Dee Nelson Movies
- 2005
As Izzie (Katherine Heigl) busies herself preparing for a lavish Thanksgiving dinner, both Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Cristina (Sandra Oh) sneak back to the hospital. Upon arrival, Meredith helps Derek (Patrick Dempsey) look after a man who has awakened from a coma after sixteen years--only to determine that he would have been better off remaining asleep. Meanwhile, George (T.R. Knight) is strongarmed into joining his father and brothers on a turkey shoot, with disastrous results. And Bailey (Chandra Wilson) finally realizes that the "Nazi" everyone is always talking about is none other than herself. George Dzundza appears unbilled as George's dad. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
By the Sea stars Elena Aaron as a New Yorker who visits Cuba in order to learn more about her heritage. While there she makes the acquaintance of the handyman (Robert Pemberton) who works at the resort where she is staying. She also interacts with the ghost of a baseball player who lived a century before. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Frequent television director Brad Silberling directs the romantic drama Moonlight Mile. Set in a Massachusetts town in the early '70s, Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhaal) is distraught after the death of his fiancée. He moves in with her parents, Ben (Dustin Hoffman) and JoJo (Susan Sarandon), while trying to sort out all of the legal troubles and painful details of the wedding cancellations. While trying to locate the wedding invitations in the mail, Joe meets Bertie (Ellen Pompeo), whose boyfriend has been MIA in Vietnam. Despite his growing relationship with his late fiancée's parents, Joe begins to foster a romance with Bertie. Also starring Dabney Coleman and Holly Hunter. Moonlight Mile is based on Brad Silberling's real-life situation following the murder of his TV-star girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, (more)
