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The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1979.
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(1993)Filmography of The Samuel Goldwyn Company (144 films)
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
, 1h43Directed by Mary Harron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Stephen Dorff, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Anna Thomson
The film opens with a flashforward to moments after the shooting. This is quickly followed by a scene with Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) in custody for the shooting of Andy Warhol (Jared Harris). The film then takes us back to a time when Valerie is living in New York making a living as a sex worker. A series of further flashbacks point to her difficult childhood, and success in studying psychology at college. Here, Valerie discovers that she is a lesbian, that she can write, and that she has a distinctive view of the world. This leads her to New York City and its downtown underworld. Through her friend Stevie (Martha Plimpton), she meets Candy Darling (Stephen Dorff), who in turn introduces her to Andy Warhol.
American Buffalo (1996)
, 1h28Directed by Michael Corrente
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
Donny runs a junk shop in a city's sparsely populated and decaying neighborhood. Teach, who has no visible means of support, spends many hours each day at the shop, as does Bobby, a young man who is eager to please Donny in any way he can.
Love Is All There Is (1996)
, 2hDirected by Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Lainie Kazan, Joseph Bologna, Angelina Jolie, Renee Taylor, Barbara Carrera, Dick Van Patten
Love Is All There Is is a modern retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story. It is set in the Bronx during the 1990s. The Cappamezzas (Lainie Kazan and Joseph Bologna), Bronx-born Sicilians, own a local catering business. They develop a bitter rivalry with the pretentious Malacicis (Paul Sorvino and Barbara Carrera), recent immigrants from Florence and owners of a fine Italian restaurant.
Foxfire (1996)
, 1h42Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about education, Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Political films, Buddy films, LGBT-related film
Actors Hedy Burress, Angelina Jolie, Jenny Lewis, Jenny Shimizu, Peter Facinelli, Dash Mihok
Foxfire is narrated by Maddie Wirtz, a high school senior living a rather normal life in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. Maddie is in control of her life, with a boyfriend, as well as plans to go to art school. One day in science class, the students are watching the teacher Mr. Buttinger try to make Rita Faldes dissect a frog. A mysterious and beautiful leather jacket-clad "new student" stands up to Mr. Buttinger and releases Rita's frog. When Mr. Buttinger sentences them both to detention, the drifter reveals that she's not a new student after all and escapes through the same window as the frog.
The Secret of Roan Inish (1995)
, 1h43Directed by John Sayles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Mermaids in film, Children's films
Actors John Lynch, Mick Lally, Susan Lynch
The story is told from the point of view of Fiona (Jeni Courtney), a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents in an Irish fishing village.
Napoleon (1995)
, 1h20Directed by Mario Andreacchio
Origin Australie
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jamie Croft, Philip Quast, Olivia Hack, Anne-Louise Lambert, Adam Wylie, Bronson Pinchot
The story begins in Sydney, Australia, where Napoleon aka "Muffin", is living with a human family and his own mother. Napoleon wishes to be with the wild dogs he can hear howling in the distance. The family has a birthday party and one of the decorations is a basket with balloons strapped to it. Out of curiosity, Napoleon hops inside but the basket, untied from its tether begins to float.
The Mystery of Rampo (1995)
, 1h40Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Julie Dreyfus, Shirō Sano, Michiko Hada
In an animated introduction a man hides in a nagamochi while playing hide and seek with neighboring children, but he is locked in and can hardly breathe. When his wife comes home he manages to make a noise and she opens the lid to the trunk, and instead shuts it again.
The Perez Family (1995)
, 1h53Directed by Mira Nair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston, Chazz Palminteri, Vincent Gallo, Trini Alvarado
Après avoir passé deux ans en prison à Cuba, Juan Perez débarque à Miami pour rejoindre sa famille. Une erreur d'enregistrement le fait passer pour le mari de Dottie Perez, une ancienne prostituée, et tous deux sont jetés dans un camp de réfugiés. Juan use alors de toutes ses ruses pour pouvoir s'évader et retrouver sa famille...
Reckless (1995)
, 1h31Directed by Norman René
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Films based on plays
Actors Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker, Tony Goldwyn, Eileen Brennan, Debra Monk
Relentlessly cheerful and hopelessly optimistic Rachel's seemingly perfect life is upended one Christmas Eve when her husband Tom announces he has taken a contract out on her life but is having second thoughts about his decision to do so. Wearing only a nightgown and slippers, she hastily leaves her Connecticut home in a blizzard to escape the fate he planned for her. She is rescued by Springfield, Massachusetts social worker Lloyd, who brings her home to his deaf, mute, paraplegic wife Pooty. Rachel moves in with the couple and begins working with Lloyd at Hands Across the Sea, a charitable organization dedicated to helping the disabled.
Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Debbie Harry, Leigh Bowery, Candis Cayne, Miss Coco Peru, RuPaul, Alexis Arquette
The King of Masks (1995)
, 1h40Directed by Wu Tianming
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Wang is The King of Masks, an aged street performer who practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. He laments that he has no male heirs to carry on his mysterious and complicated art and trade. At an illegal child market, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy to become his adopted grandson and apprentice.
Go Fish (1995)
, 1h24Directed by Rose Troche
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Mimi Weddell, Jamika Ajalon
Max is a young lesbian student in Chicago who has gone ten months without having sex. She and her roommate and college professor Kia are in a coffee shop when they run into Ely, a hippieish woman with long braided hair, whom Max initially dismisses. Max and Ely do end up going to a movie together. After the movie they return to Ely's place and, after some flirtatious conversation, they kiss. Suddenly a call comes in from Ely's (unseen on-screen) partner Kate, with whom Ely has been in a long-distance relationship for more than two years, which puts a bit of a damper on things.
To Live (1994)
, 2h5Directed by Zhang Yimou
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Zhang Yimou
In the 1940s. Xu Fugui (Ge You) is a rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing.
What Happened Was... (1994)
, 1h31Directed by Tom Noonan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Karen Sillas, Tom Noonan
It depicts two people, played by Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan, on a first date; their conversation gradually reveals their lonely lives and hidden personalities.
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
, 2h3Directed by Ang Lee
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Films about religion
Actors Wang Yu-Wen, Yang Kuei-Mei, Sylvia Chang, Winston Chao, Gua Ah Leh, Chen Chao-jung
The setting is 1990s contemporary Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. Chu (C: 老朱, P: Lǎo Zhū "Old Chu"; Sihung Lung), a widower who is a master Chinese chef, has three unmarried daughters, each of whom challenges any narrow definition of traditional Chinese culture: