David Byrd

The Proposition -- A well-to-do couple (Oscar-winner William Hurt and Madeleine Stowe) in the Depression era find themselves in a tangled mess when they hire a young Harvard student (Neil Patrick Harris) to serve as a surrogate father for their child. But, their problems deepen as they must deal with the meddling of a new priest (Oscar-nominee Kenneth Branagh) and the surrogate father's growing romantic feelings for the wife.

The Hudsucker Proxy -- An ambitious but naive young man rapidly moves up the corporate ladder from the mailroom to the executive suite, unaware that he is part of the board of directors' nefarious scheme.

While investigating the murder of a friend, a cop discovers a secret plot related to a formula to make gasoline without using oil. Although the original formula was discovered by the Nazis during WWII, the knowledge has spread. The cop becomes caught between the people who want to use the formula and the oil companies who want to suppress it.

Widowed, world-famous neurosurgeon Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) is trapped in a loveless marriage with Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner), who is interested only in Hfuhruhurr's money. On a trip to Vienna to attend a medical conference, Hfuhruhurr falls in love with a bottled brain (voiced by Sissy Spacek), and finds himself in the middle of murders committed by the elevator killer.