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Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was an award-winning American actor, playwright, director, and author. He was known for his work in theater and film, and wrote over 40 plays. Shepard won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1979 for "Buried Child" and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1983 for his role in "The Right Stuff." He passed away in 2017.
Titles credited to Sam Shepard
Baby Boom
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
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Crimes of the Heart
Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."
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In Dubious Battle
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening....
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The Only Thrill
A small-town store owner with a comatose wife shares a long-term relationship with his seamstress.
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Hamlet
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
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Savannah
Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century Ame...
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Bandidas
Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengean...
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Curtain Call
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of a famous theatrical couple, who teach him about...
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Defenseless
A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.
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