Jennifer Hetrick Movies
- 2004
No Regrets opens as architect Alex Wheeler (Robert Merrill) is reunited with his college sweetheart Suzanne (Lari White) at the same time that Alex's wife, Cheryl (Janine Turner), is reunited with her college love Phil. But wait a minute! That isn't the real Cheryl, nor the real Suzanne, nor the real Phil. The real Alex (Edward Albert) is a movie director, trying to work out his personal and romantic problems by making a movie about his situation, with actors portraying the people in his life. As the "love story with two happy endings" progresses, reality and fantasy alternately merge and intersect with breathless rapidity -- and few are more confused by the piling on of fact and fiction than Alex's real-life wife Cheryl (Jennifer Hetrick), and actual mistress, Suzanne (Kate Jackson). Initially filmed for theatrical release and test-shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May of 2004, writer/director Curt Hahn's No Regrets received only minimal exposure before it was picked up for cable TV play by Lifetime. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kate Jackson, Janine Turner, (more)
The tragic and true story of a family dealing with AIDS is re-told in this heart-wrenching made-for-cable drama. Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris star as Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television screenwriting couple. After struggling to become pregnant and finally conceiving a child, the couple learns that their newborn has AIDS. Soon afterward, the two parents are also diagnosed with the fatal virus. The film follows the family as they struggle to deal with the social, spiritual and physical tolls that the disease exacts on its sufferers. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
- Starring:
- Amy Madigan, Dennis Boutsikaris, (more)
- 1993
Taking time off from bedevilling the Enterprise, alien life form Q (John de Lancie pays a visit to Deep Space Nine. Q is accompanied by the equally redoubtable adventuress Vash (Jennifer Hatrick), Captain Picard's old flame. Their visit coincides with a series of dangerous and destructive power outages, for which Vash is held responsible. First telecast February 6, 1993, "Q-Less" was scripted by Robert Hewitt Wolfe from a story by Hannah Louise Shearer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1991
Picard's ineluctable nemesis Q (John de Lancie is back for more mischief in this episode, which originally aired on April 27, 1991. This time out, Q capriciously transforms Picard into Robin Hood and the rest of the crew into the Merrie Men. For reasons left unexplained until the final scenes, he also abducts Picard's former love Vash (Jennifer Hetrick), transforming her into Maid Marian, and subjecting her to a series of extremely perilous situations at the grimy hands of Sir Guy of Gisborne (Clive Revill). Ira Steven Behr and Randee Russell collaborated on the story of "Qpid," with Behr handling the scripting chores. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1991
In 1988, Nancy Klein, the pregnant wife of Long Island accountant Marty Klein, was involved in a car accident that left her comatose. Convinced that Nancy would never recover if she went to full term with the baby, Marty asked the doctors to perform an abortion. Almost immediately, Nancy Klein became a cause celebre for pro-life and pro-choice activists alike. Made for television, Absolute Strangers recreates this traumatic event and the drawn-out courtroom litigation that followed. Henry Winkler, who produced the film, returned to acting after a long absence to play Klein; others in the cast include Jennifer Hetrick as Nancy, Richard Kiley as Dr. R. J. Cannon, Karl Malden and Audra Lindley as Nancy's parents, and Patty Duke as a lower-court judge. Though it is clear that the filmmaker's sympathies are clearly on Marty Klein's side, the script remains even-handed throughout, observing that the pro-choicers can be just as narrow-minded and contentious as the "absolute strangers" who wish to usurp Marty Klein's rights concerning his wife's wellbeing. Written by playwright Robert Anderson (Tea and Sympathy, I Never Sang For My Father), Absolute Strangers premiered April 14, 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Henry Winkler, Richard Kiley, (more)
- 1990
Despite his protests, the overworked Captain Picard is forced to take a vacation. True to his predictions, however, he doesn't get a moment's rest during his holiday, especially after a pair of Vorgon security agents (Karen Landry) and Michael Champion) persuade him to participate in a search for a missing weapon. Making matters worse, the elusive weapon won't even exist until the 27th century. Written by Ira Stephen Behr, "Captain's Holiday" made its U.S. television debut on April 7, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1981
- R
The estimable New Jersey-based Troma Films, the same firm that brought you such imperishable classics as Toxic Avenger and Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, was responsible for the raunchy baseball farce Squeeze Play. Rather than offer a litany of its highlights (such as they are), we feel that the tenor of the film is implicit in its bare-bones plotline. In the small town of Springborn (its principal industry is a mattress factory), the local all-male baseball team, The Beavers, celebrates each victory by bedding their wives, sweethearts and casual dates. Tired of this chauvinistic treatment, rebellious Samantha (Jenni Hetrick) organizes an all-girl team, the Beaverettes. She forces a battle of the sexes on the baseball diamond, pitting her buxom teammates against the dirty-playing Beavers. Rather enjoyable in its own sleazy way, Squeeze Play occasionally interrupts its R-rated sniggering to offer a parade of shameless product-placement plugs, and halfway through stops dead in its tracks for an interminable wet T-shirt contest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jim Harris, Jennifer Hetrick, (more)
