3 Movies Starring Jason Gedrick

The Heavenly Kid

The Heavenly Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-07-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (2677 Reviews)

Director:

Cary Medoway

Cast:

Writer:

Cary Medoway

Martin Copeland

Fullplot:

When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower levels until he has worked enough as an guardian angel in order to deserve paradise. One of his jobs is Lenny, a gifted boy, who loves his schoolmate Sharon who is the most beautiful girl of the class. But she does not even notice him so that he is about to commit suicide. Bobby prevents this and dresses Lenny up making him a playboy and tough guy so that he gets what he wants although Bobby knows that this is not the best. Thinking that his job is done, Bobby realizes that Lenny's mother is his former girlfriend who has married another guy. Although not being allowed he makes himself visible to her...

Promised Land

Promised Land

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-01-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (960 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Hoffman

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

This gritty drama follows two high school acquaintances, Hancock, a basketball star, and Danny, a geek turned drifter, after they graduate. The first film commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival, it portrays the other half of the American dream, as Hancock and his cheerleader girlfriend Mary wander to a middle-class mediocrity out itself out of reach for Danny and his psychotic wife Bev.

Rooftops

Rooftops

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-03-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.5 (333 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Wise

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Allan A. Goldstein (story)

Tony Mark (story)

Terence Brennan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other. When drugdealers move into the neighbourhood and kill T's best friend he embarks on a mission to eradicate the drug-presence in the neigbourhood. His friends are reluctant to help though, knowing what happened to T's friend when he crossed them.

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