In the small New England town of Charlestown, the minor league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs is not doing too well. After years of failure, they decide to achieve success with their violent and thuggish lifestyle.
Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress who has earned ten ‘Emmy Award’ nominations during her acting career. Her talent, clearly, speaks for herself. She made her first onscreen appearance on ‘The Donna Reed Show’ in 1962 at the age of 17. However, she made her acting debut in ‘Broadway’ production of ‘Ah, Wilderness’ (1975). Her work in theatre productions such as ‘Uncommon Women and Others’ (1978), ‘Fifth of July’ (1978) and ‘Imaginary Friends’ (2002) earned her numerous ‘Tony,’ ‘Drama Desk,’ and’ Outer Critics Circle’ awards. She made her TV debut in ‘As the World Turns’ in 1971. Her portrayal of ‘Laurie Morgan’ in the TV show ‘Love, Sidney’ (1981-83) earned her first ‘Emmy Award’ nomination. She played ‘Alex Reed Barker’ in the 1991 drama ‘Sisters’ also got her a lot of appreciation. She has also appeared in films such as ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ (1988), ‘Citizen Ruth’ (1996) and ‘Liar Liar’ (1997).Â
In the small New England town of Charlestown, the minor league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs is not doing too well. After years of failure, they decide to achieve success with their violent and thuggish lifestyle.
In Paris, the Marquise de Merteui plans revenge against her ex-lover the Comte de Bastide, by planning to seduce and dishonor his virgin fiancée Cécile de Volanges. Merteui enlists the help of the disreputable Vicomte de Valmont, who is planning his own seduction of the religious Madame de Tourvel. Meanwhile, Cécile falls in love with Chevalier Raphael Danceny.
T.S. Garp, the son of nurse Jenny Fields from a dying soldier, grows up with an aptitude for fiction writing and freestyle wrestling. Inspired by him, Jenny, too, forays into writing, earns success in feminist non-fiction, and starts a center for distressed women. This peculiar community of disparate women becomes as much part of Garp’s world as his children and unfaithful wife.
A stranger wearing a cowboy hat visits a fictional town in Texas named Virgil, where he learns about the ‘Celebration of Specialness’, which the citizens are preparing for, in order to mark the 150th anniversary of the independence of Texas.
Citizen Ruth is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Ruth, a poor, drug-addicted woman whose life gets complicated when she gets pregnant. A judge orders her to get an abortion, but a group of pro-life activists makes things more complicated for her, and she soon attracts national attention from those involved in the abortion debate.
The comedy follows the life of Fletcher Reede, a conniving and lying lawyer whose habits have ruined his relationships. However, things take a funny turn when his son, Max’s birthday wish comes true and Fletcher is unable to lie for an entire day. He eventually realizes his son is his biggest priority and reconciles with his family.
Kathryn, a wealthy manipulative teenager, agrees to watch over naive Cecile with the secret intention of defaming her to take revenge on Cecile's lover, her ex. When her philanderer stepbrother Sebastian refuses to seduce Cecile in favor of the headmaster's virgin daughter Annette, who wants to stay chaste until marriage, the two spoiled step-siblings make a wicked wager.
The Rules of Attraction is a black-comedy drama film which tells the story of an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Reality Bites is a romantic comedy film, which tells the story of an aspiring videographer working on a documentary about the unvoiced lives of her friends, roommates as well as herself.
A gangster asks a former football player Terry Brogan, to find his girlfriend. Since the latter is injured, penniless, and going through tough times, he reluctantly agrees. Eventually, Terry manages to track down Jessie, but unexpectedly, he also gets infatuated with her. Eventually, he finds himself trapped in an intricate web of suspicion and betrayal.
A friendship blooms between a cook working in a cafeteria, who has been never been able to find love, and a widow who has vowed never to love again. She begins to teach him how to read and write, and in the process, she is able to heal her own broken heart.
Overboard is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Leonardo, a wealthy and spoiled yacht owner, who mistreats his employee Kate, and unjustly fires her. However, when Leonardo has an accident and develops amnesia, Kate decides to take advantage of the situation. She convinces him that he is her working-class husband, and sets up with a difficult construction job.
A young couple moves into a gorgeous duplex in the middle of New York. However, they did not expect the elderly lady upstairs to be an issue. Her annoying behavior eventually forces the couple to take desperate measures.
Wildcats is a sports comedy film which tells the story of Molly, who decides to quit her teaching job, and take up a new position as a football coach. However, the job is not going to be as easy as she expects.
Marshall is a divorced executive who lives with a 11 year old son. When father and son touch a magical Tibetan skull, it releases a mysterious power that swaps them into each other’s bodies.
Based on William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream,' the movie revolves around Berke Landers, a high school student who is going through a streak of hard luck. Surviving in a world where his ex-girlfriend is making his life bitter by dating a new hot guy in school, Berke decides to get her back. But the road to true love is never easy. Is it?
Bubble Boy is a romantic comedy film, which tells the story of a young man who has been living in a bubble all his life, as he was born without the immune system. He falls for a cute blonde girl, but when her fiancé proposes to her, he decides to stop the wedding at any cost.
Bright Lights, Big City is a drama film which tells the story of a young aspiring writer living in New York, who is forced to turn to drugs and drinking, in order to forget his dead mother as well as his wife who has left him. Meanwhile, he also struggles to deal with his unfulfilling job at a magazine.
The film is a sequel to Love Story, a popular 1970 romantic drama film. Jenny, wife of Oliver Barrett IV, has died of leukemia, leaving him mentally devastated. Trying to lose himself in his work does not help; instead it alienates him from those around him. At this juncture, he meets Marcie Bonwit, a wealthy and beautiful heiress and falls in love. But Jenny’s memory continues haunt him.
Ben Harris' life is quite empty and lonely. Due to his anger, one day, he decides to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but is disappointed when he can only find a housewife in her 40s. However, it turns out that she is also dissatisfied with her life like him, and they both develop a rapport with each other.
Workers from Lexcorp unearth a spaceship belonging to Doomsday, whom they accidentally unleash upon Earth. Doomsday, a supersoldier that is hostile to all forms of life, starts going on a rampage, until Superman comes and fights him in a fierce battle. Although Superman manages to win, he soon succumbs to his wounds. With Superman gone, Lex Luthor comes up with a plan to create a clone of Superman.
Swoosie Kurtz Awards
Carol & Company | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | 1990 |