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Tag Archives: Jonathan Demme
Crazy Mama (1975) Jonathan Demme, Cloris Leachman, Stuart Whitman, Ann Sothern

Jonathan Demme directs this joyous relentlessly kitschy celebration of 1950s America: opportunity, rock’n’roll, and the road. Read More »
Caged Heat (1974) Jonathan Demme, Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid

A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow. Read More »
Beloved (1998) Jonathan Demme, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Yada Beener

Haunted by so many painful and well-hidden secrets, former slave Sethe Read More »
Melvin and Howard (1980) Jonathan Demme, Paul Le Mat, Jason Robards, Elizabeth Cheshire

This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin E. Dummar. Read More »
A Master Builder (2013) Jonathan Demme, Julie Hagerty, Wallace Shawn, Lisa Joyce

A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife Read More »
Swimming to Cambodia (1987) Jonathan Demme, Spalding Gray, Sam Waterston, Ira Wheeler

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits Read More »
Citizens Band (1977) Jonathan Demme, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Bruce McGill

This movie interlaces the stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen’s band) radio. Read More »
Swing Shift (1984) Jonathan Demme, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Drama, Romance, War

Jack and Kay Walsh are typical of couples of the 1940s, in which he’s the breadwinner and she the housewife determined upon him to perform the guy’s duties around the home. Read More »
Who Am I This Time? (1982) Jonathan Demme, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely, Comedy, Drama, Romance

From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely–while on stage. Read More »