Mark Medoff

Homage -- A hooded figure breaks into a manor house in the English countryside. Searching for a better place, a special place, during a time now long passed.

Clara's Heart -- Whoopi Goldberg portrays a wise, warm and independent Jamaican housekeeper who becomes an unforgettable influence in the life of a young boy (Neil Patrick Harris).

In the best performance of his career, Swayze stars as Max Lowe, a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's mostdangerous neighborhood. And when her clinic - and the livelihood of her neighbors - is threatened by the brutal local "godfather", Max teaches the impoverished Indians the strength of their own unity.

A mother-to-be and her dysfunctional family anticipate the sexual orientation of her forthcoming child in this controversial drama.

An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starting Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.

An American doctor, a British nurse and an illiterate Indian farmer join together to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starting Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.

Max Lowe is a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India and meets a British nurse who runs a clinic. When the clinic becomes threatened by the brutal local "godfather", Max must teach the impoverished Indians the strength of their own unity.

Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg ("Sister Act," "The Color Purple," "Ghost"), in a role Judith Crist called her "best dramatic performance to date," portrays a wise, warm and independent Jamaican housekeeper who becomes an unforgettable influence in the life of a young boy, (Neil Patrick Harris, TV's "Doogie Howser," who received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in his film debut) providing him with affection, growth and gentle comic comfort to the harsh realities of his parents' divorce. Directed by Robert Mulligan ("Summer of '42") and written by Mark Medoff ("Children of a Lesser God"), the New York Daily News gives this movie ***l/2, and says Whoopi Goldberg"... proves once again that she's a fine actress."

Whoopi Goldberg portrays a wise, warm and independent Jamaican housekeeper who becomes an unforgettable influence in the life of a young boy (Neil Patrick Harris).

Whoopi Goldberg portrays a wise, warm and independent Jamaican housekeeper who becomes an unforgettable influence in the life of a young boy (Neil Patrick Harris).

Academy Award-winner Whoopi Goldberg (SISTER ACT, THE COLOR PURPLE, GHOST), in a role Judith Crist called her "best dramatic performance to date," portrays a wise, warm and independent Jamaican housekeeper who becomes an unforgettable influence in the life of a young boy (Neil Patrick Harris, TV's "Doogie Howser," who received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in his film debut), providing him with affection, growth and gentle comic comfort to the harsh realities of his parents' divorce. Directed by Robert Mulligan (SUMMER OF '42) and written by Mark Medoff (CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD), the New York Daily News gives this movie ***l/2, and says Whoopi Goldberg "... proves once again that she's a fine actress."

One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, Children of a Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, it's the uplifting love story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.