iTunes 99¢ movies of the week: Rainman, Spanglish, Van Wilder

iTunes 99¢ movies of the week: Rainman,
Spanglish, Van Wilder

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by admin

When Charlie Babbit goes home to the Midwest for his estranged father’s funeral, he learns not only that he’s been cut out of his inheritance, but that he has a grown brother, Raymond, who has been sheltered almost all of his life in an East Coast institution for the developmentally disabled. Raymond is an autistic savant, a person who is severely limited in most mental areas but extremely gifted in others. After traveling to the institution, Charlie kidnaps Raymond but then finds that Raymond will only fly Qantas. So the two begin a long cross-country odyssey in their father’s 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible, a trip that will lead them to understanding and love, and for Charlie a kind of redemption.

Director: Barry Levinson
Producer(s): Mark Johnson
Starring: Dustin Hoffman
Starring: Tom Cruise
Starring: Valerie Golino
Starring: Gerald R Molen
Starring: Jack Murdock

Feature II: Spanglish

John Clasky is a devoted dad whose skills as a chef have afforded his family a very upscale life, including a Summer home in Malibu and a breathtaking new housekeeper, Flor, who has a recently immigrated to LA from Mexico and is trying to find a better life for her remarkable daughter, Cristina, who is rapidly embracing the American way of life. When Flor and Cristina move in with the Clasky’s for the Summer, Flor, has to fight for her daughter’s soul as she discovers that life in a new country is perilous, especially when you’re being embraced by an affluent, eccentric American family!

Director: James L Brooks
Producer(s): Richard Sakai, James L Brooks, Julie Ansell
Starring: Adam Sandler
Starring: Téa Leoni
Starring: Paz Vega
Starring: Cloris Leachman

Feature III: Van Wilder

“Don’t be a fool; stay in school!” says the movies titular hero, Van Wilder, a charismatic seventh-year senior who’s too cool to leave school. And why should he? He’s got friends, fame, followers and an endless party lifestyle. When dad pulls the plug on his infinite tuition, Van hits on a scheme that’s a college-age capitalist’s dream: get rich partying!

Director: Walt Becker
Producer(s): Peter Abrams, Kirk D’Amico, etc
Starring: Ryan Renold
Starring: Tara Reid
Starring: Tim Matheson
Starring: Kal Penn
Starring: Teck Holmes