Showing posts with label Tony Roberts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tony Roberts. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Key Exchange (1985)

A young woman wants a commitment from her boyfriend but the best she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.







Key Exchange (1985)
Cast: Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Seth Allen, Kerry Armstrong, Sandra Beall, Terri Garber, Edward I. Koch, Ben Masters, Tony Roberts, Bill Smitrovich, Daniel Stern, Holland Taylor

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thorns, The (1988) TV series

Dysfunctional married couple Sloan and Ginger Thorn, and misadventures with their children and new grandmother.






AVAILABLE EPISODES
Season 1, Episode 1
Death and Transfiguration
15 January 1988

The Thorns (1988) TV series
Cast: Kelly Bishop, Lori Petty, Maureen Stapleton, Tony Roberts

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (1976) TV Movie

Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case  (1976) TV Movie
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Cliff De Young, David Spielberg, Dean Jagger, Denise Alexander, Laurence Luckinbill, Martin Balsam, Peter Donat, Sian Barbara Allen, Tony Roberts

Monday, March 23, 2009

Packin' It In (1983) TV Movie

In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it's not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they're packin' it in again?

Packin' It In (1983) TV Movie
Cast: Andrea Marcovicci, Molly Ringwald, Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, Sam Whipple, Susan Ruttan, Tony Roberts

Our Sons (1991) TV Movie

Julie Andrews and Ann-Margaret combine their not inconsiderable talents for "Our Sons". In her TV-movie debut, Ms. Andrews plays a San Diego businesswoman and self-styled liberal whose open-mindedness is put to the test when she discovers that her son (Hugh Grant) is homosexual. This brings Andrews in reluctant contact with Ann-Margaret, a brash Arkansas cocktail waitress whose own son (Zeijko Ivanek) is Andrews' son's lover. The occasion for the meeting between the two mothers is the revelation that Ann-Margaret's son has AIDS. Andrews and Ann-Margaret go through a lengthy period of self-denial and self-blame before coming to grips with the tragedy now facing them. William Hanley's screenplay for "Our Sons" was supposed to spotlight the mothers, but the strong rapport between the sons throws the emphasis off at times. The director was John Erman, whose previous successful collaborations with Ann-Margaret included "Who Will Love My Children" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Our Sons (1991) TV Movie
Ann-Margret, Annabelle Weenick, Hal England, Hugh Grant, Julie Andrews, Tony Roberts, Zeljko Ivanek

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Not in My Family (1993) TV Movie

A woman experiences strange feelings and fleeting memories about her childhood after the birth of her first child. She seeks help from her estranged sister and realizes these memories connect to the childhood sexual abuse that the sister endured. The woman's marriage and family life begin to deteriorate, along with the once close relationship she enjoyed with her father. Eventually, she realizes that she too was abused. After facing the truth, she realizes that her brother's young daughter is often left in the care of "grandpa" and is also being abused. With the typical resistance of family members to deal with the proof, the adult children finally face their very prominent father and their distant mother, ending her denial. With both guilt and courage they band together and prosecute their father for the sexual abuse of his granddaughter. This is an above average movie about the insidious nature of childhood sexual abuse, being passed from generation to generation. Though, the feel-good ending may not be the most realistic, it is satisfying.

Not in My Family (1993) TV Movie
Cast: Dina Merrill, Joanna Kerns, Laura Owens, Michael Brandon, Richard Gilliland, Shelley Hack, Tony Roberts, Valerie Landsburg