About Common Ground
- Released on January 29, 2000
This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's and discovers lesbianism. In "Mr. Roberts", a teacher in a 1970's classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally in "Amos and Andy", a father wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present day wedding between his son and another man.
Full Cast of Common Ground
Brittany Murphy plays Dorothy Nelson
Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and sing...
See Brittany Murphy's other roles →Margot Kidder plays Mrs. Nelson
Mimi Rogers plays McPherson
Miriam 'Mimi' Rogers (née Spickler; born January 27, 1956) is an American actress and competitive poker player. Her n...
See Mimi Rogers's other roles →Helen Shaver plays Janet
Helen Shaver is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and director. She attended the Banff School of Fine Art...
See Helen Shaver's other roles →Jason Priestley plays Billy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American ac...
See Jason Priestley's other roles →Eric Stoltz plays Johnny Burroughs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eric Hamilton Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor and direc...
See Eric Stoltz's other roles →Beau Bridges plays Father Leon
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-t...
See Beau Bridges's other roles →Ed Asner plays Ira
Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, sta...
See Ed Asner's other roles →Jonathan Taylor Thomas plays Tobias
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol. He is well known for his...
See Jonathan Taylor Thomas's other roles →James Le Gros plays Amos
James Le Gros (/ləˈɡroʊ/) (born April 27, 1962) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awa...
See James Le Gros's other roles →Brian Kerwin plays Chuck Dawson
Brian Kerwin (born October 25, 1949) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kerwin won the Theatre World A...
See Brian Kerwin's other roles →Steven Weber plays Gil Roberts
Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the television show W...
See Steven Weber's other roles →Caterina Scorsone plays Peggy
Caterina Scorsone (born Caterina Reminy Scorsone on October 16, 1981) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for he...
See Caterina Scorsone's other roles →Dan Lauria plays Coach Davis
Daniel Joseph Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, known for playing the role of Jack Arnold in The Won...
See Dan Lauria's other roles →Jackie Laidlaw plays Grace
Gina Sorell plays Justine
Erik Knudsen plays Young Johnny Burroughs
Aron Tager plays Mr. Manos
Harvey Fierstein plays Don
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best ...
See Harvey Fierstein's other roles →