"Stories of a Detention Farm, From One Who Lived There." 01 October 1993 Drama 95 mins
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.
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Marcus Klemp as John 'Spacy' Callahan
Elijah James Shepard as Gary Finch (as Elijah Shepard)
Mary Beth Hurt as Mother
Tom Bower as Mr. Speck
Clem Tucker Jr. as Teats Bower
Patrick LaBrecque as Tony Kemler
Jake Busey as Richard Halverson
Michael Hyland as Davey Rydell
Robert Breuler as Mr. Kibby
Mary Forcade as Mrs. Speck
Benjamin Salisbury as Young Spacy
William Francis McGuire as Father
John O'Keefe Writer
John O'Keefe Screenplay
John Hanson Director
Steve Bloom Assistant Editor
Todd Boekelheide Original Music Composer
United States 01 October 1993
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30 December 1993
British filmmaker Beeban Kidron ventures onto the mean streets of the South Bronx and other New York locales to examine the lives of those involved in the city's thriving sex industry.
01 January 1993
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01 March 1993
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25 December 1993
Billy and Jack are modern-day Robin Hoods who engage in petty scums to earn money for the upkeep of a daycare center for indigent and underprivileged children.
22 December 1993
A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.
28 March 1993
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20 May 1993
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11 February 1993
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