Joyce Gordon

Billy Madison (1995)

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Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tamra Davis
CAST:  Adam Sandler  •  Darren McGavin  •  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras  •  Bradley Whitford

Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tamra Davis
CAST:  Adam Sandler  •  Darren McGavin  •  Bridgette Wilson-Sampras  •  Bradley Whitford

Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001)

Franklin and his family are off on a Christmas visit with Grandma and Grandpa at Faraway Farm. When a sudden ice storm hits and Grandpa takes a terrible tumble, Franklin and his baby sister Harriet begin a magical adventure as they journey home in search of help. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John van Bruggen
CAST:  Noah Reid  •  Chris Wiggins  •  Richard Newman  •  Elizabeth Saunders

Franklin and his family are off on a Christmas visit with Grandma and Grandpa at Faraway Farm. When a sudden ice storm hits and Grandpa takes a terrible tumble, Franklin and his baby sister Harriet begin a magical adventure as they journey home in search of help. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John van Bruggen
CAST:  Noah Reid  •  Chris Wiggins  •  Richard Newman  •  Elizabeth Saunders

Stay Tuned (1992)

Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment system sucks him and Helen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hyams
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Pam Dawber  •  David Tom  •  Heather McComb

Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment system sucks him and Helen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hyams
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Pam Dawber  •  David Tom  •  Heather McComb

Going for Broke (2003)

With the innocent dropping of a few coins into a video poker machine, Laura Bancroft's world is about to change forever. Inspired by true events, Going for Broke is the compelling, hard-hitting story of one woman's overwhelming addiction to gambling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Campbell
CAST:  Delta Burke  •  Elliot Page  •  Gerald McRaney  •  Matthew Harbour

With the innocent dropping of a few coins into a video poker machine, Laura Bancroft's world is about to change forever. Inspired by true events, Going for Broke is the compelling, hard-hitting story of one woman's overwhelming addiction to gambling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Campbell
CAST:  Delta Burke  •  Elliot Page  •  Gerald McRaney  •  Matthew Harbour

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1984)

A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Williams
CAST:  Raúl Juliá  •  Linda Griffiths  •  Donald Moore  •  Wanda Cannon

A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Williams
CAST:  Raúl Juliá  •  Linda Griffiths  •  Donald Moore  •  Wanda Cannon

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)

Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mackenzie
CAST:  Timothy Hutton  •  Joan Plowright  •  Elizabeth Peña  •  Daniel Magder

Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mackenzie
CAST:  Timothy Hutton  •  Joan Plowright  •  Elizabeth Peña  •  Daniel Magder

What Makes a Family (2001)

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maggie Greenwald
CAST:  Brooke Shields  •  Cherry Jones  •  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Anne Meara

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maggie Greenwald
CAST:  Brooke Shields  •  Cherry Jones  •  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Anne Meara

Crimes of Fashion (2004)

Brooke, a plain but creative and hard-working student at the top fashion school in the nation, who has come a long way from her tough childhood spent going from one foster home to another as an orphan. She has always dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Gillard
CAST:  Kaley Cuoco  •  Megan Fox  •  Dominic Chianese  •  Pat Kelly

Brooke, a plain but creative and hard-working student at the top fashion school in the nation, who has come a long way from her tough childhood spent going from one foster home to another as an orphan. She has always dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Gillard
CAST:  Kaley Cuoco  •  Megan Fox  •  Dominic Chianese  •  Pat Kelly

Tangled (2001)

A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Lowi
CAST:  Rachael Leigh Cook  •  Shawn Hatosy  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Estella Warren

A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Lowi
CAST:  Rachael Leigh Cook  •  Shawn Hatosy  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Estella Warren

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996)

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  Judith Light  •  Jay Thomas  •  William Russ  •  Robin Dunne

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  Judith Light  •  Jay Thomas  •  William Russ  •  Robin Dunne

Unnatural Causes (1986)

Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits counselor who teams up with Coleman to fight a lopsided batted against the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Alfre Woodard  •  Patti LaBelle  •  John Vargas

Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits counselor who teams up with Coleman to fight a lopsided batted against the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Alfre Woodard  •  Patti LaBelle  •  John Vargas

Hey, Cinderella! (1969)

Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how Cinderella's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Belinda Montgomery  •  Robin Ward  •  Joyce Gordon  •  Pat Galloway

Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how Cinderella's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Belinda Montgomery  •  Robin Ward  •  Joyce Gordon  •  Pat Galloway

Improper Channels (1981)

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Till
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Mariette Hartley  •  Monica Parker  •  Martin Yan

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Till
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Mariette Hartley  •  Monica Parker  •  Martin Yan

Police Academy (1984)

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Wilson
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Kim Cattrall  •  G.W. Bailey  •  Bubba Smith

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugh Wilson
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Kim Cattrall  •  G.W. Bailey  •  Bubba Smith

Killing 'em Softly (1982)

The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Fischer
CAST:  George Segal  •  Irene Cara  •  Nicholas Campbell  •  Clark Johnson

The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Fischer
CAST:  George Segal  •  Irene Cara  •  Nicholas Campbell  •  Clark Johnson

Love & Murder (1990)

A photographer who lives in an apartment building takes sneak photos of women in their apartments. One day he accidentally photographs a murder, and the killer goes after him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Todd Waring  •  Kathleen Laskey  •  Wayne Robson  •  Joyce Gordon

A photographer who lives in an apartment building takes sneak photos of women in their apartments. One day he accidentally photographs a murder, and the killer goes after him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Todd Waring  •  Kathleen Laskey  •  Wayne Robson  •  Joyce Gordon

Deadly Appearances (2000)

Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Bloomfield
CAST:  Wendy Crewson  •  Victor Garber  •  Robert Hays  •  Simon Callow

Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Bloomfield
CAST:  Wendy Crewson  •  Victor Garber  •  Robert Hays  •  Simon Callow

Summer's Children (1979)

SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job and enters into new relationships, but his sister pursues him in a cat and mouse game, getting into trouble in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julius Kohanyi
CAST:  Thomas Hauff  •  Paully Jardine  •  Don Francks  •  Kate Lynch

SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job and enters into new relationships, but his sister pursues him in a cat and mouse game, getting into trouble in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julius Kohanyi
CAST:  Thomas Hauff  •  Paully Jardine  •  Don Francks  •  Kate Lynch

Jim Henson's Tales From Muppetland (2009)

A compilation of Jim Henson's fairy tale adaptations including condensed versions of Tales of the Tinkerdee, Hey Cinderella and The Frog Prince, as well as excerpts from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Frank Oz  •  Jerry Juhl  •  Jerry Nelson

A compilation of Jim Henson's fairy tale adaptations including condensed versions of Tales of the Tinkerdee, Hey Cinderella and The Frog Prince, as well as excerpts from Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Frank Oz  •  Jerry Juhl  •  Jerry Nelson