James Lapine

Passion (1996)

Tags: Romantic Drama Musical Drama Romance 

Length: 115min

A soldier learns about himself and love in this made-for-TV filmed version of the Stephen Sondheim musical. Jere Shea stars as Giorgio, a soldier who has a passionate affair with a beautiful and married woman named Clara (Marin Mazzie). When Giorgio...

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Life with Mikey (1993)

Cast: Michael J. Fox James Lapine Nathan Lane Rubén Blades Alan Menken   

Tags: Comedy Showbiz Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 95min

James Lapine, whose Broadway credits as a writer/director includes work with Stephen Sondheim, made his Hollywood debut with this comedy. Michael J. Fox plays Michael Chapman, who once upon a time was a wise-cracking child star on a situation comedy...

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Impromptu (1990)

Cast: Hugh Grant Judy Davis Julian Sands Emma Thompson   

Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy of Manners Comedy Romance 

Length: 108min

Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, better known in the literary world as George Sand, not only took a man's name, but trotted around wearing pants and smoking cigars in public. No great shakes today, but in the 1800s she was perhaps the most famous (or...

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Into the Woods (1990)

Tags: Musical Fantasy Musical Theater 

Length: 153min

Originally broadcast as part of the American Playhouse series on PBS, this video captures a performance by the original cast of the popular Broadway musical. With songs and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, who also directed the...

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Sunday in the Park with George (1986)

Cast: Bernadette Peters Mandy Patinkin   

Tags: Musical Drama Musical 

Length: 120min

James Lapine directed this television adaptation of his acclaimed musical, which he created in collaboration with the great composer Stephen Sondheim. In the first act, artist Georges Seurat (Mandy Patinkin) is working on his latest painting with the...

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