Mark James Movies
One of the key American independent films of the 1990s, Richard Linklater's feature debut is an audacious look at the twentysomething culture in the college town of Austin, Texas. Set over the course of a 24-hour period, the film is a collection of short, unconnected glimpses into the dropout subculture, touching base with a variety of musicians, students, street people and general eccentrics. While there's no real plot to speak of, Linklater's eye for nuance and gift for dialogue are superb, and the portrait he paints is so uncannily accurate that the term "slacker" was almost immediately co-opted as a media buzzword, one interchangeable with the similarly-overused "Generation X." Regardless, the film is an evocative reflection of a community and its culture and remains a definitive artifact of its time and place. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Linklater, Mark James, (more)
- 1991
- R
In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. As soon as he can, he hits the road to get revenge and to find his money before they do. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, (more)
- 1980
Adapted from a novel by Michael Bonadies, this ABC Afterschool Special stars Melissa Sherman as Maggie MacDonald, a talented teenage figure skater. Training day and night for years, Maggie aspires to "go for the gold" at the Olympics. But when she is sidelined by an arthritic knee, Maggie is compelled to learn that "there's more than one way to win" -- and helping her to learn this is a paraplegic youngster named Joey (Mark James). A half-hour version of The Heartbreak Winner has been released on VHS as The Gold Test (the title of the original novel). ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Melissa Sherman, Mark James, (more)
