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The Last Good Time is a 1994 American drama film starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olivia d'Abo, Maureen Stapleton and Lionel Stander in his final theatrical role. Directed by Bob Balaban , the film was based on a 1984 novel of the same name by Richard Bausch .
After four hand-drawn animated movies made by Cinema Center Films and Paramount Pictures, in 1992, it was reported that Hughes would write and produce a live-action adaptation of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts for Warner Bros. [30] Hughes reportedly visited Schulz at his home in Santa Clara, California to talk about adapting Peanuts into a film.
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King , becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
Roger Ebert, however, gave the film a thumbs down, calling it "Contrived" and stating that "There is a lot less here than meets the eye." [7] The film is a favourite of filmmaker Charlie Kaufman. [8] It opened at the Angelika Film Center in Manhattan on September 9, 1994 and grossed $22,973 in its opening week. [9] [10] [11]
The film was a major success at the box office: it became the top-grossing film in the United States released that year and earned over US$678.2 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King. The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies.
A Simple Twist of Fate is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The screenplay by Steve Martin is loosely based on the 1861 novel Silas Marner by George Eliot. Martin stars, along with Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara and Stephen Baldwin.
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film [3] [4] directed and produced by Robert Redford.Dramatizing the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio [5] adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin, a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. [6]
The story in The Last Best Year is based on the experiences of the executive producer, Victoria Riskin, wife of the writer David Rintels. [1] Peters previously worked with the director John Erman on her feature film debut, Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, and the television movie, David. Erman suggested Peters for the film. [2]