Todd Roberts Movies
Claire, director Milford Thomas' debut effort, makes use of a cinematic style reminiscent of the silent film era of the 1920s. With the help of an antique, hand-cranked 35 mm camera, this black-and-white featurette is loosely based on a traditional Japanese fairy tale. When rural domestic partners Joshua (Mish P. DeLight) and Walt (James Ferguson) pine for a child of their own despite the conservative nature of the 1920s South, they are shocked to discover a baby being "born" from a cornhusk in their barn. By morning, the baby has grown into a silver-haired young woman. Claire (Toniet Gallego), in addition to her awesome rate of growth, cries luminescent tears and has an uncanny ability to read from any text put in front of her, regardless of the language. This ability attracts the attention of the town busybody, Miss Earwood (Anna May Hirsch), who insists that Claire travel overseas for a first-class education. The mysterious young woman sees no reason to leave her fathers, however, and realizes that her supernatural gifts mean that her stint on Earth is a brief one -- a goddess of the moon, Claire must eventually go back "home." ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
- Starring:
- Toniet Gallego, Mish P. DeLight, (more)
- 1991
- R
This Peter Maris action begins at New Mexico State Penitentiary, where a spew of toxic gas from the crash of a tanker truck leads to the evacuation of the prison by the warden (George Kennedy). In the ensuing confusion, anti-social cons Kuttner (Lee De Broux) and Patch (James Tolkan) kidnap prison psychologist Maria Slayton (Kim Delaney) and hit the road with a bus full of prisoners. The group first heads for Mexico but decides instead to take over the town of Sonora and hold its citizens as hostages. The National Guard sends in a state police lieutenant (Yaphet Kotto) and his tough-as-nails Lieutenant Colonel Johnson (Jan-Michael Vincent) to handle the situation. But the National Guard's ineffectual methods leave the situation more volatile than it was before. It is left to two citizens of Sonora -- sheriff Ike Slayton (Brad Davis) and his army pal Bill (Ken Foree) -- to take matters into their own hands and save the town from the kill-crazy prisoners. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Brad Davis, Kim Delaney, (more)
