For this psychological drama Dennis Potter reworked his 1974 TV play 'Schmoedipus' transposing the setting from London to the United States. Distraught and dreamy Linda Henry (Theresa Russell) complains to her husband surgeon Henry Henry (Christopher Lloyd) about their sex-less childless marriage but he's obsessed with his basement model railroad layout and also engaged in an affair with a nurse (Sandra Bernhard). When mysterious stranger Martin (Gary Oldman) drops in on Linda he claims to be her long-lost illegitimate son. As seen in flashbacks the 16-year-old Linda was raped at a carnival by a man (Gary Oldman) who resembles Martin. Subsequent events hint at Martin as a delusion a product erupting from Linda's fantasy world.
Businessman George Manning is home alone on his birthday when two apparently lost teenage girls turn up on his doorstep. What begins as a bit of fun soon becomes a battle to stay alive...
For this psychological drama Dennis Potter reworked his 1974 TV play Schmoedipus transposing the setting from London to the United States. Distraught and dreamy Linda Henry (Theresa Russell) complains to her husband surgeon Henry Henry (Christopher Lloyd) about their sex-less childless marriage but he's obsessed with his basement model railroad layout and also engaged in an affair with a nurse (Sandra Bernhard). When mysterious stranger Martin (Gary Oldman) drops in on Linda he claims to be her long-lost illegitimate son. As seen in flashbacks the 16-year-old Linda was raped at a carnival by a man (Gary Oldman) who resembles Martin. Subsequent events hint at Martin as a delusion a product erupting from Linda's fantasy world.
A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston) whom the family has tried to convince her is dead resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst) Jane resolves to reunite her parents despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!
A disturbing true story set in Texas 1984. A large corporation producing toxic substances that might cause defects in an unborn child orders the female workforce to have compulsory sterilisation or be sacked. One poverty-stricken woman fights back...
It's either their jobs or their own children. A shocking true story. In 1984 a ruthless corporation based in a Texas town made a humiliating demand of its female workforce: they must choose between children - or their jobs. Because the toxic substances that the women handled in the course of their work might cause defects in an unborn child the corporation ordered them to undergo compulsory sterilisation or lose their jobs. This is the true story of a crime almost beyond co
Julia a unhappily married mother is magically transformed into a dynamic younger woman and falls in love with handsome Mac. Will her family survive?
Alone...frightened...trapped like an animal. An attractive well-known TV newscaster is stalked by an obsessed admirer a TV station scriptwriter whose obsession turns to hate when she rejects his advances and his moves become more harassing and ultimately murderous...
A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse who is secretly plotting with her lover the chauffeur to murder the father and take his fortune.
A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston), whom the family has tried to convince her is dead, resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man, genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst), Jane resolves to reunite her parents, despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!
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