Movies by Louise Lasser

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.

Requiem for a Dream
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president.

National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
Calvin and Leonard, two broke losers, are arrested for trying to rob rich old sisters Doris and Betty. The women have a change of heart, drop the charges and invite the the boys over to their mansion. Calvin decides he and Leonard should marry the women, and, when they soon die, live off the inheritance. The ladies, however, have run into their own financial troubles and wed the boys with plans of murdering them for insurance money.

Such Good Friends
Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.

Sudden Manhattan
Twenty-something Donna is jobless, single and broke. On a fateful day, reality turns itself upside down, and she is suddenly faced with one absurdity after another.

Just Me and You
A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.

Modern Love
Modern relationships are examined in this comedy drama.

For Ladies Only
An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.

Isn't It Shocking?
A small-town sheriff is confronted with the deaths of local senior citizens and strange goings-on in his town.

Bedrooms
Tales of love and marriage are spun in four short adult comedy stories.