Elizabeth Swados Movies

  • 1986
    Seize the Day

    Seize the Day

    Seize the Day

    51986HD

    Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as...

    Seize the Day
  • 1979
    Too Far to Go

    Too Far to Go

    Too Far to Go

    11979HD

    Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For...

    Too Far to Go
  • 1998
    The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

    The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

    The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

    5.41998HD

    Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's...

    The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
  • 1980
    OHMS

    OHMS

    OHMS

    51980HD

    A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land, and a political...

    OHMS
  • 2014
    My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

    My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

    My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

    7.42014HD

    Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.

    My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
  • 1981
    Four Friends

    Four Friends

    Four Friends

    6.91981HD

    A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.

    Four Friends
  • 1986
    The Cosmic Eye

    The Cosmic Eye

    The Cosmic Eye

    6.21986HD

    Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

    The Cosmic Eye
  • 1987
    Family Sins

    Family Sins

    Family Sins

    3.51987HD

    Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son Keith over Bryan, who is defiant and not good at...

    Family Sins
  • 1982
    Alice at the Palace

    Alice at the Palace

    Alice at the Palace

    5.51982HD

    Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the...

    Alice at the Palace
  • 1981
    Guests of the Nation

    Guests of the Nation

    Guests of the Nation

    01981HD

    This drama tells the story of Irish insurgents and the captured British soldiers whom they are assigned to guard. While confined to a remote...

    Guests of the Nation
  • 1980
    Barn Burning

    Barn Burning

    Barn Burning

    61980HD

    Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing in William Faulkner's Barn...

    Barn Burning
  • 1984
    The Killing Floor

    The Killing Floor

    The Killing Floor

    81984HD

    During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the...

    The Killing Floor
  • 1980
    Rappaccini's Daughter

    Rappaccini's Daughter

    Rappaccini's Daughter

    61980HD

    Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a...

    Rappaccini's Daughter
  • 1982
    King of America

    King of America

    King of America

    01982HD

    Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in America in 1915. He finds work on a railroad, but soon gives his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage...

    King of America
  • 1977
    The Girl with the Incredible Feeling

    The Girl with the Incredible Feeling

    The Girl with the Incredible Feeling

    01977HD

    A profile of composer, performer, and author Elizabeth Swados, inter-cutting scenes of the artist at work and in travel with personal reflections and...

    The Girl with the Incredible Feeling
  • 1988
    MaMa's Pushcart

    MaMa's Pushcart

    MaMa's Pushcart

    01988HD

    With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and actors such as Sam Shepard,...

    MaMa's Pushcart