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Kathy Bates

About: This outstanding character actress was born June 28, 1948, in Memphis, Tenn. She graduated with a BFA in theater from Southern Methodist University and made a brief film debut in Taking Off (1971).Bates excelled in theater while making occasional films in the 1970s and '80s; the female lead in the play "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" was written for her, but the film version role went to Michelle Pfeiffer. Instead, Bates was cast as the disturbed Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990).Her career-defining performance earned the Best Actress Academy Award, and she followed it with striking work in At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dolores Claiborne and Titanic. Supporting Actress Oscar nominations for Primary Colors (1998) and About Schmidt (2002), as well as an Emmy nod for the TV biopic Ambulance Girl, are among Bates's recent accolades.

P.S. I Love You

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2007

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About: Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank), a young widow living in New York, has just lost her beloved husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) to a brain tumor. Inconsolable, Holly finds that Gerry left for her a series of letters to help cope with the grief. As months pass, Holly discovers new messages from Gerry encouraging her to go on living. And while Holly's friends fear the letters will mire her in the past, they, in fact, give her strength for the future.
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1988

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About: After a night of passion with a seductive customer, shy teen delivery boy Jeremy (Robert Sean Leonard) starts looking pale, hating garlic and thirsting for blood. Mentored by the mysterious Modoc (Rene Auberjonois), the budding bloodsucker slowly gets the hang of his new lifestyle. David Warner co-stars as the ruthless vampire-hunting professor Leopold McCarthy in this smartly written, underrated 1980s teen comedy.
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A Civil Action

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1998

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About: In this true story, John Travolta stars as a personal-injury lawyer who sues a major corporation for big bucks when the drinking water in Woburn, Mass., is found to contain high levels of industrial solvents. Believing the contamination is responsible for the large number of leukemia deaths among the town's children, the citizens -- lead by a woman (Kathleen Quinlan) whose child has died -- hire a lawyer to take on the corporate polluters.
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Prelude to a Kiss

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1992

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About: It's love at first sight for Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan. Within days of meeting, they're walking down the aisle, and a strange thing happens: An old man shows up and kisses the bride. Then, on the honeymoon, Baldwin begins to suspect that the woman he's with isn't the person he married. Screenwriter Craig Lucas' comedy is a thought-provoking mix of romance and philosophy.
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A Home of Our Own

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1993

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About: When a mother of six (Kathy Bates) finds herself widowed, poor and wanting to trade the dangers of 1960s Los Angeles for a more simple life in the country, she packs up the kids and all their belongings, and heads to rural Idaho. Here, she finds a place for her brood to live in exchange for work in this touching, bittersweet family drama about the importance of cooperation and overcoming hardship.
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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1982

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About: In this finely acted ensemble drama from director Robert Altman, the members of a 1950s James Dean fan club gather in the tiny town of McCarthy, Texas, for a reunion. As the ladies arrive, the film alternates between past and present, revealing stunning secrets and exposing the gulf between the women's dreams and reality. Sandy Dennis, Cher (whose performance garnered a Golden Globe nomination), Karen Black and Kathy Bates star.
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The Dress Code

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2000

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About: Bruno Battaglia (Alex D. Lintz) is an 8-year-old Long Island spelling prodigy, but his divorced parents (Stacey Halprin and Gary Sinise) have a stormy relationship, the kids at his Catholic school bully him about his overweight mom, and Bruno believes that, like angels, he should wear dresses! When Bruno's school, headed by Mother Superior (Kathy Bates), has a spelling bee, he demonstrates his incredible spelling talent -- dressed as Diana Ross.
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