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Olympia Dukakis

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Working GirlWorking Girl (1988)
Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver
Expertly–made, snappy comedy of ambitious secretary Melanie Griffith's rise to the top.
Look Who's TalkingLook Who's Talking (1989)
Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis
Amiable comedy featuring 'Mickey', the infant that thinks aloud, courtesy of Bruce Willis. He's more than handful for Mom Kirstie Alley and boyfriend…
DadDad (1989)
Dir. Gary David Goldberg
Feat. Ted Danson, Jack Lemmon, Ethan Hawke
Ted Danson returns home to find his father (Jack Lemmon) has physically and emotionally deteriorated.
Steel MagnoliasSteel Magnolias (1989)
Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah
Light comedy–come–tearjerker in which six Southern belles congregate at a beauty salon over several years.
Over the Hill (1991)
Dir. George Miller
Feat. Olympia Dukakis
Not getting any younger, inpedendent widow Olympia Dukakis travels to Australia and has the time of her life in the outback. Will win the hearts of…
Tales of the City (TV Series)Tales of the City (TV Series) (1993) Recommended
Dir. Alastair Reid, Pierre Gang
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney
A rich, entertaining tele–translation of Armistead Maupin's lauded short–stories set in 1976 San Fransisco, that cleverly interweaves the…
Cemetery Club, TheCemetery Club, The (1993)
Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
Three Jewish widows in their 60s re–enter the dating game in this light but generally well–regarded comedy. All the cast put in…
More Tales of the City (TV Series)More Tales of the City (TV Series) (1996) Recommended
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney, Colin Ferguson
The second series of the much–loved TV show set among the varied folk of San Francisco.
Mafia!Mafia! (Jane Austen's Mafia) (1998)
Dir. Jim Abrahams
Feat. Lloyd Bridges, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis
Ever the low–brow, dir. Jim Abrahams (NAKED GUN et al) delivers a fair quota of spoofing lowblows to the goodfella genre, assisted by a gang of…
Last of the Blonde Bombshells, TheLast of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000)
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron
Charming light drama about a recently–widowed Judi Dench who decides to revive her saxophone playing, eventually getting the idea to reunite…
Further Tales of the City (TV Series)Further Tales of the City (TV Series) (2001)
Dir. Pierre Gang
Feat. Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis
Armistad Maupin’s tales of San Francisco friends, families and lovers continues in its likeable way.
Event, TheEvent, The (2003)
Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley
The taboo of assisted suicide is broached in this measured Canadian ensemble drama about an AIDS–afflicted musician (McKellar) who takes his…
3 Needles3 Needles (2005)
Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing
Three globally sprawling dramas about the A.I.D.S. crisis set in South Africa, China and Canada. Attempting to replicate the effect TRAFFIC had on…
Great New Wonderful, TheGreat New Wonderful, The (2005)
Dir. Danny Leiner
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer
New York City drama centered around five interweaving stories all of which exhibit a distinctive characteristic of a changing society post–911.…
In the Land of WomenIn the Land of Women (2007)
Dir. Jon Kasdan
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart
Relationship drama centering on struggling writer Adam Brody (THE OC) and the neighbouring family of women he encounters when he moves in with his…
Away From HerAway From Her (2007) Recommended
Dir. Sarah Polley
Feat. Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis
Julie Christie stars in this carefully observed drama about a woman with Alzheimer's, her husband, and the tragedy of the disease's 'long goodbye',…
CloudburstCloudburst (2011)
Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Ryan Doucette
A longtime lesbian couple hit the road for Canada so they can legally marry in this moving road movie.
7 Chinese Brothers7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
Dir. Bob Byington
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Stephen Root, Olympia Dukakis
Quirky comedy in which Jason Schwartzman essays another misanthropic slacker who lands a job at a garage where he becomes smitten with his new boss.
Infiltrator, TheInfiltrator, The (2016)
Dir. Brad Furman
Feat. Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger
Efficient thriller with Bryan Cranston going deep undercover as he attempts to reveal the inner–workings of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's…

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