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Randa Haines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Randa Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a film and television director and producer. She is perhaps most famous for directing the critically acclaimed feature film Children of a Lesser God (1986), which starred William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, for which Matlin won the 1987 Academ... more

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Randa Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a film and television director and producer. She is perhaps most famous for directing the critically acclaimed feature film Children of a Lesser God (1986), which starred William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, for which Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award as best actress. Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989, she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

Haines received a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for that film and was nominated both for the DGA Award and an Emmy Award in 1984 for the television movie Something About Amelia.

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Children of a Lesser God
(1986)
Drama, Romance
James, a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf, falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Randa Haines
Cast:
Marlee Matlin, William Hurt, Philip Bosco, John Limnidis, Piper Laurie
7.2
80%
80
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The Ron Clark Story
(2006)
Drama, TV Movie
A passionate and innovative teacher leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to this students, Ron Clark must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to drive them toward their potential.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Randa Haines
Cast:
Matthew Perry, Judith Buchan, Griffin Cork, Ernie Hudson, C.J. Jackman-Zigante
7.6
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The Doctor
(1991)
Drama
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Randa Haines
Cast:
William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin
6.9
86%
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Dance with Me
(1998)
Drama, Music, Romance
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby ...
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Randa Haines
Cast:
Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski
5.9
51%
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The Outsider
(2002)
Drama, Romance, TV Movie, Western
Montana sheep farmer Rebecca Yoder offers sanctuary to an on-the-lam outlaw, Johnny Gault, who is suffering from a gunshot wound. Yoder is a recent widow, and her decision to help the outsider doesn't sit well with her Quaker community. As a romance brews between her and Gault, it puts in jeopardy her standing among her devout neighbor...
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Randa Haines
Cast:
Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Brett Tucker
7.0
N/A
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Something About Amelia
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Something About Amelia
(1984)
Drama, TV Movie
The movie follows the Bennett family after Amelia tells her school counselor that her father has sexually abused her.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Randa Haines
Cast:
Ted Danson, Glenn Close, Olivia Cole, Roxana Zal, Lane Smith
7.1
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