Elizabeth Swados Movies
- 1986
Seize the Day
Seize the Day51986HD
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as...
- 1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole5.41998HD
Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's...
- 1982
Alice at the Palace
Alice at the Palace5.51982HD
Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the...
- 2014
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)7.42014HD
Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.
- 1980
Barn Burning
Barn Burning61980HD
Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing in William Faulkner's Barn...
- 1981
Four Friends
Four Friends6.8641981HD
A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.
- 1984
The Killing Floor
The Killing Floor81984HD
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the...
- 1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye6.21986HD
Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
- 1980
Rappaccini's Daughter
Rappaccini's Daughter61980HD
Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a...
- 1982
King of America
King of America01982HD
Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in America in 1915. He finds work on a railroad, but soon gives his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage...
- 1979
Too Far to Go
Too Far to Go11979HD
Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For...
- 1981
Guests of the Nation
Guests of the Nation01981HD
This drama tells the story of Irish insurgents and the captured British soldiers whom they are assigned to guard. While confined to a remote...
- 1980
OHMS
OHMS51980HD
A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land, and a political...
- 1977
The Girl with the Incredible Feeling
The Girl with the Incredible Feeling01977HD
A profile of composer, performer, and author Elizabeth Swados, inter-cutting scenes of the artist at work and in travel with personal reflections and...
- 1987
Family Sins
Family Sins3.51987HD
Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son Keith over Bryan, who is defiant and not good at...
- 1988
MaMa's Pushcart
MaMa's Pushcart01988HD
With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and actors such as Sam Shepard,...