Susan Sarandon
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Discovering Film volume 6
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Discovering Film, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them. This episode focuses on Susan Sarandon
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GHOSTS OF ATTICA offers the definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its suppression, and the days of torture that ensued. Using exclusive, newly uncovered video of the assault, interviews with eyewitnesses who've never spoken before on-camera, and footage of inmates and hostages throughout their battles against the state, this film unravels one of America's deepest cover-ups, and shows how the legendary prison riot transformed...
3) Noel
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It's Christmas Eve in New York City, and with a little help from each other, five people will discover new meaning on Christmas Day.
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A fun, coming-of-age, summer vacation story starring Susan Sarandon and Lea Thompson. The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor.
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In an Oscar-winning role, Susan Sarandon portrays Sister Helen Prejean, a spiritual woman who embarks on a dangerous quest with a convicted killer and the profound changes it makes in her life. Confronted with the anger of the community and the private pain of his victims' parents, Sister Helen overcomes her own fears to fight for the life and soul of a death row inmate.
8) Blackbird
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Lily (Susan Sarandon) summons her daughters Jennifer (Kate Winslet) and Anna (Mia Wasikowska) for one final family reunion as she looks to end her battle with a terminal illness. Amid the bittersweet farewell, unresolved feelings surface.
12) Moonlight Mile
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A young man grieves with the parents of his fiancée after her accidental death. As he is drawn into issues presented by a district attorney seeking justice for the family, he finds himself falling in love, against his own best intentions.
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Mix together a small town community theatre's shy leading man and the lovely telephone worker who moves into town and you have a perfect recipe for a delightful romantic comedy. Academy Award-winners Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken star as the couple who discover that affairs of the heart on the stage may be a bit less complicated than continuing the romance off the stage. Director Jonathan Demme, an Academy Award-winner, deftly weaves this...
15) Bull Durham
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The story of a minor-league North Carolina baseball team (the Triple A Durham Bulls) and its attentive, intelligent groupie who feels it is her mission to live with one young player per season and help him mature.
16) Peacock (2009)
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A bank clerk leading a seemingly uneventful life in a quiet little town finds his life suddenly changed after a local train accident threatens to reveal his biggest secret.
17) Ride the Eagle
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When Leif's estranged mother Honey dies, she leaves him a "conditional inheritance." Before he can move into her picturesque Yosemite cabin, he has to complete her elaborate and sometimes dubious to-do list. Leif and Nora, his canine BFF, step into Honey's wild world as she tries to make amends from beyond the grave in this hilarious and heartfelt comedy.
19) Noel
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Joy is just around the corner when Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker, and Alan Arkin fill out an all-star cast in this holiday classic. As five strangers come together on Christmas Eve, a story of peace, companionship, comfort, love, and healing unfolds against the backdrop of New York City. Noel, with its stunning cast and inspirational story, proves miracles are closer than you think.
20) The January Man
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A killer comedy that has an ex-cop trailing a serial murderer... and the mayor's sexy daughter! Kevin Kline leads an all-star cast that includes Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel and Rod Steiger.