GUILTY BY SUSPICION (1991)

 

Written & Directed By: Irwin Winkler

Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus  

Editor: Priscilla Nedd 

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Annette Benning, Patricia Wettig, Chris Cooper, George Wendt, Adam Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Martin Scorsese, Barry Primus, Sam Wanamaker, Luke Edwards, Ben Piazza, Stuart Margolin, Roxann Biggs, Allan Rich, Illenana Douglas, Stephen Root, Jon Tenney, Jonathan Ames 

David Merrill, a successful director, has spent the last couple of years working on movies overseas. He returns right in the middle of the McCarthy-era Communist witch-hunt that was sweeping through Hollywood. When first approached by the 'inquisitors' he rebuffs them, not realizing how much influence they have. He soon finds that he can't get work, having been blacklisted for failing to cooperate. However, if he will just tell them what they want to know, he can go back to work.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0070: BABY, IT’S YOU (1983)

 

Written & Directed By: John Sayles Based on a Story by: Amy Robinson  Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus  Editor: Sonya Polonsky 

Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Matthew Modine, Sam McMurray, Tracy Pollan, Frank Vincent, Robert Downey Jr., Caroline Aaron, Fisher Stevens, Joanna Merlin

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way into a first love romance.  

UPTOWN GIRLS (2003)

Directed By: Boaz Yakin 
Written By: Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik & Lisa Davidowitz 
Story By: Alison Jacobs 
Cinematography By: Michael Ballhaus 
Editor: David Ray 


Cast: Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Donald Faison, Marley Shelton, Jesse Spencer, Heather Locklear, Pell James, Austin Pendelton 


Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive, she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.