Ann Magnuson
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ann Magnuson (born January 4, 1956) is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer who first gained prominence in the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. The New York Times described her as "An endearing theatrical chameleon who has as many characters at her fingertips as Lily Tomlin does". Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Magnuson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: January 04, 1956
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Tequila Sunrise
1988-12-02
Tequila Sunrise
Overview: In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.
Genres: Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-02
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Panic Room
2002-03-29
Panic Room
Overview: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998-09-13
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Overview: A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-13
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Happiness Runs
2010-05-14
Happiness Runs
Overview: The neglected child of parents living on a commune, Victor is helpless to resist the atmosphere of sex and drugs that permeates his world, but he's smart enough to know that if he is going to survive, he has to get out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-14
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Small Soldiers
1998-07-10
Small Soldiers
Overview: When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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The Hunger
1983-04-29
The Hunger
Overview: Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-29
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Love at Large
1990-03-09
Love at Large
Overview: Vampish miss Dolan hires hardboiled P.I. Harry Dobbs to tail her shady boyfriend. Harry realizes that the man leads a double life but then his client disappears. Harry teams up with his own tail, P.I. Stella Wynkowski, to clear things up.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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Making Mr. Right
1987-04-03
Making Mr. Right
Overview: When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.
Genres: Comedy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-03
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Love & Sex
2000-02-23
Love & Sex
Overview: When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back over her own various experiences, and to wondering if she is in much of a position to write on the subject.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-23
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The Caveman's Valentine
2001-01-19
The Caveman's Valentine
Overview: Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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Cabin Boy
1994-01-07
Cabin Boy
Overview: A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-07
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Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Clear and Present Danger
Overview: Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-03
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The United States of Leland
2003-05-15
The United States of Leland
Overview: A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
1996-12-17
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
Overview: The made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the demise of the original series, concerns son Eddie missing his home in Transylvania. Soon the entire family bands together to teach the young boy everything great about the holiday season.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-17
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The Nomi Song
2004-10-14
The Nomi Song
Overview: Looks like an alien, sings like a diva - Klaus Nomi was one of the 1980s' most profoundly bizarre characters to emerge through rock music: a counter tenor who sang pop music like opera and brought opera to club audiences and made them like it. The Nomi Song is a film about fame, death, friendship, betrayal, opera, and the greatest New Wave rock star that never was!
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-14
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Blank City
2011-04-06
Blank City
Overview: In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-06
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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988-07-26
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Overview: A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-26
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Friends & Lovers
1999-04-16
Friends & Lovers
Overview: Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked too many hours when Ian was a lad.) Dad has something to say, but Ian won't listen. Meanwhile, David is gay and virginal; Ian's business partner, Keaton, is unhappy that his sister Jane is pregnant with no plans to tell the father; Lisa is everybody's pal and no one's lover; John, stuck in adolescence, is always on the make. He brings German-born stunner, Carla, and promptly loses her affection to Hans, a fast-talking ski instructor. David meets Manny: they have chess in common. Soon, surprises abound as relationships take new turns.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-16
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Checking Out
1988-10-26
Checking Out
Overview: When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-26
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Night at the Golden Eagle
2002-05-17
Night at the Golden Eagle
Overview: Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to lead a life without crime. Unfortunately, on the hottest night of the summer, these two ex-criminals seemingly get caught in the malice of prostitutes, pimps, drunken bums, fighting monkeys, and young runaways.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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Sleepwalk
1986-09-09
Sleepwalk
Overview: When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers that little by little begin to exert an eerie influence over her life.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-09
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Glitter
2001-09-21
Glitter
Overview: A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-21
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Open House
2004-05-07
Open House
Overview: A tangled tale of intrigue, romance, lost love, and the one thing everyone has in common: the American dream of finding a home. The off-kilter real estate agent desperate to sell a house, a pair of "Sexy Swipers" who make quickie love in open houses, down-on-his-luck jewel thief Dave, a couple of adulterous cops trying to break a big case, and Marjorie - a real estate agent whose life is as empty as her bottle of tequila: These strangers come together in the search for true love, a bag of jewels, and the perfect two-story Spanish colonial.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-07
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Small Pond
2012-04-13
Small Pond
Overview: It's summertime in Columbia, Missouri. The college students have all gone home and Kirsten (Hari Leigh), a blissfully irresponsible register jerk, reigns as the clown princess of the downtown bar scene. Kirsten works ten hours a week at Shakespeare's Pizza and is entirely satisfied with her humble but comfortable world, although she is despised by her long-suffering roommate (Amy Seimetz) and her best friend (Josh Fadem) has come to tire of shepherding Kirsten's drunken antics. While reluctantly reconnecting with an eccentric childhood friend (Susan Burke) who has recently moved to town, an ill-fated nitrous oxide bender unexpectedly forces Kirsten's first baby steps into adulthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-13
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Levitation
1997-04-01
Levitation
Overview: Sarah Paulson stars as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the help of a guardian angel.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-01
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Housebound
2000-09-02
Housebound
Overview: A woman with a tragic past rents her bungalow to a man who loves cooking, but according to her distorted mind he uses his knives more than he should.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-02
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One More Time
2016-04-08
One More Time
Overview: Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and lost in a series of one night stands. When she is evicted from her Brooklyn apartment, she is forced to move into the Hamptons home of her wealthy - and selfish - father Paul Lombard, an over-the-hill, Sinatra-esque crooner angling for a musical comeback.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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Before and After
1996-02-23
Before and After
Overview: Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-23
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The Life of Sean DeLear
2024-06-20
The Life of Sean DeLear
Overview: The Life of Sean DeLear is a vibrantly multi-faceted, buoyantly propulsive documentary portrait of this irresistibly charismatic one-off — sketched in celebratory but commendably clear-eyed style by writer-director Markus Zizenbacher. There can be very few people better qualified to do justice to this particular tale. Zizenbacher befriended DeLear — born Anthony Robertson in Simi Valley, an obscure California backwater — after the latter relocated to Vienna in the early 2010s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-20
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Ghostlight
2003-05-08
Ghostlight
Overview: Richard Move gives a larger than life performance as Martha Graham, the mother of Modern Dance, that traces its roots to the same NY club scene that produced Hedwig. Graham's acknowledged genius remains on par with Stravinsky, Einstein, and Picasso. She was also a legendary eccentric who bristled with sexuality, anger, passion, and humor
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-08
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Made for TV
1984-01-01
Made for TV
Overview: Combining Rubnitz’s skillful manipulation of the familiar “look” of TV shows with an extraordinary range of characters, performer Ann Magnuson convincingly impersonates the array of female types seen on TV in a typical broadcast day. From glitzy to drab, from friendly housewife to desperate evangelist, Magnuson is a one-woman universe appearing on every channel, the star of every program—giving her all as the chameleon woman who is always on display.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Long Island Four
1980-12-23
The Long Island Four
Overview: Based on the true story of four Nazi saboteurs who infiltrated the US in 1942 and were quickly caught and executed, this 80-minute ode to America's irresistibly corruptive allure was the only underground feature by writer-director Anders Grafstrom. A Swedish art director who relocated to NYC, he created this grandiose No-Wave, Super-8 color-epic at the age of 23, only to die in a Mexican car accident a few months after completing the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-23
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Tank Girl
1995-03-31
Tank Girl
Overview: After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee — head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government — has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-31
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Still Breathing
1997-09-01
Still Breathing
Overview: Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-01
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Desperately Seeking Susan
1985-03-29
Desperately Seeking Susan
Overview: A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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Mondo New York
1988-04-22
Mondo New York
Overview: A young woman wanders around New York City and stumbles across a number of strange characters and settings that represent the "underground" areas of the city. She sees stand up comedy in Central Park, a prostitution auction, a voodoo ceremony, an S&M club, and a number of very interesting performance artists. These are just a few of the sights and sounds of New York that she encounters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-22
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Vortex
1982-09-01
Vortex
Overview: A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense contracts through real "corporate wars" and the manipulation of politicians.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-01
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Jobriath A.D.
2012-06-15
Jobriath A.D.
Overview: Called "The American Bowie," "The True Fairy of Rock & Roll" and "Hype of the Year," Jobriath's reign as the first openly gay rock star was brief and over by 1975. Now, 35 years later, "Jobriath A.D." spotlights his life, music, groundbreaking influence and the new generations of fans slowly re-discovering him.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-15
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Hugo Pool
1997-12-12
Hugo Pool
Overview: Hugo Pool is a quirky tale of a Los Angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-12
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Heavy Petting
1989-09-22
Heavy Petting
Overview: Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffman, and poet Allen Ginsberg-- recall their earliest sexual experiences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003-09-07
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Overview: Documentary about the creation of the stage musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and its subsequent film adaptation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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Perfect Strangers
1984-07-13
Perfect Strangers
Overview: A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-13
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Our House
2006-05-01
Our House
Overview: March 25, 2006 Ruth Galloway is a well-to-do socialite who's not quite as secure inside as she seems from the outside. When a young woman named Billy saves her life, Ruth decides to turn her mansion into a shelter for the city's homeless.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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The Barefoot Executive
1995-11-11
The Barefoot Executive
Overview: A young man working in the mailroom of a television network rises to the top of the company after he discovers that his girlfriend's chimp is capable of picking hit shows.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-11
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Vandemonium Plus
1987-12-31
Vandemonium Plus
Overview: Ann Magnuson is launched off the back of her boyfriend's motorcycle while doing a bong rip, and into a strange fantasy world airbrushed on the side of a van. Will she make it back to our world in time for the Vulcan Death Grip show?
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-31
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Woman's Picture
2011-07-11
Woman's Picture
Overview: Woman's Picture is an anthology film inspired by classic women's films of the thirties, forties, and fifties. The story is divided into three sections, each of which deals with its own specific female character. The segments function as parallel dimensions, exploring thematic connections between women whose immediate experiences seem very far removed from one another.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-11
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The Groovenians
2002-11-10
The Groovenians
Overview: Two space misfits named Jet and Glindy, who are searching for a planet called Groovenia.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-10
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