Movies by Peter Werner
As a director:
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Bond of Silence (2010)
Cast: Kim Raver, Greg Grunberg, Charlie McDermott …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Based on a true story, this moving drama follows Katy McIntosh, a mom whose husband was slain while trying to subdue a rowdy teen party, as she desperately tries to break through a…
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A Dog Named Christmas (2009)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Noel Fisher, Linda Emond …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Based on Greg Kincaid's best-selling novel, this heartwarming family film tells the story of one young man's passion for helping animals. Despite his developmental challenges, Todd…
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Front of the Class (2008)
Cast: Treat Williams, James Wolk, Patricia Heaton …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Despite suffering from Tourette's syndrome, Brad Cohen (James Wolk) fulfills his lifelong dream of becoming a teacher in this touching Hallmark Hall of Fame production based on a true…
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The Circuit (2008)
Cast: Michelle Trachtenberg, Billy Campbell, Drew Fuller …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Kylie Shines (Michelle Trachtenberg) -- the estranged daughter of stock car racing legend Al Shines (Billy Campbell) -- is eager to follow in her old man's footsteps. In fact, she's…
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Girl, Positive (2007)
Cast: Jennie Garth, Andrea Bowen, Nathan Anderson …
Directed by: Peter Werner
When she learns that a recently deceased football player with whom she had sex might have been HIV positive, high school student Rachel (Andrea Bowen) turns to the school's new…
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Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006)
Cast: Sarah Chalke, Jay Harrington, Julie Khaner …
Directed by: Peter Werner
In this Emmy-nominated TV biopic, Sarah Chalke plays 27-year-old Geralyn Lucas, who depends on grit, humor and plenty of red lipstick to cope with her breast cancer diagnosis. Fresh out of…
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Mom at Sixteen (2005)
Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Jane Krakowski, Danielle Panabaker …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Sixteen-year-old Jacey Jeffries (Danielle Panabaker) is an ideal student -- until her boyfriend (Tyler Hynes) gets her pregnant; she plans to give up the baby for adoption but soon has a…
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Gracie's Choice (2004)
Cast: Kristen Bell, Diane Ladd, Shedrack Anderson III …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Based on a true story, this touching drama stars Kristen Bell as Gracie, the 17-year-old daughter of a drug-addled woman (Anne Heche). Convinced she'd raise her siblings better than her…
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We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
Cast: Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard …
Directed by: Peter Werner
In 1976, in the small town of St. Ephraim, N.Y., the Mulvaney clan lived what most people would consider the American Dream. But mum's the word when one year, a tragic incident occurs…
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Call Me Claus (2001)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Nigel Hawthorne, Brian Mitchell …
Directed by: Robert Costanzo, Peter Werner
Grouchy TV producer Lucy discovers the Santa Claus she hired is the real thing. Being forced to retire after 200 years of employment -- and needing to find a replacement quick or risk ruining…
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Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001)
Cast: Angela Bassett, Kevin Anderson, Brian Mitchell …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Ruby Delacroix (Angela Bassett) owns a popular juke joint on the Louisiana bayou, circa 1960. When she loses her star performer, she reluctantly hires a white singer, Billy Dupre (Kevin…
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No Ordinary Baby (2001)
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Mary Beth Hurt, Adam LeFevre …
Directed by: Peter Werner
When tragedy strikes and their daughter is killed in a car accident, Chris and Virginia Hytner (Adam LeFevre and Valerie Mahaffey) seek solace in trying to have another child. But according…
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The '70s (2000)
Cast: Brad Rowe, Vinessa Shaw, Amy Smart …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter (Guy Torry), Eileen (Vinessa Shaw), Byron (Brad Rowe)…
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The Unspoken Truth (1995)
Cast: Joseph Mazzello, Lea Thompson, Patricia Kalember …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Despite her parents' misgivings, Brianne (Lea Thompson) marries Clay (James Marshall), and the couple soon have a daughter. It's then that Clay begins to show the first signs that…
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The Substitute Wife (1994)
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Lea Thompson, Peter Weller …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Frontier wife Amy is sick and knows she's dying. Concerned about the fate of her husband and children once she's gone, she takes the unusual step of searching for a surrogate to…
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Ned Blessing (1992)
Cast: Daniel Baldwin, Julia Campbell, Chris Cooper …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Just days before his scheduled hanging, crusty cowboy and former sheriff Ned Blessing (Daniel Baldwin) recounts the wild adventures that brought him to his current state of affairs. From his…
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The Image (1990)
Cast: Kathy Baker, Albert Finney, Swoosie Kurtz …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Jason Cromwell (Albert Finney) is a powerful TV news anchor who turns his investigative sights on a bank, eventually driving its president to suicide. The fallout from the death forces…
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No Man's Land (1987)
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen, Lara Harris …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Benjy Taylor (D.B. Sweeney), a young cop fresh from the Academy, is assigned to crack a ring of auto thieves led by flashy, rich lothario Ted Varrick (Charlie Sheen). Taylor's quickly…
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LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Cast: Randy Quaid, Patti LuPone, Anne Haney …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Starting as a congressional aide, Lyndon Johnson (Randy Quaid) hones his reputation as a shrewd political force over a career that takes him to the Senate, the vice presidency and,…
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I Married a Centerfold (1984)
Cast: Tim Daly, Teri Copley, Diane Ladd …
Directed by: Peter Werner
When a poker fanatic (Timothy Daly) declares he can get a date with a sexy centerfold model (Teri Copley), his buddies decide to call his bluff. And when he shocks them all by not only dating…
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Barn Burning (1980)
Cast: Jimmy Faulkner, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Abe Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a tenant farmer whose violent nature proves to be his undoing in this movie adaptation (with screenplay by Horton Foote) of one of author William…