Train to Zakopané

Henry Jaglom

Henry Jaglom’s Train to Zakopané is a true love story that lays bare how compassion and intolerance can, even in the most unusual of circumstances, be one. The film is based on true events from the life of Henry Jaglom's father as he crossed Poland on a train in 1928 to escape the anti-Semitism rife in much of Europe, especially in Poland. A successful young Russian businessman meets a captivating nurse in the Polish army on a train-trip to Warsaw while faced with a life-changing dilemma when he discovers that the nurse he is drawn to-and who is enchanted by him-is fiercely anti-Semitic.


I Am Richard Pryor

Jesse James Miller

I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to America's stages and living rooms until his death at 65. Featuring an iconic comedic cast, historians, activists and artists who provide a unique brushstroke into the complex world of Pryor. The film dives deeply into the psyche of a comedic genius whose mother was a prostitute, father a pimp, and grandmother a madam. Pryor dispensed a penetrating comedic view of African American life - essentially comedy without jokes - that struck a chord with audiences of every ethnic, social and economic disposition.


Someone To Love

Henry Jaglom

Henry Jaglom's moving exploration of the contemporary heart, Someone To Love is a wonderful comedy which centers around a movie director's puzzled search for romance and his attempt to find out why life hasn't worked out quite like anyone expected it to. Aiding in his quest is Orson Welles, in his last screen role, who serves as pundit, commentator and witty Greek chorus, "summing up with dazzling eloquence, the wisdom of a lifetime," says Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times. "'Someone To Love' is a whole wonderful movie unto itself.” The movie also features fine and funny performances by the striking actress Sally Kellerman, angst-ridden, fast-talk artist Michael Emil and the beautiful and remarkable singer Andrea Marcovicci.


Irene In Time

Henry Jaglom

Director Henry Jaglom explores the complex relationship between fathers and daughters, and the effects that it has on the relationships women develop later in life.


The M Word

Henry Jaglom

Set in a struggling Los Angeles television station threatened by economic downturn, possible in-house graft and massive job loss, Moxie, a children's TV show actress who unexpectedly turns into Joan of Arc when she finds herself leading an extraordinary band of rebelling women demanding their rights as they anxiously face uncertain futures after their new boss and his second-in-command arrive from New York on a devastating cost-cutting mission. All of Moxie's personal and professional assumptions and those of her long-time boyfriend are turned upside-down as her mother, her two aunts, and her stepfather, join with dozens of her fellow female office workers to illuminate the struggles, challenges and joys of what is still, in some circles, referred to as 'The Change of Life'.


Queen of the Lot

Henry Jaglom

An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her Iowa hometown, but far less than Angelina Jolie, Maggie is desperate to claw her way off the B-list of action/adventure pictures and into major movie stardom. With a team of handlers (Ron Vignone, Diane Salinger, David Proval and Zack Norman) to spin her recent drunk driving arrests into tabloid gold and bad-boy movie star boyfriend Dov Lambert (Christopher Rydell) on her arm, Maggie's star is on the rise. Things get complicated when a trip home to meet Dov's legendary family introduces Maggie to the world of Hollywood Royalty (Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Christopher and Jack Heller) and to her boyfriend's brother Aaron Lambert (Noah Wyle), the black sheep of the family, a failed writer who can actually see who Maggie really is behind her ingénue facade, but who has dark secrets of his own...


Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Henry Jaglom

Whether trodding the boards for paying audiences or performing at the kitchen table for her theatrical family (father Jack Heller, mother Diane Salinger, uncle David Proval, guest boarder Harriet Schock) the only place Pandora Isaacs, nicknamed Panda, (Tanna Frederick) has ever felt truly safe and entirely at home is on a stage. Stinging from the latest of several romantic break-ups, she retreats to the safety of her parents' ramshackle upstate country house - just 45 minutes from Broadway - where her non-theatrical sister (Julie Davis) and her sister's fiancé, a real-estate executive, (Judd Nelson) are also arriving for the weekend and the family's yearly Passover Seder. Family secrets, sibling rivalries, theatrical hysterics and the possibility of true love as rare as a blue bullfrog all emerge. But is this a play Panda is in or is it "real life?" Like so many actors, she is not entirely sure she knows the difference.


Drive, He Said

Jack Nicholson

In the directorial debut of Jack Nicholson, we see Hector (William Tepper, Bachelor Party), the star of the college basketball team, drift through sexual relationships, including one with his professor’s wife, Olive (Academy Award® nominee Karen Black, 1970, Best Supporting Actress, Five Easy Pieces). He also has to deal with his rebellious hippie roommate, Gabriel (Michael Margotta, Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?), who is trying to dodge the Vietnam War and who constantly gets in trouble. Also featuring Academy Award® nominee Bruce Dern (1978, Best Supporting Actor, Coming Home), Drive, He Said is a compelling look at a time of sexual promiscuity and political unrest.


Last Summer In the Hamptons

Henry Jaglom

Three generations of a large theatrical family come together for one last weekend at their East Hampton family estate. Oona Hart, an electrifying Hollywood movie star, manages to charm her way into this eclectic and extraordinary family full of writers, actors and directors. Her presence further complicates what is already perhaps the world's most dysfunctional family. As the weekend plays out, the family's well-kept cache of secrets is pried open and all the hidden stories begin to reveal themselves.


National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Bob Giraldi & Henry Jaglom

A National Lampoon anthology of three shorts spoofing everything from personal growth films to glossy soap operas to police stories. In the first story "Growing Yourself", Peter Riegert stars as a confused family man who throws his wife out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in life and raise his four children on his own. In "Success Wanters", Ann Dusenberry stars as Dominique Corsaire, a young college graduate, makes a vow that she succeed in life, and within a few days lands a job as a stripper, becomes the mistress to a margarine company, inherits the business when the owner croaks, romances a Greek shipping tycoon, and finally ends up with the US president. In "Municipalians", Robby Benson stars alongside Richard Widmark as a naive rookie Los Angeles policeman paired with a cynical veteran of the force to catch an inept serial killer (Christopher Lloyd).


Festival In Cannes

Henry Jaglom

Acclaimed filmmaker Henry Jaglom (Deja Vu, Eating) and an all-star cast give movie lovers a reason to celebrate with this romantic comedy set at the world's most famous film festival. Each year, thousands flock to the Cannes Film Festival, wildly chasing fame, fortune and each other against the picturesque background of the French Riviera. Director Jaglom captures all the magic and mayhem as he follows an intriguing cast of characters – a beautiful but aging movie icon (Anouk Aimée), her ex-husband (Maximilian Schell), an actress (Greta Scacchi) trying to sell her first script, a high-powered producer (Ron Silver), an up-and-coming ingenue (Jenny Gabrielle), and a fast-talking, fast-walking entrepreneur (Zack Norman). How their lives and loves entangle make for an unforgettable journey through the very heart of the entertainment world.


Tracks

Henry Jaglom

A sergeant (Dennis Hopper), returned from Vietnam to accompany a comrade's body home for burial, is crossing America by train. Haunted by hallucinatory configurations of reality and terror, the soldier becomes involved with various passengers, actual and imagined, in this chilling film that, according to Anais Nin, "takes us deep into the heart of The American Nightmare." Dennis Hopper gives the performance of his career as the tormented, lost innocent, putting together an incredible portrait of confusion, violence and vulnerability as his American dream is shattered.


Eating

Henry Jaglom

On the occasion of her 40th birthday, Helene (Lisa Richards) has decided to throw herself a birthday party at her home and to invite several of her closest friends. Since one of her friends, Kate (Mary Crosby), has just turned 30, and another, Sadie (Marlene Giovi), is about to turn 50, Helene expands the party to make it a three-way-affair, inviting Kate and Sadie's friends to join the celebration. Also present is Martine (Nelly Alard), a house guest of Helene's from Paris, who is making a documentary for French television on what she describes as "Southern California Behavior". As the party progresses – when the cakes are cut and the slices passed around – Martine discovers that not one of the women gathered there will take a bite. And Helene's mother (MRS. WILLIAMS) – and we – start to realize that something much more significant and meaningful than just a birthday party is taking place. For as different as these women are from one another, they all share one thing: the unique and powerful role that food plays in each one of their lives. As one woman puts it: "I’m still looking for a man who can excite me as much as a baked potato!"


Venice/Venice

Henry Jaglom

Dean (Henry Jaglom) is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as an Official U.S. Entry at the Venice Film Festival. A beautiful French journalist (Nelly Alard) arrives at the festival with the apparent intention of interviewing the unique and eccentric filmmaker. In the midst of all the festival madness, she is forced to confront the wide divergence between things as they really are and things as they seem to be - both on-screen and off. And so, finally, are we. Shot half in Venice, Italy and half in Venice, California, "Venice/Venice" looks at the profound effect movies have had - and continue to have - on our lives, our loves and dreams of romance.


New Year's Day

Henry Jaglom

In this comic exploration of modern relationships, Henry Jaglom plays Drew, a frazzled, recently divorced Californian who moves to New York on New Year's Eve, only to discover that his new apartment is still occupied by its previous tenants - three young women - one of whom, Lucy, is in the midst of a life crisis of her own. For all concerned, in fact, it turns out to be Time To Move On.


Déjà Vu

Henry Jaglom

Dana (Victoria Foyt), a young American woman traveling on business in Jerusalem, meets a mysterious older French woman (Aviva Marks) at a café who shares a fascinating story of lost love revolving around the expensive antique ruby pin she's wearing. The woman exits the cafe abruptly, leaving the pin behind and Dana, who is on her way to meet her fiance (Michael Brandon) in London, finds herself forced to reschedule her trip - and her life - as an unexpected but expected stranger (Stephen Dillane) crosses her path. Or has he already?


Last Summer In the Hamptons

Henry Jaglom

Filmed entirely on location in East Hampton, Long Island, "LAST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS" concerns a large theatrical family spending the last weekend of their summer together at their decades-old family retreat, while economic circumstances have forced them to put the home on the market. Victoria Foyt (OONA HART) plays a young Hollywood actress whose visit wreaks havoc on this stellar group of family and friends, including an extraordinary mix of prominent New York actors, directors and playwrights led by matriarch Viveca Lindfors (HELENA MORA). In the course of a very unusual weekend, comic as well as serious situations arise, and the family’s secrets – of which there are many – begin to unravel.


Babyfever

Henry Jaglom

The subtitle to "Babyfever" tells it all: For Those Who Hear Their Clock Ticking. This film addresses a pertinent issue for contemporary women – how does a woman balance her desire to have a family and a career – while her biological time clock is ticking away. We follow the dilemma of Gena (Victoria Foyt) as she careens between her "safe but secure" yuppie boyfriend James (Matt Salinger) and her reawakened feelings toward a dynamic but dangerous old flame Anthony (Eric Roberts) who suddenly re-enters her life with a most surprising proposition. Gena attends a co-worker's baby shower, where we meet a diverse group of women in their 30's and 40’s who share with us their complex feelings about having a baby in the 90’s. Often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, "Babyfever" is, in the words of one critic: ‘A must see for every woman and every man!"


Always

Henry Jaglom

David and Judy have been separated for two years. When she shows up at David’s to sign the final divorce papers, he tricks her into staying the night with hope of reconciliation. They are joined for a Fourth of July weekend by two other couples. What ensues is an exploration of happiness, sadness, marriage, divorce, chocolate baths… and happy endings.