
Cheaters(2000)
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.


Gena Rowlands
Minnie Brinn

Laura Linney
Iris Bravard

Emile Hirsch
Lonnie Bravard

Fred Ward
Errol Podubney

Lee Tergesen
Lud van Eppy

Miguel Sandoval
Ramando Galvez

Scott Gibson
Ronnie Dale Bravard

Amy Stewart
Rhondlyn Podubney

Michael McLachlan
Gang Leader
Philip Eddolls
Teenager #1
Wild Iris is a drama, tv movie film released in 2001. Directed by Daniel Petrie, it stars Gena Rowlands, Laura Linney, Emile Hirsch. A depressed woman battles with her mother and abuses alcohol following the suicide of her husband.
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