3 Movies Directed by Des McAnuff

Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (2025 Reviews)

Director:

Des McAnuff

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Honorè de Balzac (novel)

Lynn Siefert (screenplay)

Susan Tarr (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-06-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.1 (15926 Reviews)

Director:

Des McAnuff

Cast:

Writer:

Jay Ward (characters)

Kenneth Lonergan

Fullplot:

35 years after The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show's cancellation, our two TV heroes have been living off the finances of their reruns on TV. To make matters worse, Rocky has lost his ability to fly, and the trees in Frostbite Falls have all been cut down. Meanwhile, over in Pottsylvania, home of Rocky and Bullwinkle's arch enemies Fearless Leader, Boris, and Natasha, the Iron Curtain has fallen, leading the villains to leave Pottsylvania, and dig through a tunnel all the way to the TV of a Hollywood Producer, Minnie Mogul. She signs a contract, giving her the rights to produce the Rocky and Bullwinkle Movie, and accidentally pulls the three villains out of the TV, turning them into humans! Now, they have an evil plan to hypnotize America, using RBTV (Really Bad TeleVision), making everyone's mind mush, so he can go on to the TV, and get everyone to vote him President of the USA! However, new FBI Agent Karen Sympathy has an assignment--get the only ones who could ever defeat the villains- Rocky and Bullwinkle. Using a green light lighthouse, Rocky and Bullwinkle (and their Narrator) are sucked out of the TV world, and to real life as 3D computer-generated characters! With all of America being hypnotized, and Fearless Leader's evil speech in 48 hours, and Boris and Natasha giving chase, planning to use a computer laser to send destroy moose and squirrel, it's Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Karen on a hilarious, pun-filled, and cameo-filled adventure to New York by plane, car, truck, hoof, flying squirrel, and yes, e-mail, to stop Fearless Leader and save America!

700 Sundays

700 Sundays

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

TV-MA

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (584 Reviews)

Director:

Des McAnuff

Cast:

Writer:

Billy Crystal

Alan Zweibel (additional material)

Fullplot:

In 700 Sundays, legendary comedian and actor Billy Crystal tells the stories of his youth, growing up in the jazz world of Manhattan, his teenage years, and finally adulthood. The Tony Award-winning show is a funny and poignant exploration of family and fate, loving and loss.

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