Michael Flanagan

The Morning After (1986)

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Jane Fonda  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Diane Salinger

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Jane Fonda  •  Jeff Bridges  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Diane Salinger

Gross Anatomy (1989)

Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thom Eberhardt
CAST:  Matthew Modine  •  Christine Lahti  •  Todd Field  •  Daphne Zuniga

Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thom Eberhardt
CAST:  Matthew Modine  •  Christine Lahti  •  Todd Field  •  Daphne Zuniga

When She Was Bad... (1979)

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter H. Hunt
CAST:  Cheryl Ladd  •  Robert Urich  •  Eileen Brennan  •  Dabney Coleman

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter H. Hunt
CAST:  Cheryl Ladd  •  Robert Urich  •  Eileen Brennan  •  Dabney Coleman

The House on Carroll Street (1988)

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a neighbouring house, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Kelly McGillis  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Mandy Patinkin  •  Jessica Tandy

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a neighbouring house, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  Kelly McGillis  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Mandy Patinkin  •  Jessica Tandy

Friendly Fire (1980)

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Carol Burnett  •  Ned Beatty  •  Sam Waterston  •  Dennis Erdman

In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Carol Burnett  •  Ned Beatty  •  Sam Waterston  •  Dennis Erdman

The Betty Ford Story (1987)

This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Gena Rowlands  •  Josef Sommer  •  Nan Woods  •  Concetta Tomei

This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Gena Rowlands  •  Josef Sommer  •  Nan Woods  •  Concetta Tomei

City in Fear (1980)

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor  •  Alan Smithee
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Robert Vaughn  •  Perry King  •  Mickey Rourke

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor  •  Alan Smithee
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Robert Vaughn  •  Perry King  •  Mickey Rourke

Act of Love (1980)

A tragic motorcycle accident leaves one brother paralyzed while the other brother is left guilt-ridden. Seeing his brother struggle with his new life of limited mobility and function, the young man finds his own life weighed down by his thoughts and feelings about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Mickey Rourke  •  Ron Howard  •  Robert Foxworth  •  David Spielberg

A tragic motorcycle accident leaves one brother paralyzed while the other brother is left guilt-ridden. Seeing his brother struggle with his new life of limited mobility and function, the young man finds his own life weighed down by his thoughts and feelings about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Mickey Rourke  •  Ron Howard  •  Robert Foxworth  •  David Spielberg

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to swamp the island. In desperation, the castaways lash their huts together into one structure in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie H. Martinson
CAST:  Bob Denver  •  Alan Hale Jr.  •  Jim Backus  •  Natalie Schafer

When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to swamp the island. In desperation, the castaways lash their huts together into one structure in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie H. Martinson
CAST:  Bob Denver  •  Alan Hale Jr.  •  Jim Backus  •  Natalie Schafer

Lois Gibbs And The Love Canal (1982)

An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  Marsha Mason  •  Bob Gunton  •  Penny Fuller  •  Roberta Maxwell

An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  Marsha Mason  •  Bob Gunton  •  Penny Fuller  •  Roberta Maxwell

Suddenly, Love (1978)

Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Margolin
CAST:  Cindy Williams  •  Paul Shenar  •  Eileen Heckart  •  Joan Bennett

Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents; he's a socially prominent attorney with a long-standing health problem — attempt to defy every obstacle to their romance and ultimate marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Margolin
CAST:  Cindy Williams  •  Paul Shenar  •  Eileen Heckart  •  Joan Bennett