Eleanor Gaver Movies
Eleanor Gaver wrote and directed this slapstick comedy-fantasy about graffiti-artist Jeff (Noah Taylor), who loves artist Mona (Fairuza Balk). After Mona produces a painting in which a church sculpture crushes a girl, she sees a church accident identical to her painting, although a stranger (Patrick Dempsey) intervenes. Mona takes a fickle fancy to this man and ends her relationship with Jeff, who enlists the help of Mona's boss (Tea Leoni) to mail himself to Mona in a box. When Mona tries to open the box, she impales Jeff with a pair of scissors, and the film then focuses on efforts to get rid of the body. Shown at the 1998 Hamptons Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, (more)
- 1991
Made for cable TV, this thriller finds a lawyer (Bryan Brown) plotting the murder of his wealthy wife so he can make off with his secretary. The wrong person ends up dead, however, and he finds himself accused of the crime. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bryan Brown, Teri Hatcher, (more)
- 1988
- R
When a biker's retarded brother is murdered, three irresponsible out-of-town college girls, Genevieve (Anastasia Fielding), Carlyle (Michelle Johnson), and Alex (Cristen Kauffman), are blamed for the boy's death, leading to deadly consequences. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michelle Johnson, John di Aquino, (more)
- 1985
In a mixed bag of themes and subplots, this weak comedy starts out with a group of teens in an amusement park, playing out their own social games against a garish backdrop. While these activities are being parodied on the one hand, director Eleanor Gaver introduces a story about nuclear waste from a nearby reactor that is seriously polluting the local water, and another vignette is about a beautician who is facing a dilemma: should she go for broke and stay with an impoverished jock, or should she go for the golden ring and hook up with a wealthy nerd? Even the many songs by country and rock singers cannot pull together these disparate pieces or pull off the intended humor.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
