Movies by Michael Tuchner

Generation

Generation

Futuristic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie "Rollerball," revolves around a turn-of-the-millennium family on the Great Eve (the night before the year 2000 begins) planning for a reunion. Son Richard Beymer is an inventor working with prosthetic devices to help young athlete brother Drake Hogestyn perfect his game of combat hockey to maintain his skills as a national hero, and Cristina Raines is a socially conscious doctor who wants nothing to do with their prideful father, Bert Remsen, to the...

Trapped In Silence

Trapped In Silence

A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.

Not My Kid

Not My Kid

A teenaged drug addict is sent to Dr. Royce's controversial drug intervention program where the addicts in the program confront each other in supervised group meetings. Also, in evening meetings, the addicts are confronted by their families. The girl's parents want to remove her from the program because it upsets them that their daughter is being forced to associate with addicts who admit to stealing and trading sex for drugs.

Haywire

Haywire

Based on the autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.

Bar Mitzvah Boy

Bar Mitzvah Boy

On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.

With Murder in Mind

With Murder in Mind

A real estate agent is shot while trying to sell a rural farm and tries to bring the shooter to justice.

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

The Rainbow Warrior

The Rainbow Warrior

Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When a bomb rips open the vessel, killing a crew member, he must convince the police superintendent that this is an act of terrorism. Determined not to allow outside forces to threaten their harbor, the police embark on a pursuit of the persons responsible. The events that follow nearly bring down an allied nation's government.

30 Years to Life

30 Years to Life

In a futuristic dystopia, a teenager is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn't commit.

The Conviction of Kitty Dodds

The Conviction of Kitty Dodds

An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.

Good King Wenceslas

Good King Wenceslas

Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.

Captive

Captive

Paul and Kathy Plunk buy a small motel in a lonesome mountain region in Oregon. Their newfound tranquility is broken by a pair of guests who turn out to be wanted criminals on run from the police. They need money, so they assault the Plunks, force them to withdraw all their money from the bank. But the nightmare just begins as they take the Plunks and their baby with them as hostages.

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.

The Summer My Father Grew Up

The Summer My Father Grew Up

A divorced and remarried doctor tries to reconnect with his eleven-year-old son whom he has always neglected.