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American Cowslip

Actors: Ronnie Gene Blevins, Rip Torn, Val Kilmer, Hanna Hall, Bruce Dern

Synopsis: An agoraphobic heroin addict seeks redemption by growing the rare and beautiful flower that will help him win the town's Garden of the Year contest in this off-beat black comedy featuring Rip Torn, Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, and Cloris Leachman. Ethan Inglebrink (Ronnie Gene Blevens) lives in a Read More

7/24/09
The Memory Thief

Actors: Mark Webber, Rachel Miner, Jerry Adler, Allan Rich, Peter Jacobson

Synopsis: For Lukas (Mark Webber), an ambitionless, socially isolated tollbooth worker, each day is indistinguishable from the next -- filled, from the onset of work until the end of shift, with thousands of cars that slide through his station. Day in and day out, he must contend with the monotony of the Read More

5/9/08
Still Green

Synopsis: Director Jon Artigo plumbs the emotional traumas of entering adulthood in this dramatic teen thriller. When a group of recently graduated high-school friends rent a summer beach house on the Florida coast for one final fling before college, the idyllic vacation is shattered by a tragic accident Read More

2008
Walkout

Actors: Alexa Vega, Michael Peña, Yancey Arias, Laura Elena Harring, Efren Ramirez

Synopsis: Made for cable, Walkout is the true story of a little-known but profoundly significant moment in the history of the Latino community in East Los Angeles. In 1968, Lincoln High School honor student Paula Crisostomo (Alexa Vega), outraged at the shabby treatment afforded Chicano students in the L.A. Read More

2006
The Reading Room

Actors: James Earl Jones, Georg Stanford Brown, Douglas Spain, Tim Reid, Joanna Cassidy, Monique Coleman, George Stanford Brown

Synopsis: After the death of his beloved wife, Helen (Lynne Moody), wealthy African-American suburbanite William Campbell (James Earl Jones) finds that Helen has left behind a "living will" in the form of a videotape. As William watches the video, his late wife urges him to take his huge personal library Read More

2005
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout

Actors: Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Mario Van Peebles, Andrew Bryniarski, Oleg Taktarov

Synopsis: On February 28, 1997, a pair of heavily armed and heavily armored outlaws named Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasarenu, who had previously cut a crooked swath throughout the Los Angeles area as "The High Incident Bandits," botched the robbery of a bank in North Hollywood. The confrontation Read More

2003
Hunting of Man

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Douglas Spain, Jojo Henrickson, Jill-Michele Melean

2003
Nightstalker

Actors: Douglas Spain, Roselyn Sanchez, Bret Roberts, Danny Trejo, Evan Dexter Parke, Derek Hamilton, Brandi Emma

Synopsis: Richard Ramirez was a deeply disturbed Californian who worshiped Satan, believed he was in direct contact with demons, and was fascinated with the darker undercurrents of heavy metal music. Ramirez was also a serial killer; known as "The Night Stalker," Ramirez killed 19 people in Los Angeles and Read More

2002
Rave

Actors: Tricia Dickson, Douglas Spain, Aimee Graham, Nicholle Tom, Dante Basco

Synopsis: A handful of teenagers learns there can be a dark side to a good time in this independent drama. Mary (Aimee Graham), Tracy (Tricia Dickson), and Sadie (Nicholle Tom) are three girls from wealthy families who are bored, self-consciously hip, and looking for some fun one night. When the girls hear Read More

2001
Delivering Milo

Actors: Bridget Fonda, Albert Finney, Anton Yelchin, Campbell Scott, Lesley Ann Warren

Synopsis: An unborn child has to be convinced that moving into the big, bad world is a good idea in this comic fantasy. Elizabeth (Bridget Fonda) and her husband Kevin (Campbell Scott) are a couple expecting a baby, who is due at any time, and when labor sets in, they rush to the hospital in anticipation of Read More

2001
What's Cooking?

Actors: Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Ann Weldon, Mercedes Ruehl, Victor Rivers, Kyra Sedgwick, Julianna Margulies, Joan Chen, Kristy Wu, Will Yun Lee

Synopsis: Kenyan-born, London-educated Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha follows up on her debut hit Bhaji on the Beach (1994) with this gentle look at multiculturalism in Los Angeles. The film details the lives of four ethnically diverse families -- black, Latino, Jewish, and Asian -- during one frantic Read More

11/3/00
But I'm a Cheerleader

Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Mink Stole, RuPaul, Clea Duvall

Synopsis: In this satire, parents who are worried that their children might not be walking the straight and narrow path discover a rehabilitation camp designed to curb alternative lifestyles. Megan (Natasha Lyonne), a high school student and member of the cheerleading squad, seems like an ordinary enough Read More

7/7/00
The Last Best Sunday

Actors: Douglas Spain, Angela Bettis, William Lucking, Kim Darby, Daniel Beer

Synopsis: Two teenagers, each dealing with a different set of emotional burdens, find love and understanding with each other in The Last Best Sunday. Lolly Ann (Angela Bettis) is a high-school student in Pickley, a small agricultural community in California where she's growing up under the thumb of her Read More

1999
Boardheads

Actors: Bronson Pinchot, Loretta Swit, Alex DeBoe, Gabrielle Anwar, Douglas Spain

Synopsis: A trio of wealthy but socially inept beachcombers enlist the help of two local surfers in hopes of learning the lingo and landing some ladies in this sex comedy that offers sun, sand, and just a little bit of naughty fun! When three friends purchase an oceanfront mansion on a hip Southern Read More

1998
Ricochet River

Actors: Douglas Spain, Kate Hudson, Jason James Richter

Synopsis: Three teenagers looking for adventure find more than they expected in this coming-of-age drama. High school seniors Wade (Jason James Richter) and Lorna (Kate Hudson) have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a conservative place where change comes slowly. Jesse Howl Read More

1998
12 Angry Men

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Courtney Vance, George C. Scott, Mykelti Williamson, Armin Mueller-Stahl

Synopsis: A jury argues a case in a stuffy room on a hot summer's day. Eleven say "guilty!" But one holdout (Jack Lemmon) is convinced of the defendant's innocence and stubbornly argues "reasonable doubt." This tense courtroom drama is a remake of Sidney Lumet's 1957 favorite and was produced for the Read More

1997
Star Maps

Actors: Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa, Kandeyce Jorden, Martha Velez, Lysa Flores

Synopsis: This comedy-drama concerns a most unusual family of emigres, even by Hollywood standards. Douglas Spain stars as Carlos, a Mexican teenager who has just returned home to L.A. after starring in several low-budget films south of the border. His father, Pepe (Efrain Figueroa), is a Fagin-like pimp Read More

1997
Riot in the Streets

Actors: Luke Perry, Cicely Tyson, Mario Van Peebles

Synopsis: This off-beat urban anthology offers four different views of the mayhem and destruction that came from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The first vignette "Gold Mountain," directed by Galen Yuen, centers on a struggle between a traditional-minded Chinese storekeeper and his increasingly uncontrollable Read More

1997
Star Trek: Voyager: Tattoo

1995