Billy CrystalFilmography

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Billy Crystal, Amy Sedaris

Synopsis: Join host Billy Crystal and narrator Amy Sedaris as they take a look back at some of the funniest men, women, and moments in American comedy history in this six-part PBS series co-produced by Thirteen/WNET and Ghost Light Films. From poking fun at American standards to ribbing our political Read More

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

Actors: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Wayne Brady

Synopsis: Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest features a number of performances by some of the most talented comics of their day performing for a charity that collects money for the homeless. Among the performers who appear on this release are Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, Jon Stewart, and David Read More

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Actors: Don Rickles, Clint Eastwood, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Guest

Synopsis: As one of the few heavyweight comedians of Vegas's "Golden Age" to topline standup routines in 21st century Glitter Gulch - a time and place that saw him still reeling in massive audiences well into his 70s and 80s - Don Rickles qualifies as a show business legend. Rickles, of course, pioneered Read More

Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories

Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Martin Luther King Jr.

Synopsis: Per its title, the compilation release Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories serves up a collection of nostalgic clips from the popular talk program The Mike Douglas Show. Featured guests include Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Steve Martin and a young Billy Crystal. ~ Nathan Read More

Cars

Actors: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin

Synopsis: A pedal-to-the-metal race car determined to prove his worth on the tracks discovers that life isn't always about crossing the finish line first in Toy Story director John Lasseter's mechanically minded tale of friendship and loyalty. Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) may be just a rookie Read More

Comic Relief 2006

Actors: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Actors: Tony Bennett

Synopsis: The concert film Tony Bennett: An American Classic serves as a video accompaniment and companion piece to the legendary crooner's 2006 album of the same title. On that LP, Bennett duets on a series of pop standards, with nineteen of the world's top rock and pop artists. In the film version Read More

Tell Them Who You Are

Actors: Haskell Wexler, Mark S. Wexler, Peter Bart, James Becket, Verna Bloom

Synopsis: Mark Wexler is a successful photojournalist who has also distinguished himself as a documentary filmmaker, but in many ways he has spent much of his life in the shadow of his more famous father, Haskell Wexler. One of Hollywood's greatest cinematographers, Haskell is also known as a director (he Read More

Saturday Night Live: Lost and Found - SNL in the '80s

Actors: Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Gilbert Gottfried, Jim Belushi, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Synopsis: Saturday Night Live: Lost and Found - SNL in the '80s documents a turbulent decade for the long-running sketch comedy show. The eighties began without creator Lorne Michales at the helm, but still produced Eddie Murphy. By the middle of the decade Michaels returned, but his first season back was a Read More

Howl's Moving Castle

Actors: Emily Mortimer, Chieko Baisho, Christian Bale, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Lauren Bacall, Tatsuya Gasyuin, Billy Crystal, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Josh Hutcherson, Jean Simmons

Synopsis: Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation director who wowed audiences worldwide with his award-winning film Spirited Away, brings another visually spectacular tale of imagination to the screen. Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who toils in the hat shop opened years ago by her late father. Often Read More

My Uncle Berns

Crew: Executive Producer

Analyze That

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Reg Rogers

Synopsis: Everyone's favorite neurotic mafia boss (with the possible exception of Tony Soprano) is out of prison and back on the couch in this sequel to the hit comedy Analyze This. Ever since he ended up behind bars, mob leader Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) has been in sad shape, alternately weeping like a Read More

Liberty's Kids [Animated TV Series]

Actors: Reo Jones, Christine Lundquist, Kathleen Barr, D. Kevin Williams, Annette Bening

Synopsis: Coproduced by the DiC animation firm and PBS, Liberty's Kids was a half-hour historical cartoon series set during the American Revolution. The principal characters were Sarah Phillips and James Hiller, apprentices both to the multifaceted Benjamin Franklin. The fact that Sarah was loyal to the Read More

Monsters, Inc.

Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn

Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) and his one-eyed assistant Read More

America's Sweethearts

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Hank Azaria

Synopsis: Studio mogul Joe Roth returns to his roots as a director with this romantic comedy co-written by Billy Crystal and starring Roth's longtime friend Julia Roberts. Crystal stars as Lee, a studio publicist desperately trying to keep several facts secret from reporters during a high-profile motion Read More

61*

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall, Richard Masur, Bruce McGill

Synopsis: Noted baseball fan Billy Crystal directed this made-for-cable drama set in the summer of 1961, as two of the strongest hitters in the major leagues, Mickey Mantle (Thomas Jane) and Roger Maris (Barry Pepper), find themselves neck and neck in a battle to break Babe Ruth's long-standing record for Read More

The Concert For New York City

Synopsis: In the wake of the attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, many figures in the entertainment community stepped forward to offer their talents to raise money towards relief efforts for the victims and their survivors. On October 20, 2001, some of the biggest names in Read More

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Actors: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott

Synopsis: The pride of Frostbite Falls and Whatsamatta U's most famous alumni find their way onto the big screen (and the real world) in this comedy inspired by the popular cartoon series. Years after their TV show is cancelled, Rocky the Flying Squirrel (voice of June Foray) and Bullwinkle J. Moose (voice Read More

Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales

Synopsis: This HBO special features the classic children's tale Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd. The story is brought to life with vivid animation and narration by Susan Sarandon. Also included in this special nighttime collection for kids are Tony Bennett singing "Hit the Road to Read More

Get Bruce!

Actors: Bruce Vilanch, Bette Midler, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg

Synopsis: This is a documentary portrait of a Hollywood comedy writer cited by many of entertainment's biggest stars as their comedic "secret weapon." Bruce Vilanch is a rotund, hirsute New Jersey native who left a job at a Chicago newspaper in the 1970s to become a gag writer for singer and actress Bette Midler Read More

Analyze This

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis: In the same year that a hit cable television series, The Sopranos, successfully mined the same premise, this comedy about a mobster seeking advice from a psychiatrist was a box office winner for director Harold Ramis. Billy Crystal stars as Dr. Ben Sobel, a New York shrink who's becoming a little Read More

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Laughs

Synopsis: Like it or not, for 25 years, Saturday Night Live has graced our living rooms on Saturday nights. The show has gone through changes and ups and downs in its 25 year run and has become a breeding ground for many talented comics who use its stage as a trampoline to stardom. This side-achingly funny Read More

Tony Bennett: Live By Request

Synopsis: This video captures Tony Bennett performing before an adoring audience during a 1998 concert that was recorded for A&E as part of their Live By Request series. Featuring appearances by such luminaries as Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, and Sting, the concert fins Bennett performing timeless favorites Read More

Yogi Berra: Deja Vu All Over Again

Actors: Yogi Berra, Bob Costas

Synopsis: Hosted by Bob Costas, the documentary Yogi Berra: Déjà Vu All Over Again recounts the extraordinary career of baseball icon, Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra. Recalling his boyhood in a poor St. Louis neighborhood, Berra chronicles the obstacles he faced in his early years and how he overcame them. Read More

My Giant

Crew: Producer, Screen Story

Actors: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan, Joanna Pacula, Zane Carney

Synopsis: Third-rate talent agent Sammy Kanin (Billy Crystal) is more devoted to his career than his wife Serena (Kathleen Quinlan) and son Nick (Zane Carney), so instead of going to Nick's birthday party, he chooses to travel to Romania where his teen client Justin Allen (Rider Strong) is acting in a Read More

Survival on the Mountain

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Markie Post, Dennis Boutsikaris

Synopsis: In this gripping outdoor adventure, a trip to the Himalayas becomes a deadly ordeal when a freak storm traps a married pair of hikers on a treacherous mountainside. That the husband is seriously injured only worsens matters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Fathers' Day

Actors: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski, Charlie Hofheimer

Synopsis: Two of the screen's most popular comic actors meet in this movie about two men brought together by unexpected circumstances. On the surface, Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) and Dale Putley (Robin Williams) wouldn't appear to have much in common. Jack is an efficient, serious-minded lawyer with a Read More

Steve Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration

Actors: Steve Allen, Bill Maher

Deconstructing Harry

Actors: Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Billy Crystal

Synopsis: Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this very dark comedy about a novelist, Harry Block, who says with admirable honesty, "I'm a guy who can't function well in life, but I can in art." So far, Harry has made his way through six psychiatrists and three marriages (one, conveniently enough Read More

Hamlet

Actors: Richard Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Brian Blessed, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet, Richard Briers

Synopsis: At least the 22nd time William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy has been brought to the screen, Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of Hamlet was the first to preserve Shakespeare's entire text, uncut and unabridged. Moving the action into the 19th century, Branagh cast himself in the title role Read More

Comic Relief VII

Synopsis: Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal donate their time and talent to host Comic Relief in this 1996 production documenting the seventh edition of this live charity event aimed at benefiting America's homeless people. Directed by Walter C. Miller (who helmed many of TV's All in the Family Read More

Forget Paris

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna, Cynthia Stevenson, Richard Masur

Synopsis: Actor Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed, and starred in this romantic comedy. Forty-something couple Andy (Joe Mantegna) and Liz (Cynthia Stevenson) are about to be married, and as they gather with their friends for dinner not long before the wedding, they are told the story of their mutual friends Read More

Frasier: Leapin' Lizards

Synopsis: New KACL station manager Kate Costas (Mercedes Ruehl) thinks that encouraging her on-the-air talent to play practical jokes on each other will improve ratings. When Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) falls victim to a nasty prank perpetrated by sports-show host Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe (Dan Butler), he decides Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 9 - Home

Synopsis: Ken Burns' celebrated baseball documentary has come full circle, from the black-and-white images of the game's beginnings to the full color of the modern era. Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 9 -- Home, the final episode, deals with such threats to our national pastime as drug use by players, the egos Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 8 - A Whole New Ballgame

Synopsis: The classic black-and-white newsreel clips and old photographs that dominated the first seven innings of Ken Burns' documentary tribute to America's pastime now give way to color clips as baseball enters the '60s in Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 8 -- A Whole New Ballgame. In this decade, Mickey Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 7 - The Capital of Baseball

Synopsis: New York held sway in the world of baseball from 1950-1960, and the seventh episode -- or "inning" -- of Ken Burns' documentary series focuses on the dominating forces of the Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants. At least one of these teams played in every World Series between 1949 and 1958, and six of Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Extra Innings

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 2 - Something Like War

Synopsis: At the turn of the 20th century, Ken Burns' documentary homage to baseball history enters its "second inning." Baseball's first decade in the new century began with the creation of a new league, as "Ban" Johnson's unbending will -- along with the 500-dollar bonus he offered National League players Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 1 - Our Game

Synopsis: The first episode in Ken Burns' spectacular documentary of America's favorite pastime takes us from baseball's origins in the 1840s to the dawning of a new century, when glorious moments were captured in still photos rather than newsreel footage. Learn about the valuable contributions of Albert Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 3 - The Faith of Fifty Million People

Synopsis: The third inning of Ken Burns' nine-inning documentary leads us into the Roaring '20s, but not before hitting the sport's stumbling block that was the Black Sox World Series scandal of 1919. Charles Comisky's stingy handling of the Chicago White Sox, who would eventually throw the series against Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 4 - A National Heirloom

Synopsis: In a decade dominated by the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth became the nation's "heirloom." Inning four of Ken Burns' sweeping nine-part documentary series focuses on the years 1920-1930, when baseball's black mark left by the Black Sox scandal of 1919 was erased by the legend of Babe Ruth. His Read More

In Search of Dr. Seuss

Actors: Matt Frewer, Kathy Najimy

Synopsis: This is a children's video about the life and work of the author commonly known around the world as Dr. Seuss. The video also contains original musical productions based on Dr. Seuss' books, including Oh, The Places You'll Go, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Cat in the Hat. On this video, you will see Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 5 - Shadow Ball

Synopsis: Negro League Baseball, in all of its triumphs and tragedies, is captured in inning five of Ken Burns' classic baseball documentary. The stories of great Negro League players such as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson, and Buck Leonard help set the stage for the history-making Read More

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance, Patricia Wettig

Synopsis: Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) returns in this sequel to the original City Slickers that attempts to recapture the first film's warmth and character comedy. Despite feeling re-invigorated when we last left him, Mitch again faces a few personal dilemmas: his radio station job is going nowhere and Read More

Best of Soap: Jessica's Wonderful Life

Synopsis: Soap, a late-'70s sitcom, ruthlessly imitates the overdramatic vices of daytime drama by creating absurd twists in plot and breaking the logic-enforced rules of dramatic writing only previously skirted by the very soap operas it parodies. Featuring famous comedic performers like Billy Crystal Read More

Best of Soap: Who Killed Peter

Synopsis: This collection of highlights from the satiric sitcom Soap follows the strange life and far stranger death of tennis pro and Lothario Peter Campbell (Robert Urich). Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond), who was having an affair with Peter, is arrested after he's murdered, and she and her Read More

Ken Burns' Baseball: Inning 6 - A National Pastime

Synopsis: The previous five "innings" of Ken Burns' sweeping baseball documentary set the stage for the triumphant moment in this sixth episode when Jackie Robinson takes the field in his first Major League game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942, an event of enormous personal and social significance. Other Read More

Comic Relief III: Special Edition

Synopsis: This special edition of the Comic Relief III live benefit for America's homeless has been specially edited for general viewing. Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal host this 1989 event, which features routines from such renowned comedy stars as Bob Newhart, Bob Saget, Steven Wright, Bobcat Goldthwait Read More

Mr. Saturday Night

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner, Helen Hunt, Mary Mara, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: Comedian Billy Crystal made his directorial debut with this biography of fictional comedian Buddy Young Jr. (portrayed by Crystal himself), whose self-destructive tendencies prevent him from rising to top of the show business ladder during his five-decade career. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Talk Show

Synopsis: Domestic issues overshadow Larry's professionalism in this episode of HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. Following a spat with Jeannie (Megan Gallagher) before he leaves for work, Larry (Garry Shandling) finds his concentration waning while on-air. This episode of The Larry Sanders Show features guest Read More

Comic Relief V

Synopsis: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, and Robin Williams host a fund-raiser comedy special, including stand-ups by Roseanne Arnold, Richard Lewis, Jim Carrey, Sinbad, Rita Rudner, and more. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

City Slickers

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater

Synopsis: City Slickers blends sight gags, one-liners, and sincerity, with both humor and drama arising from the characters and their situations. Mitch (Billy Crystal) is a radio station sales executive who finds himself in the throes of a mid-life crisis; accompanied by two friends, Phil (Daniel Stern) and Read More

Dr. Seuss: Horton Hatches the Egg

Actors: Billy Crystal

Synopsis: Only Dr. Seuss could come up with this crazy story about Horton, a male elephant, and how he hatches an egg. When Horton says that he'll watch over a lackadaisical bird's nest, he keeps his word despite bad weather, hunters, and even the razzing of his friends. You'll never guess what Horton Read More

NBA: Comic Relief - The Great Blooper Caper

Synopsis: An unusual sports event takes place when a new commissioner decrees that basketball will no longer be a serious sport -- and some of the greatest players in the NBA compete against an All-Star team of comedians. Actors and athletes include Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Wendt, Isiah Read More

Likely Stories, Vol. 3

Synopsis: This made-for-cable series features comedy performers starring in various skits and satires. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Best of Comic Relief '90

Actors: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams

Synopsis: Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal once again donate their time and talent to host the Best of Comic Relief '90, a charity event to benefit the Comic Relief organization, which aids America's homeless. Among the over 40 comedy stars performing in this program are Louie Anderson, George Carlin Read More

When Harry Met Sally

Actors: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby

Synopsis: Rob Reiner's romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they are both going to make their way. During the trip Read More

Comic Relief III

Synopsis: This video documents the third annual Comic Relief live benefit for America's homeless. Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal return as hosts of Comic Relief in this 1989 event. Directed by Walter C. Miller (who helmed many of TV's All in the Family episodes), this program includes Read More

Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow

Synopsis: Actor and commedian Billy Crystal visits the land of his ancestors and learns to laugh about it in this comedy special (produced for HBO) which features Crystal performing before a live audience at Moscow's famed Puskin Theater. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Memories of Me

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams, Sean Connery, Janet Carroll

Synopsis: The bittersweet comedy Memories of Me stars Billy Crystal as Dr. Abbie Polin, a New York heart surgeon, long estranged from his father, Abe (Alan King). When the doctor suffers a mild heart attack, he tries to patch things up with his dad, hoping in this way to bring some equilibrium to his own Read More

Comic Relief I: The Original

Synopsis: Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Crystal donate their time and talent to host Comic Relief in this 1988 production documenting the live charity event to benefit America's homeless. Directed by Walter C. Miller (who helmed many of TV's All in the Family episodes), this program includes Read More

Grand Slam!

An All-Star Toast to the Improv

Synopsis: Fans of the syndicated 1980s TV series An Evening at the Improv will get a kick out of this commemorative TV special. Budd Friedman, overseer of the Improv comedy club in Los Angeles, takes a back seat to host Robert Klein this time out. Offering their considerable talents to the occasion are such Read More

An All-Star Salute to the Improv

Throw Momma From the Train

Actors: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne Ramsey, Kim Greist, Kate Mulgrew

Synopsis: The "exchange murders" plot gambit, played with utter solemnity in Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, is used as the launching pad for raucous laughter in Throw Momma From the Train. Director/star Danny DeVito plays Owen Lift, a middle-aged bachelor, totally dominated by his gorgon mother, played Read More

The Princess Bride

Actors: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest

Synopsis: Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not Read More

Comic Relief II

Synopsis: Released by the now-defunct Simitar Entertainment rather than Rhino Video, which handles the other Comic Relief videos, Comic Relief II is featured on two separate 60-minute videos. A 1987 live charity event benefiting America's homeless, part one of Comic Relief II is hosted by Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg Read More

Running Scared

Actors: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Distinguished by a sharp, witty dialogue between its two cop protagonists, Ray and Danny (Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal), this entertaining crime drama is well worth a visit. Ray and Danny are nearly blown away by super bad guy Julio (Jimmy Smits), and their boss is peeved at them as usual. So Read More

Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started

Crew: Director

The Best of Comic Relief

An Evening at the Improv

Synopsis: This hilarious comedy video contains performances from some of the funniest stand-up comedians of the 1980s as they do their schtick at the Improv comedy clubs. Performers include funnyman/magician Harry Anderson, Billy Crystal, and Michael Keaton. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Big City Comedy

Synopsis: Big City Comedy originated in 1980 as a syndicated TV series, hosed by John Candy. The chucklesome Candy was aided and abetted by such guest pals as Billy Crystal, Tim Kazurinsky and Martin Mull. Unfortunately, the sketches and routines weren't quite worthy of the talent involved, so assembling a Read More

Richard Lewis: I'm in Pain

Actors: Richard Lewis

This Is Spinal Tap

Actors: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra, R.J. Parnell

Synopsis: Largely improvised by director Rob Reiner and his cast, This Is Spinal Tap looks and sounds like a "real" documentary, with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel, the key members of a going-nowhere British heavy metal band called Spinal Tap Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Three Little Pigs

Synopsis: The Faerie Tale Theatre production of the famous fairy tale Three Little Pigs stars Billy Crystal as a hard-working little pig who stops building his house in order to chase away the big, bad wolf (Jeff Goldblum). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: Billy Crystal

Actors: Billy Crystal, Al Jarreau

Synopsis: This 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Billy Crystal and features musical guest Al Jarreau. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: Season 10

Actors: Jim Belushi, Billy Crystal, Mary Gross, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Gary Kroeger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Harry Shearer, Martin Short, Pamela Stephenson

Catch a Rising Star's 10th Anniversary

Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line

Synopsis: Originally an HBO special, Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line stars the eponymous Crystal essaying a never-ending stream of sharply etched characterizations. The premise of the hour-long special is that Crystal is auditioning actors for an upcoming musical. His interpretation of the many Read More

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Synopsis: This made-for-TV historical drama chronicles the personal and professional lives of Colonel Tibbets and the airmen who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The story is based on a book by Gordon Thomas and Max Gordon Witts and also looks at the ways in which the aftermath of the bombing affected Read More

Soap: Season 04

Actors: Robert Mandan, Katherine Helmond, Jennifer Salt, Jimmy Baio, Arthur Peterson

Synopsis: The death of Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) was the big shocker at the end of Soap's third season. So imagine everyone's surprise when, as the series launched season four, Jessica was brought back to life -- following a brief stopover in Heaven to commiserate with all her ex-lovers! In another Read More

Animalympics: Winter Games

Actors: Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, Gilda Radner

Synopsis: One of the better-known of the many half-hour TV cartoon specials of the 1980s, Animalympics: Winter Games is distinguished as much by its stellar voice cast as by the wit of the script. The story is built around the occasion of the first Animalia Olympic Winter Games, with a wide assortment of Read More

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Synopsis:
Six recently divorced males gather 'round a restaurant table and talk about their past lives and their recently failed marriages while trying to piece their lives back together. This drama is somewhat interesting for presenting the topic of life after a divorce from a man's point of view. (And Read More

Animalympics: Summer Olympics

Synopsis: Goofy animated animals compete for Olympic gold in this entertaining family-oriented feature that includes the vocal talents of comedians Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer and Billy Crystal. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Soap: Season 03

Actors: Robert Mandan, Katherine Helmond, Diana Canova, Jennifer Salt, Jimmy Baio

Synopsis: When Soap arrived at its cliffhanging season-two finale, Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) was trying to choose between her husband Chester (Robert Mandan) and a detective named Donahue; Jessica's son Billy (Jimmy Baio) was in the clutches of a religious cult called the "Sunnies"; and Jodie's Read More

Human Feelings

Synopsis: In this comedy, inspired by Oh, God! and designed as a pilot for a TV series, an ambitious young angel persuades the Almighty to allow seven days to find six good people in Las Vegas. If he cannot, God will destroy the whole town. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Rabbit Test

Actors: Billy Crystal, Joan Prather, Alex Rocco, Doris Roberts

Synopsis: In this, Joan Rivers' first attempt at film direction, a young virgin male (Billy Crystal) is engaged to be married when he finds out he is pregnant! Using the film as a vehicle for her acerbic humor, director Rivers may as well be on stage, for interspersed throughout this questionable plot is an Read More

Soap: Season 02

Synopsis: The cliffhanger that brought season one of Soap to a climax is resolved in season two when Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) is cleared of the murder of her lover (and step-nephew!) Peter Campbell. Jessica's husband, Chester (Robert Mandan), confesses to the crime whereupon he is convicted and sent Read More

Soap: Season 01

Synopsis: The endless intrigues (sexual and otherwise) involving the Campbells and the Tates are already up and running as the satirical sitcom Soap launches its first season. By the time episode one has faded from view, the audience is aware that blowhard businessman Chester Tate (Robert Mandan) is Read More

SST: Death Flight

Actors: George Maharis, Doug McClure, Martin Milner, Robert Reed, Susan Strasberg, Billy Crystal, Burgess Meredith

Synopsis: Death Flight was originally known as SST: Death Flight when it was first telecast February 25, 1977. Though fairly expensive so far as TV movies go, the film is brought down to earth by its standard B-flick plot. On its maiden flight, America's first supersonic transport runs into deadly danger Read More

All in the Family: New Year's Wedding

Actors: Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Billy Crystal, Elliott Reid

Synopsis: Now that little Joey Stivic has been born, things return to normal on All in the Family; that is, the various family members start arguing and bickering again. This time around, the problems arise from Mike's habit of making decisions without consulting Gloria. Things reach the crisis stage when Read More

Biography: Whoopi Goldberg

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Patrick Swayze, Alexandra Martin

Synopsis: Biography: Whoopi Goldberg documents the life of the Oscar winning actress from her difficult childhood, through her breakthrough on stage with the help of Mike Nichols, and her years as a movie star in such pictures as Ghost, Sister Act, and her debut in The Color Purple. ~ Perry Seibert, All Read More