Timothy Busfield
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"Known for her childhood role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the classic NBC show Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert has spent nearly her entire life in Hollywood. From Dancing with the Stars to a turn in politics, she was always on the lookout for her next project. She just had no idea that her latest one would be completely life changing. When her husband introduces her to the wilds of rural Michigan, Melissa begins to fall back in love with...
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"Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife Annie, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Along the way he meets reclusive activist Terence Mann, the mysterious 'Doc' Graham and even the legendary 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson"--Container.
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If you build it, he will come.₂ With these words, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he cannot ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true. Also starring Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones, and Amy Madigan, the film is a heartwarming experience that has moved critics, and audiences like no other film of this generation. This unforgettable film...
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A young man explores the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age when he meets his hero, a bitter playwright.
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After Sarah breaks up with her boyfriend, she turns to Beth, her sister, for support. However, Beth is too busy obsessing over the details of her own wedding. When Sarah finds herself caught up in a rebound romance, she is forced to examine her fears of commitment and vulnerability and decide if she is better off staying single or risking everything on love.
8) 23 blast
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High school football star Travis Freeman finds himself at a crossroads when he is suddenly stricken with total and irreversible blindness. He must choose whether to limit his life due to his impairment or to continue playing high school football in his hometown of Corbin, Kentucky.
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Based on a true story, when Stacey Bess gets her first teaching job, she's shocked. It's not at all what she expected. Stacey is assigned to something called 'The School With No Name', a space in a homeless shelter that's supposed to be a classroom. The children are all ages, many from broken families, thrown together in a 'classroom' lacking essentials like desks and books. Stacey must tackle her own fears and insecurities as she works to gain the...
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A young man explores the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age when he meets his hero, a bitter playwright.
13) First kid
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It's a dream come true for a secret service agent who's just been assigned to the White House until he learns he's been given the dubious honor of guarding the oval office's #1 headache - the "first Kid."
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Living in Philadelphia, married thirtysomething couple, Hope and Michael are struggling with everyday adult angst. Michael runs an ad agency with his friend Elliot. Elliot's marriage to Nancy is beginning to show the cracks of age, as is the friendship between Hope and her best friend Ellyn. Michael's best friend, Gary, on the other hand, is trying to get on with his womanising life, and get over the mutually-destructive affair he had with Michael's...
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"Joseph Harris, a legendary, but troubled playwright comes to a small Michigan town at Christmastime to mount his latest play. Greeting the cynical New Yorker is a young, aspiring writer who challenges his hero to be the icon he'd idolized. However, Harris wants no part of Michigan, small towns, and he has no interest in being the young man's hero. The young man must face his hero and navigate the relationship between heroes, reality, and hope"--Container....
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"No one could be more bored than Zack--new kid in town and no friends in sight. When a gang of hip, skateboarding thrashers start cruising his neighborhood, Zack hopes his luck will change--but they want nothing to do with him. Then Zack makes the discovery of his life--a talking, wisecracking, magical skateboard. And suddenly, skateboarding rises to entirely new heights." --container.
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"The fourth and final season of the 1980s landmark television drama. And what a final chapter. On the surface it was business as usual with Melissa struggling with the men in her life, Hope coming to terms with her perfectionism and Nancy dealing with her cancer recovery. But whether it was Elliot and Michael growing apart or a showstopping tragedy that beset the entire group, [it] marked an unraveling for its main characters and their relationships"--Container....