3 Movies Starring CCH Pounder

Bagdad Cafe

Bagdad Cafe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-04-22

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

West Germany, USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (8970 Reviews)

Director:

Percy Adlon

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Eleonore Adlon (screenplay)

Percy Adlon (screenplay)

Percy Adlon (story)

Christopher Doherty (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Cafè) is a look into the minds and lives of some people most of us have met but few of us know much about. This movie exemplifies how one person in the right place can affect a community of lives. The Adlons seem to express the view that all change and "magic" comes from hard work and mutual acceptance. A well-crafted view of the lives of tourists everywhere and the difficulties they can face. A Whimsical and lovingly Photographed look at the vast wasteland that is too often ignored by much of humanity.

Boycott

Boycott

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-02-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (640 Reviews)

Director:

Clark Johnson

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Stewart Burns (book)

Herman Daniel Farrell (teleplay)

Timothy J. Sexton (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Black Americans boycott the public buses during the 1950s civil rights movement.

Orphan

Orphan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-07-24

Languages:

English, American Sign Language, Estonian

Countries:

USA, Canada, Germany, France

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(123262 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Johnson (screenplay)

Alex Mace (story)

Fullplot:

Kate and John Coleman are rebuilding their troubled marriage. Kate had a drinking problem, but is in therapy and is doing well. She has been sober for one year. The couple decide to adopt a child. When they meet the nine-year-old Russian girl, Esther, at the St. Marina Orphanage, they immediately fall in love with the well-educated orphan. Their young son, Daniel, is hostile to his new sister; but their deaf daughter, little Max, is enchanted with her - at first. Eventually, Kate begins to feel that Esther is manipulative and possibly even psychologically disturbed. John refuses to listen to his wife's misgivings, and the wounds in their marriage reopen. Kate calls Sister Abigail at the orphanage, and the nun informs her that Esther has a troubled and mysterious history. Kate delves further into Esther's past and discovers she is not all she pretends to be.

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