Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Warner Brothers, 1966)
Producer: Ernest Lehman; Screenplay: Ernest Lehman, adapted from the play of the same name by Edward Albee (1962); Production Design: Richard Sylbert; Director of Photography: Haskell Wexler; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Alex North; Principal Cast: Elizabeth Taylor (Martha), Richard Burton (George), George Segal (Nick), Sandy Dennis (Honey); Running Time: 131 minutes; Premiere Date: June 21, 1966; DVD: Warner Brothers Two-Disc Special Edition, 2006
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The Graduate (AVCO-Embassy, 1967)
Producer: Lawrence Turman; Screenplay: Buck Henry, adapted from the novel of the same name by Charles Webb (1963); Production Design: Richard Sylbert; Director of Photography: Robert Surtees; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Simon and Garfunkel, Dave Grusin; Principal Cast: Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Robinson), Dustin Hoffman (Benjamin), Katharine Ross (Elaine), William Daniels (Mr. Braddock), Murray Hamilton (Mr. Robinson), Elizabeth Wilson (Mrs. Braddock), Buck Henry (Room Clerk), Brian Avery (Carl Smith), Norman Fell (Mr. McCleery); Running Time: 106 minutes; Premiere Date: December 21, 1967; DVD: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Edition, 2007
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Catch-22 (Paramount, 1970)
Producers: John Calley and Martin Ransohoff; Screenplay: Buck Henry, adapted from the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller (1961); Production Design: Richard Sylbert; Director of Photography: David Watkin; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Principal Cast: Alan Arkin (Yossarian), Martin Balsam (Cathcart), Richard Benjamin (Danby), Art Garfunkel (Nately), Jack Gilford (Doc Daneeka), Buck Henry (Korn), Bob Newhart (Major Major), Anthony Perkins (Chaplain Tappman), Paula Prentiss (Nurse Duckett), Martin Sheen (Dobbs), Jon Voight (Milo), Orson Welles (Dreedle), Seth Allen (Hungry Joe), Bob Balaban (Orr), Suzanne Benton (Dreedle’s WAC), Norman Fell (Towser), Charles Grodin (Aardvark), Austin Pendleton (Moodus), Peter Bonerz (McWatt), Jon Korkes (Snowden); Running Time: 121 minutes; Premiere Date: June 24, 1970; DVD: Paramount, 2006
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Carnal Knowledge (AVCO-Embassy, 1971)
Producer: Mike Nichols; Screenplay: Jules Feiffer; Production Design: Richard Sylbert; Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Principal Cast: Jack Nicholson (Jonathan), Ann-Margret (Bobbie), Art Garfunkel (Sandy), Candice Bergen (Susan), Cynthia O’Neal (Cindy), Carol Kane (Jennifer), Rita Moreno (Louise); Running Time: 98 minutes; Premiere Date: June 30, 1971; DVD: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1999
The Day of the Dolphin (AVCO-Embassy, 1973)
Producer: Robert E. Relyea; Screenplay: Buck Henry, adapted from the novel of the same name by Robert Merle (1967); Production Design: Richard Sylbert; Director of Photography: William A Fraker; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Georges Delerue; Principal Cast: George C. Scott (Dr. Jake Terrell), Trish Van Devere (Maggie), Paul Sorvino (Mahoney), Fritz Weaver (Harold DeMilo), Jon Korkes (David), Edward Herrmann (Mike), Leslie Charleson (Maryanne), John David Carson (Larry), Victoria Racimo (Lana), John Dehner (Wallingford); Running Time: 104 minutes; Premiere Date: December 19, 1973; DVD: Studio Canal Image, 2005
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The Fortune (Columbia Pictures, 1975)
Producers: Mike Nichols and Don Devlin; Screenplay: Carole Eastman (writing as Adrien Joyce); Production Design: Richard Sylbert; Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo; Editor: Stu Linder; Music: David Shire; Principal Cast: Jack Nicholson (Oscar), Warren Beatty (Nicky), Stockard Channing (Freddie), Florence Stanley (Mrs. Gould), Tom Newman (John the Barber), Richard B. Shull (Chief Det. Sgt. Jack Power), John Fiedler (Photographer); Running Time: 88 minutes; Premiere Date: May 20, 1975; VHS: Columbia Tristar, 1998
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Silkwood (ABC Motion Pictures, 1983)
Producers: Mike Nichols and Michael Hausman; Screenplay: Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen; Production Design: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Director of Photography: Miroslav Ondricek; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Georges Delerue; Principal Cast: Meryl Streep (Karen), Kurt Russell (Drew), Cher (Dolly), Craig T. Nelson (Winston), Fred Ward (Morgan), Diana Scarwid (Angela), Ron Silver (Paul Stone), Josef Sommer (Richter), Sudie Bond (Thelma), Henderson Forsythe (Quincy), E. Katherine Kerr (Gilda), Bruce McGill (Hurley), David Straithairn (Wesley), J. C. Quinn (Curtis); Running Time: 131 minutes; Premiere Date: December 14, 1983; DVD: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 2003
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Heartburn (Paramount, 1986)
Producers: Mike Nichols and Robert Greenhut; Screenplay: Nora Ephron, adapted from her own novel of the same name (1983); Production Design: Tony Walton; Director of Photography: Néstor Almendros; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Carly Simon; Principal Cast: Meryl Streep (Rachel), Jack Nicholson (Mark), Jeff Daniels (Richard), Maureen Stapleton (Vera), Stockard Channing (Julie), Richard Masur (Arthur), Catherine O’Hara (Betty), Steven Hill (Harry), Milos Forman (Dmitri), Karen Akers (Thelma), Aida Linares (Juanita), Anna Maria Horsford (Della), Kevin Spacey (Subway Thief), John Wood (British TV Moderator), Yakov Smirnoff (Laszlo), Caroline Aaron (Judith); Running Time: 109 minutes; Premiere Date: July 25, 1986; DVD: Paramount, 2004
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Biloxi Blues (Rastar Pictures, 1988)
Producer: Ray Stark; Screenplay: Neil Simon, from his own play of the same name (1984); Production Design: Paul Sylbert; Director of Photography: Bill Butler; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Georges Delerue; Principal Cast: Matthew Broderick (Eugene Morris Jerome), Christopher Walken (Sgt. Toomey), Matt Mulhern (Wykowski), Corey Parker (Epstein), Markus Flanagan (Selridge), Casey Siemaszko (Carney), Michael Dolan (Hennessey), Penelope Ann Miller (Daisy), Park Overall (Rowena); Running Time: 107 minutes; Premiere Date: March 25, 1988; DVD: Universal, 2003
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Working Girl (Twentieth Century–Fox, 1988)
Producer: Douglas Wick; Screenplay: Kevin Wade; Production Design: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Carly Simon and Rob Mounsey; Principal Cast: Harrison Ford (Jack), Sigourney Weaver (Katharine), Melanie Griffith (Tess), Alec Baldwin (Mick), Joan Cusack (Cyn), Philip Bosco (Oren Trask), Nora Dunn (Ginny), Oliver Platt (Lutz), James Lally (Turkel), Kevin Spacey (Bob), Olympia Dukakis (Personnel Director), Amy Aquino (Tess’ Secretary), Jeffrey Nordling (Tim), Elizabeth Whitcraft (Doreen), Timothy Carhart (Trask Gatekeeper); Running Time: 116 minutes; Premiere Date: December 21, 1988; DVD: 20th Century–Fox, 2006
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Postcards from the Edge (Columbia Pictures, 1990)
Producers: Mike Nichols and John Calley; Screenplay: Carrie Fisher, adapted from her novel of the same name (1987); Production Design: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Carly Simon; Principal Cast: Meryl Streep (Suzanne), Shirley MacLaine (Doris), Dennis Quaid (Jack), Gene Hackman (Lowell), Richard Dreyfuss (Dr. Frankenthal), Mary Wickes (Grandma), Conrad Bain (Grandpa), Annette Bening (Evelyn), Robin Bartlett (Aretha); Running Time: 102 minutes; Premiere Date: September 12, 1990; DVD: Columbia/Sony, 2006
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Regarding Henry (Paramount, 1991)
Producers: Mike Nichols and Scott Rudin; Screenplay: J. J. Abrams (as Jeffrey Abrams); Production Design: Tony Walton; Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Hans Zimmer; Principal Cast: Harrison Ford (Henry), Annette Bening (Sarah), Rebecca Miller (Linda), Bruce Altman (Bruce), Elizabeth Wilson (Jessica), Donald Moffat (Charlie), Mikki Allen (Rachel), Robin Bartlett (Phyllis), Bill Nunn (Bradley); Running Time: 107 minutes; Premiere Date: July 10, 1991; DVD: Paramount, 2003
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Wolf (Columbia Pictures, 1994)
Producer: Douglas Wick; Screenplay: Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick; Production Design: Bo Welch and Jim Dultz; Director of Photography: Giuseppe Rotunno; Editor: Sam O’Steen; Music: Ennio Morricone; Principal Cast: Jack Nicholson (Will), Michelle Pfeiffer (Laura), James Spader (Stewart), Kate Nelligan (Charlotte), Richard Jenkins (Det. Bridger), Christopher Plummer (Alden), Eileen Atkins (Mary), David Hyde Pierce (Roy), Om Puri (Dr. Alezais); Running Time: 125 minutes; Premiere Date: June 17, 1994; DVD: Columbia/Sony, 2005
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The Birdcage (United Artists, 1996)
Producer: Mike Nichols; Screenplay: Elaine May, adapted from the film La Cage aux Folles (Edouard Molinaro, 1978), which was adapted from the play of the same name by Jean Poiret; Production Design: Bo Welch; Director of Photography: Emmanuel Lubezki; Editor: Arthur Schmidt; Principal Cast: Robin Williams (Armand), Gene Hackman (Sen. Keeley), Nathan Lane (Albert), Dianne Wiest (Louise), Dan Futterman (Val), Calista Flockhart (Barbara), Hank Azaria (Agador), Christine Baranski (Katherine); Running Time: 119 minutes; Premiere Date: March 8, 1996; DVD: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 2005
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Primary Colors (BBC and Universal Pictures, among several other production companies, 1998)
Producer: Mike Nichols; Screenplay: Elaine May, adapted from the novel of the same note by Joe Klein, writing as Anonymous (1996); Production Design: Bo Welch; Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus; Editor: Arthur Schmidt; Music: Ry Cooder; Principal Cast: John Travolta (Gov. Jack Stanton), Emma Thompson (Susan), Billy Bob Thornton (Richard), Kathy Bates (Libby), Adrian Lester (Henry), Maura Tierney (Daisy), Larry Hagman (Gov. Fred Picker), Diane Ladd (Mamma Stanton), Paul Guilfoyle (Howard), Rebecca Walker (March), Tommy Hollis (Fat Willie), Caroline Aaron (Lucille), J. C. Quinn (Uncle Charlie), Allison Janney (Miss Walsh), Robert Klein (Norman), Stacy Edwards (Jennifer); Running Time: 144 minutes; Premiere Date: March 20, 1998; DVD: Universal, 1998
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What Planet Are You From? (Columbia Pictures, 2000)
Producers: Mike Nichols, Garry Shandling, and Neil Machlis; Screenplay: Garry Shandling, Michael Leeson, Ed Solomon, and Peter Tolan; Production Design: Bo Welch; Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus; Editor: Richard Marks; Music: Carter Burwell; Principal Cast: Garry Shandling (Harold), Annette Bening (Susan), John Goodman (Roland), Greg Kinnear (Perry), Ben Kingsley (Graydon), Judy Greer (Rebecca), Harmony Smith (Rita), Richard Jenkins (Don Fisk), Linda Fiorentino (Helen), Caroline Aaron (Nadine), Nora Dunn (Madeline), Camryn Manheim (Alison), Ann Cusack (Liz); Running Time: 107 minutes; Premiere Date: March 3, 2000; DVD: Columbia Tristar, 2000
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Wit (HBO Films, 2001)
Producer: Simon Bosanquet; Screenplay: Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson, adapted from the play of the same name by Margaret Edson (1993); Production Design: Stuart Wurtzel; Director of Photography: Seamus McGarvey; Editor: John Bloom; Music: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki; Principal Cast: Emma Thompson (Vivian), Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Kelekian), Eileen Atkins (Prof. Ashford), Audra McDonald (Susie), Jonathan M. Woodward (Jason), Harold Pinter (Vivian’s Father); Running Time: 99 minutes; Premiere Date: March 24, 2001; DVD: Home Box Office, 2010
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Angels in America (HBO Films, 2003)
Part 1: Millennium Approaches
Part 2: Perestroika
Producers: Mike Nichols, Cary Brokaw, Delia D. Costas, Michael Haley, Paul A. Levin, Marco Valerio Pugini; Screenplay: Tony Kushner, adapted from his play of the same name (1992); Production Design: Stuart Wurtzel; Director of Photography: Stephen Goldblatt; Editors: John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen; Music: Thomas Newman; Principal Cast: Al Pacino (Roy), Meryl Streep (Ethel Rosenberg/Hannah/The Rabbi), Emma Thompson (Emily/The Angel/Homeless Woman), Mary-Louise Parker (Harper), Jeffrey Wright (Belize/Mr. Lies), Justin Kirk (Prior Walter/Leatherman in Park), Ben Shenkman (Louis), Patrick Wilson (Joe), James Cromwell (Henry); Running Time: 352 minutes (six episode mini-series); Premiere Date: December 7, 2003; DVD: Home Box Office, 2004
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Closer (Columbia Pictures, 2004)
Producers: Mike Nichols, Cary Brokaw, and John Calley; Screenplay: Patrick Marber, adapted from his play of the same name (1997); Production Design: Tim Hatley; Director of Photography: Stephen Goldblatt; Editors: John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen; Principal Cast: Julia Roberts (Anna), Jude Law (Dan), Natalie Portman (Alice), Clive Owen (Larry); Running Time: 104 minutes; Premiere Date: December 3, 2004; DVD: Columbia/Sony, 2005
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Charlie Wilson’s War (Universal Pictures, 2007)
Producers: Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks; Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, adapted from the book of the same name by George Crile (2003); Production Design: Victor Kempster; Director of Photography: Stephen Goldblatt; Editors: John Bloom and Antonia Van Drimmelen; Music: James Newton Howard; Principal Cast: Tom Hanks (Charlie), Amy Adams (Bonnie), Julia Roberts (Joanne), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Gust), Brian Markinson (Paul Brown), Jud Tylor (Crystal Lee), Emily Blunt (Jane), Peter Gerety (Larry), Wynn Everett, Mary-Bonner Baker, Rachel Nichols, Shiri Appleby (Charlie’s Angels), John Slattery (Cravely), Om Puri (President Zia), Denis O’Hare (Harold Holt), Christopher Denham (Mike Vickers), Ken Stott (Zvi), Ned Beatty (Doc Long), Nancy Linehan Charles (Mrs. Long); Running Time: 102 minutes; Premiere Date: December 21, 2007; DVD: Universal, 2008