John Korty — Director (11)
Riverrun (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Riverrun
director: John Korty actor: John McLiam / Louise Ober
A young unmarried couple leave the politically turbulent Berkeley behind for a life in the country. Finding a place in sheep country, the couple awaits the birth of their first child as they revel in bucolic splendor. The tensions of city life are left behind as things progress towards the anticipated due date. The couple wishes to have a natural childbirth and are comforted that the expectant father is a pre-med student with some knowledge of the upcoming situation. Things go along smoothly until the expectant mother’s father returns after years of being a sailor.
The Haunting Passion (1983) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Haunting Passion
director: John Korty actor: Jane Seymour / Gerald McRaney
other title: Passion d'outre-tombe / La pasión del más allá
Dan and Julie Evans are looking for a fresh start after Dan is cut from his pro football team due to age. They move into a palatial, coastal house and Dan starts a new career as a sportscaster, but the loss of his career has stirred up a deep vulnerability and it has spilled over into his sex life with his wife. With no outlet for her desires, Julie begins to fantasize, but it seems alarmingly real. Soon, the fantasy man is haunting her every waking moment and coming between her and Dan, and Julie comes to fear that their home may be haunted.
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
other title: 愛のファミリー / 博尔兹一家的19个孩子
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who adopted 14 children [12 at the start of filming], some of whom are severely disabled war orphans -- in addition to raising Dorothy's five biological children and Bob's biological daughter. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Ms. Scrooge (1997) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ms. Scrooge
director: John Korty actor: Cicely Tyson / Katherine Helmond
other title: Ms. Scrooge - Ein wundervoller Engel / Le Noël de madame Scrooge
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by the ghost of her dead partner Maude Marley and then by other spirits who remind her of her happy past and chronicle the bitterness and greed that have taken over her life. At last, she is shown her own death and funeral. No one is there to mourn her. This revelation shocks her into opening her heart and her checkbook.
A Son's Promise (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Son's Promise
director: John Korty actor: Andrew Lowery / Stephen Dorff
other title: La Promesse du fils
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O'Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, his mother, is dying. Anguished, the soon-to-be orphan makes a surprising grown-up decision: Terry promises to care for his six brothers and vows to keep the family together. Steadfast to his word, Terry takes on the struggles of parenthood, which yields some difficult and unpleasant surprises.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
director: John Korty actor: Cicely Tyson / 埃里克·布朗
other title: 珍瑰曼小姐自傳 / 珍瑰曼小姐自传
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999) [Movie] IMDb Douban
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
director: John Korty actor: Debbie Reynolds / Ed Marinaro
other title: 尼尔·哈夫曼的礼物 / A szeretet ajándéka
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Huffman is a normal teenager with a passion for football and grand hope for a collage football scholarship. Raised by his grandmother Shirlee, the two have a warm and loving relationship. When Daniel fails to make the team. It is Shirlee who gave the motivation and support he needs to keep trying. But when the tables are turned Daniel is forced to make a difficult, heart-wrenching decision. He must sacrifice one of the two loves of his life. Gift of Love is a remarkable true story of courage and inspiration.