Biography: Griffin Dunne |
As both an actor and producer, Griffin Dunne was among the most notable figures in contemporary independent filmmaking. Born June 8, 1955, in New York City, he is the son of novelist Dominick Dunne and the nephew of author and screenwriter John... more
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Tags: Family Drama Ensemble Film Drama
Length: 106min
Director/screenwriter David Gordon Green adapts Stewart O'Nan's popular novel to the screen in this feature, which tells the parallel tales of a teenager named Arthur (Michael Angarano) and his onetime babysitter Annie (Kate Beckinsale) -- whose...
The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)
Tags: Psychological Drama Drama
Length: 93min
A successful American novelist who has retreated into the country following the publication of his most recent book meets a most mysterious muse in director/screenwriter Paul Auster's elliptic psychological drama. His latest novel an instant success,...
Cast: Sam Shepard
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy
Length: 90min
A radio talk-show host who specializes in repairing damaged relationships finds her life suddenly turned upside down when a listener who took her advice and later regretted doing so resolves to take revenge on the misguided love doctor. Uma Thurman,...
Cast: Donald Sutherland
Tags: Period Film Drama Coming-of-Age Slice of Life
Length: 110min
Actor-turned-director and producer Griffin Dunne (Practical Magic, Addicted to Love) teams up with scenarist Dirk Wittenborn for the slice-of-life ensemble drama Fierce People. As summer encroaches, 16-year-old Manhattanite Finn Earl (Anton Yelchin)...
Tags: Satire Mockumentary Comedy Showbiz Comedy
Length: 90min
Actor-turned-filmmaker Griffin Dunne directs this mockumentary about the lives of struggling thespians. The film focuses on Lisa Picard (Laura Kirk), a fledgling actress about to burst on the scene thanks to a bit part in a made-for-TV movie. She is...
Cast: Ann-Margret Patrick Dempsey
Tags: Drama Showbiz Drama Biopic
Length: 240min
The remarkable life and tragic death of Marilyn Monroe has fascinated film fans for decades, but this two-part TV miniseries, based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, takes an unusual approach, using dramatic license (the film announces itself as a work...
Cast: Dianne Wiest Nicole Kidman Stockard Channing Sandra Bullock Aidan Quinn
Tags: Romantic Comedy Fantasy Fantasy Comedy
Length: 105min
Griffin Dunne directed this romantic fantasy adapted from the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel about the Owens family of witches, regarded as outcasts in the town where they live. Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and her sister Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) tried...
Cast: Michael Keaton Robert Downey, Jr. Bebe Neuwirth
Tags: Urban Comedy Urban Drama Comedy Drama
Length: 83min
A writer runs an obstacle course of neuroses as he prepares to debut an important new work in this comedy drama. Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is a successful playwright who, after a series of hit comedies, is about to debut a deeply personal drama,...
Cast: Meg Ryan Maureen Stapleton Matthew Broderick Richard Dreyfuss
Tags: Black Comedy Romantic Comedy Comedy Urban Comedy
Length: 100min
In this slightly dark comedy about romantic obsession, Sam (Matthew Broderick) is an astronomer who likes his life in the small New England town he calls home and loves his fiancée, Linda (Kelly Preston). But one day, Linda tells Sam that she's...
Cast: John Turturro Dennis Hopper Christopher Walken Martin Scorsese
Length: 90min
Martin Mirkhein (Griffin Dunne) is a failed entrepreneur trying to figure out how to pay a huge tax bill to the State of Florida when he gets a brainstorm -- ~Daniel Strong, the inspirational men's movement novel by New Age philosopher Luther Waxling...
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