Ruth Vitale Filmography

Occupation:: Executive Producer

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An American Crime

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Catherine Keener, Ellen Page, James Franco, Bradley Whitford, Ari Graynor

Synopsis: The true story of a young girl held captive by her insane caretaker comes to life in this disturbing film from Ella Enchanted director Tommy O'Haver. Hard Candy's Ellen Page stars as Sylvia Likens a teenager who, along with her sister, is left to live temporarily with seemigly-mild-mannered Read More

2007
For Roseanna

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel, Trevor Peacock, Giuseppe Cederna

Synopsis: A man trying to honor the last wish of his beloved wife has to keep an entire city alive in this bittersweet romantic comedy. Marcello (Jean Reno) is the owner of a restaurant in a small village in Italy. His wife Roseanna (Mercedes Ruehl) has received some awful news: she has learned that her Read More

1997
Love! Valour! Compassion!

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Jason Alexander, Randy Becker, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover, John Benjamin Hickey

Synopsis: Eight friends spend three weekends in the country over the course of a summer as they explore their sometimes conflicting attitudes about love, sex, friendship, life, and death in this screen adaptation of Terrence McNally's award-winning play. Gregory Mitchell (Stephen Bogardus) is a successful Read More

1997
Gummo

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Darby Dougherty, Chloë Sevigny

Synopsis: In this elliptical ensemble piece, which marks the directorial debut of indie bad boy Harmony Korine, the teens of tornado-scarred Xenia, OH, kill cats, tape their boobies, arm-wrestle, bathe, cross-dress, huff glue, avoid perverts, pay to have sex with retarded girls, lift makeshift dumbbells to Read More

1997
The Winter Guest

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, Gary Hollywood, Arlene Cockburn, Sheila Reid

Synopsis: Adapted from a stage play by Sharman McDonald, this film marks the directorial debut of British character actor Alan Rickman. Set against a bleak winter landscape of rural Scotland, the story centers around the recently widowed Frances (Emma Thompson) and a visit from her mother, Elspeth (Phyllida Law Read More

1997
Twelfth Night

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Imogen Stubbs, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Richard E. Grant

Synopsis: The classic Shakespearean comedy about mistaken identity and gender confusion is brought to the screen once again in this British production, courtesy of screenwriter-director Trevor Nunn. Nunn has transferred the time period to the Victorian Era of the late 19th century. Two twins, Viola (Imogen Stubbs Read More

1996
Don Juan DeMarco

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy

Synopsis: A psychiatrist treats a most unusual patient, only to find that the doctor is the one who gains the most from their sessions in this philosophical romantic comedy. A young man in a mask and cape (played by Johnny Depp) is standing atop a billboard, threatening to jump. When the potential suicide Read More

1995
Corrina, Corrina

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino, Wendy Crewson, Larry Miller, Erica Yohn

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama set in the late 1950s, Manny Singer (Ray Liotta) is a songwriter who makes his living penning jingles for radio and television commercials. Manny's wife has recently died, leaving him an emotionally broken man; Manny buries himself in his work rather than deal with his grief. Read More

1994
Safe Passage

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Susan Sarandon, Sam Shepard, Robert Sean Leonard, Sean Astin, Marcia Gay Harden

Synopsis: A large, dysfunctional family awaits word on a loved one's fate in this domestic drama starring Susan Sarandon as Mag Singer, mother of seven sons. One, Percival (Matt Keeslar) is serving in the Marine Corps, and when news comes that his barracks in the Middle East has been bombed by terrorists Read More

1994
The Beat

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: John Savage, David Jacobson, William McNamara, Kara Glover, Jeffrey Horowitz

Synopsis: This drama is based on a play by Mones and is set within a grim New York neighborhood where a new kid comes to the neighborhood. Unlike the street-wise and life-toughened gang members around him, the youth is a sensitive poet who teaches the kids about the meaning and beauty of life. ~ Sandra Read More

9/16/88
Call Me

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Patricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie, Boyd Gaines, Sam Freed, Steve Buscemi, Patti D'Arbanville

Synopsis: In Call Me a lonely, frustrated journalist for an alternative newspaper begins receiving intriguing erotic telephone calls, calls which trigger her own fantasies and leads her into danger. Anna (Patricia Charbonneau) is having an affair with Alex (Sam Freed), who travels frequently and has little Read More

5/20/88
And God Created Woman

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch, Judith Chapman

Synopsis: French director Roger Vadim pillages his own grave in this nominal re-make of his 1956 creamy sensation And God Created Woman -- the film that made Brigitte Bardot an international star. Unfortunately, he is unable to do the same thing for the cool and cryptic Rebecca DeMornay in this version. DeMornay Read More

3/4/88