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Barry Miller has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s.
The Color of Money
1986
Drama
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Paul Greco
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
Dir. Jeremy Kagan · With Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
Dir. John Badham · With John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller
An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Dir. Alan Parker · With Irene Cara, Barry Miller, Maureen Teefy
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.
Dir. Alec Baldwin · With Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anthony Hopkins
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Dir. Michael Cimino · With Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland
