The main part of his few movies were filmed in the quarter of a century in which he worked closely together with the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the German writer 'Ruth Prawer Jhab-vala' . His first films are all set in India and are very much influenced by the style of Satyajit Ray and Jean Renoir. After this period he filmed three stories in New York and then dedicated his work to the great works of the English literature which mad him internationally famous. Examples of this period are "The Europeans (1979)" and "The Bostonians (1984)" of 'Henry James', "Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)" of 'Jane Austen', "Quartet (1981)" of 'Jean Rhys' or "A Room with a View (1986)" and "Maurice (1987)" of 'E. M. Fosters'.

Kris' father was an Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Ponoma College in California. From there, he earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford. He ultimately joined the Army and achieved the rank of Captain. He became a helicopter pilot, which served him well later. In 1965, he resigned his commission to pursue songwriting. He had just been assigned to become a teacher at West Point. He got a job sweeping floors in Nashville studios. There he met Johnny Cash, who initially took some of his songs but ignored them. He was also working as a commercial 'copter pilot at the time. He got Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard and gave him some more tapes. Cash then recorded Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down", which went on to become voted 1970's Song Of The Year by the Country Music Association. Kris was noted for his heavy boozing. He lost his 'copter pilot job when he passed out at the controls. He also caused the divorce from wife, Rita Coolidge, when he was reaching a bottle and half of Jack Daniels daily. Kris gave up alcohol in 1976. His acting career nose-dived after making Heaven's Gate (1980) in 1980. In recent years, he has made a comeback with his musical and acting careers. He does say that he prefers his music, but says his children are his true legacy.

Born and raised in a small bungalow in Hollywood, Barbara had dreams of being in movies as a little girl. Quiet and withdrawn, she acted out stories in her back yard. Her major acting debut was on 'The Monroes (1966) (TV)' where she played Kathy. Her motion picture career stated with With Six You Get Eggroll (1968). For the next few years, she was typecast as the wild one and tried to live up to that image. She had a rocky relationship with Actor David Carradine and had a child which she named Free. From 1972 to 1974, she changed her name from Barbara Hershey to Barbara Seagull. Her career was resurrected in 1979 when she appeared in 'From Here to Eternity (1979) (mini) (TV)' and in Stunt Man, The (1980). In that movie, she played an actress on the edge, which may have been influenced by her own life. Based upon her strong performance, other roles followed in such movies as Right Stuff, The (1983); Natural, The (1984); Hoosiers (1986) and 'Beaches (1988)'. A two time winner of the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her work in 'Shy People (1987)' and 'A World Apart (1988)', she also won an Emmy for her performance in 'A Killing in a Small Town (1990) (TV)'. Since that time she has continued to act in Television and in Motion Pictures.

Jesse was born May 28, 1979. Both his parents are actors who have done tons of commercials. Jesse has been acting almost constantly since his big debut in a Q-Tip commercial when he was an eight month old baby. He started acting and modeling as a child and has had steady work since the age of 4. He graduated from Brien MacMahon High School in his home town of Norwalk, Connecticut and went on to study film at Columbia University. He first came to the attention of the movie-going public when he starred in Steven Soderbergh's cult classic King of the Hill (1993), with Spalding Gray and Elizabeth McGovern. He followed up that fantastic performance with roles in Romeo + Juliet (1996) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, Hackers (1995) opposite Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie and Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995). Jesse has been nominated for several awards. For King of the Hill, he was nominated for the CFCA's Most promising actor award and the Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama. For Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Leading Actor: Feature Film.