Cynthia Mort Movies
Industry scribe Cynthia Mort began her career as an author of teleplays, exhibiting her strongest flair for material with a provocative edge and bite. Mort authored numerous episodes of the groundbreaking ABC sitcom Roseanne (1988-1997) and the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998-2006), before moving into her own as executive producer, creator, and one of the principal writers of the racy HBO relationship drama Tell Me You Love Me (2007). With an impressive ensemble cast that included Sonya Walger, Tim DeKay, Jane Alexander, David Selby, and others, that series detailed the trials and tribulations of three couples (one engaged, two married) at various stages of life with incisiveness and profundity. It received mixed reviews, but gained much attention in the press for the degree to which its sexual and emotional frankness pushed the edge of the envelope.Mort also co-authored the script of Neil Jordan's 2007 revenge-themed psychodrama The Brave One (starring Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard), receiving co-credit with Bruce A. Taylor and Roderick Taylor. The controversial film follows the vigilante quest of the survivor of a brutal attack (Foster) to extract a brutal revenge on her aggressors, as well as several random degenerate criminals unlucky enough to cross her path along the way. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 2007
The HBO series Tell Me You Love Me was the premiere "water cooler" show of the 2007-2008 season; love it or hate, people simply couldn't stop talking about it. Filmed in cinema-verite fashion, this was the saga of three couples, ranging in age from the 20s to the 40s, who shared the same sex therapist. Eldest couple Dave (Tim McKay) and Katie (Ally Walker) were married with children, but hadn't had sex in over a year. Thirtysomethings Carolyn (Sonya Walger) and Palek (Adam Scott) desperately wanted a baby, but Palek didn't like being pressured into sex at his wife's command. And though youngest couple Jamie (Michelle Borth) and Hugo (Luke Farrell Kirby) couldn't keep their hands off each other, not even in public, Jamie worried that Hugo would end up being unfaithful. While therapist May Foster (Jane Alexander) was able to help her patients with the most delicate and potentially embarrassing of issues, she herself occasionally had problems with her significant other Arthur (David Selby). The series was verbally and visually explicit even by HBO standards, with one scene of simulated oral sex between sixtyish actors Jane Alexander and David Selby all but setting the screen ablaze. Tell Me You Love Me debuted September 9, 2007. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Neil Jordan's The Brave One stars Jodie Foster as a happy woman whose life changes irrevocably after a brutal assault leaves her partner (Naveen Andrews) dead. The woman, feeling that the police investigation will be unable to catch the perpetrators, begins to live in constant fear. This outlook results in the woman eventually dispatching vigilante justice. Terrence Howard co-stars as the officer in charge of the investigation. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, (more)
- 1997
Dan comes home to make things up with Roseanne right when Jackie calls with the news that Darlene is going into labor. They spend the night at the hospital and decide to try to put their marriage back together. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- 1996
Jackie reveals that the Conners have won the lottery, to the tune of one hundred million dollars. After they confirm their winning ticket, everyone in town suddenly rushes to befriend them. News reporter Kathleen Sullivan and TV icon Robin Leach guest star as themselves. Dan and Roseanne make a vow to continue being regular people no matter how much money they have. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- 1996
Roseanne misses Dan, so she visits Nana Mary (Shelley Winters) with Leon (Martin Mull) and Scott (Fred Willard). Nana Mary (Shelley Winters) tells stories about her rebellious past and leaves everyone with very sound advice. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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