Carmen Mathews

Directed by Martin Ritt, Sounder is a powerful story of a boy, his dog and his familys triumph over adversity.

BUtterfield 8 -- Elizabeth Taylor won an Academy Award for her brilliant portrayal of a prostitute who wants to go straight and settle down with the right man.

Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee James Caan ("Misery," "The Godfather") stars as a one-time basketball star who finds the realities of life are tougher than those on the playing field. Based on the brilliant novel by John Updike and featuring a superb supporting cast. Co-starring Oscar and Emmy-winner Jack Albertson ("Chico and the Man"), Arthur Hill ("The Champ"), Oscar-nominee Carrie Snodgrass ("Diary of a Mad Housewife"), and Ken Kercheval ("Dallas").

Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee James Caan ("Misery," "The Godfather") stars as a one-time basketball star who finds the realities of life are tougher than those on the playing field.

Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee James Caan ("Misery," "The Godfather") stars as a one-time basketball star who finds the realities of life are tougher than those on the playing field.

A young married couple struggle with their personal problems and their union and the forthcoming birth of their unwanted child in this grim domestic drama.

When the perfect suitor (Bradford Dillman) proposes marriage, a young heiress (Suzanne Pleshette) tries her best to keep her insatiable sexual compulsions at bay. But her will power is put to the test when an old friend (Ben Gazzara) strolls back into her life. Walter Grauman directs this black-and-white drama based on the novel by John O'Hara. The film earned an Oscar nod for Best Costume Design.

Elizabeth Taylor won an Academy Award for her brilliant portrayal of a prostitute who wants to go straight and settle down with the right man.

Elizabeth Taylor won an Academy Award for her brilliant portrayal of a prostitute who wants to go straight and settle down with the right man.

A film about the romantic life of a fashionable Manhattan beauty, Gloria Wandrous, who's part model, part call-girl--and all man-trap.

James Caan stars as a one-time basketball star who remembers what it's like to have been good at something. Married to an alcoholic wife who's pregnant with his second child, he tries to run away from his has-been life and loveless marriage.