Amy Wright
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Amy Wright (born April 15, 1950) is an American actress. She has appeared in such films as The Deer Hunter, Breaking Away, The Amityville Horror, Heartland, Wise Blood, Stardust Memories, The Accidental Tourist, Hard Promises, Crossing Delancey and Miss Firecracker. Wright is married to actor Rip Torn and the couple have two daughters. Wright is a graduate of the University of Chicago Laboratory School and Beloit College. She also starred with Eric Schweig in The Scarlet Letter and Tom and Huck (both made in 1995). She starred in the original production of Breakfast with Les and Bess as Shelby. Wright currently is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Wright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: April 15, 1950
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Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990-05-04
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Overview: Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-04
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The Accidental Tourist
1988-12-23
The Accidental Tourist
Overview: After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, and Macon meets a strange, outgoing woman who brings him 'back down to earth', but his wife soon thinks their marriage is still worth another try.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-23
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The Deer Hunter
1978-12-08
The Deer Hunter
Overview: A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Trapped In Silence
1986-05-11
Trapped In Silence
Overview: A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-11
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Tom and Huck
1995-12-22
Tom and Huck
Overview: A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. Tom and Huck go through several adventures trying to retrieve evidence.
Genres: Family Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Inside Moves
1980-12-19
Inside Moves
Overview: After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-19
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Heartland
1979-09-22
Heartland
Overview: Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-22
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Joe the King
1999-01-22
Joe the King
Overview: A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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My Amityville Diaries
2022-10-25
My Amityville Diaries
Overview: A Making-of documentary featuring interviews with screenwriter Sandor Stern, actor Meeno Peluce, actor Don Stroud, actor Marc Vahanian and actress Amy Wright.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-25
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To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05
To Dance with the White Dog
Overview: When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-05
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Largo Desolato
1990-04-20
Largo Desolato
Overview: A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion. The play focuses on two days in the life of a dissident writer who is awaiting the knock at the door that may send him to prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-20
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Love Hurts
1990-04-19
Love Hurts
Overview: The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-19
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The Namesake
2006-09-02
The Namesake
Overview: After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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Miss Firecracker
1989-04-28
Miss Firecracker
Overview: Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-28
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Stardust Memories
1980-09-26
Stardust Memories
Overview: While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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Off Beat
1986-04-10
Off Beat
Overview: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Breaking Away
1979-05-24
Breaking Away
Overview: Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-24
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Wise Blood
1979-10-24
Wise Blood
Overview: A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-24
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Settle the Score
1989-10-30
Settle the Score
Overview: Katherine Whately, a tough, young Chicago cop, comes home to her small town to settle her teenage rape. She is welcomed by her brother but shunned by her father. Josh, the town doctor, is her only ally in her quest for the truth. Together Katherine and Josh find the bloody trail of a serial murderer and shatter the lie that is two decades old.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-30
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Synecdoche, New York
2008-10-24
Synecdoche, New York
Overview: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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The Scarlet Letter
1995-10-13
The Scarlet Letter
Overview: Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.
Genres: Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-13
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The Telephone
1988-01-22
The Telephone
Overview: Crazy out of work actress Vashti Blue spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve all her problems with life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-22
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Robot in the Family
1994-03-02
Robot in the Family
Overview: A manic search for a valuable relic pits a father, son and trouble-prone robot against a nasty villain.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-02
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In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
1991-05-12
In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
Overview: From the "In the Line of Duty" made-for-television movie series, Manhunt in the Dakotas is based on the true story of cop-killer/white supremacist Gordon Kahl.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-12
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A Blind Bargain
A Blind Bargain
Overview: An homage to a lost horror film starring Lon Chaney, A Blind Bargain is inspired by a handful of remaining old photographs and newspaper reviews. This version is set in 1970 but commits to the same sense of dread and catastrophe as the original story about a young man who allows a psychotic doctor to experiment on his mother.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
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Hard Promises
1992-01-31
Hard Promises
Overview: A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. He comes home to confront her, trying to convince her not to get married, aided by the daughter, who loves him despite his wandering ways. The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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The Amityville Horror
1979-07-27
The Amityville Horror
Overview: George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-27
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Girlfriends
1978-08-11
Girlfriends
Overview: A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-11
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Please Give
2010-04-30
Please Give
Overview: In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-30
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Messengers
2004-06-27
Messengers
Overview: Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, and Sarah discloses that all of them have perfect health; they hear voices when they are sleeping; and they are addicted to the stimulant Tributol. Her further investigation discloses a dark secret about the haunting voices.
Genres: Horror Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-27
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Deceived
1991-09-27
Deceived
Overview: The murder of a museum curator places art dealer Jack Saunders under suspicion for selling forged treasures to museums. When Jack suddenly dies in a car crash, his wife Adrienne tries to discover what he did on her own. She finds that she knew little about the man she was married to. The more she learns about her husband's possible illegal activities and double life, the more she places her daughter, and herself, in grave danger.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-27
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Not a Pretty Picture
1976-01-03
Not a Pretty Picture
Overview: Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
Genres: Crime Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-03
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Crossing Delancey
1988-08-17
Crossing Delancey
Overview: Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Isabelle is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton, yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam, a pickle vendor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-17
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The Good Shepherd
2006-12-11
The Good Shepherd
Overview: Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-11
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Final Verdict
1991-09-09
Final Verdict
Overview: A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-09
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