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Via Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey produced this miniseries adaptation of Gloria Naylor’s novel of the same name, and stars as Mattie Michael, a new resident of the titular tenement. Her life becomes intertwined with those of the other tenants, including among others her former landlady’s granddaughter, Ciel (Lynn Whitfield), and an educated young woman named Kiswana (Robin Givens), who comes from affluence but is determined to be independent at all costs.
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Veteran minor-league baseball catcher “Crash” Davis (Kevin Costner) is busted down to the single-A Durham Bulls to mentor Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), an up-and-coming but undisciplined pitcher. Also ready to mentor LaLoosh is “baseball groupie” Annie (Susan Sarandon). While they each try to tutor LaLoosh from very different standpoints, Annie and Crash are drawn together.
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Anxiously retired fighter pilot Ted (Robert Hays) defies his fear of flying to board a flight on which Elaine (Julie Hagerty) is working as a flight attendant; she’s just dumped him, and he’s desperate to get her back. But then catastrophe strikes, and Ted is forced back into the cockpit to try to land the plane. All that said: The plot is extremely pointless, merely serving as a frame for this spoof to cram in hundreds, if not thousands, of very goofy gags.
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