The Chocolate War (1988)
Drama
A surreal portrait of a Catholic Private School and its hierarchy. A new student must submit to the bizarre rituals of his peers and the expectations of the school's administration by selling chocolates.
Starring: John Glover, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Wallace Langham, Doug Hutchison, Jenny Wright, Bud Cort
Director: Keith Gordon
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Mystery | Thriller
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz, David Margulies
Director: Brian De Palma
Christine / John Carpenter's Christine (1983)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. But as the car changes, so does Arnie, and his newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.
Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Roberts Blossom
Director: John Carpenter
Waking the Dead (2000)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Fielding Pierce lives the life of an aspiring politician – in 1972 he's serving in the Coast Guard (trying to avoid Vietnam in the most honorable way), and by 1973 he has entered law school. Along the way he falls in love with Sarah, a fiercely idealistic woman who devotes her life to helping others – unfortunately she's killed in an explosion while assisting members of the Chilean resistance. Nine years later, in the middle of a congressional election, Fielding is suddenly flooded with thoughts and visions of his lost love.
Starring: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Hal Holbrook, Sandra Oh, John Carroll Lynch, Stanley Anderson, Hal Holbrook, Ed Harris
Director: Keith Gordon
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The Singing Detective (2003)
Comedy | Crime | Musical | Mystery
"While hospitalized with an extreme case of psoriasis, novelist Dan Dark reworks his first book in his head. Feverish, paranoid and prone to musical outbreaks, he confuses himself with his protagonist, a detective investigating the murder of a prostitute in 1950s Los Angeles."
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody, Carla Gugino
Director: Keith Gordon
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Back to School (1986)
Comedy | Romance | Sport
Millionaire businessman Thornton Melon enrolls in college to persuade his son, Jason, not to drop out. How will the campus' oldest freshman fit in? Will he even bother to try?
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Burt Young, Sally Kellerman, Robert Downey Jr., Terry Farrell
Director: Alan Metter
A Midnight Clear (1992)
Drama | War
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Starring: Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C. McGinley
Director: Keith Gordon
