Robert Nelson Jacobs
Robert Nelson Jacobs is an American screenwriter. In 2000, he received an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay for Chocolat. In 2014, Jacobs was elected president of the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting and preserving... Read full bio →
Extraordinary Measures
A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.
The Water Horse
An adaptation of Dick King-Smith's children's novel, The Water Horse stars Alex Etel as a young boy who discovers a mysterious egg and cares for what hatches out of it: a 'water horse' (loosely based on the Celtic water horse or kelpie) which later becomes the fabled Loch Ness Monster.
The Shipping News
Based on the book by Annie Proulx. A man returns with his daughters to his ancestral home of Newfoundland for a new beginning. He obtains work as a car-accident reporter, and is asked to document the shipping news, arrivals and departures from the local port.
Dinosaur
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
Chocolat
A fable of emotional liberation. A mom and daughter move to a small French town where they open up a chocolate shop. The town at first is very against the idea especially that it’s open on Sundays and right across from the church, yet they eventually they earn their hearts and their taste buds.
Out to Sea
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.