IN PRODUCTION:
CHESAPEAKE SHORES
Executive Producers: Daniel Paulson, Nancey Silvers, Sherryl Woods, John Tinker, Martin Wood, Michael Berns
Producer: Matt Drake
Directors: Martin Wood, Peter DeLuise, Anne Wheeler, Sean McNamara, Terry Ingram, Mike Rohl, Andy Mikita
Starring: Diane Ladd, Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, and Treat Williams.
Based off the novel by Sherryl Woods
Season 1 Writers: Nancey Silvers, John Tinker, Kristen Hansen
Season 2 Writers: Nancey Silvers, Michael Berns, Michael Mclennan, Kristen Hansen, Anne Lewis Hamilton
Synopsis:
High-powered career woman Abby O’Brien Winters (Meghan Ory) has made it in the big city — New York. But when the divorced mother of two gets a panicked phone call from her younger sister Jess O’Brien (Laci J Mailey) about the opening of her bed and breakfast, Abby takes a trip back home to Chesapeake Shores. However, at home Abby is confronted with people from her past — including high school sweetheart Trace Riley (Jesse Metcalfe), uncompromising father Mick O’Brien (Treat Williams) and esteemed grandmother Nell O’Brien (Diane Ladd). It is this look into her past, combined with a realization that her career is restricting her ability to be a hands-on mother to her daughters, that leads Abby to reconsider Chesapeake Shores as a permanent home for her and her daughters, especially if it gives her a second chance at finding love.
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
THEATRICAL FILMS
BACKTRACK/CATCHFIRE
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Fred Ward, Dean Stockwell and Vincent Price
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Writers: Rachel Kronstadt Mann, Rachel Kronstadt Mann
Executive Producer: Mitchell Cannold, Steven Reuther
Producer: Dick Clark, Dan Paulson
Synopsis:
A woman, Anne Benton (Jodie Foster), witnesses a mob assassination and flees for her life, eluding both the police, who want her testimony, and the hitman, Milo (Dennis Hopper), who’s out to get her. But as she runs for her life, changing her identities along the way, Anne cannot seem to escape Milo. And as Milo follows Anne from town to town and studies her life, he’s forced to confront his own emerging feelings of infatuation and affection for his target.
Distributor: Vestron Pictures
COMES A HORSEMAN
Starring: James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, and Richard Farnsworth
Directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Writers: Dennis Lynton Clark
Executive Producer: Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Producer: Gene Kirkwood, Dan Paulson
Synopsis:
Ella Connors (Jane Fonda), a single cattle farm owner, is approached by her corrupt ex suitor, Jacob Ewing (Jason Robards), to sell her failing farm. When Ella feels the pressure to sell, she looks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn (James Caan). As Ella and Frank fight for her farm, and face jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage along the way, they also grow to love each other.
Distributor: United Artists
Honors: Academy Award Nomination, Best Supporting Actor for Richard Farnsworth.
PASSENGER 57
Starring: Wesley Snipes
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Writers: Stewart Raffill, Dan Gordon, David Loughery
Executive Producer: Jonathan Sheinberg
Producer: Dan Paulson, Lee Rich, Dylan Sellers
Synopsis:
John Cutter (Wesley Snipes), an airline security expert, boards a plane to Los Angeles to accept his new job as Vice President of an Anti-terrorist unit for a major airline. Unbeknownst to him, on the same plane is major terrorist, Charles Rane (Bruce Payne), being escorted by the FBI. But when some of Rane’s colleagues, disguised as passengers and flight attendants, take over the plane, set Rane free, and render the FBI agents useless, John is forced to put his anti-terrorist training to good use.
Distributor: Warner Bros.
SUNSET PARK
Starring: Rhea Perlman
Directed by Steve Gomer
Writers: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Cantillon
Producer: Danny Devito, Dan Paulson, Michael Shamberg
Synopsis:
White gym teacher Phyllis Saroka (Rhea Perlman) takes over the coaching of an inner-city high-school basketball team. She begins the enterprise with the simple goal of earning money to open her dream restaurant, after her lover leaves her. Learning about basketball and coaching as she goes, she transforms both herself and her team — including Shorty (Fredro Starr), who is always in trouble with the law, and talented but perpetually stoned Butter (James Harris) — from losers to winners.
Distributor: TriStar
CABLE MOVIES, MINI-SERIES AND SERIES
BATTLE OF THE BULBS
Starring: Daniel Stern, and Matt Frewer
Directed by Harvey Frost
Writers: W. Paul Thompson
Executive Producer: Dan Paulson, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
Bob Wallace (Daniel Stern) makes sure to go all out every year on Christmas decorations so that he can have the brightest and most festive house in the neighborhood. This year, he notices that his new neighbor, Stu Jones (Matt Frewer), has put up an even brighter and more lavish display. From then on, they declare war and fight for the best Christmas decoration display in the neighborhood.
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
BONANNO: A GODFATHER’S STORY
Starring Martin Landau, Edward James Olmos and Robert Loggia
Directed by Michel Poulette
Writers: Bill Bonanno, Joseph Bonanno, Sergio Lalli, and Thomas Michael Donnelly
Executive Producer: Bill Bonanno, Dan Paulson
Producer: Kevin Tierney, Tommaso Calevi
Synopsis:
A four part mini series following the real life story of Italian-American mafia boss Joesph “Bananas” Bonanno. The story covers Bonanno’s involvement in the mafia, from his early beginnings in Italy to his conquests in America. Along the way, the film explores the lives of Italian-Americans living in New York during the first two decades of the 20th Century, as well as, the turbulent power struggles of the Italian mafia following World War II.
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Best Miniseries Nomination, International Press Academy (I.P.A.) Golden Satellite Awards. M.P.S.E. Golden Reel Awards Nominations for Best Sound Editing in Television, Movies of the Week, Pilots, and Specials: Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement, Sound Effects and Foley. Gemini nomination for Best Dramatic Score.
BY DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT
Starring: Richard Crenna and David Carradine
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writers: Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler
Executive Producer: Dan Paulson, Randall Badger, Robert Halmi Jr.
Producer: Rose Lam
Synopsis:
When Mike Lewis (Chris Olivero) leaves Los Angeles to stay with his grandfather, Ben Maxwell (Richard Crenna), in Colorado for the summer. However, Mike hates the old man’s cowboy ways and when Mike demands to go home, the old man agrees and saddles up a couple of horses for a six week trip toward California, home, and redemption.
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Award of Excellence, Film Advisory Board. Parent’s Guide Award. Writers Guild Nomination. Western Heritage Special Board Of Director’s Award.
THE COLOR OF RAIN
Starring: Lacey Chabert.
Directed by Anne Wheeler
Writers: Gina Kell, Nancey Silvers, Michael Spehn
Executive Producers: Dan Paulson, David Permut, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
After cancer claims Matt Kell’s life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina (Lacey Chabert) and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss. Wanting to be close to her kids, Gina starts to volunteer at their elementary school and meets the Spehn children, Jack, Danny and Charlotte. In a gut-wrenching coincidence, just weeks after Matt’s death, the Spehn’s mom, Cathy, also suddenly succumbs to cancer, leaving her distraught husband, Michael Spehn (Warren Christie), to care for their three kids on his own. Sensing the hopelessness in Michael she so recently saw in herself, Gina reaches out to Michael and his kids and the two families begin to forge an unlikely friendship and close bond. Over the year that follows, their lives become intertwined as they learn to lean on each other during the at-times insurmountable obstacles, and adversity. Together, they begin to heal. But as Gina and Michael realize their newfound friendship is so much more, they struggle against some surprising resistance from their families and community to unite their two grieving families as one and learn to love again.
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
A COOLER CLIMATE
Starring: Sally Field and Judy Davis
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Writers: Marsha Norman
Based off the novel by Zena Collier
Executive Producers: Dan Paulson, Susan Rose
Line Producer: Colleen Nystedt
Synopsis:
Iris (Sally Field) is broke after her recent divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula (Judy Davis). Unfortunately for Iris, Paula proves to be a difficult employer and a bitter housewife. However, when Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women as they bond over their shared experiences.
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy nominations for both Sally Field and Judy Davis. S.A.G. Nominations for both Sally Field and Judy Davis. W.G.A. Nomination for Marsha Norman. New York Festivals Finalist award.
(Executive Producer)
CUSTODY OF THE HEART
Starring: Lorraine Bracco
Directed by David Jones
Writers: Marsha Norman
Based off the book “A Woman’s Place” by Barbara Delinsky
Executive Producers: Dan Paulson, Susan Rose
Synopsis:
A successful businesswoman (Lorraine Bracco) is suddenly served divorce papers and sued for custody of her children by her stay-at-home husband (Martin Donovan) after he charges her with being an unfit mother.
Distributor: Lifetime
DEAD IN A HEARTBEAT
Starring Judge Reinhold, Penelope Ann Miller and Timothy Busfield
Directed by Paul Antier
Writers: Mark Rosman, Richard Ades
Executive Producer: Dan Paulson, Bob Chmiel
Producer: Shawn Williamson
Synopsis:
An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko (Judge Reinhold) of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes (Penelope Ann Miller) , find themselves in a race against time to track down a disturbed bomber (Timothy Busfield) acting out a revenge plot by planting bombs in pacemakers causing Dr. Hayes’ patients to explode.
Distributor: TBS
FULL-COURT MIRACLE
Starring Richard T. Jones
Directed by Stuart Gillard
Writers: Joel Silverman, Joel Kauffmann, Donald C. Yost
Executive Producer: Dan Paulson, Bob Chmiel
Producer: Jacqueline George
Synopsis:
Based off the true story of former college basketball star, Lamont Carr, after Lamont (Richard T. Jones) faces a career-ending knee injury he’s forced to leave his college basketball career behind. However, when a team of Jewish schoolboys convince him to coach their failing team, Lamont becomes their head coach and helps them change their luck.
Distributor: Disney Channel
Honor: Humanitas Prize Finalist. Writers Guild nomination. Two Young Artist Award nominations.
GIFT OF LOVE: THE DANIEL HUFFMAN STORY
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Ed Marinaro and Elden Henson
Directed by John Korty
Writers: Anna Sandor
Executive Producer: Peter Miller, Bob Chmiel, Robert Halmi Jr.
Producer: Dan Paulson
Synopsis:
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Huffman (Elden Henson) is a normal teenager with a passion for football and grand hope for a college football scholarship. Raised by his grandmother Shirlee (Debbie Reynolds), the two have a warm and loving relationship. But when Shirlee is suddenly in need of a kidney transplant Daniel is forced to make a difficult, heart-wrenching decision; Daniel must sacrifice one of the two loves of his life, his grandmother or his career. Gift of Love, is a remarkable true story of courage and inspiration.
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Children’s Special. Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Special Emmy Nomination for Debbie Reynolds. Excellence in Media, Angel Award. Award of Excellence, Film Advisory Board. Young Artist Award nomination. CINE Golden Eagle Award. Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media Award.
GONE
Starring Molly Parker
Directed by Grant Harvey
Writers: Ron Oliver
Executive Producer: Dan Paulson, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
When Amy Kettering’s (Molly Parker) 9-year-old daughter Emily Kettering (Natasha Calis) is kidnapped, she receives a chilling phone call instructing her to kill a recently admitted hospital patient if she ever wants to see her daughter again. Not accepting murder as an option, Amy desperately searches for clues to Emily’s whereabouts. In doing so, Amy gradually discovers just how high up the malevolent plot goes. Against unbelievable odds, Amy must find her daughter and justice for her family.
Distributor: Lifetime
THE GOOD MISTRESS
Starring Annie Heise
Directed by Terry Ingram
Writers: Ron Oliver, James Shavick
Executive Producer: Dan Paulson, Shawn Williamson, Philip Webb
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
Sandy (Anne Heise), a young woman struggling to recover from alcoholism and a tragic automobile accident, moves to a new town where her high school friend, Karen (Kendra Anderson), has offered her a job. However, after becoming involved with a mysterious gentleman, Sandy soon finds her new life in jeopardy when she discovers that the man is actually Karen’s husband, Sam (Antonio Cupo), a candidate in the county elections and a suspect in a murder investigation.
Distributor: Lifetime
HATS OFF TO CHRISTMAS
Starring Haylie Duff, Antonio Cupo
Directed by Terry Ingram
Writers: Deanna Talcott, Deborah Majinska
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
Mia (Haylie Duff), the loyal and hard-working manager of her small town’s Christmas hat shop, is blindsided when her boss asks her to train his son, Nick (Antonio Cupo), for a vacant upper-management position that Mia had been coveting. Mia finds training NIck frustrating until he takes an interest in her son Scotty (Sean Michael Kyer), helping him with a pumpkin carving contest. However, Mia’s faith in Nick quickly diminishes when he fails to show up at the contest. To protect her son from further disappointment, Mia tries to keep Nick out of her and Scotty’s fragile life and Nick must decide if staying in the small town of Wilsonville is worth giving up the big-city perks he once had in New York. As Mia struggles to find a way to convince Scotty to return to physical therapy so he can walk again, she soon realizes that Nick may be the Christmas miracle she has been waiting for. Does he stay or does he return to the Big Apple?
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
I DO, I DO, I DO
Starring Autumn Reeser, Antonio Cupo
Directed by Ron Oliver
Written by Nancey Silvers
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Steve Leon, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goering
Synopsis:
An architect heads to the altar with her fiancé, unsure of her marriage and their future. She relives her disastrous wedding day, put together by her fiancé’s overbearing mother, over and over until, with the help of her fiancé’s brother, she begins to face her biggest fears and discover what she really wants in herself and in her life.
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
INSIDE
Starring Louis Gossett Jr., Nigel Hawthorne and Eric Stoltz
Directed by Arthur Penn
Writers: Bima Stagg
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Louis Gosset Jr.
Producer: Hillard Elkins
Synopsis:
Colonel Kruger (Nigel Hawthorne) tortures a political prisoner (Eric Stoltz) to learn who his anti-apartheid collaborators are. Ten years later, this same Colonel himself becomes a prisoner and is interrogated about his own offenses.
Distributor: Showtime
JACK
Starring Stockard Channing, Ron Silver and Anton Yelchin
Based upon the novel by A. M. Homes
Directed by Lee Rose
Written by A.M. Homes
Executive Producer: Bob Chmiel, Susan Rose
Producer: Daniel Paulson
Synopsis:
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents’ divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn out to have a gay dad as well and his best friend’s parents end up not having the perfect marriage Jack thought they had.
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Outstanding Performer In A Children/Youth/Family Special Emmy for Stockard Channing. Outstanding Performer In A Children/Youth/Family Special Emmy nomination for Ron Silver. Directors Guild nomination. GLAAD Media Award nomination, Outstanding Television Movie.
LOVE AT THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
Starring Autumn Reeser and Antonio Cupo
Directed by Ron Oliver
Writers: Nancey Silvers
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Steve Leon, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
As Chicago gears up for its annual Thanksgiving Day parade, Emily Jones, an eager parade coordinator is shocked when Henry Williams, a wealthy new development consultant, is brought in to analyze the parade’s finances. Faced with the challenge of teaching him that the parade means so much more to her than dollar signs, she suddenly finds herself reluctantly falling for him.
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
MR. AND MRS. LOVING
Starring Timothy Hutton and Lela Rochon.
Written and directed by Richard Friedenberg.
Executive Producer: Timothy Hutton, Susan Rose
Producer: Daniel Paulson, Chi-en Telemaque
Synopsis:
In the American South, a black woman and the white man she loves are hounded by racist police and inflexible family members. Mildred “Bean” Jeter (Lela Rochon) and Richard Loving (Timothy Hutton) have fallen hard for one another, but an antiquated statute still in effect in the 1960s says that their relationship is against the law. Their fight to forge a life together puts their freedom at risk as they wage a legal battle that takes their case to the Supreme Court.
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Best Actress CableAce nomination for Lela Rochon. Multiracial Americans of Southern California (M.A.S.C.) Building Bridges Towards Racial Harmony Award. New York Festivals Finalist Award.
MR. MUSIC
Starring Mick Fleetwood
Directed by Fred Gerber
Writers: Roy Sallows
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Spencer Proffer
Producer:
Synopsis:
Distributor: Showtime
Honors: Award of Excellence, Film Advisory Board. Young Artist Award nomination, Best Performance In A TV Movie, Mini-series Or Special – Leading Young Actor, for Jonathan Tucker.
NORTH SHORE FISH
Starring Mercedes Ruehl, Tony Danza, Peter Riegert and Carroll Baker
Directed by Steve Zuckerman
Writers: Israel Horovitz
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson
Producer: Allan Kassirer
Synopsis:
Sal (Tony Danza) has been the foreman at North Shore Fish, a frozen fish factory, for years. He and Florence (Mercedes Ruehl), once high school sweethearts, are now currently carrying on an affair. Porker (Peter Riegert), Sal’s right-hand man, has been madly in love with Florence since third grade. The job gets tougher when a new health inspector, Shimma (Wendie Malick) arrives and could shut them down if they don’t meet government standards. Meanwhile, Florence is pregnant and isn’t sure she wants an abortion. Try as they might to keep things running, a stunned Sal announces the closure of North Shore Fish.
Distributor: Showtime
PANIC IN THE SKIES
Starring Kate Jackson, Ed Marinaro, Erik Estrada and Robert Guillaume
Directed by Paul Ziller
Writers: Rick Rosner, Robert Hamilton
Executive Producer: Paul Colichman, Mark R. Harris, Stephen P. Jarchow, Rick Rosner
Producer: Daniel Paulson, Rosanne Milliken, James Shavick
Synopsis:
The cockpit of a Boeing 747 is struck by lightning during takeoff for a flight to Europe, fatally injuring the flight crew. Laurie (Kate Jackson), the senior flight attendant, enlists the aid of passenger Brett Young (Ed Marinaro). They determine that the autopilot can bring the plane in for a landing, but soon learn that the autopilot is locking onto the transponders of airfields at random, including signals from small airports with runways too short to accommodate the jumbo jet. Meanwhile, federal officials on the ground who have lost radio contact with the jet debate whether the plane should be shot down to prevent a more disastrous crash in a heavily populated area.
Distributor: The Family Channel
PROFILE FOR MURDER
Starring Nicki Aycox
Directed by Terry Ingram
Writers: Madeline Di Maggio, Maria Young
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
A criminal profiler retires to live in California with her family and move on from the horrific crime that ended her career. Her idyllic life is shattered when she discovers the serial killer responsible has escaped from prison and is intent on terrorizing her.
Distributor: Lifetime
SAFE HARBOR
Starring Treat Williams and Nancy Travis
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Writers: Josef Anderson
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson
Producer: Marta M. Mobley, Kyle A. Clark, Lina Wong
Synopsis:
Doug (Treat Williams) and Robbie (Nancy Travis) are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the better, and they decide to stay in town and run the foster home for boys permanently.
Distributor: The Hallmark Channel
STAFFERS
Reality Series
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Steve Rosenbaum, Steve Carlis,
Producer: Bob Chmiel, John Eddie, Seth Marsh
Synopsis:
Distributor: Discovery Times
STOLEN FROM THE WOMB
Starring Laura Mennell and Larisa Oleynik
Directed by Terry Ingram
Writers: Vivian Rhodes, Jennifer Notas
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Barry Perelman, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring,
Synopsis:
Inspired by true events, Diane (Larisa Oleynik) and Rob King (Sebastian Spence) are thrilled over the news of Diane’s pregnancy. Chelsey Miller (Laura Mennell), a woman desperate to have a baby, discovers that she’s unable to have one of her own, and stalks the unsuspecting Diane with the intentions of stealing her baby. When Diane’s due date approaches, Chelsey kidnaps her and gives her a labor-inducing drug, forcing Diane to deliver the baby. Chelsey takes the baby and Diane is found alive. Now Diane and Rob must do everything they can to find their newborn, who has a rare congenital condition that needs to be treated immediately, before it is too late.
Distributor: Lifetime
TILL DAD DO US PART
Starring John Larroquette and Markie Post
Directed by Randall Miller
Writers: Douglass Soesbe
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Bob Chmiel, Amy Goldberg, Lance H. Robbins, James Shavick
Producer: Shawn Williamson
Synopsis:
Banker, Gavin Corbett (John Larroquette), refuses to stand by and let his spoiled daughter, Rebecca (Emily Holmes) abandon her medical studies just to marry an idealist and unruly environmental activist, Dennis Qualintip (Jonathan Cherry). Gavin hopes to match Rebecca with rising bank executive, Brent Fenwick III (Adam Harrington), who he hopes to make his protege.
Distributor: Fox Family Channel
THE TRAINER
Starring Chelsea Hobbs and Sunny Mabrey
Directed by Ron Oliver
Writers: Ron Oliver
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Shawn Williamson
Producer: Jamie Goehring
Synopsis:
Annie (Chelsea Hobbs), 28 and recently divorced, is doing everything she can to get her life back on track. Annie decides to join the New Life Fitness gym and is inspired by and excited about her new trainer Alex Sullivan (Sunny Mabrey), 20-something, who quickly becomes a friend. Alex is young, successful and full of life; but that success comes at a price. Sadly Alex is psychotic and has been murdering her trainees for years. Turns out working out really can kill you.
Distributor: Lifetime
NETWORK MOVIES AND MINISERIES
BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE
Starring Gena Rowlands, Linda Lavin, Gwen Verdon, Richard Farnsworth, and Helen Slater
Directed by Michael Switzer
Writers: Shelby Hearon, Cynthia Whitcomb
Executive Producer: Susan Rose
Producer: Daniel Paulson
Synopsis:
Distributor: CBS
COPACABANA
Starring Barry Manilow, Annette O’Toole
Directed by Waris Hussein
Writers: James Lipton
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Dick Clark
Producer: R.W. Goodwin
Choreographed by Grover Dale.
Synopsis:
A hit song is the inspiration for this movie. In 1948, an aspiring songwriter, Tony Starr (Barry Manilow), is working as a pianist in a bar. He meets Lola Lamar (Annette O’Toole) who wants to make it in show business and is immediately smitten with the beautiful woman. At Manhattan’s Copacabana lounge they both start finding fame, however, fate steps in. Lola is swept to Havana to work in a splashy night club act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead she finds Rico Castelli (Joseph Bologna), a suave gangster who manages the club.
Distributor: CBS
Honors: Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program Emmy. Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Emmy Nomination.
HAVEN
Starring Anne Bancroft, Martin Landau, Natasha Richardson
Directed by John Gray
Writers: Suzette Couture
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Judy Ranan, Peter Sussman
Producer: Ian McDougall, Mark Winemaker
Synopsis:
This is the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber (Natasha Richardson) who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to love and feel sorry for them all, and fights for their rights to live in America.
Four hour mini-series.
Distributor: CBS
Honors: Supporting Actress Emmy nomination for Anne Bancroft. Music Composition Emmy nomination. Outstanding Special Visual Effects Emmy nomination. Gemini for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program. Gemini nominations for Best Dramatic Mini-Series; Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role for Colim Feore and Bruce Greenwood; Best Picture Editing. Humanitas Prize.
PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS
Starring Sissy Spacek and Alfre Woodard
Based upon the novel by Patricia Reilly Giff
Directed by Tony Bill
Writers: Ann Peacock, Daniel Petrie Jr., Camille Thomasson
Executive Producer: Brent Shields
Producer: Daniel Paulson
Synopsis:
After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods (Jodelle Ferland) is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill (Sissy Spacek). Hollis is a talented artist and her life stories unfold through her pictures. One revealing picture is the “W” picture Hollis drew for a first grade class assignment on the letter “w”. Hollis drew her Wish and Want, a family. Hollis had that family in the Regan’s, but fear of attachment and emotional turmoil caused her to run away. As Josie’s forgetfulness grows worse, Hollis is forced into the role of caretaker. Through her artwork and her care of Josie, Hollis Woods finds her family.
Distributor: Hallmark Hall of Fame/CBS
Honors: Best Actress, Television Mini-series Or Movie, Golden Globe nomination for Sissy Spacek. Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Mini-series Or A Movie, EMMY nomination for Alfre Woodard. ACE nomination for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Commercial Television. Christopher Award. Television Academy Honors Award. CAMIE Award. Young Artist Award nomination, Best Performance In A TV Movie, Mini-series Or Special – Leading Young Actress, for Jodelle Ferland. Young Artist Award nomination, Best Performance In A TV Movie, Mini-series or Special – Supporting Young Actor, for Ridge Canipe. Humanitas Prize Finalist. Casting Society of America nomination.
PROMISED A MIRACLE
Starring Judge Reinhold and Rosanna Arquette
Based upon the novel by Larry Parker
Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writers: David Hill, John With
Executive Producer: Preston Fischer
Producer: Roni Weisberg
Co-Producres: Daniel Paulson, Lisa Demberg
Synopsis:
Based on an actual incident, this drama follows the trial of Alice Elizabeth “Lucky” Parker (Rosanna Arquette) and her husband, Larry (Judge Reinhold). Fervently religious people, the Parkers opt to stop giving their diabetic son, Wesley (Vonni Ribisi), his regular dose of insulin in the belief that God will heal him. When Wesley dies after days without insulin, the two are charged with manslaughter and must deal with the repercussions of their decision.
Distributor: CBS
REACHING FOR THE STARS
Starring Tyra Ferrell, Cyndi James Gossett, Candi Milo
Directed by Bill Dunne
Writers:
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Dick Clark
Producer: Bill Dunne
Synopsis:
Nation-wide search to find five aspiring female singers to form a new pop group called “Girls Rock Club”.
Distributor: NBC
SAVING JESSICA LYNCH
Starring Laura Regan
Directed by Peter Markle
Writers: John Fasano
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Bob Chmiel
Producer: Michael R. Joyce
Synopsis:
Mohammed Al-Rehaief (Nicholas Guilak), a young Iraqi lawyer, learns that Private Jessica Lynch (Laura Regan), a 19-year old U.S. soldier from West Virginia, is held as POW in an Iraqi hospital. Mohammed wants to find out what a girl the age of his own daughters is doing and why she’s being held. However, both the U.S. troops and his nationalist countrymen start treating him as a suspect. His personal drama adds itself to hers and countless other ones in post-Saddam Iraq.
Distributor: NBC
A SMILE AS BIG AS THE MOON
Starring John Corbett.
Based upon the novel by Mike Kersjes and Joe Layden
Directed by James Steven Sadwith
Writers: Thomas Rickman
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Brent Shields
Synopsis:
The immense faith of a special education teacher in the abilities of his students helps realize a dream that many of them never imagined would come true. Being the first special education team to attend the NASA’s prestigious space camp program, Mike Kersjes (John Corbett) and his class reminds us of the remarkable power of the human spirit.
Distributor: Hallmark Hall of Fame/ABC.
Honors: Television Academy Honors Award. Faith & Freedom Award, Movieguide Awards.
THADDEUS ROSE AND EDDIE
Starring Johnny Cash and Diane Ladd
Directed by Jack Starrett
Writers: William D. Wittliff
Executive Producer:
Producer: Daniel Paulson, Rodney Sheldon
Synopsis:
The story of two friends from Texas who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for both of their girlfriends.
Distributor: CBS
TOWN BULLY
Starring Bruce Boxleitner
Directed by Noel Black
Writers: Jonathan Rintels
Executive Producer: Dick Clark
Co-Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson
Producer: Ian Sander
Synopsis:
When one man terrorizes a town and its citizens, they join together to take ‘care’ of him. A special prosecutor (Bruce Boxleitner) is brought in to find the guilty person, however, no one is willing to help him.
Distributor: ABC
VICTIMS FOR VICTIMS: THE THERESA SALDANA STORY
Starring Theresa Saldana
Directed by Karen Arthur
Writers: Arthur Heinemann
Executive Producer: Daniel Paulson, Loehr Spivey
Producer: Harry R. Sherman
Synopsis:
Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana’s story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson (Philip English), flies to the U.S. to seek Saldana out. His twisted mission: to murder Saldana, then request the death sentence for himself so he “could join her in paradise”. The psychopathic Jackson confronts Saldana on the street in front of her home, and stabs her violently several times. No one comes to Theresa’s aid except water deliveryman Jeff Fenn (Kenneth Phillips), who overpowers Jackson and gets the knife away from him. Jackson is arrested and charged with attempted murder and Theresa Saldana tells her story of terror and survival as herself in this TV movie.
Honors: Christopher Award. Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Emmy Nomination. Film Advisory Board, Award of Excellence. American Women of Radio and Television, Excellence in Programming.
Distibutor: NBC