Susan Seidelman

Power and Beauty (2002)

Cast: Susan Seidelman Kevin Anderson Natasha Henstridge Patrick Williams Peter Friedman   

Tags: Romantic Drama Political Drama Biopic Drama 

Length: 94min

Beauty and Power tells the sordid tale of Judith Exner (Natasha Henstridge), who claimed to have dated Frank Sinatra (John Ralston) and to have been the mistress of Jack Kennedy (Kevin Anderson, who played also Bobby Kennedy in Hoffa). The story is...

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The Ranch (2004)

Cast: Susan Seidelman Amy Madigan Nicki Micheaux   

Tags: Comedy Drama Psychological Drama Workplace Comedy Ensemble Film 

Length: 90min

Susan Seidelman directed this made-for-cable comedy drama about a few days in the lives of a group of "working girls" in Reno, NV. "The Ranch" is a legally operated brothel that operates under the careful watch of state health inspectors (who insist...

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A Cooler Climate (1999)

Cast: Susan Seidelman Judy Davis Sally Field Winston Rekert   

Tags: Psychological Drama Drama 

Length: 100min

Susan Seidelman directs this critically acclaimed made-for-cable TV movie based on the novel by Zena Collier. A nasty divorce leaves one-time housewife Iris Prue (Sally Field) in unstable financial circumstances, forcing her to accept a demeaning job...

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Gaudi Afternoon (2001)

Cast: Susan Seidelman Judy Davis Marcia Gay Harden Juliette Lewis Lili Taylor   

Tags: Comedy of Errors Feminist Film Comedy 

Length: 88min

An American abroad finds herself falling in with an eccentric group of fellow expatriates in Spain in this comedy. Cassandra (Judy Davis) is a nomadic American who finds herself stranded in Spain, where she's found temporary work translating books...

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Tales of Erotica (1994)

Cast: Melvin Van Peebles Ken Russell Susan Seidelman Arliss Howard Mira Sorvino   

Tags: Sex Comedy Comedy 

Length: 170min

This German film consists of six separate vignettes each created by a different international director, each challenged to create brief erotic scenarios. The first, named "Wet," was directed by Bob Rafelson and involves an encounter between a bathroom...

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Cookie (1989)

Cast: Jerry Lewis Dianne Wiest Susan Seidelman Peter Falk Nora Ephron   

Tags: Comedy Drama Crime Comedy Gangster Film 

Length: 100min

Directed by Susan Seidelman and written by Alice Arlen and Nora Ephron, Cookie comes across as an inconsequential piece of fluff, bolstered by a quirky performance by Emily Lloyd. Lloyd is Cookie Capisco, the daughter of mobster Dino Capisco (Peter...

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The Barefoot Executive (1995)

Cast: Susan Seidelman Chris Elliott Jason London Jay Mohr   

Tags: Animal Picture Comedy Showbiz Comedy 

Length: min

Jason London, Terri Ivens, and Chris Elliot star in this remake of the Disney classic. A low-level television executive finds himself climbing the corporate ladder when he discovers a pet chimpanzee with an uncanny knack for picking which TV shows...

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She-Devil (1989)

Cast: Meryl Streep Sylvia Miles Linda Hunt Ed Begley, Jr. Roseanne   

Tags: Black Comedy Comedy Domestic Comedy 

Length: 100min

Susan Seidelman directed this loose adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel ~The Life and Loves of a She-Devil concerning the extreme revenge exacted by a dumpy housewife on her philandering husband. Mary Fisher (Meryl Streep) is a best-selling romance...

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Confessions of a Suburban Girl (1992)

Cast: Susan Seidelman   

Tags: Biography Culture & Society Film, TV & Radio Interpersonal Relationships 

Length: 50min

In this documentary, director Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan, She-Devil) recounts her experiences in her teen years growing up with bad vision in the suburbs of Philadelphia. This autobiographical documentary takes its place alongside...

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