Directed by Tom Moore • 1986 • United States
Starring Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke
Based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Marsha Norman, ’NIGHT, MOTHER is a powerful showcase for Academy Award winners Anne Bancroft and Sissy Spacek, who star as a mother and daughter locked in a devastating psychological standoff. When Jessie (Spacek) tells her widowed mother, Thelma (Bancroft), that she will kill herself before morning, Thelma tries desperately to stop her in a tense battle of wills.
Directed by Jonathan Demme • 1986 • United States
Starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta
A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvous—just the beginni...
Directed by Jack Fisk • 1986 • United States
Starring Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia
A chance reunion becomes a second chance in this touching, bittersweet love story directed by legendary production designer Jack Fisk, famed for his collaborations with Terrence Malick, David Lynch, a...
Directed by John Huston • 1987 • United Kingdom, Ireland
Starring Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Helena Carroll
The final film directed by John Huston—completed by the ailing director just months before his death and released posthumously—is a triumphant farewell from an artist in total command ...
