Showing posts with label Simon MacCorkindale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simon MacCorkindale. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Obsessive Love (1984) TV Movie

"Her fantasy is to possess him. But now, it had become an obsession." The ad copy for the TV movie "Obsessive Love" said it all. Yvette Mimieux stars as the "number one fan" of soap-opera actor Simon McCorkindale. Not content with an autographed 8X10 glossy, Mimieux plots and plans to seduce McCorkindale and ruin his marriage to Constance McCashin. It could be worse: Yvette Mimieux could have been Kathy Bates. The best scenes go to Lainie Kazan as the Agnes Nixon-ish soap opera creator. Co-produced and co-written by Ms. Mimieux, "Obsessive Love" made its TV debut on October 2, 1984 ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Obsessive Love (1984) TV Movie
Cast: Allan Miller, Constance McCashin, Kin Shriner, Lainie Kazan, Louise Latham, Simon MacCorkindale, Yvette Mimieux

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Twist of Fate (1989) TV Movie

The four-part British miniseries Pursuit, based upon Robert L. Fish's novel of the same name, was first telecast in the United States as the two-part "movie special" Twist of Fate. Bruce Greenwood essayed the leading role of Helmut Von Schraeder, an ex-S.S. officer on the run after conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Undergoing plastic surgery, Von Schraeder assumed the new identity of Jewish concentration camp survivor Daniel Grossman. And as if that wasn't unbelievable enough, "Grossman" went on to a colorful career as an Israeli freedom fighter. The huge multinational cast included British film and TV stalwart Ben Cross and American leading lady Sarah Jessica Parker. Though made for British television, Pursuit did not air in that country until 1990, a full year after its American debut. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Twist of Fate (1989) TV Movie
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jakov Baron, Geoffrey Bateman, Branko Blace, Mirko Boman, Nick Brimble, Ben Cross, Paul Freeman, John Glover, Bruce Greenwood