Deborah Lipp

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(Theme solved by Evn, comment #6.)

1. “To make a long story short…” / “Too late!”
Solved by Evn (comment #1).

2. Trying to get to Shell Beach.
Solved by Evn (comment #13).

3. This is the directorial debut of an actor, and his leading lady is his real life wife. It is the only English language film he directed. She made her screen debut in her teens and is the daughter of a famous actress.
Solved by Evn (comment #20).

4. This is the eight film adaptation of this classic novel. There have also been two mini-series, and two made-for-TV movies. This modernized version stars a man who started acting in his teens, and also writes and directs, and a woman who made her screen debut in her teens and is the daughter of a famous actress (but is not the same actress as in clue #3).
Solved by Hazel (comment #14 and 15).

5. The machine that goes “Ping.”
Solved by Evn (comment #2).

6. “Come on, ________, think of something clever to say, huh? Something full of magic, religion, bullshit. Come on, dazzle me.”
Solved by Evn (comment #13).

7. A famous fictional character (and his fictional co-stars) meets a famous historical character in a plot revolving around the two stars’ shared addiction.
Solved by Melville (comment #3).