Leo Burmester Movies

Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under...

A chance encounter alters a teenage girl's perception of herself and her outlook on life.

In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor...

Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

Documentary about the challenging making of the sci-fi film "The Abyss" , with commentary by various actors and crew, outtakes and behind-the-scenes...

A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.

After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the...

A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

A one act play about a young doctor who ditches his safe middle-class existence to become a cowboy out West. His cowboy fantasy eventually breaks...

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival...

A one act play where a woman and a man share their life stories, till they inter stitch and conflict with each other.

Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail,...

Drew (Scott Caan) must care for his father, a former professor who can now barely communicate due to Alzheimer. Depressed and struggling to make ends...

Two young boys help an elephant escape from an African animal orphanage when he is bought by a wealthy American. The trio dodge poachers, the police...

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

The hypnotic, watery landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area's salt ponds set the magical tone of the film. This festival favorite, critically...

A close-knit Midwestern farm family deals with loss, change, and social progress during the 1940's.

When a sudden storm traps a college student from California in the Miller's farmhouse basement, in the dead geographic center of America, with Irma,...

Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.