Jane Anderson

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Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. She wrote and directed the feature film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), and wrote the film It Could Happen to You (1994), starring Nicolas Cage. She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article…

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It Could Happen to YouIt Could Happen to You · 1994
It Could Happen to You
6.71994
MovieComedyDrama
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
The WifeThe Wife · 2017
The Wife
7.12017
MovieDrama
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
How to Make an American QuiltHow to Make an American Quilt · 1995
How to Make an American Quilt
6.41995
MovieDramaRomance
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
If These Walls Could Talk 2If These Walls Could Talk 2 · 2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
6.52000
MovieRomanceDrama
The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, OhioThe Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio · 2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
6.62005
MovieDrama
A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.
When Billie Beat BobbyWhen Billie Beat Bobby · 2001
When Billie Beat Bobby
5.62001
MovieComedyDrama
The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
The Baby DanceThe Baby Dance · 1998
The Baby Dance
6.31998
MovieDramaTV Movie
Six months pregnant and living in a beat-up tiny mobile home, Wanda LeFauve thinks she has found the solution to her problems when she agrees to meet well-to-do Rachel Luckman and her husband. The childless Luckmans are desperate to raise a baby and Wanda is anxious to find a home for her latest. They strike a deal, but as the birth parents and the potential adoptive parents get to know each other, fundamental differences emerge.
NormalNormal · 2003
Normal
6.72003
MovieDramaTV Movie
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

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Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake WilkinsonPacked In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson · 2015
Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson
7.62015
MovieDocumentary
The story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, a painter who was committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again. All her worldly possessions were packed into trunks and shipped to a relative in West Virginia where they sat in an attic for 40 years. Edith's great-niece, Emmy Award winning writer and director Jane Anderson, grew up surrounded by Edith's paintings, thanks to her mother who had gone poking through that dusty attic and rescued Edith's work. The film follows Jane in her decades-long journey to find the answers to the mystery of Edith's buried life, return the work to Provincetown and have Edith's contributions recognized by the larger art world.

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