Literary Adaptations (Volume 1) - 8-DVD Box Set ( Before Women Had Wings / The Wedding / Starting Over / A Risk Worth Taking / Jake's Women / David and Lisa / London Suite / Tuesdays with Morrie ) ( David & Lisa )

Literary Adaptations (Volume 1) - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

~~$44.99~~ $38.97

Original Title: Before Women Had Wings / The Wedding / Starting Over / A Risk Worth Taking / Jake's Women / David and Lisa / London Suite / Tuesdays with Morrie
Alternate Title: David & Lisa
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
722 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996 - 2008 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lloyd Kramer
Charles Burnett
Giles Foster
Paul Seed
Glenn Jordan
Jay Sandrich
Mick Jackson

Written By:
Connie May Fowler
Dorothy West
Lisa Jones
Matthew Thomas
Robin Pilcher
Neil Simon
Theodore Isaac Rubin
Eleanor Perry
Thomas Rickman
Mitch Albom

Actors:
Oprah Winfrey ..... Zora Williams
Ellen Barkin ..... Glory Marie Jackson
Tina Majorino ..... Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson
Julia Stiles ..... Phoebe Jackson
John Savage ..... Billy Jackson
Burt Young ..... Louis Ippolito
William Lee Scott ..... Hank Jackson
Louis Crugnali ..... L.J. Ippolito
David Hart ..... Sheriff
Halle Berry ..... Shelby Coles
Eric Thal ..... Meade Howell
Lynn Whitfield ..... Corinne Coles
Carl Lumbly ..... Lute McNeil
Michael Warren ..... Clark Coles
Marianne Jean-Baptiste ..... Ellen Coles
Cynda Williams ..... Liz Odis
Charlayne Woodard ..... Lincoln Odis
Richard Brooks ..... Hannibal
Gabriel Casseus ..... Gram (Miss Caroline)
Shirley Knight ..... Eunice
Ethel Ayler ..... Preacher
Paul Butler ..... Isaac Coles
Peter Francis James ..... Mr. Hawkins
Carl Gordon
Iain Glen ..... Gregor Dewhurst
William Mickleburgh ..... Lord Simon McNichols
Daniel Sharman ..... Alex Dewhurst
Suzanne von Borsody ..... Lady Elizabeth 'Liz' Dewhurst
Rachel Fielding ..... Mary Phillips
Julie Tsang ..... Piper
Rutger Hauer ..... Peter Rossen
Siobhan Reilly ..... Claire
Jonathan Coy ..... Mr. David Sharp
Colette O'Neil ..... Mrs. Lawson
Richard Addison ..... Mr. Hamilton
Louis Goodwin ..... Simon Aged 5
Skye Fletcher ..... Liz Aged 10
Hary Prinz ..... Developer
Charles Jamieson ..... Donald Price
Muriel Baumeister ..... Katie Trenchard
Rachael Reilly ..... Isla Trenchard
James Wilby ..... Patrick Trenchard
Tim Dutton ..... Dan Porter
Ian Sexon ..... Dan's Boss
Olivia Hallinan ..... Josie Porter
Jonathan Day Espinosa ..... Antonio
Dougal Lee ..... Big Pete
Brian Pettifer ..... Maxwell Borthwick
Gillian Dodds ..... Maria
Peter Ashdown ..... Corporate Man
Jacqui Prentice ..... Corporate Woman
Finlay McLean ..... Old Fisherman
Sandra McNeeley ..... Dr. Andrews
Roger G. Bowmer ..... Tommy
Alan Alda ..... Jake
Anne Archer ..... Maggie
Lolita Davidovich ..... Sheila
Julie Kavner ..... Karen
Mira Sorvino ..... Julie
Joyce Van Patten ..... Edith
Kimberly Williams-Paisley ..... Molly
Ashley Peldon ..... Young Molly
Perry Anzilotti ..... Waiter
Aasif Mandvi ..... Driver
Steven M. Porter ..... Hal
Yul Vazquez ..... Luigi
Hynden Walch ..... Waitress
Sidney Poitier ..... Dr. Jack Miller
Lukas Haas ..... David
Brittany Murphy ..... Lisa
Debi Mazar ..... Maggie
Allison Janney ..... Alix
Kim Murphy ..... Natalie
Giuseppe Andrews ..... Joey
Vicellous Reon Shannon ..... Tyrone
Gene Wolande ..... Kevin
Kimiko Gelman ..... Molly
Giselle deCerda ..... Doris
Samaria Graham ..... Felicia
Ty Hodges ..... Raymond
Diva Zappa ..... Francesca
Kelsey Grammer ..... Sydney Nichols
Michael Richards ..... Mark Ferris
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ..... Debra Dolby
Madeline Kahn ..... Sharon Semple
Kristen Johnston ..... Grace Chapman
Richard Mulligan ..... Dennis Cummings
Patricia Clarkson ..... Diana Nichols
Julie Hagerty ..... Anne Ferris
Jane Carr ..... Mrs. Sitgood
Paxton Whitehead ..... Dr. McMerlin
Margot Steinberg ..... Lauren Semple
Matthew Ashforde ..... Bellboy
Alisa Bosschaert ..... Hotel Assistant
Hilary Crane ..... Woman in Restaurant
Eileen Dunwoodie ..... Jane - Nanny
Janine Duvitski ..... Emma - Nanny
William Franklyn ..... Widley
Stewart Harwood ..... Cab Driver
Michael Hobbs ..... Bellboy
John Marquez ..... Hotel Plumber
Robert McBain ..... Hobwick
Jack McKenzie ..... Waiter
Deborah Moore ..... Meg Dolby
David Mulligan ..... Hotel Waiter
Cathy Murphy ..... Hotel Waitress
Dorothea Phillips ..... Woman at Airport
Rolf Saxon ..... Carl Dolby
Jonathan Stratt ..... Hotel Doorman
Virginia Stride ..... Beatrice
Jack Lemmon ..... Morrie Schwartz
Hank Azaria ..... Mitch Albom
Wendy Moniz ..... Janine
Caroline Aaron ..... Connie
Bonnie Bartlett ..... Charlotte
John Carroll Lynch ..... Walter
Cloud Michaels ..... Morrie's Mother
Terri Hanauer ..... Eva / Stepmom
Kyle Sullivan ..... Young Morrie
Charles Homet ..... Rob
Mark Eric Charbonneau ..... Jon
Carlton Wilborn ..... Eddie
Ivo Cutzarida ..... Sergio
Dan Thiel ..... Shawn Daley
Kimble Jemison ..... Baseball Player

Synopsis:

Before Women Had Wings (1997)
Alcoholic Billy reflects on his country-music career that never happened and beats his wife Glory Marie, also a drunk.
The Wedding (1998)
One walk will determine her destiny.
Starting Over (2007)
An aristocratic Scottish family is torn apart after the death of its wayward male heir in a horse riding accident.
A Risk Worth Taking (2008)
Romantic drama. A young wife cares for her terminally ill husband in the wilds of Scotland.
Jake's Women (1996)
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble.
David and Lisa (1998)
Lukas Haas portays David, a withdrawn but apparent near genius, who fears being touched.
London Suite (1996)
On one day at an English Hotel, four different stories are shown.
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
Mitch became caught up with his career as a sport commentator and journalist.

BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS (1997): Alcoholic Billy reflects on his country music career that never happened and beats his wife Gloria Marie, also a drunk. Grown up son Hank has moved away, but teenaged Phoebe and sensitive 9 year old Bird have to live in the bleak alcoholic atmosphere. Problems escalate after a tragic event. The three females move into a trailer where the girls are subjected to a torrent of abuse from their mum. Fortunately, benign Miss Zora appears like a guardian angel to lift their spirits.

THE WEDDING (1998): On Marthas Vineyard in 1953, debutante Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) stirs discord in her social climbing family when she chooses to marry impoverished white musician Meade Howell (Eric Thal). At the Shelby family estate, weeks prior to the wedding. Meade informs her parents, Corinne and Clark Coles (Lynn Whitfield, Michael Warren), that his family will not be attending the wedding and the irony of upper crust blacks being rejected by poor whites hangs heavy.

STARTING OVER (2007): An aristocratic Scottish family is torn apart after the death of its wayward male heir in a horse riding accident. Mourning the loss of her younger brother, Lady Elizabeth Dewhursts marriage collapses and she is left to run the financially precarious estate alone. Can the arrival of a charming classics professor to research his book in the familys historical library remind Liz how to love again?

A RISK WORTH TAKING (2008): Dan Porter had it all: the nice house in suburban London, three children, a beautiful wife and a great job in finance until the dot com crash and 9/11 changed his outlook about life and making money. Dan lost a good friend in the tragedy and is now content being a house husband focusing on his family, while his wife, Jackie, pursues her high level job with a fashion designer, but changes in income have caused strife. His wife and daughters want their old life back and Jackie perceives Dan and their son, Josh, as loafers because they seem content with less.

JAKES WOMEN (1996): Mired in an unhappy marriage with current spouse Maggie (Ann Archer), Jake (Alan Alda) tries to cope with his wifes insistence on a trial separation by conjuring up images of the other women in his life: his late wife Julie (Mira Sorvino), his confused daughter Molly (Kimberly Williams), his neurotic sister Karen (Julie Kavner) and his analyst Edith (Joyce Van Patten). Putting his literary skills to good use, Jake carries on imaginary conversations with these ladies, hoping that they will help him sort out his problems. The trouble begins when the spectres of Jakes Women begin showing up without his bidding, insisting upon debating and arguing with the poor fellow even as he tries to pursue a new romance with his current flame Sheila (Lolita Davidovich).

DAVID AND LISA (1998): Lukas Haas portrays David, a withdrawn but apparent near genius, who fears being touched. Brittney Murphy plays Lisa, a young woman seemingly suffering from split personalities who speaks only in rhymes and withdraws from anyone who does not speak to her likewise. Meeting in the psychiatric ward, the twos eyes lock and an obvious attraction is indicated. First each must learn to approach each other in their own sphere. Enter Sidney Poitier as a caring psychologist who helps David to come to terms with his emotional failure to deal with his fathers death at an early age. Debi Mazar also appears as Lisas case worker.

LONDON SUITE (1996): On one day at an English Hotel, four different stories are shown. Diana is in London to promote her Television Series and her ex husband Sidney shows up to ask her for money for his gay lover. Mark and Annie come to London for the Wimbledon Tennis matches, but they lose their tickets and Marks back goes out. Debra is on her honeymoon with Paul, but Paul is missing and Debra lies to everyone she meets as to where Paul is. Sharon and Lauren are on a shop till you drop trip and Sharon meets Dennis, an older man who seems to be interested in her.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE (1999): Mitch (Hank Azaria) became caught up with his career as a sports commentator and journalist. He ignored his girlfriend and did not make time to do things in life that are of the most value to a human being. Morrie (Jack Lemmon) was one of Mitchs professors in college and a famous scholar. One day Mitch was watching television and saw Morrie giving an interview stating that he is dying of Lou Gehrig disease or ALS. Jack Lemmon is quoted as saying he believes his role as Morrie is by far his greatest work and is the last film he ever made.

Before Women Had Wings (1997)
Alcoholic Billy reflects on his country-music career that never happened and beats his wife Glory Marie, also a drunk. Grown-up son Hank has moved away, but teenaged Phoebe and sensitive nine-year-old Bird have to live in the bleak alcoholic atmosphere. Problems escalate after a tragic event. The three females move into a trailer where the girls are subjected to a torrent of abuse from their mom. Fortunately, benign Miss Zora appears like a guardian angel to lift their spirits.

The Wedding (1998)
One walk will determine her destiny.

Starting Over (2007)
An aristocratic Scottish family is torn apart after the death of its wayward male heir in a horse riding accident. Mourning the loss of her younger brother Lady Elizabeth Dewhurst's marriage collapses and she is left to run the financially precarious estate alone. Can the arrival of a charming classics professor to research his book in the family's historic library remind Liz how to love again?

A Risk Worth Taking (2008)
Romantic drama. A young wife cares for her terminally ill husband in the wilds of Scotland. The couple ask an old friend to join them from London and help manage their business affairs. But the woman soon realises that she harbours feelings for the friend, even as her husband struggles to fight his disease.

Jake's Women (1996)
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly talking to: his deceased wife Julie, his daughter Molly, his sister Karen, and his psychiatrist Edith. All he does is have imaginary conversations with real people that are at the moment out of his life. Maggie cannot stand his mind wandering off all the time and decides to separate for six months and at the end of six months they will decide whether or not to remain together. Jake has a few girl friends, but spends the six months, while waiting for Maggie, only talking to these imaginary people, and a few times to real people.

David and Lisa (1998)
Lukas Haas portays David, a withdrawn but apparent near genius, who fears being touched. Brittney Murphy plays Lisa, a young woman seemingly suffering from split personalities who speaks only in rhymes and withdraws from anyone who doesn't speak to her likewise. Meeting in the psychiatric ward, the two's eyes lock and an obvious attraction is indicated. First each must learn to approach each other in their own sphere. Enter Sidney Poitier as a caring psychologist who helps David to come to terms with his emotional failure to deal with his father's death at an early age. Debi Mazar also appears as Lisa's case worker.

London Suite (1996)
On one day at an English Hotel, four different stories are shown. Diana is in London to promote her Television Series and her ex-husband Sidney shows up to ask her for money for his gay lover. Mark and Annie come to London for the Wimbledon Tennis matches, but they lose their tickets and Mark's back goes out. Debra is on her honeymoon with Paul, but Paul is missing and Debra lies to everyone she meets as to where Paul is. Sharon and Lauren are on a shop till you drop trip and Sharon meets Dennis, an older man who seems to be interested in her.

Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
Mitch became caught up with his career as a sport commentator and journalist. He ignored his girlfriend and did not make time to do things in life that are of the most value to a human being. Morrie was one of Mitch's professors in college and a famous scholar. One day Mitch was watching television and saw Morrie giving an interview stating that he is dying of Lou Gehrig disease or ALS.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 09 September, 2014.