Biography: Nora Ephron |
The daughter of author/screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron, Nora Ephron was educated at Wellesley. She first made her mark as humorist, satirist, and dead-on parodist in book form (Crazy Salad) and in magazine articles. Ephron's first movie... more
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Cast: Meryl Streep
Tags: Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 122min
Nora Ephron adapts Julie Powell's autobiographical book -Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen with this Columbia Pictures production starring Amy Adams as an amateur chef who decides to cook every recipe in a cookbook from...
Cast: Michael Caine Shirley MacLaine
Tags: Romantic Comedy Fantasy Fantasy Comedy Showbiz Comedy Comedy
Length: 100min
Nora Ephron directed and co-wrote this updated adaptation of a classic situation comedy that also casts a satirical eye on the entertainment industry. Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) is a movie star whose career has been going into a slow and steady...
Cast: John Travolta
Tags: Comedy Drama Crime Comedy
Length: 105min
While lots of people dream of winning the lottery, one man hatches a more ambitious plan than just buying a ticket and hoping for the best in this satiric comedy. Russ Richards (John Travolta), a weatherman on a local TV station in Harrisburg,...
Tags: Urban Comedy Comedy Romantic Comedy
Length: 120min
Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron originally made a name for herself as the writer of omantic comedies such as Heartburn and When Harry Met Sally. She continues the genre with You've Got Mail, marking her second collaboration with actors Tom...
Cast: Bob Hoskins
Tags: Road Movie Fantasy Fantasy Comedy Heavenly Comedy
Length: 105min
There are angels among us, and they like lots of sugar in their coffee, in writer-director Nora Ephron's comic fantasy Michael. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about...
Cast: Steve Martin Madeline Kahn
Tags: Workplace Comedy Comedy
Length: 97min
A holiday comedy with dark overtones, Mixed Nuts presents a supposedly humorous look at the behind-the-scenes events at a crisis hotline on Christmas Eve. Philip (Steve Martin) runs Lifesavers, a Venice, California organization dedicated to helping...
Cast: Meg Ryan Tom Hanks Rosie O'Donnell Rob Reiner
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Romance
Length: 105min
Sleepless in Seattle, the sophomore directorial effort from Nora Ephron, is a light omantic comedy inspired by the 1957 film An Affair to Remember. Tom Hanks stars as widower and single father Sam. When Sam's son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), calls into a...
Cast: Nora Ephron Carrie Fisher
Tags: Comedy Drama Showbiz Comedy Coming-of-Age
Length: 105min
Based on the book by Meg Wolitzer, This Is My Life is the directorial debut for Nora Ephron, who adapted the script with sister, Delia Ephron. Dottie Engels (Julie Kavner) is a single mother with aspirations of becoming a standup comedian. When her...
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