Elliott GouldFilmography

The Caller

Actors: Frank Langella, Elliott Gould, Laura Elena Harring, Anabel Sosa, Helen Stenborg

Synopsis: When a whistle-blowing executive at an international energy firm prepares to expose his company's corrupt practices in Latin America, he secretly hires a private detective to track his every move for fear that he will be killed for his bold transgression. Jimmy Stevens (Frank Langella) has had Read More

Seasons in the Valley

The Deal

Actors: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan

Synopsis: His career in an uncontrollable downward spiral, a hapless Hollywood producer cons a major studio into financing a $100 million action film following the adventures of 19th century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, only to find his swindle taking a sudden turn for the worse when his star Read More

Ocean's Thirteen

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia

Synopsis: Cinema icon Al Pacino joins a powerhouse cast headed by of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, and series newcomer Ellen Barkin for this, the third installment of director Steven Soderbergh's popular series of glitzy crime comedies. The only hotelier in Las Read More

Saving Sarah Cain

Actors: Lisa Pepper, Tom Tate, Elliott Gould, Tess Harper

Synopsis: A well-meaning but self-centered newspaper columnist learns the importance of placing career before family when her sister dies and she brings her late sibling's five Amish-raised children to live with her in the big city. There was a time when Sarah Cain was one of the city's best-known writers Read More

The Ten Commandments

Actors: Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Gaze

Synopsis: One of the most fabled stories of the Old Testament gets a new interpretation in this CGI-animated feature. When the Pharaoh of Egypt sentences Hebrew children to their death, the mother of baby Moses floats the child down the River Nile in a basket, hoping he will be found by people who give him Read More

Masters of Horror: The Screwfly Solution

Actors: Jason Priestley, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: The battle of the sexes turns to all-out war in director Joe Dante's season-two episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series. Based on a story by author Raccoona Sheldon and adapted for the screen by Sam Hamm, The Screwfly Solution tracks the progression of a vicious virus that transforms Read More

Electile Dysfunction

Actors: Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Bob Casey, Rick Santorum

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Penny Little ponders the death of democracy in this film examining the mysteries and complexities of the 2004 presidential elections. Opening with a series of man-on-the-street interviews that hint at serious problems with electronic voting machines and moving on to spotlight Read More

Open Window

Actors: Robin Tunney, Joel Edgerton, Cybill Shepherd, Matt Keeslar, Scott Wilson, Shirley Knight, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Mia Goldman's psychological drama Open Window stars Joel Edgerton and Robbin Tunney as a husband and wife who have intense professional lives, but are able to rely on each other during their time together at home. One night the wife is raped, sending her into a depression that threatens to crumble Read More

Ocean's Twelve

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac

Synopsis: After pulling off the heist of their lives, Danny Ocean and his pals unexpectedly find themselves back in harness in this sequel to 2001's blockbuster hit Ocean's Eleven. After robbing a cool $160 million from the Bellaggio Hotel Casino and winning back his former wife, Tess (Julia Roberts), from Read More

Bad Apple

Synopsis: When a tough-talking FBI agent goes undercover to infiltrate a mob loan-sharking operation in the Big Apple, a fling with his informant's sister threatens to derail the entire investigation in this dark crime comedy from veteran film and television director Adam Bernstein. A streetwise agent who Read More

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

Friends: The One With the Cake

Actors: Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles, June Gable

Synopsis: Emma's first birthday is the occasion for a big party, complete with a bunny-shaped cake. The trouble begins when Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) decides that the cake -- which is in a "shape" all right, but is nothing like a bunny -- would be more appropriate for a bachelorette party. As it happens Read More

Friends: The One Where No One Proposes

Actors: Elliott Gould, Cleo King

Synopsis: Season nine of Friends begins a mere few seconds after the end of season eight, with brand-new mother Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) under the assumption that she is engaged to Joey (Matt LeBlanc) -- as Ross (David Schwimmer) heads to her hospital room intent upon proposing himself! An already Read More

Baby Bob [TV Series]

Actors: Adam Arkin, Joely Fisher, Kenneth Hudson Campbell, Holland Taylor, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Never mind that every other TV sitcom about a talking baby had been virtually strangled in its crib: CBS boldly went forward with yet another variation on the theme, Baby Bob. The title character was a six-month-old infant, who, with the aid of voice-over artist Ken Hudson Campbell and Clutch Read More

Puckoon

Actors: Sean Hughes, Elliott Gould, Daragh O'Malley, John Lynch, Griff Rhys Jones

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Irish comedian Spike Milligan, Puckoon is a political satire about a town cut in half by the partitioning of Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in 1924. The action takes place in a town known as Puckoon where an ordinary fellow named Dan Madigan wakes up Read More

Ocean's Eleven

Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts

Synopsis: A rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons team up for the heist to end all heists in this high-profile remake of the 1960 Rat Pack favorite. As with its predecessor, Ocean's Eleven opens with its titular hero Danny Ocean (George Clooney stepping into the Frank Sinatra role) eager for a new Read More

Friends: The One Where They All Turn Thirty

Actors: Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles, Eddie Cahill, Wayne Edward Sherwood, Vanessa White

Synopsis: In the second of Friends' four special 40-minute episodes which originally ran in February 2000, the magic number is not "40" but "30," as Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) becomes the last of the friends to hit the big three-oh. This sets the others to reminiscing about their own "milestone" birthdays Read More

Friends: The One Where Rosita Dies

Actors: Jason Alexander, Elliott Gould, Wendee Cole, Joyce Guy, Stephen Rozic

Synopsis: To fully appreciate the title of this episode, one must understand that "Rosita" is the name Joey (Matt LeBlanc) has given to his beloved -- and rather run-down -- easy chair. As Joey mourns the loss of his favorite piece of furniture, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) settles into her new job as a Read More

Friends: The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding, Part 2

Actors: Gary Oldman, Kathleen Turner, Morgan Fairchild, Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles

Synopsis: The second half of Friends' seventh-season finale (originally telecast as a single one-hour "special") finds Joey (Matt LeBlanc) still stuck on the set of his movie -- in a World War I uniform -- even as his presence is desperately required at the wedding of Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry Read More

Friends: The One With Chandler and Monica's Wedding, Part 1

Actors: Gary Oldman, Kathleen Turner, Morgan Fairchild, Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles

Synopsis: Season seven of Friends comes to an unforgettable close as Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) prepare to march down the matrimonial aisle. In the first half of the two-part season finale (originally telecast as a single one-hour special), everyone gathers for the ceremony Read More

Playing Mona Lisa

Actors: Alicia Witt

Synopsis: Claire Goldstein (Alicia Witt) is a 23-year old classical pianist and student in San Francisco who gets dumped by a boyfriend, is evicted from her home following an earthquake and rejected by a major music competition, and becomes romantically involved with a charming two-timer (Ivan Sergei). But Read More

The Directors: Robert Altman

Synopsis: One of America's most respected and acclaimed directors, Robert Altman has brought such cinematic masterpieces as Nashville, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and The Player to the silver screen. This video profile charts Altman's long and prolific career, featuring interviews with Glenn Close, Shelley Read More

Picking Up the Pieces

Actors: Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cheech Marin, Kiefer Sutherland

Synopsis: A crime of passion unwittingly leads to a "miracle" in this satirical comedy. Tex (Woody Allen) is a butcher who is married to Candy (Sharon Stone), a former exotic dancer who has no skill or enthusiasm for fidelity. Unhappy with her extramarital affairs, Tex kills Candy while performing a "sawing Read More

Friends: The One With Phoebe's Cookies

Actors: Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Hoping to reproduce the "secret" cookie recipe handed down to Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) by Pheeb's grandmother, Monica (Courteney Cox) makes a somewhat disillusioning discovery. Elsewhere, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) goes into full control freak mode while teaching Joey (Matt LeBlanc) how to sailboat. Read More

Friends: The One With Rachel's Book

Actors: Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles, Suzanne Lanza

Synopsis: Friends opens its seventh season with two prime episodes, originally telecast back-to-back. In the second episode, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) makes a shocking discovery about Rachel (Jennifer Aniston): she has a fondness for extremely erotic reading material. And in another development, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow Read More

Friends: The One Where Ross Got High

Actors: Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles, Elle MacPherson

Synopsis: As he prepares to entertain Monica's (Courteney Cox) parents at Thanksgiving dinner, Chandler (Matthew Perry) must come to grips with the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Geller (Elliott Gould, Christina Pickles) don't like him very much -- and he doesn't make matters any better with his overeagerness to Read More

It's Like, You Know [TV Series]

Actors: Christopher Eigeman, Jennifer Grey, Steven Eckholdt, A.J. Langer, Evan Handler

American History X

Actors: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk, Beverly D'Angelo, Avery Brooks

Synopsis: Tony Kaye made his feature directorial debut with this dramatic exploration into the roots of race hatred in America. In a shocking opening scene, teen Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) races to tell his older brother, neo-Nazi Derek (Edward Norton), about the young blacks breaking into his car in Read More

The Big Hit

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Lela Rochon

Synopsis: Kirk Wong directed this comedy actioner about mild-mannered, beleaguered hitman Melvin Smiley (Mark Wahlberg), who very much wants to be liked. However, the naive Mel is being taken advantage of by both his girlfriends and associates (who cheat him out of his bonuses). Mel and his "Odd Squad" Read More

Friends: The One After Ross Says Rachel

Synopsis: Season five of Friends begins in London, a few moments after the wedding of Ross (David Schwimmer) and Emily (Helen Baxendale) -- and a few more moments after Ross nearly wrecked the ceremony by invoking Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) name. As Emily expresses her desire to escape her marriage vows Read More

Michael Kael Contre La World News Company

Actors: Benoit Delepine, Marine Delterme, Victoria Principal, Mickey Rooney, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Christophe Smith made his directorial debut with this media satire, set on December 14, 1999, about a TV news network in cahoots with Washington on Operation Crazy Guru -- a plan to get a U.S. president re-elected for a third term. Griffith (Mickey Rooney), head of the Miami-based international Read More

Getting Personal

Actors: Vivica A. Fox, Duane Martin, Jon Cryer, Elliott Gould, Nancy Kassaro

Synopsis: This satirical workplace sitcom is set in a Chicago agency, Old Dog Productions, a TV commercials outfit run by Jack Kacmarczyk (Elliott Gould). In the opening set-up, Robyn Buckley (Vivica A. Fox) meets Sam Wagner (Jon Cryer) in a restaurant line. He fixes her up on a blind date with his Read More

Hotel Shanghai

Actors: Agnieszka Wagner, Annie Girardot, James McCaffrey, Elliott Gould, Nicolas Clay

Synopsis: Based on the sprawling novel by Vicki Baum, this convoluted melodrama follows nine people whose lives converge during the days leading up to the tragic August 14, 1937 "Bloody Sunday" bombing in which a major downtown Shanghai hotel was demolished by the Japanese, an event that launched the Read More

Camp Stories

Actors: Jerry Stiller, Zachary Taylor, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: This comedic look at a Jewish summer camp in the 1950's stars Jason Biggs, Jerry Stiller, and Elliot Gould. For one small group of people, immigrant culture eventually finds its place among the tensions rumbling between sexes, generations, and cultures. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

City of Industry

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Famke Janssen, Timothy Hutton, Wade Dominguez

Synopsis: Betrayal and revenge are the key ingredients of this violent, streetwise crime drama. Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel) was once a highly successful thief but has gotten out of the business and now leads a quiet life in the Midwest. He's lured out of retirement by his brother, Lee (Timothy Hutton); Lee Read More

Inside Out

Busted

Actors: Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Dominick Brascia, Mariana Morgan, Griffin Drew

Synopsis: When an uptight, by-the-book lady police captain becomes their new leader, the station's resident maverick cop enlists the aid of his kooky compadres to help her loosen up. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

johns

Actors: Lukas Haas, David Arquette, Terrence Howard, Alanna Ubach, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Two male hustlers with different ideals and goals struggle through a tough night in this gritty drama. It's Christmas Eve on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, and John (David Arquette), a male prostitute who works the streets, is desperate. John's birthday is Dec. 25, and he had hoped to Read More

Friends: The One Where Joey Moves Out

Synopsis: Chandler (Matthew Perry) is disappointed when his roommate, Joey (Matt LeBlanc), accepts an offer from an actor friend to move into another apartment. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) visit a tattoo parlor. And news of Dr. Richard Burke's (Tom Selleck) romance with "twinkie in Read More

Friends: The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy

Synopsis: In this opening episode of Friends' third season, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) discovers that Ross (David Schwimmer) has a "thing" for Star Wars' Princess Leia. Meanwhile, Monica (Courteney Cox) can't function properly after breaking up with Richard, resulting in a visit to a sleep therapist. Joey (Matt LeBlanc Read More

Touched By an Angel: Dear God

Synopsis: Elliot Gould guest stars as Max, an embittered Auschwitz survivor now working for the US Postal Service. Assigned to the dead-letter department, Max responds to people who have written letters addressed to God by coldly informing them that God does not exist. Assigned to help Max regain his faith Read More

Let It Be Me

Synopsis: Wanting to learn some dance moves in order to cut a mean rug with his beloved at their upcoming wedding, a young man finds nothing but trouble after he starts taking lessons from a gorgeous teacher. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Kicking and Screaming

Actors: Josh Hamilton, Olivia D'Abo, Carlos Jacott, Christopher Eigeman, Eric Stoltz

Synopsis: Inspired by the advent of Seattle's grunge music sound and popular films such as Slacker (1991) and Singles (1992), the Generation X comedy-drama was born. Typified by characters in their early twenties sharing an abundance of education, a lack of career direction, stunted romantic aspirations and Read More

The Feminine Touch

Actors: George Segal, Paige Turco

Synopsis: In this actioner a beautiful designer journalist uses her black-belt in karate to stop an assassin from continuing to kill presidential candidates. Journalist Jennifer Barron begins her fight while doing a story about the optimistic Senator Ashton and his running mate Kahn. They are both victims Read More

Duke Of Groove

P.C.H.

Actors: Casper Van Dien, Jacqueline Collen, Jack Scalia, Sally Kellerman, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: The lives of college students attending a beachfront university in California become mingled -- and mangled -- when the deranged former husband (Jack Scalia) of the beautiful former fashion model/pro volleyball player Stacey (Jacqueline Collen) finds her living on the campus. Meanwhile, Randy Read More

A Boy Called Hate

Actors: Scott Caan, Missy Crider, James Caan, Elliott Gould, Adam Beach

Synopsis: This drama chronicles the troubled life of a teenage boy living with his father in an L.A. suburb. Young Steve tattooed the word "hate" upon his arm after a brief skirmish with the police. It has become his nickname. His dad is neither an example nor much help for the boy. He spends his days Read More

The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Fred Ward

Synopsis: The further misadventures of bumbling Los Angeles police Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) are chronicled in this third installment in the popular Naked Gun comedy series. This by-the-numbers entry begins with Drebin as a happily retired house-husband called back into action when an evil Read More

The Glass Shield

Actors: Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube, Michael Ironside, Richard Anderson

Synopsis: In this crime drama, an honest lawman has to decide where his loyalties lie in a corrupt system. All his life, J.J. (Michael Boatman) has dreamed of being a cop, and after graduating from the Police Academy, he gets his wish, becoming the first African-American policeman based out of Los Angeles' Read More

The Dangerous

Actors: Robert Davi, Michael Paré, Paula Barbieri, Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa, Joel Grey

Synopsis: Filled with plenty of fisticuffs and karate, this actioner follows a tough New Orleans police officer on his personal quest to solve a series cop killings. The cop hires a mercenary biker to help with his private investigation. Their research reveals that the culprit is the town's biggest drug Read More

Bleeding Hearts

Actors: Mark Jacobs, Karen Kirkland, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Melina Kanakaredes, Ranjit Chowdhry

Synopsis: A doomed interracial relationship provides the focus of this tragedy. White paralegal Lonny, wants to write a political novel that rails against the system, but he can't seem to start it. His writer's block has cost him emotionally, and he is bored with his job, his conversations with his father Read More

Friends: The One with the Sonogram at the End

Synopsis: Ross (David Schwimmer) feels left out of his ex-wife Carol's baby-making process in more ways than one. Monica (Courteney Cox) tries to impress her parents with the world's cleanest apartment. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) learns the fate of Barry (Mitchell Whitfield), whom she left in the lurch at Read More

Friends: The One Where Nana Dies Twice

Synopsis: Monica (Courteney Cox) actually has a moment of understanding with her mother (Christina Pickles), brought about by the death of Monica's grandmother (actually grandma's two deaths; the title of this episode is not a misprint). Elsewhere, Chandler's (Matthew Perry) co-worker's assume that he is Read More

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family, Part 1

Actors: Mimi Rogers, Elliott Gould, John Pleshette, Sam Wanamaker

Synopsis: The first of two-parts, this courtroom drama chronicles the struggle of two upper-class brothers as they attempt to prove themselves innocent of killing their parents. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Exchange Lifeguards

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Elliott Gould, Julian McMahon, Rebecca Cross, Christopher Pate

Synopsis: A surfin' beach in Australia provides the setting for this comedy which chronicles the struggles between youthful surfers and an evil capitalistic developer determined to destroy their turf. Mike McCain is an L.A. developer. His wife and business partner are plotting to double-cross him and take Read More

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family, Part 2

Actors: Mimi Rogers, Elliott Gould, John Pleshette, Sam Wanamaker

Synopsis: The second of a two-part feature, this fact-based drama centers on the wife of one of two brothers accused of killing their parents. As the trial progresses and the accusations become increasingly plausible, the wife must decide what to do with her life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Amore!

Actors: Jack Scalia, Kathy Ireland, George Hamilton, Norm Crosby, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Investment banker Jack Scalia would give anything to escape his wealthy but empty existence. He fantasizes about becoming an Italian movie star, like his idol George Hamilton. Shedding himself of his wife and job, Scalia heads to Tinseltown to realize his dream, changing his name and adopting a Read More

The Best of Saturday Night Live: Hosted by Elliott Gould

The Player

Actors: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher

Synopsis: Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted from Michael Tolkin's novel. (Tolkin also wrote the screenplay.) The film concerns a sleek and smooth Hollywood studio executive who starts receiving death threats from a Read More

Hitz

Synopsis: This melodrama follows the attempts of a good-hearted LA judge who tries a member of the Loco gang for the murder of two rivals. A young boy is talked into providing the key evidence to convict the gang member. Unfortunately, during the trial, fellow gangsters burst in and gun down the defendant. Read More

Wet and Wild Summer!

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Bobby McCain (Christopher Atkins) travels to an Australian beach to close a land development deal for his father (Elliott Gould) and to masquerade as a lifeguard to get the skinny on any potential competition. Once there, Bobby becomes sympathetic to the plight of the attractive club-owner who is Read More

Beyond Justice

Actors: Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt, Omar Sharif, Elliott Gould, Kabir Bedi

Synopsis: In Beyond Justice-- an Italian-made action film directed by Tessari Duccio with an unusually fine cast -- Christine Sanders (Carol Alt), American millionairess and mother of the grandson of a fanatic Emir (Omar Sharif), hires mercenary Tom Burton (Rutger Hauer) to return her son after the Emir has Read More

Frogs!

Actors: Scott Grimes, Shelley Duvall

Synopsis: A wicked witch ruins a teen's plan to become king of the Spring Fling in this family-oriented fable from the "Wonderworks" series. The trouble begins when the witch turns Arlo, the most popular boy in school, and his buddy Gus into slimy green frogs. The two amphibians head for the local pond and Read More

Somebody's Daughter

Actors: Nicollette Sheridan

Synopsis: Nicollette Sheridan plays a stripper in the made-for-TV Somebody's Daughter. Together with her bodyguard/lover Nick Mancusco, Sheridan becomes involved in a murder. The subsequent official cover-up and the attendant police corruption places Nicollette's future seriously in doubt. In fact, she Read More

Bugsy

Actors: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Bugsy is a character study of mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel wrapped up in a gangster movie. Siegel (Warren Beatty in a flashy performance) arrives in California in the Forties, assigned to oversee the L.A. rackets. He is quickly seduced by both the glamour of Hollywood and actress Virginia Hill (Annette Bening Read More

Dead Men Don't Die

Actors: Elliott Gould, Mark Moses, Mabel King, Philip Bruns

Synopsis: Television anchor Barry Barron (Elliott Gould) is killed after he becomes involved with a breaking story, but is raised as a zombie by a voodoo spell. Not quite the stumbling idiot that most of the undead are known for, Barron has to solve his own murder and uncover the story. He is helped in his Read More

The Lemon Sisters

Actors: Diane Keaton, Carol Kane, Kathryn Grody, Elliott Gould, Aidan Quinn

Synopsis: Diane Keaton, Carol Kane and Kathryn Grody are the title "siblings," three unrelated women who perform as a lounge trio and struggle to come up with the money to buy their own club. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Stolen: One Husband

Actors: Valerie Harper, Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Brenda Bakke, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: A husband goes middle-age bonkers and leaves his wife in this comedy. Now she is determined to show him that she doesn't need him anyway. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Scandalo Segreto

Actors: Monica Vitti, Elliott Gould, Gino Pernice, Catherine Spaak

Synopsis: This film marks actress Monica Vitti's directing debut. In the story, Magherita (Monica) has been married to her husband Paolo (Gino Pernice) for a long time, and doesn't appear to listen to her or notice what she does. A movie director friend of hers (lliott Gould) gives her a video-camera with Read More

The Big Picture

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael McKean

Synopsis: Another "get even with Hollywood" satire in the tradition of SOB and Movers and Shakers, The Big Picture is an elongated inside joke complete with un-billed celebrity cameos. In this first feature-film directorial effort by actor/writer Christopher Guest, Kevin Bacon plays a "boy wonder" director Read More

The Night Visitor

Actors: Elliott Gould, Richard Roundtree, Allen Garfield, Michael J. Pollard, Derek Rydall

Synopsis: A teenager puts his life in jeopardy when he tries to convince authorities that his high school's most unpopular teacher is a murderous Satanist who likes to torture and murder hookers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Murder, She Wrote: The Error of Her Ways

Synopsis: Jessica (Angela Lansbury) accuses the wife of a Palm Springs real estate developer of murdering her philandering husband. Shortly thereafter, the accused woman commits suicide, and her sister bitterly accuses Jessica of driving the woman to her death. Teaming up with police detective Hanna Read More

Frog

Synopsis: A reptile-collecting high schooler is shocked to discover that one of his many frogs is actually an enchanted prince looking for a fair maiden to free him. This delightful entry from the Wonderworks series, chronicles the teens attempts to help out his froggy friend. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

Judgement

Dangerous Love

Actors: Lawrence Monoson, Brenda Bakke, Peter Marc, Elliott Gould, Anthony Geary

Synopsis: In this suspenseful thriller, lonely young women subscribe to "The Dream Date Video Club" and end up going out to their deaths, all of which are captured on video tape. The cops get involved and end up accusing a hacker, but he is innocent and must set out to prove it before more women die Read More

The Telephone

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Severn Darden, Elliott Gould, John Heard

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama, Vashti Blue (Whoopi Goldberg) is a struggling actor who takes out her frustrations via the telephone, in various accentual impersonations, by making prank calls from her apartment. Off the screen Goldberg attempted to prevent the release of this version of Telephone by filing Read More

Vanishing Act

Actors: Margot Kidder, Mike Farrell

Synopsis: Someone in the upper echelons of network television must have been enamored of or obsessed with French playwright Robert Thomas' Trap for a Lonely Man, since the property was adapted to television no fewer than three times. The 1986 version, Vanishing Act, stars Mike Farrell as a honeymooning Read More

Drug-Free Kids

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim

Synopsis: Paul Reiser was still the star of the TV sitcom My Two Dads when he headlined this 60-minute video. Instead of the standard live-before-an-audience approach, Out on a Whim tells a self-contained story. Reiser, playing himself, is from time to time approached by an ethereal lady who wants to know Read More

Act of Betrayal

Actors: Patrick Bergin

Synopsis: The troubles in Northern Ireland are the backdrop for this made-for-television drama about an IRA hitman assigned to seek revenge against a defector. Patrick Bergin stars as Michael McGurk, an IRA terrorist who suffers from a guilty conscience after a bombing takes the lives of innocent citizens. Read More

I Miei Primi Quarant'anni

Actors: Carol Alt, Elliott Gould, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Cosso

Synopsis: Carol Ault and Elliott Gould co-star with Jean Rochefort and Pierre Cosso in this softcore erotic drama. Marina (Ault) is a young woman from a wealthy family who graduates from affairs with her maid and a young count to favoring the brutish attention of domineering men. Although she is portrayed Read More

Inside Out

Actors: Elliott Gould, Howard Hesseman, Jennifer Tilly, Beah Richards, Nicole Norman

Synopsis: Agoraphobia (Greek for "fear of the marketplace") is the focus of this drama starring Elliott Gould as Jimmy Morgan. Morgan seems fairly well-adjusted considering that deeply afflicted agoraphobics live in fear and even terror of human relationships and other people; a fear of going outside is Read More

Lethal Obsession

Actors: Peter Maffay, Tahnee Welch, Elliott Gould, Massimo Ghini, Karl Merkatz

Synopsis: Detective Jon Bogdan (Peter Maffay) becomes wheelchair-bound when he is injured in a restaurant bombing perpetrated by the notorious Dr. Proper (Michael York). He rolls into action trying to track down the bomber. When he regains the use of his legs, Jon stays in his chair to give his enemies the Read More

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

Synopsis: The docudrama Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8, relates the story of the trial that resulted from the riots that broke out in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention. The majority of the dialogue has been taken directly from court records and archival footage. Michael Lembeck plays the Read More

The Best of John Belushi

Actors: John Belushi

Synopsis: Assembled long after John Belushi's death in 1982, The Best of John Belushi is at once hilarious and melancholy. From 1975 to 1979, Belushi was a member in excellent standing of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on NBC's Saturday Night Live. This 60-minute video covers those amazing years Read More

Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends: Casey at the Bat

Synopsis: This comedy from Shelley Duvall's made-for-cable Tall Tales and Legends is fashioned after the famous baseball poem which features Elliot Gould and Hamilton Camp with narration by Howard Cosell. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Strawanzer

Actors: Elliott Gould, Heinz Moog, Andrea Jonasson, Daniel Hirsch

Synopsis: Beleaguered by choppy editing and potholes in the script, this story is about the bond that develops between an aging, former railroad worker living in an abandoned theater and Willie, the wayward, alcoholic architect he shelters (Elliot Gould). The flaws in the script and story development, and Read More

The Naked Face

Actors: Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Anne Archer

Synopsis: In this fast-paced, often complex murder mystery, a psychiatrist's patient and later his secretary are killed, yet the police seem unable to come up with any answers so the doc takes matters into his own hands. Roger Moore is Dr. Judd Stevens, a rather meek Chicago psychiatrist whose patient is Read More

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Actors: Elliott Gould, Margaux Hemingway, Sid Caesar, Burt Young, Shelley Winters

Synopsis: A man is torn between true love and the lure of fine dining in this romantic comedy. Alby Sherman (Elliott Gould) was born and raised in Brooklyn, where he runs a coffee shop. Alby has dreams of doing bigger and better things, and he works up the courage to ask his rich Uncle Benjamin (Sid Caesar) Read More

Jack and the Beanstalk

Synopsis: This is one of many versions of the fairy tale about a boy who trades his family cow for magical beans and soon finds himself on an adventure in a magical land. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Rules of Marriage

Synopsis: In this domestic drama, a the marriage of a suburban couple crumbles on the eve of their 15th anniversary. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Faerie Tale Theatre: Jack and the Beanstalk

Synopsis: An impressive cast drives this early episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre. Dennis Christopher -- best known from the 1979 sleeper hit Breaking Away -- is Jack, a boy who acquires a handful of magic beans in exchange for his poor family's cow. His mother, Soap's Katherine Helmond, is Read More

The Devil and Max Devlin

Actors: Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Susan Anspach, Adam Rich, Julie Budd

Synopsis: The title character, a nasty landlord (Elliott Gould), is killed in a car accident and descends into hell. There he meets the Devil (Bill Cosby), who promises him his life back if he can find three people willing to sell their souls in three months. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Dirty Tricks

Actors: Elliott Gould, Kate Jackson, Arthur Hill, Rich Little

Synopsis: After a Harvard professor (Elliott Gould) comes into possession of a letter by George Washington, he finds that criminals are after the valuable document as well. A young reporter (Kate Jackson) just might save him, in this Canadian production. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould [5]

Actors: Elliott Gould, Gary Numan

Synopsis: This 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Elliott Gould and features musical guest Gary Numan. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Falling in Love Again

Actors: Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kaye Ballard, Robert Hackman

Synopsis: Also known as In Love, Falling in Love Again stars Elliott Gould. While en route to a class reunion, Harry Lewis (Gould) recalls the golden days of his youth. These flashbacks are contrasted with his current sorry existence as the unhappy husband of his high-school sweetheart, Sue (Susannah York). Read More

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

Actors: Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Rick Schroder, Tammy Lauren, John Fujioka

Synopsis: Even animal lovers may balk at this light, light drama about how a missionary (Genevieve Bujold) and Bobby (Rick Schroder), a young boy manage to populate a deserving island with critters of all types. Noah Dugan (Elliott Gould) is a pilot in need of escaping his creditors and he agrees to fly the Read More

Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould [6]

Actors: Elliott Gould, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Synopsis: This 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Elliott Gould and features musical guest Kid Creole & the Coconuts. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Jack and the Beanstalk

Synopsis: This is one of many versions of the fairy tale about a boy who trades his family cow for magical beans and soon finds himself on an adventure in a magical land. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Muppet Movie

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have embarked on a quest for stardom. They take a trip to Hollywood, riding in or on a wide variety of vehicles along the way. They begin their journey on a bicycle pedalled by Read More

Escape to Athena

Actors: Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree

Synopsis: The original British version of Escape to Athena ran 125 minutes; American prints were judiciously cut to 101 minutes, emphasizing the action content and neutralizing the duller dialogue sequences. Roger Moore stars as Major Otto Hecht, an anti-Nazi German who presides over a World War II POW Read More

The Lady Vanishes

Actors: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Ian Carmichael

Synopsis: Screenwriter George Axelrod turns Alfred Hitchcock's classic comedy-thriller into a capering screwball comedy showcase for Cybill Shepherd and Elliot Gould in this style-less remake of The Lady Vanishes. On an express train traveling through pre-World War II Germany, Amanda Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) Read More

Matilda

Actors: Elliott Gould, Robert Mitchum, Clive Revill, Harry Guardino, Karen Carlson

Synopsis: A novel by Paul Gallico provides the plot for this tale of a down-on-his-luck boxing promoter (Elliott Gould). In desperation, he plots a match between the heavyweight champion of the world (Larry Pennell) and a kangaroo. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Silent Partner

Actors: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Celine Lomez

Synopsis: The Canadian "sleeper" The Silent Partner stars Elliott Gould as a teller, Miles Cullen, who figures out psycho Harry Reikle's (Christopher Plummer) scheme to rob his bank, several days ahead of time. Cullen providently squirrels away 50,000 dollars in a safety-deposit box before Reikle strikes. Read More

Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould [4]

Actors: Elliott Gould, Peter Tosh, Mick Jagger

Synopsis: This 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Elliott Gould and features musical guest Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Capricorn One

Actors: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson

Synopsis: Astronauts Charles Brubaker, John Walker, and Peter Willis (James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston, respectively) are hailed as heroes when they become the first men to be rocketed to Mars. Actually the space travelers are as phony as their mission controller, Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook Read More

Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould [3]

Actors: Elliott Gould, McGarrigle Sisters

Synopsis: This 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Elliott Gould and features musical guest Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Roslyn Kind. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

A Bridge Too Far

Actors: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox

Synopsis: It's late 1944, and the Allied armies are confident they'll win the World War II and be home in time for Christmas. What's needed, says British general Bernard Law Montgomery, is a knockout punch, a bold strike through Holland, where German troops are spread thin, that will put the Allies into Read More

Don Rickles: Buy This Tape, You Hockey Puck

Actors: Don Rickles

I Will, I Will for Now

Actors: Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda

Synopsis: Norman Panama directed and wrote (along with Albert E. Lewin) this mediocre piece of fluff about unhappily divorced marriage partners. Elliot Gould stars as Les Bingham, who takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie (Diane Keaton) has a new love in life. What Les doesn't realize is that her new Read More

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Actors: James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning, Lesley Ann Warren

Synopsis: Harry and Walter Go to New York was born of the theory that, the more stars and money that you throw into a film, the better the film will be. The theory has seldom been proven true, and it certainly wasn't in this case. Harry (James Caan) and Walter (Elliot Gould) are a third-rate vaudeville Read More

Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould [1]

Actors: Elliott Gould, Anne Murray

Synopsis: This 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Elliott Gould and features musical guest Anne Murray. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Saturday Night Live: Elliott Gould [2]

Actors: Elliott Gould, Leon Redbone

Synopsis: This 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Elliott Gould and features musical guest Leon Redbone. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Whiffs

Actors: Elliott Gould, Eddie Albert, Harry Guardino, Godfrey Cambridge, Jennifer O'Neill

Synopsis: In this crime comedy, a gullible private volunteers to become the subject of numerous military biological and chemical weaponry experiments. Later he becomes so messed up that he is forced into early retirement. He then decides to use some of the experimental gases to rob banks. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

Who?

Actors: Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard, Joseph Bova, Edward Grover, James Noble

Synopsis: In 1970, Elliot Gould was the hottest male star in Hollywood; by 1975, he was making do with indifferent projects like Who?. This interesting British/German sci-fier, also known as Man Without a Face, Prisoner of the Skull and The Man With the Steel Mask, and also under the title Robo Man. Gould's Read More

Nashville

Actors: Henry Gibson, Barbara Baxley, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Lily Tomlin, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin

Synopsis: Following 24 characters through 5 days in the country music capital, Robert Altman's 1975 epic presents a complexly textured portrayal (and critique) of American obsessions with celebrity and power. Among the various stars, aspirants, hangers-on, observers, and media folk are politically ambitious Read More

Mean Johnny Barrows

Actors: Roddy McDowall, Jenny Sherman, Fred Williamson

Synopsis: A Vietnam War veteran (Fred Williamson) is discharged from the Army, and becomes involved with mobsters when he is unable to find a job. The gang uses him on a job when one of the thugs (Roddy McDowall) and his girlfriend (Jenny Sherman) decide to provoke a gang war. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

S*P*Y*S

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Zouzou, Joss Ackland, Shane Rimmer

Synopsis: In 1974, flanked by such filmic monuments to paranoia and corruption as Chinatown and The Parallax View, Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland tried to re-create the screwball nonchalance of their earlier M*A*S*H performances in this lightweight spy spoof, directed by Irvin Kershner. Gould and Sutherland Read More

Busting

Actors: Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig

Synopsis: Peter Hyams made his feature-film directing debut with this clumsily paced crime film concerning two Los Angeles vice-squad detectives. Michael Keneely (Eliott Gould) is the swaggering non-conformist and Patrick Farrel (Robert Blake) is the cocky follower. The two cops live for their work and Read More

California Split

Actors: George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles, Ed Walsh

Synopsis: The most narratively loose of Robert Altman's '70s films, California Split details the haphazard lives of two compulsive gamblers searching for that ever-elusive big score. Newly single and soon-to-be-unemployed Bill (George Segal) joins live-wire pal Charlie (Elliott Gould), as the pair moves Read More

The Long Goodbye

Actors: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Henry Gibson, Mark Rydell

Synopsis: "It's OK with me...." Applying his deconstructive eye to the "film noir" tradition, Robert Altman updated Raymond Chandler in his 1973 version of Chandler's novel, The Long Goodbye. Smart-aleck, cat-loving private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is certain that his friend Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton Read More

Little Murders

Crew: Producer

Actors: Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Donald Sutherland

Synopsis: Actor Alan Arkin has an impressive film directorial debut with Little Murders, Jules Feiffer's bitter and moving satire (originally produced as an off-Broadway play). Elliot Gould (who also co-produced the film) plays Alfred Chamberlain -- a one time successful photographer who is now down on his Read More

The Touch

Actors: Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow, Sheila Reid, Staffan Hallerstam

Synopsis: This was famed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's first English-language film, the story of a contented young wife and mother whose marriage is disrupted by an inexplicable attraction. Bergman regular Bibi Andersson plays Karin Vergerus, who is married to a prominent but stodgy surgeon, Andreas (Max Von Sydow Read More

Getting Straight

Actors: Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Robert F. Lyons, Jeff Corey, Max Julien

Synopsis: "Movies like Getting Straight are ceasing to be tolerable" complained one conservative movie magazine of 1970. Today, the once-relevant but now merely entertaining Getting Straight is not only tolerable, but downright user-friendly. Elliot Gould plays a Vietnam vet who decides to attend college Read More

Move

Actors: Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Geneviève Waïte, Joe Silver

Synopsis: This humorless comedy finds Hiram Jaffe (Elliott Gould) earning a living as a pornography writer and dog walker to the rich in New York. When he and wife Dolly (Paula Prentiss) decide to move to a new apartment, the problems cause Hiram to blur the line between his fantasy writing and reality. Read More

M*A*S*H

Actors: Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Jo Ann Pflug, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Gary Burghoff

Synopsis: Although he was not the first choice to direct it, the hit black comedy MASH established Robert Altman as one of the leading figures of Hollywood's 1970s generation of innovative and irreverent young filmmakers. Scripted by Hollywood veteran Ring Lardner, Jr., this war comedy details the exploits Read More

I Love My Wife

Actors: Elliott Gould, Brenda Vaccaro, Angel Tompkins, Dabney Coleman, Leonard Stone

Synopsis: This romantic comedy finds Richard Burrows (Elliot Gould) as a medical student in residence engaged to marry the pregnant Jody (Brenda Vaccaro). When Jody abstains from sex and her mother moves in with the newlyweds, Richard engages in a series of love affairs with the hospital nurses. He meets Read More

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Actors: Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Horst Ebersberg

Synopsis: "Consider the possibilities," read the ads for Paul Mazursky's 1969 satirical comedy about what happens when the sexual revolution hits affluent bourgeois life. After a weekend of "beautiful" emotional honesty at an Esalen-type retreat, married wannabe hipsters Bob (Robert Culp) and Carol (Natalie Wood Read More

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Actors: Jason Robards, Jr., Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: Narrator Rudy Vallee announces that he knows we are a "real high class audience," thus he has "some swell story to tell." Thus begins The Night They Raided Minsky's, set in the rarefied world of burlesque in the 1920s. Amish girl Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) comes to New York in hopes of Read More

Quick, Let's Get Married

Synopsis: Though it was made in 1964, this romantic farce was not released until 1971. It stars an aging Ginger Rogers as a prosperous madam who teams up with the crooked town mayor (Ray Milland) and tries to trick one of her "girls" into revealing the location of a famous hidden treasure. The prostitute Read More

You've Come to the Right Place

Synopsis: Part of the Alef-Bet Blastoff series, this animated film follows David and Rachel as they learn of the history behind the important traditions of their faith. This particular episode finds the kids struggling with their unique identity as Jews. Through the intervention of Mitzvah Mouse, the kids Read More