DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD (1991)

Directed By: Stephen Herek 
Written By: Neil Landau & Tara Ison 
Cinematography By: Tim Sushrstedt 
Editor: Larry Bock 


Cast: Christina Applegate, Keith Coogan, Joanna Cassidy, Jayne Brook, John Getz, Josh Charles, Kimmy Robertson, Danielle Harris, David Duchovny, Concetta Tomei, Christopher Pettiet, Sarah Buxton, Michael Kopelow 


Single mother goes away for the summer. The kids are first delighted but then find that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary only to discover all their summer expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work!

HIDING OUT (1987)

Directed By: Bob Giraldi 
Written By: Joe Menosky & Jeff Rothberg 
Cinematography By: Daniel Pearl 
Editor: Edward Warschilka 


Cast: Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Tim Quill, Claude Brooks, Richard Portnow, Nancy Fish, Ned Eisenberg, John Spencer, Gretchen Cryer, Joy Behar, David Anthony Higgins 


A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. They hide him because of death threats. He gets caught in a gun battle and has to flee. He ends up hiding out as a student in a high school. He has to adjust to how things have changed as a teenager.