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BABY IT'S YOU
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John Sayles wrote and directed this look back at high school life in New Jersey in the early 1960's. Rosanna Arquette is a bright, middle class Jewish girl who becomes involved with Vincent Spano, an Italian Catholic from a lower economical and social level, who calls himself The Sheik. When she goes off to a fancy college, the Sheik tries his luck in Miami imitating Frank Sinatra. With Matthew Modine, Tracy Pollan and Robert Downey Jr. in small roles. John Sayles---USA---1983---105 mins.
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BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET
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From the director of Return of the Secaucus Seven and Lianna come s an off-beat, fresh sci-fantasy adventure about a different sort of visitor from outer space. No E.T.--he's black, has three toes on two huge feet, and can heal humans and video arcade machines with a touch. John Sayles---USA---1984---109 mins.
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CASA DE LOS BABYS
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Six women from the United States travel to Latin America in hopes of adopting children in this ensemble drama from John Sayles (Lone Star). Housed in a hotel while their paperwork is approved, the women get to know each other and share their fears and hopes as their wait stretches from weeks to months. Sayles masterfully weaves the complex emotions that the women experience through an exploration on the effects of the Latin American adoption industry. Stars Maggie Gyllenhall, Marcia Gay Harden, Daryl Hannah, Lili Taylor, Mary Steenburgen, and Susan Lynch. John Sayles---USA---2003---95 mins.
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HONEYDRIPPER
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Independent filmmaker and Hollywood script doctor John Sayles sets his musical period drama in 1950s Alabama. There, Danny Glover is the proprietor of a struggling lounge, the Honeydripper, and crafts a plan to pay off the landlord by booking the popular Guitar Sam for a one-night engagement. Problem is, he doesn't even have the dough to pay Sam, and that's if he shows up. This is where a young, guitar-playing drifter (Gary Clark Jr.) comes into the picture. "One of Sayles' best films" (Variety). Co-starring Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Stacy Keach, Mary Steenburgen, Yaya DaCosta, and Sean John Sayles---USA---2007---123 mins.
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LIANNA
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John Sayles' second stab at directing was one of the first films to take on the subject of homosexuality and the difficulties of coming out as its sole subject.
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LIMBO
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John Sayles' haunting drama is an unusual combination of a quiet, reflective character study and a tense wilderness adventure. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars as a traveling lounge singer scarred by past relationships and David Strathairn is a former fisherman plagued by memories of a traumatic accident. Together with the singer's teenaged daughter, they embark on a boating trip that takes a dark turn, leaving them abandoned in a remote territory, struggling for survival. With an ending sure to spark a lot of discussion, Limbo is one of Sayles' most daring efforts. John Sayles---USA---1999---127 mins.
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LONE STAR (SAYLES)
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The discovery of a human skull and a sheriff's badge buried on the outskirts of a small west Texas border town reveals a 40-year-old mystery that touches the past of nearly everyone in town--including the current sheriff. As the clues to solving the puzzle are discovered, past wounds are re-opened, old flames are reignited and secrets long-hidden are revealed, in this gripping, suspenseful tale. With Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena and Frances McDormand. "Sayles' best film so far à quietly stunning" (Janet Maslin, New York Times). John Sayles---USA---1996---138 mins.
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PASSION FISH
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John Sayles' perceptive and lyrical film unfolds in the atmospheric Louisiana bayou and charts the emotional relationship of two fiercely independent women--an acerbic, caustic actress (Mary McDonnell) paralyzed in an accident and her idiosyncratic caretaker (Alfre Woodard)--as one attempts to confront her vulnerable past. Sayles' regular David Strathairn contributes a stunning performance as a local who makes the tentative seduction of McDonnell. With Vondie Curtis-Hall and Nora Dunn. John Sayles---USA---1992---137 mins.
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RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7
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The debut film from director John Sayles (Matewan) is a smart, independent, ensemble piece about a group of college friends from the 1960's who reunite ten years after graduation. A definite precursor to Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill, Sayles' treatment is a less dramatic, yet more realistic, look at lives and relationships changed by time. "Utterly engaging" (Los Angeles Times). John Sayles---USA---1980---107 mins.
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SECRET OF ROAN INISH
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Magical and unforgettable, this beautiful film, shot on location in Ireland, captures the grandeur of simple lives transformed by fantasy. A young girl must find her missing brother. This simple but vital task sparks a story which brings an Irish legend to life. It involves an enchanted isle inhabited by John Sayles---USA---1995---102 mins.
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SILVER CITY (SAYLES)
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John Sayles has made a career out of skewering corporate avarice and bureaucratic corruption, but his criticism is rarely as topical or as scathing as it is here. Academy Award-winner Chris Cooper plays dimwitted gubernatorial candidate Dickie Pilager, whose malapropisms and nepotististic advantages make him a clear stand-in for our 43rd President. When Pilager's candidacy is threatened by the discovery of a mysterious corpse, Danny O'Brien (Danny Huston) is hired to quell the controversy, but he ends up uncovering a rank conspiracy that's greater than he ever could have expected. Working as he typically does with a talented ensemble cast (Daryl Hannah, Thora Birch, Kris Kristofferson, Miguel Ferrer, Richard Dreyfus, and more) Sayles's film is "consistently absorbing, intelligent, and often bitterly funny" (David Rooney, John Sayles---USA---2004---129 mins.
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