THE FORTUNE (1975)

 

Directed By: Mike Nichols 

Written By: Carole Eastman (As Adrien Joyce) and Selene Elizabeth Bryce 

Cinematography: John A. Alonzo 

Editor: Stu Linder 

Cast: Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley, Scatman Crothers, Dub Taylor, Richard B. Shull, Tom Newman, Christopher Guest

The early 1900s with its Mann Act (disallowing women to be transported across state lines for immoral reasons) brings a married man to devise a scheme for taking his upper-class girlfriend away with him. He simply has her marry his unmarried buddy. However, it doesn't take very long before both men start laying claim to her affection. Until, that is, she's about to be cut out of her parent's fortune. So, a new scheme is devised, which only adds to their problems, as well as to the sly whimsy of this movie.

OVERBOARD (1987)

Directed By: Garry Marshall 
Written By: Leslie Dixon 
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo 
Editor: Sonny Baskin & Dov Hoeing 


Cast: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Roddy McDowell, Edward Herrman, Katherine Helmond, Jared Rushton, Ray Combs 


Dr Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don't see eye-to-eye, Dean is left unpaid while Joannard sets sail. The following day, Joanna is fished out of the sea, after falling overboard, suffering from amnesia. Dean sees a neat way to regain the money she owes him... he tells her she's his wife; that way Dean gets a free housekeeper and mother for his four kids.

THE METEOR MAN (1993)

Written & Directed By: Robert Townsend 
 Cinematography By: John A. Alonzo 
Editor: Pam Wise, Andrew London, Robaire W. Estel, Richard Candib & Adam Bernardi 

Cast: Robert Townsend, Eddie Griffin, James Earl Jones, Roy Fegan, Sinbad, Marla Gibbs, Robert Guillaume, Don Cheadle, Bill Cosby, Frank Gorshin, Nancy Wilson, Big Daddy Kane, Tony “Tiny” Lister, Luther Vandross, Jenifer Lewis, Wallace Shawn, Biz Markie, Beverly Johnson, Lawanda Page, Lela Rochon, John Witherspoon 


A high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets.

NORMA RAE (1979)

Directed By: Martin Ritt 
Written By: Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. 
Cinematography By: John A. Alonzo 
Editor: Sidney Levin 


Cast: Sally Field, Ron Liebman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland, Noble Willingham, Bob Minor, Grace Zabriskie, Frank McRae, 

Like a lot of her family before her, Norma Rae works at the local textile mill, where the pay is hardly commensurate with the long hours and lousy working conditions. But after hearing a rousing speech by labor activist Reuben, Norma is inspired to rally her fellow workers behind the cause of unionism. Her decision rankles her family, especially her fiancé, Sonny, and provokes no shortage of contempt from her employers.