On DVD - November 2009

Home for the Holidays
Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring: Holly Hunter

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Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Maryland. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements, and brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise--a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood --and Claudia and Leo explore the sweet possibility of romance.




Pieces of April
Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring: Katie Holmes and Patricia Clarkson

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April, the Burns' estranged daughter, is serving up the turkey when her family comes for Thanksgiving dinner in this sweet, poignant film about a dysfunctional family dealing with terminal illness.

 




Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Directed by John Hughes. Starring: Steve Martin and John Candy

 

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A New York advertising executive reluctantly teams up with a happy-go-lucky salesman in the search for a Thanksgiving turkey. What he gets is a wild-goose chase, by plane, train and automobile.

 

 


What's Cooking?
Directed by Gurnider Chadha Starring Mercedes Ruehl and Kyra Sedgwick

 

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Four families in Los Angeles share a Thanksgiving dinner together while each family struggles with their own issues. Inevitably, things get worse before they get better.