MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)

 

Directed By: Frank Perry Written By: Frank Perry, Frank Yablans, Tracy Hotchner & Robert Getchem  Based on The Book by: Christina Crawford  Cinematography: Paul Lohmann Editor: Peter E. Berger 

Cast: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva, Rutanya Alda, Jocelyn Brando 

This is a mother and daughter tale and partial biography as it is more Christina Crawford's story and memoir. 

THE LADIES CLUB (1986)

Directed By: A.K. Allen 
Written By: Fran Lewis Ebeling & Paul Mason
Based on the novel “THE SISTERHOOD” By: Casey Bishop & Betty Black  Cinematography: Adam Greenberg  Editor: Marion Segal & Randall Torno

Cast: Karen Austin, Diana Scarwid, Christine Belford, Bruce Davison, Beverly Todd, Marilyn Kagan, Arliss Howard, James LeGros, Carol Baxter, Paul Terafotes 

A raped policewoman forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men whom have committed repeated violations of women, and got away with it through legal technicalities.

SILKWOOD (1983)

Directed By: Mike Nichols 
Written By: Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen 
Cinematography By: Miroslav Ondricek 
Editor: Sam O’Steen 


Cast: Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Fred Ward, Craig T. Nelson, Josef Sommer, Charles Hallahan, Alice Arlen, James Rebhorn, Ray Baker, Anthony Heald, Bill Cobbs, Will Patton, Tess Harper, M. Emmett Walsh 


Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle on dangerous practices at the Kerr-McGee plant and who died under circumstances which are still under debate.

BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA (1996)

Directed By: Anjelica Huston 
Written By: Anne Meredith 
Based on the Book By: Dorothy Allison 
Cinematography By: Anthony B. Richmond 
Editor: Eva Gardos 

 Cast: Jena Malone, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gleanne Headley, Ron Eldard, Dermot Mulroney, Diana Scarwid, Lyle Lovett, Michael Rooker, Christina Ricci, Grace Zabriskie, Pat Hingle