Gary Shaffer

Kiss and Be Killed

After a run in with a strip club owner and his goons, newlyweds Andrew and Cynthia are attacked on their honeymoon. The thugs kill him and think they've killed her, but she survives, goes crazy, starts believing a mannequin is her dead hubby and then must resort to bloody violence to protect herself when a hit is put out on her.

The Three Kings

The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.

The Lady from Yesterday

A man with a wife, two daughters, and a flourishing career is visited by a woman whom he had an affair with when he was in Vietnam.

Velvet

A female team of government agents, under the guise of owners of a popular worldwide franchise of aerobic centers, matches wits with a group of criminals who have kidnapped a top defense specialist and his ailing son, intending to sell him to the highest bidder.

Don't Go to Sleep

One year after a young girl dies in a car accident, her sister begins seeing visions of her, while the family home is plagued by strange happenings.

Working

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.

Reunion

A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school girlfriend and her 17-year-old daughter, whose boyfriend is the star player on the school's basketball team his fellow alumni are playing.

She's Dressed to Kill

A fashion designer gives a private showing at her mansion over a weekend, but someone starts killing off the models.

The Power Within

A prospective about a daredevil flyer, barnstorming for county fairs, who becomes a human dynamo after being struck by lightning and is menaced by enemy agents determined to find out the secret of his incredible powers.

The Seniors

Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business.

Norman... Is That You?

Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.

Babe

This is the life story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, from her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold Medal triumphs at the 1932 Olympics, her remarkable career as a champion golfer, her fulfilling marriage to wrestler George Zaharias, and the final battle with the only thing tougher than she was.

The Deadly Tower

The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.

Shell Game

A convicted con artist sets out to expose the head of a charity fund who has been embezzling money to cover his huge gambling losses.

The Dream Makers

A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.

Shirts/Skins

Six businessmen who have a weekly after-hours basketball game get caught up in a bet about a hide-and-seek contest.

Harry in Your Pocket

A master thief and his drug-addicted partner teach two aspiring crooks how to steal wallets.

Steambath

Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.

Melinda

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.

Kansas City Bomber

Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.