Douglas Leiterman Movies
- 1989
- R
Colleen Dewhurst plays Molly Dushane, the widowed matriarch of a small-town family. A tragedy occurred years earlier when her late husband committed suicide after threatening their daughter with a gun, and the family has fumbled with their difficult lives since. Though she often escapes reality by drinking, it doesn't seem escape enough as she finds out her ex-lover has died. In addition to being an alcoholic, she is also suffering from a terminal illness and longs to go to Italy once before she dies. Daughter Micheline (Megan Follows), finally confronting her own life, decides to take her mother to Italy where they find the different perspective they have needed. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- Starring:
- Colleen Dewhurst, Megan Follows, (more)
- 1989
- PG13
Where has director Michael Anderson been since Logan's Run? Earning his keep on such slick TV-style time-fillers as Millennium. Kris Kristofferson plays the head of an official committee investigating the head-on collision of two commercial jets. A thorough analysis reveals the presence of a weapon of unknown origin in the wreckage; it is also pointed out that some of the victims' watches are running backwards. This, coupled with the cryptic warnings by flight attendant Cheryl Ladd to drop the investigation, prompts Kristofferson to burrow further and uncover the truth: Ladd is a sentinel from 1000 years in the future, who has come back to the 20th Century to help repopulate her dying civilization. Plot pegs and obstacles are in the hands of such sideline characters as enigmatic professor Daniel Travanti and amiable android Robert Joy. Millennium was adapted by John Varley from his own story Air Raid. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, (more)
- 1981
- R
Based on a novel by Margaret Atwood, this suspenseful psycho-sexual drama chronicles a young woman's quest through the wilderness to find her father. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Joseph Bottoms, Kathleen Beller, (more)
- 1981
- R
Looking for the perfect biological father, a lesbian couple attempts to have a child after they are refused adoption privileges. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- Starring:
- Patty Duke, Sara Botsford, (more)
- 1962
First telecast on September 16, 1962, the CBC public-affairs program Document was subsequently scheduled on an erratic, intermittent basis for the next seven years, except for a lengthy hiatus in 1966. In keeping with its title, the series was a collection of independently produced documentaries, put together by such noteworthy Canadian filmmakers as Allan King, Beryl Fox, and Ross McLean. Among the subjects covered were Prime Minister John Diefenaker, singer Joan Baez, and such hot-potato issues as feminism, racism, drug use, and the Canadian prison system. During 1965, the series was seen as a monthly replacement for the news show This Hour Has Seven Days; and in 1967, it performed a similar monthly function for another series, The Way It Is. The final installment of Document was broadcast on May 27, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
