3 Movies Directed by John Erman

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-03-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

IMDB Ratings:

(303 Reviews)

Director:

John Erman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Oscar Saul

Tennessee Williams (play)

Fullplot:

Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he knows was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together...

Stella

Stella

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-02-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1753 Reviews)

Director:

John Erman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Olive Higgins Prouty (novel)

Robert Getchell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Stella is determined, courageous, vulgar, unfashionable...and all her daughter has. Through the trials of teenagehood, to the problems of adulthood, Stella will do anything for Jenny...ending in an selfless, unforgettable sacrifice.

Candles on Bay Street

Candles on Bay Street

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, USA

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (685 Reviews)

Director:

John Erman

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Estrin (teleplay)

Michael Bortman (teleplay)

K.C. McKinnon (novel)

Fullplot:

DeeDee returns to her hometown with her 11 year old son, Trooper, 13 years after she ran off with her boyfriend. Her childhood best friend, Sam, is now married and he and his wife, Lydia, are the town's veterinarians. Lydia is a little wary about DeeDee after Sam tells her that they were best friends growing up and DeeDee was his first crush. But DeeDee and Trooper find their way into many hearts of the townspeople with their sweet helpfulness and friendships. DeeDee sets up a candle making business in town square and invites many of the ladies of the town to weekly candle making parties, and through these parties she and Lydia become good friends. One evening after dinner with Lydia and Sam, DeeDee tells Sam she's very sick and she doesn't have much longer to live and she needs his help to find a good family in town to adopt Trooper. Sam later tells Lydia everything and they decide to adopt Trooper themselves if/when something happens to DeeDee.

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