American-dream
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    April Matson

    April Matson appeared in TV shows such as NCIS, Kyle XY, and American Dreams.

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    Harsh Times (2006)

    An unstable Gulf War veteran (Christian Bale) incites confrontation and violence through the streets...

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    The Postman (1997)

    Seeking refuge from a post-apocalypse dictator (Will Patton), a wayfarer (Kevin Costner) gives...

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    House of Sand and Fog (2003)

    Mistakenly evicted from her house, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) tries to reobtain it from the new...

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    Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

    Childhood friends, a gangster (James Cagney) and a priest (Pat O'Brien), meet as adults in their old...

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    Death of a Salesman

    Middle-aged Willy Loman (Fredric March) reflects on lost opportunites, shattered dreams and his...

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    Ty Barkley

    Ty Barkley performed for the TV shows American Dream and The American Dream.

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    Andrea Smith

    Andrea Smith appeared in the TV shows American Dream and The American Dream.

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    Cathy Caplan

    Cathy Caplan directed the movie American Dream.

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    Ryan Kirkpatrick

    Ryan Kirkpatrick appeared in the TV show American Dreams.

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    Someone Else's America (1996)

    Alonso is a Spanish emigre who has moved to America full of hopes and dreams for a better life. Now...

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    Anthem (1997)

    When two twenty-somethings, Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn, quit their Hollywoood jobs, packed up a...

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    Dear Mr. Wonderful

    This off-kilter German film attempts to tell a purely American story as filtered through European...

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    Lana's Rain (2004)

    Longing for a family, a young Bosnian woman escapes to America with her long-lost brother, a wanted...

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    Stroszek (1977)

    In Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a...

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    Waging a Living (2005)

    More than 30 million Americans--one in four workers--are stuck in low wage jobs that do not provide...

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    Windy City (1984)

    The lives of a group of young Chicago men, as seen through the eyes of one of them, a writer.

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    The Last Picture Show (1971)

    The lives of high schoolers (Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges), a debutante (Cybill Shepherd) and...

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    Jerusalem (1997)

    When a charismatic and messianic preacher arrives in a small Swedish village, the lives of the two...

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    An American Tail (1986)

    A Russian immigrant mouse finds himself alone in New York City after being separated from his...

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    Popi (1969)

    A Puerto Rican widower (Alan Arkin) launches a reckless scheme to get his two sons out of Spanish...

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    Salesman

    Filmmakers Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin show four door-to-door Bible salesmen...

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    Rosalie Goes Shopping (1990)

    A woman living in a small Arkansas town tries to balance her family budget.

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    Nueba Yol (1996)

    Nueba Yol (Dominican slang for New York) is the ever-elusive goal of the eccentric Balbuena, whose...

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    Color Adjustment (1992)

    An examination of the relationship between prime-time television and America's racial consciousness.

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    Split Decision (2001)

    Filmmaker Marcy Garriott chronicles rising boxer Jesus Chavez, who is deported back to Mexico for a...

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    El Norte (1984)

    The story of two Central American political refugees who flee the coffee fields of Guatemala when...

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    A Fan's Notes

    Football is the focus of this drama, adapted from Frederick Exley's famous novel. It tells the tale...

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    Mister Brown

    In this drama, a Louisiana black man has brought his family to Los Angeles to fulfill his dream of...

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    Crowded Paradise (1956)

    All but forgotten today, Crowded Paradise was one of the first in-depth studies of racial tensions...