Some Well-Connected Movies
The Newton Boys

The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
1998
Ethan Hawke
actor
Shine

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
1996
Scott Hicks
director
Snow Falling on Cedars
A U.S. Japanese fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.
1999
Anne Suzuki
actor
Ethan Hawke
actor
Reeve Carney
actor
Scott Hicks
director
Steamboy

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
2004
Anne Suzuki
actor
The Jimmy Show

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
2001
Ethan Hawke
actor
The Tempest

Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.
2010
Reeve Carney
actor
Hearts in Atlantis

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
2001
Scott Hicks
director