a job and thinks Laurie is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen.
Now Laurie is puddy in Bruce's hands.
Bruce cons Laurie's stepdad into allowing her to stay with him when they plan on making a move to Florida.
Laurie wants to be Bruce's wife and the mother of his kids but he doesnt want any of that.
Bruce just wants Laurie to be his living-loving maid and stay exactly the same as when they first met.
Stars Jennie Garth , Gregory Harrison , Steven Keats , T.C. Warner , Francis Guinan , Sharon Spelman , Jeff Doucette , Alexis Arquette , Robin Frates , Virginya Keehne , Gina Philips , Phil Buckman , Robert Cavanah , Robert Factor , William Wellman Jr.
Directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Not Rated
DRAMA
Made for TV , airing September 24th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : Robert Chambers is a young prep-school screw up.
He spends his time hanging at a local bar , running up a tab he cannot pay for , in-and-out of rehab but refusing to stay away from the drugs when he gets out and stealing things from his friends to pay for his bad habits.
One evening while at the bar Robert meets sweet-as-pie Jennifer Levin.
The two take a liking to each other even though neither of them are single.
Robert and Jennifer spend some time together and eventually become intimate.
The next night , Jennifer is all goo-goo about Robert and decides to tell him.
Problem is , this gets Robert in trouble with his girlfriend.
Jennifer doesnt seem to mind that though , as she believes she is in-love with Robert.
She leaves the bar with Robert and the next morning her lifeless body is found in the local park...
Stars William Baldwin , Dorothy Fielding , J.C. Quinn , Lara Flynn Boyle , Christine Healy , David Spielberg , Alan Rosenberg , Lisanne Falk , Andrew Lauer , Amanda Foreman , Noelle Parker , Tony Polone , Suzanne Snyder , Kim Walker , Danny Aiello , Joanna Kerns , Sandra Bullock
Directed by John Herzfeld
Not Rated
DRAMA
"How'd she get dead?"
Released July 22nd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Once an up-and-coming baseball player now a broken down drunk , Morris Buttermaker doesnt have much going for him these days.
A women looking for an adult to take her sons baseball team into a real game recruits Buttermaker to be their coach.
Buttermaker expects the kids to have some idea about the game but they dont.
He tries a couple things with the kids but that doesnt work.
He spends time with them while getting drunk but that doesnt do much good either.
When Buttermaker gets fed up with the other teams shit and his teams low self-esteem , he decides to ask the young daughter of his ex who happens to be a great baseball player to help out.
Stars Billy Bob Thornton , Marcia Gay Harden , Greg Kinnear , Ridge Canipe , Brandon Craggs , Jeffrey Davies , Timmy Deters , Carlos Estrada , Emmanuel Estrada , Troy Gentile , Kenneth 'K.C.' Harris , Sammi Kane Kraft , Aman Johal , Tyler Patrick Jones , Jeffrey Tedmori
Directed by Richard Linklater
Rated PG13
REMAKE/COMEDY
Released June 17th in the US.
Filmed in the British Virgin Islands , Australia and Bermuda.
The story : Lovers Gail and David are on a romantic holiday in Bermuda.
The couple enjoys subadiving for ocean treasures.
One afternoon , when they come back to their hotel after diving they are approached by a man who works for the hotel they are staying at.
The man makes mention about some of the trinkets Gail and David have found but the couple make nothing of it.
Later on that evening , the couple is once again approached by a man claiming to be interested in some of the bottles they found claiming he is a collector of bottles.
Little do the couple realize , they have stumbled upon a very important , rare ship that had sunken carrying many expensive treasures which many scary people have been looking to possess for years.
Stars Jacqueline Bisset , Nick Nolte , Louis Gossett Jr. , Bob Minor , Earl Maynard , Dick Anthony Williams , Robert Shaw , Eli Wallach , Robert Tessier , Peter Benchley , Lee McClain
Directed by Peter Yates
Rated R
MYSTERY/THILLER
Made for TV , airing May 19th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : Larry and Lucky are a happily married couple.
They have two young daughters and their oldest , a son named Wesley.
Poor young Wesley has been dealing with sugar diabetes since he was just six years old.
Wesley survives by taking insulin shots whenever he feels ill.
He and his family believe that one day , the Lord will cure his illness.
Larry and Lucky begin allowing encouragement from their church and its members that all Wesley really needs is belief in the Lord.
Their faith is so giant that they decide that Wesley no longer needs his insulin.
But one day when their prayers just arent enough , young Wesley loses his life.
Stars Judge Reinhold , Rosanna Arquette , Giovanni Ribisi , Jennifer Puscus , America Martin , Tom Bower , Robin Pearson Rose , John Vickery , Gary Bayer , Shawn Elliott , Maria O'Brien , Michael Cavanaugh , Wyatt Knight , Amy Michelson , Kathy Kinney , Tuesday Knight , Suzanne Kent
Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Rated PG13
DRAMA
Released July 19th in the US.
Filmed in Texas and Colorado.
The story : Binx and his older sister Billie Jean are out and about for the day on Binx's scooter.
When they get to the gas station , a group of local kids harrass them namely a bully called Hubie.
Binx gets fed up with Hybie's shit so he tosses a drink in his face and he and Billie Jean head off once more.
Later on in the day , Hybie and his entourage catch up with them.
This time though , Hybie takes Binx's scooter.
Binx is heartbroken without his scooter so Billie Jean has a couple friends take her to the police station to report it stolen.
She is advised to wait a couple days for the scooters return.
When Billie Jean gets home she finds the scooter all smashed up along with Binx's face.
Billie Jean goes to Hybie's dad to ask for the money to fix the scooter but things get out of hand.
Stars Helen Slater , Christian Slater , Richard Bradford , Martha Gehman , Yeardley Smith , Richard Bradford , Keith Gordon , Dean Stockwell , Peter Coyote , John M. Jackson , Bobby Jones , Rodney Rincon , Janet Smalley , Joshua Butts , Mona Lee Fultz
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Rated R
DRAMA
Released January 5 , 1990 in the US.
Filmed in Texas , California , Mexico and Philippines.
Based on truths.
The story : Growing up , Ron found himself to be very patriotic.
He loved what his country stood for.
As a teenager , Ron was the best that he could be in his every endeavor , including his school wrestling team.
When it came time to graduate high school , some Navy recruiters came to Ron's school on a recruiting mission.
The Navy succeeded in getting Ron , he could not wait to serve his country.
Stationed in Vietnam , Ron seen and did things he had a hard time living with.
Wounded in the line of duty , Ron was released and sent to a hopsital.
Paralyzed from the waist down now , all Ron really has left is hope.
He still encomposes the patriotic train of thought that he went into Vietnam with although most people that he encounters do not.
Slowly becoming a different person now , Ron begins to finally see the war and the meaning of what he did differently than he first did.
Stars Bryan Larkin , Sean Stone , Jenna von Oy , Raymond J. Barry , Caroline Kava , Tom Cruise , Josh Evans , Jamie Talisman , Anne Bobby , Samantha Larkin , Kevin Harvey Morse , Frank Whaley , Richard Panebianco , Stephen Baldwin , Michael McTighe , Tom Berenger , Jerry Levine , Richard Haus , Tom Sizemore , Michael Wincott , Kyra Sedgwick , Jason Gedrick , David Warshofsky , John Getz , Markus Flanagan
Directed by Oliver Stone
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
