1981 The Beyond
Set in an old Victorian hotel in New Orleans built on top of a 'gateway to
hell', a supernatural tale of horror in which zombies come back to life,
eyeballs spring out of their sockets, tarantulas attack and primordial
streams of acid flow forth in most unpleasant ways.
David Warbeck Dr. John McCabe
Catriona McColl Liza Merril
Antoine St. John Arthur
Lucio Fulci Film Director
1981 Grambling 's White Tiger (Television Movie)
Produced by Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner, Grambling's White Tiger stars
Jenner as real-life quarterback Jim Gregory. The film recounts Gregory's
efforts to become the first white player on Grambling College's all-black
football team. Harry Belafonte made his TV-movie debut as legendary
Grambling coach Eddie Robinson. The script was adapted from My Little
Brother is Coming Tomorrow, a book by Bruce Behrenberg. Filmed on
location in Louisiana, Grambling's White Tiger originally aired October 4,
1981.
Bruce Jenner Jim Gregory
Harry Belafonte Coach Eddie Robinson
LeVar Burton Charles "Tank" Smith
Georg Stanford Brown Film Director
1981 Southern Comfort
A group of National Guardsmen are on weekend maneuvers in the
swamps of Louisiana. They run afoul of some of the local Cajuns, and are
marked for death in this exciting and disturbing thriller. Boothe is
excellent in a rare exploration of a little-understood way of life. Lots of
blood. If you belong to the National Guard, this could make you queasy.
Keith Carradine Pfc. Spencer
Powers Boothe Cpl. Charles Hardin
Fred Ward Cpl. Lonnie Reece
Franklyn Seales Pfc. Simms
T.K. Carter Pfc. Tyrone Cribbs
Lewis Smith Pfc. Stuckey
Les Lannom Sgt. Casper
Peter Coyote Staff Sgt. Crawford Poole
Alan Autry Cpl. 'Coach' Bowden
Brion James Cajun Trapper
Walter Hill Film Director
1982 Cat People
A beautiful young woman learns that she has inherited a strange family
trait - she turns into a vicious panther when sexually aroused. The only
person with whom she can safely mate is her brother, a victim of the
same genetic heritage. Kinski is mesmerizing as the innocent, sensual
woman. Remake of the 1942 film.
Nastassja Kinski Irena Gallier
Malcolm McDowell Paul Gallier
John Heard Oliver Yates
Annette O'Toole Alice Perrin
Ruby Dee Female
Ed Begley Jr. Joe Creigh
Scott Paulin Bill Searle
Frankie Faison Det. Brandt
Ron Diamond Det. Ron Diamond
Lynn Lowry Ruthie
Paul Schrader Film Director
1982 The Toy Richard Pryor Jack Brown Jackie Gleason Ulysses Simpson 'U.S.' Bates 1983 Dixie: Changing Habits (Television Movie)
1982 The Big Easy (Television Movie)
Penniless reporter finds himself the new "toy" of the spoiled son of a
multimillionaire oil man. Unfortunate casting of Pryor as the toy owned by
Gleason, with heavy-handed lecturing about earning friends. Slow and
terrible remake of the Pierre Richard comedy "Le Jouet."
Ned Beatty Sydney Morehouse
Scott Schwartz Eric Bates
Teresa Ganzel Fancy Bates
Wilfrid Hyde-White David Barkley
Annazette Chase Angela
Tony King Clifford
Don Hood O'Brien
Karen Leslie-Lyttle Fräulein Hilda Hans
Richard Donner Film Director
Suzanne Pleshette is a New Orleans madam sent to a convent for ninety
days of rehabilitation, and Cloris Leachman is the Mother Superior with
whom she at first clashes and then strikes up an off-beat alliance.
(Geraldine Fitzgerald replaced Mildred Dunnock.)
Suzanne Pleshette Dixie Cabot
Cloris Leachman Sister Eugenio
Judith Ivey Sister Margaret
George Englund Film Director
1983 Hobson's Choice (Television Movie) Police inspector Wes Block pursues a killer of prostitutes in New Orleans' French Quarter. The film is notable both as a thriller and as a fascinating vehicle for Eastwood, who experiments with a disturbing portrait of a cop with some peculiarities of his own. Clint Eastwood Capt. Wes Block Geneviève Bujold Beryl Thibodeaux 1985 Bâton Rouge Three penniless Parisians dream of the U.S.: Abdenour has fallen in love Jacques Penot Alain Lefebvre 'Mozart' Pierre-Loup Rajot Abdenour 1985 Bordello: House of the Rising Sun Patrick Swayze Orry Main James Read George Hazard 1985 Terror in the Swamp Jason Robards Will Varner 1986 Avenging Force Michael Dudikoff Matt Hunter Steve James Larry Richards Armand Assante Belizaire Breaux Gail Youngs Alida Thibodaux 1986 Down By Law 1986 Mountain Motel Massacre 1986 No Mercy
A Chicago cop (Gere) plunges into the Cajun bayou in order to avenge the Kim Basinger Michel Duval 1986 The Big Easy Dennis Quaid Det. Remy McSwain Ellen Barkin Anne Osborne 1987 A Gathering of Old Men (Television Movie) 1987 Angel Heart Mickey Rourke Harry Angel
The TV remake of the 1954 David Lean movie classic that starred Charles
Laughton and John Mills was transplanted from Lancashire, England, of
the 1880's to New Orleans of 1914 while retaining its basic story about a
cantankerous, carousing shoe shop owner determined not to give his
three daughters a dowry and his clash with the oldest one, a strong-
willed girl with a dream who takes her fate in her own hands and sets her
sights on one of her father's simple-minded lackeys who happens to be a
talented shoemaker. Written in 1916 as a three-act stage comedy, it
became the basis of the 1966 Broadway musical, "Walking Happy." For
his script, Burt Prelutsky won the Writers Guild Award.
Richard Thomas Will Mossop
Sharon Gless Maggie Hobson
Jack Warden Henry Hobson
Gilbert Cates Film Director
1984 Louisiana (Television Movie)
1984 Tightrope
Dan Hedaya Det. Molinari
Richard Tuggle Film Director
with a tourist, Alain ("Mozart") loves jazz, and Karim wants to escape his
father. Through trickery, they manage to fly to the United States.
Abdenour finds the tourist but that ends quickly. So they head for Bâton
Rouge to seek their fortunes. While Mozart pursues a touring jazz singer,
the others work at a fast-food restaurant. When immigration arrests
Abdenour and Karim and sends them back to Paris, Mozart stays with his
lady love. The two in France then hatch a plan to start their own
restaurant, a venture that must succeed so that Abdenour can rescue his
little brother, Bruno, from foster care.
Frederic Wizmane Bruno
Rachid Bouchareb Film Director
Code of Vengeance (Television Movie)
Good Time Rock ‘n’ Roll (Television Movie)
Le déclic
1985 North and South (Television Miniseries)
A twelve-hour miniseries, adapted from John Jakes' best-selling novel,
that depicts the turbulent historical background of conflict between the
North and the South during the years 1842 to 1861. Orry Main, a young
southern West Point cadet, establishes a life-long friendship with a
fellow cadet, northerner George Hazard, that is tested in the years of
turmoil that culminated with the Civil War. The drama also focuses on the
turbulent, tragic love between Orry and Madeline Fabray, a beautiful
Louisiana woman.
Lesley-Anne Down Madeline Fabray
David Carradine Justin LaMotte
Kirstie Alley Virgilia Hazard
Gene Kelly Senator Edwards
Robert Mitchum Patrick Flynn
Johnny Cash John Brown
Elizabeth Taylor Madam Conti
Richard T. Heffron Film Director
1985 The Long Hot Summer (Television Miniseries)
A two-part miniseries about a young, ambitious drifter with a reputation
for trouble who arrives in a small Southern town and has a profound
effect on a wealthy tyrant and his rebellious family.
Don Johnson Ben Quick
Cybill Shephard Eula Varner
Stuart Cooper Film Director
Okay actioneer about retired CIA agent Dudikoff returning to the force to
help colleague James run for political office. A group of right-wing
terrorists called "Pentangle" threatens James, so Dudikoff adds his name
to their wanted list. Conflict leads to a forest manhunt where the
avenging force does its avenging.
James Booth Adm. Brown
William Wallace Delaney
John P. Ryan Glastenbury
Karl Johnson Wallace
Marc Alaimo Lavall
Allison Gereighty Sarah Hunter
Loren Farmer Parker
Rick Boyle Grandpa Jimmy
Sam Firstenberg Film Director
1986 Belizaire the Cajun
19th-century Louisiana love story. White prejudice against the Cajuns is
rampant and violent, but that doesn't stop sexy faith healer Assante from
falling in love with the inaccessible Cajun wife (Youngs) of a rich local.
Made with care on a tight budget. Worthwhile, though uneven.
Will Patton Matthew Perry
Robert Duvall Preacher
Glen Pitre Film Director
In Jarmusch's follow-up to his successful "Stranger than Paradise," he
introduces us to three men: a pimp, an out-of-work disc jockey, and an
Italian tourist. When the three break out of prison, they wander through
the Louisiana swampland with some regrets about their new-found
freedom. Slow-moving at times, beautifully shot throughout. Poignant and
hilarious, the film is true to Jarmusch form: some will love the film's
offbeat flair, and others will find it bothersome.
Tom Waits Zack
John Lurie Jack
Roberto Benigni Roberto
Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta
Ellen Barkin Laurette
Billie Neal Bobbie
Rockets Redglare Gig
Vernel Bagneris Preston
Timothea Julie
L.C. Drane L. C.
Jim Jarmusch Film Director
1986 French Quarter Undercover
New Orleans undercover cops Andre and R.J., partners for 17 years and in
danger of being suspended for their recklessness, are enlisted by the
F.B.I. to track down a terrorist who plans on poisoning the water supply of
the city, gaining access through the World's Fair.
Michael Parks Det. Andre Des Moines
Bill Holliday Det. R.J. Wilkerson
Becky Allen Becky
Patrick C. Poole Film Director
murder of his partner. He falls for a beautiful girl enslaved by the killer,
but that doesn't stop him from using her to flush out the powerful swamp-
inhabiting crime lord. Absurd story without much plot.
Richard Gere Eddie Jillette
Jeroen Krabbé Losado
George Dzundza Captain Stemkowski
Gary Basaraba Joe Collins
William Atherton Allan Deveneux
Terry Kinney Paul Deveneux
Bruce McGill Lieutenant Hall
Ray Sharkey Angles Ryan
Marita Geraghty Alice Collins
Richard Pearce Film Director
A terrific thriller. Slick New Orleans detective Remy McSwain (Quaid,
oozing charm and a cornball accent) uncovers a heroin-based mob war
while romancing uptight assistant DA Anne Osborne (Barkin, all banked
fire) who's investigating corruption on the police force. An easy, Cajun-
flavored mystery, a fast-moving action-comedy, a very sexy romance, and
a serious exploration of the dynamics of corruption.
Ned Beatty Jack Kellom
John Goodman Det. Andre DeSoto
Lisa Jane Persky McCabe
Ebbe Roe Smith Ed Dodge
Tom O'Brien Bobby McSwain
Charles Ludlam Lamar Parmentel
Grace Zabriskie Mama
Marc Lawrence Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
Jim McBride Film Director
A group of acquiescent old black men find sudden courage when faced
with the need to defend a beloved fellow black in danger of being lynched
for the murder of a white racist tenant farmer.
Louis Gossett, Jr. Mathu
Richard Widmark Mapes
Holly Hunter Candy Marshall
Volker Schlondorff Film Director
Exotic, controversial look at murder, voodoo cults, and sex in 1955 New
Orleans. Bonet defiantly sheds her image as a young innocent (no more
Cosby Show for you, young lady). Rourke is slimy as marginal NYC private
eye Angel, hired by the devilish De Niro to track a missing big band singer
who violated a "contract." His investigation leads him to the bizarre world
of the occult in New Orleans, where the blood drips to a different beat.
Visually stimulating, with a provocative sex scene between Bonet and
Rourke, captured in both R-rated and unrated versions. Adapted by Parker
from "Falling Angel" by William Hjortsberg.
Robert De Niro Louis Cyphre
Lisa Bonet Epiphany Proudfoot
Charlotte Rampling Margaret Krusemark
Stocker Fontelieu Ethan Krusemark
Brownie McGhee Toots Sweet
Michael Higgins Dr. Albert Fowler
Elizabeth Whitcraft Connie
Eliott Keener Detective Sterne
Charles Gordone Spider Simpson
Alan Parker Film Director
1987 Shy People
A New York journalist fed up with city life and concerned for the welfare
of her trendy daughter, takes off for the deep-South in search of her great
uncle.
Jill Clayburgh Diana Sullivan
Barbara Hershey Ruth Sullivan
Martha Plimpton Grace
John Philbin Tommy
Andrei Konchalovsky Film Director
1987 Sister, Sister
A Congressional aide on vacation in Louisiana takes a room in an old
mansion. He gradually discovers the secret of the house and its resident
sisters. Dark Southern Gothicism, full of plot surprises, with a twisted
ending.
Eric Stoltz Matt Rutledge
Jennifer Jason Leigh Lucy Bonnard
Judith Ivey Charlotte Bonnard
Dennis Lipscomb Sheriff Cleve Doucet
Anne Pitoniak Mrs. Bettlehelm
Benjamin Mouton Etienne LeViolette
Natalia Nogulich Fran Steuben
Richard Minchenberg Lenny Steuben
Bobby Pickett Roger
Jason Saucier Jud Nevins
Bill Condon Film Director
1987 Three on a Match (Television Movie) Patrick Cassidy Scott Crossfield David Hemmings Maxwell "Newt" Newton
An unlikely trio of convicts escape from a brutal Southern prison and join
forces to elude capture.
Bruce A. Young Ripper
Donald Bellisario Film Director
1988 Everybody's All-American
Shallow, sentimental melodrama about a college football star and his
cheerleader wife whose lives, subsequent to their youthful glories, is a
string of disappointments and tragedies. Decently acted and based on
Frank Deford's novel.
Jessica Lange Babs Rogers Grey
Dennis Quaid Gavin Grey
Timothy Hutton Donnie Cake
John Goodman Lawrence
Carl Lumbly Narvel Blue
Ray Baker Bolling Kiely
Savannah Smith Boucher Darlene Kiely
Patricia Clarkson Leslie Stone
Joseph Meyer Pep Leader
J. Kevin Brune Roommate
Taylor Hackford Film Director
1988 Gator Bait 2: Cajun Justice
A sweet city girl initiated into the rugged ways of the Louisiana swamp by
her good-natured Cajun husband "Big T". She ends up putting her newly
acquired survival skills to good use when she is kidnapped by Big T's
chief rival Leroy and his swarthy, brutish family as part of an ongoing
feud.
Melissa Alleman Bridesmaid
Jerry Armstrong Joe Boy
Jocelyn Boudreaux Bridesmaid
Ferd Sebastian Film Director
Beverly Sebastian Film Director
1988 Heartbreak Hotel
A boy kidnaps Elvis Presley and brings him home to his mother. Charlie Schlatter Johnny Wolfe
David Keith Elvis Presley
Tuesday Weld Marie Wolfe
Chris Columbus Film Director
1988 In the Heat of the Night (Television Series) A hi-tech remake of the 1958 camp classic about a small town beset by a Donovan Leitch Paul Taylor Ruben Rabasa Father Dennis Nicole Fortier Demon
In a continuation of the film of the same name, Virgil Tibbs returns home
to Sparta, Mississippi from Philadelphia with his wife Althea for the
funeral of his mother when he is offered the position of chief of
detectives for the town's mostly Caucasian police force. At first there is
tension between not only Virgil and Chief Bill Gillespie, but also between
Virgil and Sgt. (and later Captain) Bubba Skinner. However, not only do
they learn to work together, but they all eventually become very close
friends against the backdrop of the "New South."
Carroll O'Connor Chief Bill Gillespie
Alan Autry Capt. V.L. "Bubba"" Skinner
David Hart Officer Parker Williams
Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Chief of Detectives Virgil Tibbs
1988 Picasso Trigger
Teen Vamp
1988 The Blob
fast-growing, man-eating mound of glop shot into space by scientists,
irradiated into an unnatural being, and then returned to earth. Well-
developed characters make this an excellent tribute to the first film.
Shawnee Smith Meg Penny
Kevin Dillon Brian Flagg
Jeffrey DeMunn Sheriff Herb Geller
Candy Clark Fran Hewitt
Joe Seneca Dr. Meddows
Del Close Reverend Meeker
Paul McCrane Deputy Bill Briggs
Sharon Spelman Mrs. Penny
Beau Billingslea Moss Woodley
Chuck Russell Film Director
1988 The Unholy
A New Orleans priest battles a demon that's killing innocent parishioners.
Confusing and heavy-handed.
Peter Frechette Claude
Phil Becker Doctor
Ned Beatty Lt. Stern
Susan Bearden Hotel manager
Xavier Barquet Bell Boy
Lari White Housekeeper
Jeff D'Onofrio Paramedic
Ben Cross Father Michael
Camilo Vila Film Director
1989 Blaze
The true story of Louisiana governor Earl Long who became involved with
a stripper, Blaze Starr, causing a political scandal of major proportions.
Robust, good-humored bio-pic featuring a fine character turn by Newman.
Paul Newman Gov. Earl K. Long
Lolita Davidovich Blaze Starr
Jerry Hardin Thibodeaux
Gailard Sartain LaGrange
Jeffrey DeMunn Eldon Tuck
Garland Bunting Doc Ferriday
Richard Jenkins Picayune
Brandon Smith Arvin Deeter
Jay Chevalier Wiley Braden
Robert Wuhl Red Snyder
Ron Shelton Film Director
1989 Blue Bayou (Television Movie)
A Los Angeles district attorney relocates with her troublesome teenage
son to New Orleans, where the boy can be supervised by his father, a
policeman who left the family 15 years ago.
Alfre Woodard Jessica Filley
Keith Williams Nick Filley
Mario Van Peebles Jay Filley
Karen Arthur Film Director
1989 Dark Heritage
Deep Blood
1989 Elysian Fields (Television Movie)
A problem-solving specialist arrives in New Orleans to take over a Crisis
Center. He finds an apartment in an old mansion, Elysian Fields,
converted to a boarding house run by two eccentric sisters and filled with
an assortment of oddball renters.
Jeffrey De Munn Nate Goodman
Francis Fisher Violet Coffin
Judith Hoag Gwen
Joan Tewkesbury Film Director
1989 False Witness (Television Movie)
Documentary about the arrest of businessman Clay Shaw, by New
Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison, on the charge of conspiracy to murder
President John F. Kennedy. Although Garrison's case collapsed, his
subsequent book would become the centerpiece to Oliver Stone's
film "JFK." The program also examines a book about the Garrison case,
authored by Patricia Lambert.
Cory Burton Narration
Thomas F. Horton Film Director
1989 Fletch Lives
Fletch, the investigative journalist, goes to Louisiana for a vacation and
finds himself involved in some local intrigue.
Chevy Chase Fletch
Hal Holbrook Ham Johnson
Julianne Phillips Becky Culpepper
Michael Ritchie Film Director
1989 Heart of Dixie
1989 Johnny Handsome
An ugly, deformed hood, after he's been double-crossed and sent to
prison, volunteers for a reconstructive surgery experiment and is released
with a new face, determined to hunt down the scum that set him up. A
terrific modern B-picture based on John Godey's "The Three Worlds of
Johnny Handsome."
Mickey Rourke John Sedley /Johnny Handsome
Ellen Barkin Sunny Boyd
Elizabeth McGovern Donna McCarty
Morgan Freeman Lt. A.Z. Drones
Forest Whitaker Dr. Steven Fisher
Lance Henriksen Rafe Garrett
Scott Wilson Mikey Chalmette
David Schramm Vic Dumask
Yvonne Bryceland Sister Luke
Peter Jason Mr. Bonet
Walter Hill Film Director
1989 Leningrad Cowboys Go Home
1989 Margaret Bourke-White (Television Movie)
This made-for-cable biopic originally went out under the simpler title
Margaret Bourke-White. Farrah Fawcett stars as the famed
photojournalist, whose work for Life magazine from 1936 onward gained
her worldwide celebrity. The best scenes, showing the dauntless Bourke-
White (Fawcett) at work in the most grueling and perilous of situations,
are all too fleeting. The filmmakers evidently believed that the audience
would be more intrigued by Bourke-White's stormy relationship with her
husband, novelist Erskine Caldwell (played with a fluctuating Southern
accent by Frederic Forrest). The film's chief assets are the well-focused
performance of Farrah Fawcett, and the lensed-on-location sequences in
Louisiana and Moscow.
Farrah Fawcett Margaret Bourke-White
Frederic Forest Erskine Caldwell
Mitch Ryan Patton
Lawrence Schiller Film Director
1989 The Outside Woman (Television Movie)
A television movie based on a true story about Joyce Mattox, a Louisiana
millworker. Bored with her humdrum life, she joins a Bible study group
that visits prisoners housed at the nearby state penitentiary. There she
meets Jesse Glen Smith, and a mutual attraction begins. Their
relationship becomes more intense during her frequent visits. Jesse
convinces Joyce to help him escape. She hijacks a helicopter, forcing the
pilot to land inside the prison yard, where Smith is waiting. Joyce's new
life with Jesse lasts only a short time, until their capture a few days after
the escape.
Scott Glenn Jesse Glen Smith
Sharon Gless Joyce Mattox
Max Gail Billy Ballew
Lou Antonio Film Director
1989 Sex, lies and videotape
Acclaimed, popular independent film by first-timer Soderbergh, detailing
the complex relations among a childless married couple, the wife's
adulterous sister, and a mysterious college friend of the husband's
obsessed with videotaping women as they talk about their sex lives.
Heavily awarded, including first prize at Cannes. Confidently uses much
(too much?) dialogue and slow (too slow?) pace.
James Spader Graham Dalton
Andie MacDowell Ann Milaney
Peter Gallagher John Milaney
Laura San Giacomo Cynthia Bishop
Steven Soderbergh Flm Director
Shelby Eatenton (Roberts) is a young woman stricken with severe
diabetes who chooses to live her life to the fullest despite her bad health.
Much of the action centers around a Louisiana beauty shop (run by
Parton) where the women get together to discuss the goings-on of their
lives. Screenplay by R. Harling, based on his partially autobiographical
play. Sweet, poignant, and often hilarious, yet just as often overwrought.
MacLaine is funny as a bitter divorcee; Parton is sexy and fun as the
hairdresser; but Field and Roberts (as mother and daughter) go off the
deep end and make it all entirely too weepy.
Sally Field M'Lynn Eatenton
Dolly Parton Truvy Jones
Shirley MacLaine Ouiser Boudreaux
Daryl Hannah Annelle Dupuy Desoto
Olympia Dukakis Clairee Belcher
Julia Roberts Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
Tom Skerritt Drum Eatenton
Sam Shepard Spud Jones
Dylan McDermott Jackson Latcherie
Kevin J. O'Connor Sammy Desoto
Herbert Ross Film Director
1989 Traveling Man (Television Movie)
A successful traveling salesman, Ben Cluett finds his life takes on a new
direction after his sales manager teams him up with an unscrupulous
Yuppie.
John Lithgow Ben Cluett
Jonathan Silverman Billy Fox
John Glover Chick Beeler
Irvin Kershner Film Director
1990 11 Days, 11 Nights 1990 Miller's Crossing From the Coen brothers (makers of "Blood Simple" and "Raising Arizona") Marcia Gay Harden Verna Bernbaum 1990 Tune in Tomorrow Peter Falk Pedro Carmichael Keanu Reeves Martin Loader 1990 Wild at Heart Nicolas Cage Sailor Ripley Laura Dern Lula Fortune 1991 Convicts
comes this extremely dark entry in the gangster movie sweepstakes of
1990. Jewish, Italian, and Irish mobsters spin webs of deceit, protection,
and revenge over themselves and their families. Byrne is the protagonist,
but no hero, being as deeply flawed as the men he battles. Harden stuns
as the woman who sleeps with Byrne and his boss, Finney, in hopes of a
better life and protection for her small-time crook brother. Visually
exhilarating, excellently acted and perfectly paced.
Gabriel Byrne Tom Reagan
John Turturro Bernie Bernbaum
Jon Polito Johnny Caspar
J.E. Freeman Eddie Dane
Albert Finney Liam 'Leo' O'Bannon
Mike Starr Frankie
Al Mancini Tic-Tac
Richard Woods Mayor Dale Levander
Thomas Toner O'Doole
Ethan Coen Film Director
Joel Coen Film Director
Lovesick young Martin (Reeves) wants to woo divorced older babe aunt-
by-marriage Julia (Hershey) and is romantically counseled by wacky soap
opera writer Pedro (Falk). Seems even soap operas draw on real life, and
Martin's story is immortalized on the airwaves, circa 1951 New Orleans.
The story-within-a-story also features Pedro's radio characters coming to
hammy life. Sometimes funny, sometimes not (the Albanian jokes are
tiresome). Adapted from the novel "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" by
Mario Vargas Llosa.
Barbara Hershey Aunt Julia
Buck Henry Father Serafim
John Larroquette Dr. Albert Quince
Jon Amiel Film Director
Lauren Dern and Nicolas Cage are on the lam, going across country to
escape her mother, his parole officer, and life. Humorous and frightening,
sensual and evocative as only Lynch can be. Sweet love story of Sailor
and Lula is juxtaposed with the violent and bizarre, obsessive brand of
love of the people they encounter. Unmistakable Wizard of Oz imagery
sprinkled throughout, as are some scenes of graphic violence. Ladd is
unnerving as Dern's on-screen mother (she also has the role off-screen).
Willem Dafoe Bobby Peru
J.E. Freeman Marcelles Santos
Crispin Glover Cousin Dell
Diane Ladd Marietta Fortune
Calvin Lockhart Reggie
Isabella Rossellini Perdita Durango
Harry Dean Stanton Johnnie Farragut
Grace Zabriskie Juana Durango
David Lynch Film Director
Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
Do or Die
Doors to Silence
1991 Double Crossed (Television Movie)
Based on a true story, a drug smuggler turned DEA informant, is murdered
by three Colombians when he is betrayed by the CIA.
Dennis Hopper Barry Seal
Robert Carradine Booker
Arthel Neville Actor
Roger Young Film Director
1991 Grand Isle (Television Movie)
A movie based on Kate Chopin's novel, "The Awakening." An unhappily
married woman discovers love with a younger man during a summer
spent on the Louisiana coast circa 1900.
Kelly McGillis Edna Pontellier
Jon DeVries Leonce Pontellier
Ellen Burstyn Mademoiselle Reisz
Mary Lambert Film Director
1991 Jailbirds (Television Movie)
A young, black Los Angeles executive and an unpolished white woman
find themselves handcuffed together in a Louisiana jail. When they make
their escape, the duo embark on a series of adventures through bayou
country.
Phylicia Rashad Janice Grant
Dyan Cannon Rosie LeCroix
Dakin Matthews Sheriff Dobbs
Burt Brinckerhoff Film Director
1991 JFK
Highly controversial examination of President John F. Kennedy's 1963
assassination, from the viewpoint of New Orleans district attorney Jim
Garrison. Hotly debated because of Stone's conspiracy theory, it sparked
new calls to open the sealed government records from the 1977 House
Select Committee on Assassinations investigation.
Outstanding performances from an all-star principal and supporting casts,
stunning cinematography, and excellent editing. Even Garrison himself shows
up as Chief Justice Earl Warren. Considered by some to be a cinematic
masterpiece, others see it as revisionist history that should be taken with
a grain of salt.
Kevin Costner Jim Garrison
Tommy Lee Jones Clay Shaw/Clay Bertrand
Kevin Bacon Willie O'Keefe
Gary Oldman Lee Harvey Oswald
Michael Rooker Bill Broussard
Jack Lemmon Jack Martin
Laurie Metcalf Susie Cox
Sissy Spacek Liz Garrison
Joe Pesci David Ferrie
John Candy Dean Andrews
Oliver Stone Film Director
1991 Love & Curses... All That Jazz (Television Movie)
A couple becomes inadvertently embroiled in a voodoo murder mystery in
New Orleans.
Delta Burke Desiree
Gerald McRaney Doc
Elizabeth Ashley Aunt Emmalina
Marshall Teaque Arthur
Gerald McRaney Film Director
1991 Scorchers
Back in the bayou, Splendid (Lloyd), a newlywed who won't sleep with her
husband, and her cousin Talbot (Tilly), a preacher's daughter whose
husband prefers the town whore Thais (Dunaway), find their lives
intertwined because of their marital and sexual problems. A real scorcher.
Faye Dunaway Thais
Denholm Elliott Howler
James Earl Jones Bear
Emily Lloyd Splendid
Jennifer Tilly Talbot
James Wilder Dolan
Anthony Geary Preacher
Leland Crooke Jumper
Luke Perry Ray Ray
Kevin Michael Brown Sugar Cat
David Beaird Film Director
1991 The Man in the Moon
Beautifully rendered coming-of-age tale. On a farm outside a small Louisiana
town in the 1950s, 14-year-old Dani wonders if she will ever be as pretty and
popular as her 17-year-old sister Maureen. This becomes especially important
as Dani is beginning to notice boys, particularly Court, the 17-year-old young
man she meets when swimming. Although Dani and Maureen have always
been especially close, a rift develops between the sisters after Court meets
Maureen. Intelligently written, excellent direction, lovely cinematography, and
exceptional acting make this a particularly worthwhile and entertaining film.
Reese Witherspoon Dani Trant
Emily Warfield Maureen Trant
Jason London Court Foster
Tess Harper Abigail Trant
Robert Mulligan Film Director
1991 The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (Television Movie)
The biography of "Pistol"" Pete Maravich, the basketball star who defied age
limitations in the 1960s to play on his varsity team.
Adam Guier Pete Maravich
Nick Benedict Coach Press Maravich
Boots Garland Coach Pendleton
Millie Perkins Helen Maravich
Frank C. Schroeder Film Director
1991 This Gun for Hire (Television Movie)
A television movie remake of Frank Tuttle's 1942 feature film. An assassin
abducts a stripper to help him escape a police dragnet in New Orleans. They
develop a strange rapport and work together to uncover the truth about a
prominent defense contractor.
Robert Wagner Raven
Nancy Everhard Anne
John Harkins Boyton
Lou Antonio Film Director
1991 Zandalee
The sexual adventures of a bored sexy young woman who has a fling with her
husband's friend. Bad script, graphic sex. Also available in an unrated version.
Nicolas Cage Johnny Collins
Judge Reinhold Thierry Martin
Erika Anderson Zandalee Martin
Viveca Lindfors Tatta
Aaron Neville Jack
Joe Pantoliano Gerri
Ian Abercrombie Louie Medina
Marisa Tomei Remy
Sam Pillsbury Film Director
1992 Delta Heat
A new designer drug hits L.A. and detective Mike Bishop (Edwards) follows his
partner to the drug's source in Louisiana. When Bishop arrives
he discovers his partner has been tortured and murdered in order to keep
the drug lord's foes in line. Bishop must then save himself and find
justice in the steamy streets of New Orleans. Routine lone guy vs. bad
guys actioner.
Anthony Edwards Mike Bishop
Lance Henriksen Jackson Rivers
Betsy Russell Vicky Forbes
Linda Dona Actor
Rod Masterson Crawford
Michael Fischer Film Director
1992 Hard Target
Van Damme continues his action-hero ways as Chance Boudreaux, a
Cajun (which explains the accent) merchant seaman, who comes to the
rescue of Natasha (Butler), albeit with lots of violence. Brimley provides
the humor as Chance's bayou uncle. It's another variation of "The Most
Dangerous Game" story but it moves. American directorial debut of over-
the-top Hong Kong action director Woo who had to tone down his usual
stylistic effects and repeatedly cut some of the more violent scenes to
earn an "R" rating.
Jean-Claude Van Damme Chance Boudreaux
Chuck Pfarrer Douglas Binder
Robert Apisa Mr. Lopacki
Arnold Vosloo Pik van Cleef
Lance Henriksen Emil Fouchon
Douglas Forsythe Rye Frick
Mike Leinert Frack
Yancy Butler Natasha Binder
Lenore Banks Marie
Willie C. Carpenter Elijah Roper
John Woo Film Director
1992 Mardi Gras for the Devil
A man sells his soul to the devil and shows up on a killing spree at Mardi
Gras in New Orleans. Leaving a trail of bodies, the apparently
indestructible demon challenges the detective to stop him by the end of
Mardi Gras or lose his soul. With help from a voodoo lady and his police
captain, who remembers the demon from an earlier Mardi Gras, he gets
closer, but risks the destruction of his ex-wife and newly found girlfriend.
Robert Davi Mike Turner
Michael Ironside Bishop
Leslie-Anne Down Christine Turner
David A. Prior Film Director
1992 Netherworld
A plantation serves as a passageway to the underworld in which a young
man encounters the dueling powers of love and black magic.
Michael Bendetti Corey Thornton
Holly Floria Dianne
Denise Gentile Dolores
David Schmoeller Film Director
1992 Passion Fish
After becoming a paraplegic in an accident, a soap opera star returns to
her home in Louisiana. The story focuses on the relationship between the
actress and her nurse.
Mary McDonnell May-Alice Culhane
Alfre Woodard Chantelle
Lenore Banks Nurse Quick
Vondie Curtis-Hall Sugar LeDoux
Will Mahoney Max
David Strathairn Rennie
Nelle Stokes Therapist #1
Leo Burmester Reeves
Nora Dunn Ti-Marie
Brett Ardoin Therapist #2
John Sayles Film Director
1992 Storyville
Southern Gothic tale set in New Orleans about a feckless young lawyer
running for a local congressional seat. Neither Cray nor his family is
strong candidates for the family values vote. Cray is separated from his
wife and willingly indulges in an affair with a beautiful and mysterious
young woman. This leads to a blackmail plot when he finds out his lover
has been videotaping their antics. There's also a murder investigation
and a host of family skeletons rattling around. Robards is fine as the
crafty uncle but Spader's low-key attitude works against the story.
Storyville marks the directorial debut of Frost.
James Spader Cray Fowler
Joanne Whalley Natalie Tate
Jason Robards Clifford Fowler
Charlotte Lewis Lee
Michael Warren Nathan LeFleur
Piper Laurie Constance Fowler
Michael Parks Michael Trevallian
Chuck McCann Pudge Herman
Charles Haid Abe Choate
Chino 'Fats' Williams Theotis Washington
Mark Frost Film Director
1992 Sweet Justice
Six gorgeous ex-commandos are hell-bent on avenging the sadistic
murder of their friend.
Marc Singer Actor
Finn Carter Actor
Mickey Rooney Actor
Allen Plone Film Director
1992 The Fire Next Time (Television Movie)
Set in the future, the story follows the struggles of a Louisiana family
facing the effects of a massive hurricane and the results of global
warming.
Craig T. Nelson Drew Morgan
Bonnie Bedelia Suzanne Morgan
Richard Farnsworth Frank Morgan
Tom McLoughlin Film Director
1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
Shy, small town librarian with a dull marriage is looking for excitement
when she stumbles across a gun used in a murder. She decides
excitement will follow her (false) confession to the crime leaving her
husband thunderstruck, the police confused, and the gossip line
humming. She also intrigues the real bad guy, who comes looking for her.
Lame silliness is redeemed somewhat by Miller, but there's some
surprisingly nasty violence given the comedy label.
Penelope Ann Miller Elizabeth Louise 'Betty Lou' Perkins
Eric Thal Detective Alex Perkins
Alfre Woodard Attorney Ann Orkin
Julianne Moore Elinor
Andy Romano Herrick
Ray McKinnon Detective Frank
William Forsythe William 'Billy' Beaudeen
Xander Berkeley Mr. Marchat
Michael O'Neill Jergens
Christopher John Fields Brown
Allan Moyle Film Director
1992 The Real World
1992 Where the Red Fern Grows: Part 2
A young veteran, embittered by his war experience and the loss of a leg,
returns home to his grandfather and sister in Louisiana and, with the help
of two coonhounds, tries to regain the innocence of his youth.
Wilford Brimley Actor
Doug McKeon Actor
Chad McQueen Actor
Jim McCullogh Film Director
1993 Enemy Gold
A vengeful crime czar and an exotic beauty stalk federal agents and their
golden treasure.
Nigel Bennett Ethan Grant
Mark Berriere Actor
BrucePenhall Actor
Suzy Simpson Actor
Drew Sidaris Film Director
1993 Father Hood
Hard Target
1993 House of Secrets (Television Movie)
Two abused women, a wife and a mistress, conspire to murder the man
who dominates their lives. When the victim's body disappears and clues
suggest that he is alive, the women's guilt turns to fear for their own lives.
Melissa Gilbert Marion Ravinel
Cicely Tyson Evangeline
Taylor Simpson Nikki
Mimi Leder Film Director
1993 Louisiana Blues
Night Trap
The Assassin
The Fire Next Time
1993 The Pelican Brief
Tulane law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes a speculative brief
on the murders of two Supreme Court justices that results in more murder
and sends her running for her life. Fairly faithful to the Grisham
bestseller, but the multitude of characters is confusing. Pakula adds style
and star-power, but much will depend on your tolerance for paranoid
political thrillers and ability to accept Roberts as the smart cookie who
hits on the right answer and then manages to keep herself alive while
bodies are dropping all around her. Washington is sharp as reporter Gray
Grantham, the guy Roberts looks like she falls hard for (but the book's
romance is nowhere to be seen).
Julia Roberts Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard Thomas Callahan
John Heard Gavin Vereek
Tony Goldwyn Fletcher Coal
James Sikking FBI Director Denton Voyles
William Atherton Bob Gminski
Robert Culp President
Stanley Tucci Khamel
Hume Cronyn Justice Rosenberg
Alan J. Pakula Film Director
1993 Undercover Blues
Comedy-thriller starring Turner and Quaid as married spies Jane and Jeff
Blue, on parental leave from the espionage biz, who are on vacation with
their 11-month-old daughter in New Orleans. But the holiday is
interrupted when they're recruited by their boss to stop an old adversary
from selling stolen weapons. The leads play cute together and the baby is
adorable but this is strictly routine escapism. Stick with "The Thin Man"
instead.
Kathleen Turner Jane Blue
Dennis Quaid Jefferson 'Jeff' Blue
Fiona Shaw Paulina Novacek
Stanley Tucci Muerte aka Morty
Larry Miller Det. Sgt. Halsey
Obba Babatundé Lt. Theodore 'Ted' Sawyer
Tom Arnold Vern Newman
Park Overall Bonnie Newman
Ralph Brown Leamington
Jan Triska Axel
Herbert Ross Film Director
1993 When I Was a Boy (Short Film)
Zero Tolerance
1994 Blue Chip
Nolte does Bobby Knight in this saga of Western U basketball coach Pete
Bell, suffering through his first losing season. What follows is a tug of
war between rich alumni who want to win at any cost and his ethics as he
recruits for a new season. Larger than life hoopster O'Neal's film debut.
McDonnell and Woodard are merely afterthoughts, but look for cameos
from many real life b-ballers, including Dick Vitale and Larry Bird. Average
script is bolstered by exciting game footage, shot during real games for
authenticity.
Nick Nolte Pete Bell
Mary McDonnell Jenny Bell
J.T. Walsh Happy
Ed O'Neill Ed
Alfre Woodard Lavada McRae
Bob Cousy Vic
Shaquille O'Neal Neon
Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway Butch McRae
Matt Nover Ricky Roe
Cylk Cozart Slick
William Friedkin Film Director
1994 Cut Up
1994 Exit to Eden
1994 Fatal Justice
A father assassin meets his daughter assassin who was ordered to kill
him. But they team up and assassinate their brutal boss.
Joe Estevez Actor
Suzanne Ager Actor
Richard Folmer Actor
Gerald Cain Film Director
1994 Felony
1994 French Silk (Television Movie)
A woman is suspected of killing the televangelist who targeted her
provocative lingerie catalogues in his campaign against pornography.
Susan Lucci Claire Laurent
Shari Belafonte Martine
Taylor Simpson Ariel Bird
Noel Nosseck Film Director
1994 Interview with the Vampire
Portrayal of the elegantly decadent world of vampires and their prey,
which features the perverse Lestat (Cruise) who decides to make 18th-
century New Orleans aristocrat Louis (Pitt) his latest recruit. Only
problem is Louis is horrified by his blood-sucking nature and whines
about it for 200 years (it does get tedious). Lestat even makes a child-
vampire, Claudia (Dunst), for their own very dysfunctional family but this
doesn't turn out well. Director Jordan brings some much needed humor to
the dark mix along with some overdone gore. The first book in Anne
Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles" was a 17-year film project beset by
controversy, including the casting of Cruise (who looks nothing like Rice's
description of the character, although Pitt does), leading to an outcry
among the cult book's fans though Rice finally came around. Slater
replaced the late River Phoenix as the interviewer.
Tom Cruise Lestat de Lioncourt
Brad Pitt Louis de Pointe du Lac
Kirsten Dunst Claudia
Stephen Rea Santiago
Antonio Banderas Armand
Christian Slater Daniel Malloy
Virginia McCollam Whore on Waterfront
John McConnell Gambler
Mike Seelig Pimp
Bellina Logan Tavern Girl
Neil Jordan Film Director
1994 Jugular Wine
1994 OcchioPinocchio
Elements of the original Italian fairy tale, Pinocchio can still be found in
this modern and loose adaptation which was filmed in Texas, Louisiana,
and Tuscany. In a mythical, unnamed country, Brando is a tough old
banking magnate who discovers upon his despised brother suicide that he
has a son. The son, known as "Pinocchio," works as an orderly at a
nursing home. He was raised in this place, and though not intelligent,
Pinocchio is a hard worker. Brando, excited at finally having an heir,
removes his son from the home and takes him into his fast-paced, luxury
filled world. Upon meeting the other aging bankers in Brando's world,
Pinocchio has trouble adjusting. The company psychiatrist examines
Pinocchio and determines that he will probably never adapt. This prompts
Pinocchio to run away. While in flight, he meets hard-bitten, streetwise
Lucy, who saw a murder and now is a suspect. They run together and
encounter a variety of shady characters that parallel those in the original
story.
Joss Ackland Brando
Leon Askin The Psychiatrist
Mel Berger Gatto
Francesco Nuti Film Director
1994 Point of No Return
Raw Justice
1994 The Client
Another legal thriller from the Grisham factory. Reggie Love (Sarandon) is
a troubled attorney hired by 11-year-old Mark (Renfro), who witnessed
the suicide of a Mafia attorney and now knows more than he should.
Ambitious federal prosecutor Foltrigg's (Jones) willing to risk the boy's
life in exchange for career advancement. Lacks the mega-big Hollywood
names of "The Firm" and "The Pelican Brief" but gains solid acting in
return with Renfro a find in his film debut. No frills, near-faithful
adaptation by Schumacher basically travels down the path of least
resistance.
Susan Sarandon Regina "Reggie" Love
Tommy Lee Jones Reverend Roy Foltrigg
Mary-Louise Parker Dianne Sway
Anthony LaPaglia Barry 'The Blade' Muldano
J.T. Walsh Jason McThune
Anthony Edwards Clint Von Hooser
Brad Renfro Mark Sway
Will Patton Sergeant Hardy
Bradley Whitford Thomas Fink
Anthony Heald Larry Trumann
Joel Schumacher Film Director
1994 The Dallas Connection
The Dangerous
The St. Tammany Miracle
1995 Body Count
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995 Dead Man Walking
True story of a nun whose anti-death penalty beliefs put her in moral
crisis with grieving victims when she becomes the spiritual advisor to a
death-row murderer. Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, Sarandon
stars as the nun who develops a relationship of understanding with
inmate Poncelet (Penn), unwavering in her Christian beliefs even though
Penn's character shows little or no remorse for the two young lovers he
was accused of murdering. Penn offers one of the best performances (but
worst hair-dos) of his career, while writer/director Robbins presents both
sides of the death-penalty issue mingled with simple human compassion.
Susan Sarandon Sister Helen Prejean
Sean Penn Matthew Poncelet
Robert Prosky Hilton Barber
Raymond J. Barry Earl Delacroix
R. Lee Ermey Clyde Percy
Celia Weston Mary Beth Percy
Lois Smith Helen's mother
Scott Wilson Chaplain Farlely
Roberta Maxwell Lucille Poncelet
Margo Martindale Sister Colleen
Tim Robbins Film Director
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (Television Movie)
Biopic of the controversial 1930s Louisiana governor, Huey Long.
John Goodman Huey P. Long, Jr.
Matt Craven Seymour Weiss
Anne Heche Aileen Dumont
Thomas Schlamme Film Director
1995 Something to Talk About
1995 Stormswept
Horror film set in a Louisiana mansion with good location shooting among
overall weak production values. There's a good bit more nudity than is
common for films of this type made in the mid-90s, giving Stormswept
somewhat the look of a drive-in exploitation film from the 70s.
Justin Carroll Damon
Kathleen Kinmont Missy
Melissa Moore Dottie
David I. Frazer Film Director
1995 The Barrow Gang
