Fran Bennett
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 14, 1937
Deathday: September 12, 2021
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The Sky is Falling
2001-06-07
The Sky is Falling
Overview: A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-07
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The Doctor
1991-07-24
The Doctor
Overview: Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-24
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New Nightmare
1994-10-13
New Nightmare
Overview: Cast and crew from A Nightmare on Elm Street are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-13
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Foxfire
1996-08-23
Foxfire
Overview: The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1984-08-19
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Overview: An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-19
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Romantic Comedy
1983-10-07
Romantic Comedy
Overview: Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being married, Jason and Phoebe meet and form a partnership.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-07
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Roots: The Gift
1988-12-11
Roots: The Gift
Overview: On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-11
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Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984-05-14
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Overview: This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic heart tugging story about the search for Kovacs' two abducted daughters. But at the same time the film is funny --- Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Kovacs impossible mom --- and has many of the offbeat and innovative qualities of the old Kovacs show itself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-14
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
1991-09-23
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Overview: Loyalties are divided when civil war splits the Klingon Empire. When Worf sees a chance to regain his wrongfully lost family honor, he must choose between his duty as a Starfleet officer and his heritage as a Klingon warrior. Meanwhile, Picard struggles to keep the Federation from being dragged into the fray. But a shocking new adversary from the past threatens to destroy both the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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Once in a Lifetime
1994-10-02
Once in a Lifetime
Overview: After losing her husband and baby daughter to a fire, Daphne Fields raises her deaf son while beginning a writing career. Hollywood loves her scripts, but her heart remains with her son Andrew, under the care of Headmaster Matthew Dane at an eastern boarding school. Daphne finally seems to have rediscovered love in her leading man. But an accident leaves her hospitalized, contemplating her life, fate and her best chance for love.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-02
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Nightingales
1988-06-27
Nightingales
Overview: "Nightingales" are eight student nurses living off campus in Southern California in this stylish Aaron Spelling production that ultimately was developed into a short-lived series which aired on NBC at the beginning of 1989. Subsequently edited down to 90 minutes, the film later served as the premiere episode for the series, which was reworked to add Suzanne Pleshette and Barry Newman as stars.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-27
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981-05-19
The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Overview: Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-19
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Majority Rule
1992-10-27
Majority Rule
Overview: A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-27
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Breaking the Silence
1992-01-14
Breaking the Silence
Overview: Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must come to grips with his shameful secrets about his own mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-14
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My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
1989-09-14
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?
Overview: Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-14
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How I Got Into College
1989-05-19
How I Got Into College
Overview: High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a way to get into Ramsey College, Jessica's top choice of schools. It won't be easy, since the college is highly selective and Marlon's grades are hardly impressive. That means the lovelorn teen will have to find a way to score high on the SATs and win over the college admissions committee.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-19
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Jessabelle
2014-11-07
Jessabelle
Overview: A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019-05-22
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Overview: Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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The Morning After
1986-12-25
The Morning After
Overview: 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 rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-25
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The Next Best Thing
2000-03-03
The Next Best Thing
Overview: A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-03
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Friendships, Secrets and Lies
1979-12-03
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
Overview: Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-03
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Grave Misconduct
2008-11-01
Grave Misconduct
Overview: A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious murders occur that seem to implicate her.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994-11-09
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Overview: The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-09
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The Manor
2021-10-08
The Manor
Overview: After suffering a stroke, Judith moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents. With no one willing to believe her, Judith must either escape the confines of the manor, or fall victim to the evil that dwells within it.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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The Knife and Gun Club
1990-07-30
The Knife and Gun Club
Overview: Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-30
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Between Two Women
1986-03-10
Between Two Women
Overview: When shy school teacher Val and Harry, the son of an aged opera singer, get married, Val quickly discovers that Harry's mother, Barbara, is not very happy with their union. In fact, Barbara tries to separate the couple. But, when Barbara suffers a debilitating stroke, Val's compassion and empathy mend the rift between two women, giving Barbara the will to survive. But will Barbara learn to love her daughter-in-law?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-10
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8MM
1999-02-26
8MM
Overview: A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010-05-04
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Overview: For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-04
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