Brad Koepenick Movies
- 1996
An already crowded ER is besieged by a dozen very pregnant females, among them a 13-year-old who now regrets her promise to give her child to an adult couple, a nervous crack addict, and a mentally unbalanced woman who insists that she was impregnated by space aliens. Making a bad situation worse, the fourth-floor sprinkler system malfunctions at OB/GYN, meaning that the ER staff will have to deliver eight of the babies -- and an attending physician named Dr. Anna Castigliano (Lindsay Crouse) suddenly goes into labor herself. Amidst all this chaos, is it any wonder that desk attendant Jerry (Abraham Benrubi) can't convince anyone that basketball star Scottie Pippen (playing himself) has dropped into the ER for a visit? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
In this erotic thriller, Nelson (David John James) is in the arms of his sexy wife Margo (Elizabeth Morehead) when he's frightened by a masked man. His lawyer Jack (Brad Koepenick) invites Nelson and Margo to join him in checking a land-development deal in the desert. It's a set-up. After Jack pushes Nelson over a cliff, he and Margo make love. The couple leads local sheriff (Bob Thompson) to the scene of the "accident," but there's no body in sight. The suspicious sheriff begins looking for the body -- and so do Jack and Margo. Meanwhile, in the desert, Nelson converts a 1953 Pontiac into a crude warrior outfit (complete with hood ornament) and prepares to take on all comers. Shown at the 1997 Hollywood Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- David John James, Elizabeth Morehead, (more)
Actor Kevin Spacey made his directorial debut with this thriller. Dova (Matt Dillon), Milo (Gary Sinise), and Law (William Fichtner) are three small-time crooks on the run after a botched robbery of a New Orleans warehouse led to a car chase, causing the death of two cops. Needing a place to hide, with Milo seriously injured, they sneak into Dino's Last Chance Bar, a shot-and-a-beer joint located on a side street in a basement. Before long, the bar is surrounded by a squadron of Federal agents and SWAT officers. The three robbers are convinced that the cops are trying to flush them out, but it turns out that they aren't the only crooks in search of a cold beer at Dino's. Smart-suited Guy (Viggo Mortensen) is actually an international dealer in illegal arms that the cops were trailing when they stumbled across the robbery gone wrong. As police negotiator Browning (Joe Mantegna) tries to get the bad guys to come out peacefully, the bar's patrons -- pool shooting Danny (Skeet Ulrich), aging beauty Janet (Faye Dunaway), and boozehound Jack (John Spencer) -- beg for mercy as Dova hatches a scheme that involves killing Guy and all the patrons. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, (more)
A smooth-talking confidence trickster makes his way into congress (where the cynical would suggest he'd have plenty of company) in this comedy. Thomas Jefferson Johnson (Eddie Murphy) is a con man from Florida who gets the bright idea that a scam artist could make a tidy sum if he was able to get inside the political arena. When a Florida congressman named Jeff Johnson dies and a special election is held to replace him, Thomas puts his name on the ballot as "Jeff Johnson," and enough confused voters check the ballot for him that he wins the race and is on his way to Washington D.C. Johnson soon finds a mentor in Dick Dodge (Lane Smith), chairman of the Power and Industry Committee, who shows Johnson the ropes on raking in PAC money while the late Mr. Johnson's aide, Reinhardt (Grant Shaud), gives him the inside scoop on how things work in Washington. Johnson's plans are going just as he hoped until he meets Celia Kirby (Victoria Rowell), a volunteer lobbyist and political activist whose uncle is a noted religious leader, The Rev. Elijah Hawkins (Charles S. Dutton). Johnson quickly becomes smitten with Celia, but it's obvious that she's not buying his act, and if he wants to win her heart, he'll have to stop fooling people into thinking he's honest and actually be honest. Joe Don Baker and Sheryl Lee Ralph also co-star. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, (more)
- 2011
- NR
Each year, talented high school students compete in the Drama Teachers Association of Southern California Shakespeare Festival, an unusual event in which youngsters perform unique interpretations of the works of William Shakespeare. The organizers pick three of Shakespeare's plays, and teams of student actors must perform a scene between six and seven minutes long either taken from one of the plays or inspired by its content; they're allowed to fashion the scenes as they wish, but they can't use special costumes, props or sets, and they're given no more than four folding chairs to work with. Filmmaker Alex Rotaru offers a look at the 90th annual competition in the documentary Shakespeare High, examining the creative process of the contestants and profiling the diverse band of students taking part, ranging from gang bangers to the son of a neo-Nazi couple to a pair of twins who are dipping their toes into theater after attracting football scholarships. Shakespeare High also includes interviews with some of the better-known alumni of the festival, including Kevin Spacey, Richard Dreyfuss and Mare Winningham. The film received its world premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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