Martin Shakar

SIGNS OF LIFE stars veteran actor Arthur Kennedy as a cranky, set-in-his-ways Maine shipbuilder. Unable to keep apace with the 1980s, Kennedy is forced to close up shop. The film probes the various effects this decision has on Kennedy's employees.

Signs of Life -- A touching story of life in rural Maine, and the changes brought about by the closing of a town's small boat-building company -- on which many of the residents depended upon for a living.

Molly Gunn is the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend, and the toast of the Manhattan social scene. But when her inheritance is stolen, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before - get a job. Molly becomes a nanny to precocious Ray Schleine, an "eight-year-old going on forty." Emotionally distant from her fast-paced A&R executive mother, Roma, Ray has grown up with a revolving door of nannies and little stability. Molly and Ray both feel painfully alone in the world, but as they try to make their new arrangement work, each discovers in the other a true friend.

This widely acclaimed motion picture features outstanding performances from Renee Zellweger (The Bachelor, Jerry Maguire) and Julianna Margulies ( TV's ER, The Newton Boys). Sonia (Zellweger) is a young woman who always did just what was expected: she married the right man, moved to the right neighborhood and had a beautiful baby. And yet, when she discovers an exciting world beyond her tightly knit community, it sparks a growing desire for independence that threatens the security of the perfect life she knows. See A Price Above Rubies for yourself, and learn why critics and audiences nationwide have praised this passionate movie gem!