Madeleine Potter Filmography

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The White Countess

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada

Synopsis: James Ivory directed this historical drama of a man who has shut himself away from a world he cannot change. Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes) is an American expatriate living in Shanghai in the late '30s. While Jackson was once an American diplomat who came to Shanghai with great optimism about Read More

12/21/05
The Girl in the Café

Actors: Bill Nighy, Kelly MacDonald, Corin Redgrave, Meneka Das, Anton Lesser, Penny Downie

Synopsis: Produced for HBO, the Capraesque romantic comedy The Girl in the Café stars Bill Nighy as Lawrence, a mild and unprepossessing British civil servant assigned to his country's delegation at the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Although he'd resigned himself to a life of lonely bachelorhood Read More

2005
Caught in the Act

Synopsis: Southern housewife Jodie Colter (Lauren Holly) suspects that her loutish hubby Buck (Max Martini) is cheating on her, and hires a seedy private detective to gather evidence. But when the detective skips town with her money , Jodie takes over the "assignment" herself. Adopting a multitude of clever Read More

2004
The Whistle-Blower

Actors: Amanda Burton, Neil Pearson, Bill Paterson, Liam Hess, Charlotte Salt

Synopsis: Amanda Burton starred in this intense two-part British miniseries as Laura Tracey, a minor employee of a major international banking firm. While going through a routine record search, Laura found a number of irregularities in the bank's overseas accounts. Further investigation revealed that Read More

2001
The Golden Bowl

Actors: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston

Synopsis: The distinguished director/producer/writer team of James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala returns to the works of 19th century novelist Henry James in this adaptation of his tale of love and treachery. Wealthy American art collector Adam Verver (Nick Nolte) is traveling Europe with Read More

2000
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

Actors: Gregory Edward Smith, Madeleine Potter, Godfrey James

Synopsis: In this sequel to Leapin' Leprechauns!, Nula, Queen of the Dead is still working her evil schemes against Kevin, King of the Leprechauns, while young Mikey and his Irish uncle do what they can to help the little people. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Harvest of Fire

Actors: Lolita Davidovich, Patty Duke, J.A. Preston, Jean Louisa Kelly, Tom Aldredge

Synopsis: At first glance, the made-for-TV Harvest of Fire would seem to be a gender-switch variation on the theatrical feature Witness (1985), but it is much more than that. Assigned to investigate the possibility of a hate crime when three barns are burned in an Amish community in Iowa, FBI agent Sally Read More

1996
Two Evil Eyes

Actors: Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Potter, Ramy Zada

Synopsis: Two well-known directors each adapt stories by Edgar Allen Poe in this horror drama. George Romero's "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" tells how the wife of an elderly, wealthy man and her lover--who also happens to be the husband's private physician--scheme to control his assets. Dying Read More

10/25/91
Bloodhounds of Broadway

Actors: Julie Hagerty, Randy Quaid, Madonna, Esai Morales, Jennifer Grey, Rutger Hauer, Ethan Phillips, Matt Dillon, Anita Morris

Synopsis: Produced for theatrical released by PBS' American Playhouse, Bloodhounds of Broadway is not exactly a remake of the 1952 film of the same name, though both pictures use the same Damon Runyon stories as inspiration. The scene is Broadway: the time is New Year's Eve, 1928. Madonna plays small town Read More

11/3/89
Slaves of New York

Actors: Bernadette Peters, Nick Corri, Madeleine Potter, Charles McCaughan

Synopsis: Based on the stories by Tama Janowitz, this film follows the relationships and problems of a group of artists struggling to survive in New York City. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

3/17/89
Hello Again

Actors: Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward

Synopsis: Writer Susan Isaacs and director Frank Perry of Compromising Positions re-team for this unsuccessful resurrection fantasy comedy. Shelley Long plays Lucy Chadman, the accident-prone wife of plastic surgeon Jason Chadman (Corbin Bernsen). When she chokes to death after eating a South Korean chicken Read More

11/6/87
The Suicide Club

Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Robert Joy, Lenny Henry, Madeleine Potter, Michael O'Donoghue

Synopsis: In this drama, a wealthy young heiress endeavors to discover if her life does indeed have any meaning after she participates in a far-from-harmless parlor game at an exclusive costume party held in a grand old mansion. Sasha, the heiress, has fallen into a deep depression following the suicide of Read More

1987
The Bostonians

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Jessica Tandy, Nancy Marchand

Synopsis: Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Henry James, Merchant/Ivory's The Bostonians is set among the Back Bay uppercrust of the 19th century. Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), bored by his opulent lifestyle and his "proper" friends, is fascinated by his cousin, outspoken suffragette Read More

1984
Svengali

Actors: Peter O'Toole

Synopsis: Peter O'Toole goes over-the-top as a has-been rocker who mentors a young female singer. This version of the old story was made for cable television. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1983