Movies by Laila Robins
As part of the cast:
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Multiple Sarcasms (2010)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Dana Delany …
Directed by: Brooks Branch
In 1979, architect Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) begins questioning his existence, avoiding work and escaping into the fictional world of movies. When he starts writing a play examining the…
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August (2008)
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Rip Torn, David Bowie …
Directed by: Austin Chick
Tom Sterling and his brother, Joshua, know they're swimming with the sharks with their startup dot-com. But as they toil to keep the business afloat, the tech market collapses in August…
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Things That Hang from Trees (2007)
Cast: Deborah Kara Unger, Daniel von Bargen, Ray McKinnon …
Directed by: Ido Mizrahy
In this Southern gothic tale set in 1969 Florida, 8-year-old Tommy Wheeler (Cooper Musgrove) longs to watch the town fireworks perched atop the lighthouse -- a dream he realizes but with…
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A Broken Sole (2007)
Cast: Danny Aiello, Judith Light, Margaret Colin …
Directed by: Antony Marsellis
Three connected stories explore the trauma and emotional legacy of the World Trade Center attacks through the lives of six ordinary people in this moving dramatic montage. On September 11,…
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Slippery Slope (2007)
Cast: Laila Robins, Wes Ramsey, Yolanda Ross …
Directed by: Sarah Schenck
To amp her cash flow and bail her indie masterpiece out of hock at the lab, high-minded feminist director Gillian (Kelly Hutchinson) joins the crew of an independent film of a different sort…
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Jailbait (2004)
Cast: Stephen Adly Guirgis, Michael Pitt, Laila Robins …
Directed by: Brett Leonard
This psychological drama explores the potential consequences of the controversial "three strikes" law. After Randy (Michael Pitt) vandalizes a car, he finds himself thrown into prison for 25…
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Searching for Paradise (2002)
Cast: Susan May Pratt, Chris Noth, Jeremy Davies …
Directed by: Myra Paci
Gilda Mattei (Susan May Pratt) is close to her father, who is deathly ill. When he dies and leaves behind a surprising secret, Gilda's grief propels her to New York City with video…
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The Blood Oranges (1999)
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Charles Dance, Colin Lane …
Directed by: Philip Haas
Husband and wife Cyril (Charles Dance) and Fiona (Sheryl Lee) explore new ground and new relationships when they take a vacation in the tropics. While on holiday, the pair meets another…
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True Crime (1999)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood) is on the brink of ruining his marriage and journalism career with his alcoholism and womanizing when he's assigned to write a human-interest story about a…
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Oxygen (1998)
Cast: Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, James Naughton …
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is an NYPD detective with a drinking problem and a penchant for rough sex in this police thriller that has her investigating the kidnapping of a…
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Female Perversions (1996)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas …
Directed by: Susan Streitfeld
This movie tests Louise J. Kaplan's novel, through the character of Eve, a young, successful attorney. Caught between her career aspirations and her desire to help her kleptomaniac…
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Live Nude Girls (1995)
Cast: Dana Delany, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson …
Directed by: Julianna Lavin
What really goes on in the minds of women? Just ask Jamie (Dana Delany) and her old friends (Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Stevenson), who throw her a party when she accepts yet another marriage…
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Winona Ryder, Laila Robins …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Celebrity Roxy Carmichael is rumored to be visiting her sleepy home town of Clyde, Ohio. As the residents eagerly prepare for her return, Roxy's old boyfriend reexamines the past, while…
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An Innocent Man (1989)
Cast: Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins …
Directed by: Peter Yates
Airline employee Jimmie Rainwood (Tom Selleck) struggles to piece his life together after two crooked cops (David Rasche and Richard Young) bash down the wrong door, mistake Jimmie for a drug…
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins …
Directed by: John Hughes
Think you've had a bad day? At every turn, marketing exec Neal Page's (Steve Martin) plans to get home to his family for Thanksgiving get foiled, and somehow the loudmouthed,…