Mark Rydell

"[In] Robert Altman's fascinating and original send-up of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story, The Long Goodbye is a gloriously inspired tribute to Hollywood with an ending that's as controversial as it is provocative. Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster and a suitcase of drug money. But as Marlowe stumbles...

Val Waxman is a one-time cinematic genius down on his luck. Luckily, he receives a script for a period noir set against the backdrop of 1940s New York City. His ex-wife has managed to convince a high-powered studio head, to take a chance on Val's "unique vision." Just when the cameras are ready to roll, however, Val finds that unique vision in jeopardy -- literally -- as he's struck with a psychosomatic case of blindness. When efforts to cure him...

The lives of nine individuals fate begin to increasingly entwine in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. Struggling writer Kate loses her family's savings at a casino; a washed-up Vegas performer tries to help Kate regain her money; Clyde owes so much money to his dangerous bookie that he asks his NBA-destined nephew to throw a game.

Rose is one of the biggest rock stars on the planet. Her life of constant sex, drugs and rock and roll, along with constant touring, prove to be too much to handle. Nominated for four Academy Awards.

Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.

A USO singer teams up with a song and dance man to entertain the troops, and For The Boys follows them through 3 wars and 50 years of music and memories.

When his ship docked in Seattle, Navy man John Boggs, Jr. has a "Cinderella Liberty" pass, meaning he can be out until midnight - so he intends to make the most of his evening. Things are clearly going his way when he "wins" call girl Maggie in a pool game. But once Boggs finds out that Maggie has an 11-year-old son and a baby on the way, he backs off. He is anxious to rid himself of complications he just can't contend with. What he does not count...

"Tom and Mae Garvey are struggling to keep their homestead safe from the local power authority who wants to flood their land. When Mae's former beau, Joe Wade, turns out to be in charge of the plan to acquire the property, tensions run high, climaxing in a devastating confrontation on the flooded river banks."--Container.

Handsome and successful architect Vincent Eastman (Gere) is torn between his loyalty to his beautiful but aloof wife (Stone) and his joyful & passionate mistress. In more ways than one, Vincent is on a collision course!

In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter. In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush. In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody. In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...