4.3-> Filmography p2 (Winona Ryder)
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This article is from the Winona Ryder FAQ, by C. Scott Duprey duprey@panix.com with numerous contributions by others.
4.3-> Filmography p2 (Winona Ryder)
Beetlejuice (1988)
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Starring:
Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones
and
Catherine O'Hara
Written by Michael McDowell & Warren Skarren
Directed by Tim Burton
MPAA Rating: PG, UK Rating: 15; Running time: 92 Minutes
Ghostbusters in reverse. Adam (Baldwin) and Barbara (Davis) are
young, in love -- and dead. Now the Deitzes (Jones and O'Hara) have
just moved into their house and they're not letting Adam and Barbara
rest in peace. Even though Adam and Barbara have befriended the
Deitzes' daughter Lydia (Ryder), the Deitzes still have to go. So
Adam and Barbara enlist the aid of Betelgeuse (Keaton), who decides to
marry Lydia so he can stay in the physical world. Followed by an
animated series.
1969 (1988)
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Starring:
Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder
Written & Directed by Ernest Thompson
MPAA Rating: R; German Rating: 12; Running time: 93 Minutes
Ralph (Downey) and Scott (Sutherland) are best friends, coming of age
in a turbulent time in America's history. They do all the clich?d Age
of Aquarius things: hitchhike, experiment with drugs, meet nudists,
and break into the Post Office to burn their draft cards. Their
friendship is threatened when Ralph's sensitive younger sister, Beth
(Ryder), and Scott fall in love.
Heathers (1989)
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also known as "Lethal Attraction"
Starring:
Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannon Doherty
Written by Daniel Waters
Directed by Michael Lehmann
MPAA Rating: R; Running time: 102 Minutes
Dark satire concerning Veronica (Ryder) a popular girl who runs with
the Heathers, the most elite and ruthless clique at Westerburg High.
Veronica's about fed up with the way they treat everyone when she
hooks up with the new bad boy in town, J.D. (Slater). The two of them
begin picking off their enemies one by one and making their murders
appear to be suicides. Ultimately, Veronica has to make a choice: to
stand up for what she believes or to follow one leader or another for
the rest of her life.
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
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Starring:
Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder and Alec Baldwin
Written by Jack Baran & Jim McBride
based on the book by Myra Lewis with Murray Silver
Directed by McBride
MPAA Rating: PG-13; Running time: 102 Minutes
Biography of 1950's rock and roll star Jerry Lee Lewis (Quaid) and the
scandal surrounding his marriage to his 13 year old second cousin,
Myra (Ryder). Baldwin plays Jerry Lee's bible thumping cousin, Jimmy
Swaggart.
Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael (1990)
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Starring:
Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels
Written by Karen Leigh Hopkins
Directed by Jim Abrahams
MPAA Rating: PG-13; Running time: 98 Minutes
A small town in Ohio goes nuts over the anticipated return of local
hero Roxy Carmichael. Dinky Bosetti (Ryder), the town's weird girl,
is convinced that Roxy is her long lost mother, and plans to run away
with her when she arrives.
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