Deborah Lipp

All solved!

1. “I’m suddenly consumed with the overwhelming sensation that I’m covered in some sort of film. It’s in my hair, my face… it’s like a glaze… a coating, and… at first I thought, oh my god, I know what this is, this is some sort of amniotic – embryonic – fluid. I’m drenched in afterbirth, I’ve breached the chrysalis, I’ve been reborn.”
Solved by Trevor J (comment #1).

2. This movie received nine Academy Award nominations; the most for any film that did not receive a Best Picture nomination.
Solved by Melville (comment #3).

3. In this movie about two men who become increasingly enraged with one another after a chance encounter, one of the main characters attends Alcoholics Anonymous. His AA sponsor discusses the connection between anger and addiction with him.
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4).

4. “You had a leak? You call what’s goin’ on around here a leak? Boy, the last time there was a leak like this, Noah built hisself a boat.”
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #5).

5. One of the lead characters is a novelist who writes A Country Made of Ice Cream.
Solved by Melville (comment #3).

6. Tim Robbins full frontal (I think this is the only such movie, and if I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will tell me and I’ll have to come up with another clue).
Solved by Tom Hilton (comment #4) and maurinsky (comment #6) (3 minutes apart).

7. “It will happen this way. You may be walking. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And a car will slow beside you, and a door will open, and someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car and offer to give you a lift.”
Solved by Trevor J (comment #1).