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Contemporary Impressionists

Eddie Adams would have been just another high-school drop-out had he not met the likes of adult film director Jack Horner. Horner transforms Eddie into Dirk Diggler, a rising-star actor with a special gift. Set in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the film is a tribute to the decor, style, culture, and social attitudes of the era. Starring: Luis Guzmán, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Rico Bueno, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, William H. Macy, Mark Wahlberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nicole Ari Parker.

Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 drama film directed by George Miller. It is based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was filmed primarily in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The film tells the story of Hunter "Patch" Adams, a medical doctor who became famous for his unconventional approach to medicine. Starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton and Josef Sommer.

Popeye is a 1980 live-action film adaptation directed by Robert Altman and adapted from E. C. Segar's Thimble Theatre aka Popeye comic strip. Marketed with the tagline, "The sailor man with the spinach can!", the film is a musical. It stars Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.

In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.