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Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932) is an American film, stage and television actress.
Burstyn was born Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Correine Marie (née Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly, who was a building contractor. She describes herself as "Irish, French, Pennsylvania...
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Robert Getchell focuses on the adventures of a thirtysomething widow and her pre-teen son as they journey across the American Southwest to...
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How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt is a 1995 movie which was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and stars Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft. It is based on a novel of the same name by Whitney Otto.
The story centers on the stories of...
Providence
Providence is a French/Swiss 1977 film directed by Alain Resnais and starring Dirk Bogarde, David Warner, Ellen Burstyn, Elaine Stritch, and John Gielgud. The film won the 1978 César Award for Best Film.
Over a drunken, tormented night, dying writer...
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 film adaptation of the 1978 novel of the same name. The novel was written by Hubert Selby, Jr.; the film adaptation was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starred Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon...
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The Exorcist
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her...
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The Fountain
The Fountain is a 2006 American film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. The film comprises three storylines where Jackman and Weisz play different sets of characters: a modern-day scientist and his cancer...
The King of Marvin Gardens
The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film. It stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn and Scatman Crothers. It is one of several collaborations between Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson. The majority of the film is set in a...
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry.
Set in a small town in west Texas during the year November 1951 - October 1952, it is about...
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The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man is a 2006 American/Canadian/German remake of the 1973 British film of the same title. It was written and directed by Neil Labute, based on a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, and stars Nicolas Cage and Ellen Burstyn.
The film received...
Same Time, Next Year
Same Time, Next Year is 1975 comedy play by Bernard Slade. The plot focuses on two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two dozen years.
New Jersey accountant George and Oakland, California housewife Doris meet at...
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When You Remember Me
When You Remember Me is a 1990 fact-based television movie based on the story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being a young person in the...
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1980 film which tells the story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom...
Playing by Heart
Playing by Heart is a 1998 comedy-drama film, which tells the story of several seemingly unconnected characters.
Among the characters are a mature couple about to renew their vows (Sean Connery and Gena Rowlands); an anti-social woman (Gillian...
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is an Emmy award winning 1987 documentary directed by Bill Couturié. Using real letters written by US soldiers and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War. The film...
Our Son, the Matchmaker
Our Son, the Matchmaker is a 1996 made-for-television family film directed by Lorraine Senna, and stars Ann Jillian and David Andrews as a couple who are separated as teenagers when their illegitimate child is born and sent for adoption, but are...
Dying Young
Dying Young is a 1991 film, directed by Joel Schumacher. It is based on a novel of the same name by Marti Leimbach, and stars Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott with Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst and Ellen Burstyn.
Dying Young is a drama that...
You Can Thank Me Later
You Can Thank Me Later is a 1998 Canadian comedy drama film directed by Shimon Dotan. The film is based on a play titled Hyper-Allergenic written and adapted for the screen by Oren Safdie.
Conduct under pressure is the source of caustic humor and...
Silence of the North
Silence of the North is a 1981 Canadian film starring Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent, and Ellen Burstyn. The three main actors were nominated for Genie Awards, as was the director, Allan King.
Walking Across Egypt
Walking Across Egypt is a 1999 coming-of-age drama film shot in the state of Florida. The movie is based on a novel of the same name by author Clyde Edgerton. It was directed by veteran director Arthur Allan Seidelman. The screenplay was written by...
The Yards
The Yards is a American crime film with Mark Wahlberg, James Caan, Joaquin Phoenix, and Charlize Theron, written and directed by James Gray. It was released in the fall of 2000, although it was shot in the spring and summer of 1998 and first due for...
Harry and Tonto
Harry and Tonto is a 1974 film directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Art Carney.
Harry Coombes is an elderly widower who is forced from his Upper West Side apartment in New York City when his building is condemned. He initially stays with his son's...
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel is a 2007 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kari Skogland. The screenplay is based on the 1964 novel of the same title by Margaret Laurence.
The film spans several decades in the unconventional life of feisty nonagenarian...
Our Lady of Victory
The Mighty Mac's is a 2010 film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush, a real life women's basketball coach.
Set in 1972, the film tells the true story of Cathy Rush, a 23-year-old former tomboy. On the brink...
Greta
According to Greta is an independent drama film starring Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Murphy, Evan Ross, and Melissa Leo. Set in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and directed by Nancy Bardawil, making her feature film directing debut.
Greta (Duff) is...
The Ambassador
The Ambassador is a 1984 American thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and stars Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn and Rock Hudson. The political thriller was based on the 1951 crime novel 52 Pick Up by Elmore Leonard.
A U.S. ambassador (Robert...
W.
W. (pronounced "dub-ya") is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as President Bush. Filming began on May...
The Spitfire Grill
The Spitfire Grill is a 1996 American motion picture that tells a story of a woman who was just released from prison and goes to work in a small-town café known as The Spitfire Grill. A central theme is redemption.
The film stars Alison Elliott,...
Deceiver
Deceiver, also known as Liar (UK release), is a 1997 murder mystery film about two detectives (Chris Penn and Michael Rooker) interviewing a highly intelligent underachiever (Tim Roth) about the brutal murder of a hooker.
It won Best Cinematography...
A Dream of Passion
A Dream of Passion (Greek: Κραυγή Γυναικών, translit. Kravgi gynaikon) is a 1978 Greek drama film directed by Jules Dassin. The story follows Melina Mercouri as an actress playing Medea who seeks out a mother, portrayed by Ellen Burstyn, in jail for...
Brush with Fate
Brush with Fate was a made-for-TV film debuted on February 2, 2003, on CBS. It followed the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer as it passes through the hands of various people. The film was based on Girl In Hyacinth Blue...
Lovely, Still
Lovely, Still is a 2008 film directed by Nik Fackler.
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is a 2008 film by director Jodie Markell. The film is based on Tennessee Williams's long-forgotten screenplay. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard in the leading role of Fisher Willow.
The film tells the story of Fisher...
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Same Time, Next Year
Same Time, Next Year is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his 1975 play of the same title.
The film opens in 1951 at an inn located on the Northern California coast. Doris (Ellen...
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a 2002 film directed by Callie Khouri. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Rebecca Wells.
"Divine Secrets" opens with an introduction to the Ya-Yas as little girls, forging the alliance of...
Main Street
Main Street is a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of...
Terror in the Aisles
Terror in the Aisles is a 1984 horror film documentary featuring clips from Friday the 13th I and/or II, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween I and II, Jaws 1 and 2, Alien, John Carpenter's The Thing, The Shining and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and...
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The Exorcist series
The Exorcist film series consists of five Horror Films based on the fictional story from the novel The Exorcist, created by William Blatty. The movie has been distributed by Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox.
The series, produced on a total budget...
The Cemetery Club
The Cemetery Club is a 1993 film directed by Bill Duke.
When a Man Loves a Woman
When a Man Loves a Woman is a 1994 drama film written by Al Franken and Ronald Bass, starring Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn, Lauren Tom and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The movie chronicles one woman's (Ryan) alcoholism...
Our Fathers
Our Fathers is a 2005 television film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Ted Danson, Christopher Plummer, Brian Dennehy and Ellen Burstyn. The screenplay was written by Thomas Michael Donnelly, based on a book of David France.
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