Screenplay: Terrence McNally
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Terrence McNally. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Love! Valour! Compassion!
1997 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Joe Mantello
Cast Jason Alexander · Stephen Spinella · John Benjamin Hickey · Stephen Bogardus
Plot Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19th-century home in upstate New York. The seven are: Bobby, Gregory's "significant other," who is blind but who...
6.4
105 votes
6.4
105 votes
Frankie & Johnny
1991 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Garry Marshall
Cast Al Pacino · Michelle Pfeiffer · Hector Elizondo · Kate Nelligan
Plot In this adaptation of Terrence McNally's play, Johnny (Al Pacino), an ex-con turned short order cook, woos Frankie (Michelle Pfeiffer), a reluctant plain jane waitress. Set in a dingy Manhattan...
6.3
10K votes
6.3
10K votes
Common Ground (TV)
2000 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Donna Deitch
Cast Erik Knudsen · Brittany Murphy · Jason Priestley · Margot Kidder
Plot This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr....
5.9
32 votes
5.9
32 votes
The Ritz
1976 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Lester
Cast Jack Weston · Rita Moreno · Jerry Stiller · Kaye Ballard
Plot On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives...
5.9
61 votes
5.9
61 votes
Earth Girls are Easy
1988 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Julien Temple
Cast Geena Davis · Jeff Goldblum · Jim Carrey · Julie Brown
Plot San Fernando Valley manicurist Valerie Dale is feeling down because her live-in boyfriend Ted does not seem to want sex anymore. She throws him out after finding him with a...
4.1
1K votes
4.1
1K votes
New York Television Theatre (TV Series)
1965 · Series · min. · United States
Direction Glenn Jordan · William Corrigan · Alan Schneider
Cast Charlotte Rae · James Coco · George Rose · Maureen Stapleton
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American Playhouse: Andre's Mother (TV)
1990 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Deborah Reinisch
Cast Richard Thomas · Sada Thompson · Sylvia Sidney · Richard Venture
Plot Cal is a young writer living in New York when he meets and falls in love with Andre, an aspiring actor. Andre's mother visits from Texas, and has a hard...
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