George WendtFilmography

Saturday Morning

Actors: Joey Piscopo, Louis Mandylor, George Wendt, Beth Ostrosky, Lillo Brancato Jr.

Synopsis: A youthful, mild-mannered executive discovers a world he never knew existed upon venturing outside at an hour when most regular folks are still sleeping in this comedy starring Joey Piscopo, Louis Mandylor, and George Wendt. Wes Selman (Piscopo) may not have much luck from nine to five, but when Read More

Edmond

Actors: William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Julia Stiles, Rebecca Pidgeon, Bai Ling

Synopsis: David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his play about a man who suddenly stumbles into a new and dangerous life. Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) is on his way home from work one evening when he impulsively stops to have his fortune read by a woman who informs him, "You are not Read More

Modern Men [TV Series]

Actors: Josh Braaten, Max Greenfield, Eric Lively, Marla Sokoloff, Jane Seymour

Synopsis: A rare situation comedy from the Jerry Bruckheimer factory, the WB series Modern Men concerned a trio of lifelong pals in search of lasting romance with the opposite sex. Tim (Josh Braaten) had had many girlfriends, but no enduring relationships; Kyle (Max Greenfield) was a one-night stand Read More

L.A. Blues

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Dave Foley, Kevin Rahm, Nicholas D'Agosto, Sean Maguire, William Ragsdale

Synopsis: Written and directed by Ian Gurvitz, the comedy/drama LA Blues follows a police detective who attempts to unravel why a man has attempted to kill himself. Soon she interviews a man who knew what was going on in the man's life, and eventually the officer and the audience learn about the problems of Read More

Santa Baby

Actors: Jenny McCarthy, George Wendt, Ivan Sergei, Tobias Mehler, Kandyse McClure, Michael Moriarty

Synopsis: When Santa's estranged daughter Mary learns that her typically jovial father has fallen too ill to finalize his Christmas plans for the year, she sets her sights on the North Pole and hatches a plan to update her father's outdated system in this family friendly holiday comedy directed by Ron Read More

Masters of Horror: Family

Actors: Meredith Monroe, Matt Keeslar, George Wendt

Synopsis: A successful young couple moves into a posh neighborhood inhabited by a killer who is far from the benign suburbanite that appearances would suggest in legendary horror director John Landis' second installment into Showtime's Masters of Horror series. David (Matt Keeslar) and Celia Fuller (Meredith Monroe Read More

Kids in America

Actors: Gregory Smith, Stephanie Sherrin, Malik Yoba, Julie Bowen

Synopsis: Teenagers stand up for their rights and take on the woman who wants to scuttle their freedoms in this comedy drama inspired by a true story. Principal Weller (Julie Bowen) is the ambitious but hard-headed leader of Booker High School. Weller plans to run for superintendent of her school district Read More

Votergate

King of the Ants

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Chris L. McKenna, Kari Wuhrer, Daniel Baldwin, George Wendt, Timm Sharp

Synopsis: Touted as something of a return-to-form for Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon, King of the Ants offers the brutal tale of a man discovering his previously untapped potential for violence. Despite the fact that his future seems relatively undefined, young drifter Sean Crawley (Chris McKenna) is an Read More

My Dinner With Jimi

Actors: Justin Henry, Royale Watkins, Jason Boggs, George Wendt, Brett Gilbert

Synopsis: Although he later received notoriety as a member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and as half of the duo Flo & Eddie, Howard Kaylan is likely best remembered as the lead singer of the 1960s pop band the Turtles. It is this period of his life that Kaylan illustrates in his autobiographical Read More

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Synopsis: Actor and comedian Harry Shearer makes his directorial debut with this mock documentary about the slightly sordid pastimes of some of America's wealthiest and most powerful men. Zambesi Glen is a private resort in Northern California whose highly exclusive membership rolls includes high-echelon Read More

Frasier: Cheerful Goodbyes

Actors: John Ratzenberger, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, Philip Perlman, Raye Birk

Synopsis: The cast of Frasier meets most of the cast of Cheers in this landmark episode. Arriving in Boston to deliver a speech at a conference, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is reunited with his old drinking buddy Cliff (John Ratzenberger) -- who thinks that Frasier is in town to attend his retirement party. Read More

Lakeboat

Actors: Charles Durning, Robert Forster, J.J. Johnston, Denis Leary

Synopsis: Renowned character actor Joe Mantegna makes his directorial debut with this film adaptation of one of David Mamet's first plays, boasting such onscreen talent as Peter Falk, Charles Durning, and Robert Forster. Based on Mamet's experiences of working on Great Lake freighters while a grad student Read More

Strange Relations

Actors: Paul Reiser, Julie Walters, Olympia Dukakis

Synopsis: Originally filmed in 2001 under the title "My Beautiful Son," the made-for-cable Strange Relations stars comedian Paul Reiser in the largely noncomic role of 39-year-old Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Jerry Lipman. Diagnosed with leukemia, Lipman desperately seeks out a close relative -- any close Read More

The Pooch and the Pauper

Actors: George Wendt, Fred Willard, Richard Karn

Synopsis: One of Mark Twain's best loved stories gets a new twist in this made-for-cable comedy for the family, produced for The Disney Channel. Liberty is a dog who is lazy, ill-tempered, and doesn't often behave well. Liberty, however, happens to be the pet of the President of the United States (Fred Read More

Wild About Harry

Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Amanda Donohoe, Adrian Dunbar, James Nesbitt, George Wendt

Synopsis: A woman who wants to get rid of her husband has second thoughts when he's suddenly not the man he once was in this romantic comedy shot in Ireland. Harry McKee (Brendan Gleeson) is the host of a long-running television series called "What's Cooking?" in which he shares recipes with celebrity Read More

The Prime Gig

Actors: Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond, Ed Harris, Rory Cochrane, Wallace Shawn

Synopsis: Vince Vaughn stars in this drama as Pendleton "Penny" Wise, a gifted telemarketer who can sell almost anything over the phone. He's making a good living doing phone sales for Mick (Stephen Tobolowsky), until Mick's operation goes bust without enough funds to pay Penny or his co-workers Archie Read More

Alice in Wonderland

Actors: Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Tina Majorino

Synopsis: Originally produced for NBC television, this adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic features an impressive cast, including Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Ben Kingsley, Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Wilder, Peter Ustinov, and George Wendt. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Outside Providence

Actors: Shawn Hatosy, Jon Abrahams, Tommy Bone, Jonathan Brandis, Jack Ferver, Alec Baldwin

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Peter Farrelly, published in 1988 before he became famous as a writer and director of such films as Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There's Something About Mary, Outside Providence is a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s. Timothy Dunphy (Shawn Hatosy), known as Dunph to his Read More

Spice World

Actors: Spice Girls, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, Richard E. Grant, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: Bob Spiers (director of TV's Absolutely Fabulous) directed this feature-film debut of the five Spice Girls -- Posh Spice, Sporty Spice, Scary Spice, Ginger Spice, and Baby Spice -- as the quintet challenges the London pop scene during five days before their first live performance at the Royal Read More

Rupert's Land

Actors: Samuel West, Ian Tracey, George Wendt

Synopsis: In this Canadian road movie, two brothers who haven't seen each other in years are uncomfortably reunited when they have to travel together from Vancouver to remote Prince Rupert for their father's funeral. Rupert is a stuffy lawyer who has emigrated to Canada, while Dale ekes out a living dealing Read More

Anarchy TV

Actors: Jonathan Penner, Jessica Hecht, Matt Winston, Albert Hall, Alan Thicke

Synopsis: Jonathan Blank (Sex, Drugs, & Democracy) directed this satirical slap at the media, centered around a reverend (Alan Thicke) who objects to public-access station Channel 69, where his daughter (Jessica Hecht) and other young radicals program such shows as Conspiracy of the Week. The reverend's Read More

Alien Avengers II

Actors: George Wendt, Julie Brown

Space Truckers

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, George Wendt

Synopsis: Former National Lampoon editor Ted Mann, who scripted this $27 million science-fiction comedy, calls it "the first outer-space road movie." According to Mann, the film has "no scientists, no techies, none of the usual polished, sanitary environments we're used to in our space films. Space is like Read More

The Lovemaster

Actors: Craig Shoemaker, Farrah Fawcett, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Harley Jane Kozak, Esther Auerbach

Synopsis: Craig (Craig Shoemaker) is a comic who is fond of saying "my act is my life," and in this film we watch him as he jumps back and forth between performing stand-up at a comedy club, discussing his multiple personalities (and even more numerous anxieties) with his analyst (George Wendt), and Read More

Alien Avengers

Actors: George Wendt, Shanna Reed, Christopher M. Brown

Synopsis: Suburbanites from outer space arrive on Earth to clean up the inner city -- strictly for fun -- in this sci-fi-tinged comedy. With the death of his mother, Joseph (Christopher M. Brown) is trying to put his life back on track after several years as a street punk. He decides to turn the family home Read More

The Price of Heaven

Actors: Grant Show, Lori Loughlin, Cicely Tyson, Cari Shayne, George Wendt

Synopsis: Filmed on location in South Carolina, The Price of Heaven represents one of the forays into the realm of made-for-TV movies by celebrated director Peter Bogdanovich. The story takes place in the early 1950s, as Korean war hero Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns to his Southern hometown. Aspiring to Read More

Man of the House

Actors: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt, David Shiner

Synopsis: A young boy attempts to sabotage his single mother's relationship with her new fiancé in this family-oriented comedy. Ben Archer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) has become protective of his attractive mother Sandra (Farrah Fawcett) since they were abandoned by his father, and he resents the intrusion of Read More

Shame II: The Secret

Actors: Amanda Donohoe, Kay Lenz, George Wendt, Geoffrey Blake, David Andrews

Synopsis: In this drama, a renegade lawyer struggles to save a man from Death Row after she learns that the condemned has been suffering from a mis-diagnosed mental illness. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Bye Bye Birdie

Actors: Jason Alexander

Synopsis: Seinfeld's Jason Alexander stars in this made-for-television remake of the 1963 classic musical. Alexander stars as Albert J. Peterson, a man hoping to make his fortune and get the girl by promoting the big send-off for a newly drafted pop star named Conrad Birdie (Marc Kudish). A song-and-dance Read More

The Larry Sanders Show: Hank's Night in the Sun

Synopsis: Desperate for a filler host after Larry falls ill shortly before air, Artie (Rip Torn) reluctantly agrees to do something he swore never to do -- let Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) host the show. Hank is elated but somewhat hesitant for fear of failure, but his insecurity ultimately endears him to the Read More

The Little Rascals

Actors: Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods, Zachary Mabry

Synopsis: Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. Although the setting is the present day, the characters remain much the same, down to their old-fashioned clothing and their Read More

Hostage for a Day

Actors: George Wendt, Robin Duke, Christopher Templeton, John Candy, Peter Torokvei

Synopsis: The late comedian John Candy directed this made-for-television black comedy. George Wendt stars as Warren Kooey, a poor slob with a vicious wife and a nasty boss. Wooey wants to escape his miserable existence, so he decides to stage his own kidnapping to get away from his tormentors and find some Read More

Forever Young

Actors: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt

Synopsis: A man undergoes a scientific experiment that causes him to wake up after 50 years without aging a day in this romantic science-fiction tale. In 1939, Daniel (Mel Gibson) is a test pilot who is brave in the air but lacks the nerve to ask his girlfriend Helen (Isabel Glasser) to marry him, even Read More

Cheers: Season 11

Actors: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Although Cheers had dropped from first to eighth place in the ratings from 1990 to 1992, its 11th and final season still enjoyed a very healthy viewership; in fact, its closing episode ranks as the fourth highest-rated series finale in TV history. Highlighting the show's climactic season was the Read More

Guilty by Suspicion

Actors: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker

Synopsis: The directorial debut of producer Irwin Winkler, Guilty by Suspicion is a sobering account of one movie executive's woes in dealing with the political fallout from the McCarthy Era Hollywood blacklist. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a film director in the 1950s whose obsession with his Read More

Saturday Night Live: George Wendt [2]

Actors: George Wendt, Elvis Costello

Synopsis: This 1991 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by George Wendt and features musical guest Elvis Costello. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Cheers: Season 10

Actors: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Picking up where season nine left off, the tenth season of Cheers began with Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) reluctantly agreeing to be the mother of Sam Malone's (Ted Danson) child. Romance did not enter into the picture: Both Rebecca and Sam were responding to the incessant ticking of their 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

Masters of Menace

Actors: James Belushi, David Rasche, Catherine Bach, Lance Kinsey, Teri Copley, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, George Wendt

Synopsis: The Second City comedy ensemble reunites for this camp story of a motorcycle gang trying to take home the body of a dead member (James Belushi). Problem is, they must also outrun a pesky lawyer (Ray Baker) who is trying to bring the group to justice for breaking their probation. John Candy, Dan Aykroyd Read More

Cheers: Season 09

Actors: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Season nine of Cheers picked up where the eighth had left off, with Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) poised to consummate their newfound romance on the couch in Sam's office. "Interruptus" came in the form of Rebecca's billionaire boyfriend Robin Colcord (Roger Rees), now Read More

Wings: The Story of Joe

Synopsis: A writer from "American Flyer" magazine is winging his way toward Nantucket, intending to interview Sandpiper Air owner Joe (Tim Daly). Unfortunately, the writer evinces more interest in the self-proclaimed exploits of Joe's brother Brian (Steven Weber). Meanwhile, two expatriates from Wings' Read More

Cheers: Season 08

Actors: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: As Cheers entered its eighth season, viewers began to wonder if the long-awaited romance between Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) would ever blossom. Certainly Rebecca had not backed down from her determination to marry into wealth, as witnessed by her torrid relationship Read More

Plain Clothes

Actors: Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Seymour Cassel

Synopsis: Arliss Howard plays a baby-faced undercover cop, posing as a high school student. Howard is investigating the murder of a teacher, a task made difficult when his own brother (Loren Dean) becomes the primary suspect. Meanwhile, the ersatz student falls in love with Alexandre Powers, the daughter of Read More

Cheers: Airport V

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Carla (Rhea Perlman) wants to visit Eddie out of town, but she's afraid to fly. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) invites Carla to join his fear-of-flying therapy group on a plane trip (to Seattle, of all places!). Need it be added that a disaster ensues wherein both Frasier and Carla wonder if they'll Read More

Cheers: Season 07

Actors: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Although, at 22 episodes, the seventh season of Cheers' was the series' shortest since 1983, there was no lack of fascinating plot developments nor any shortage of colorful new characters. Having lost her job as manager of Cheers, Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) swallowed her pride and went to work Read More

Never Say Die

Actors: Temuera Morrison, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Barry, George Wendt, John Clarke

Synopsis: In this exciting New Zealand-set actioner, a pair of average people find themselves fighting for their lives when they are inadvertently entangled in a plot involving international espionage. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cheers: Season 06

Actors: Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Fans of Cheers greeted the series' sixth season in a heightened state of anticipation and anxiety: Now that series regular Shelley Long (Diane Chambers) had left the show, would her replacement be on the same lofty, laugh-getting level? And how would Cheers owner Sam Malone (Ted Danson) respond to Read More

Gung Ho

Actors: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro

Synopsis: Michael Keaton stars as a wheeler-dealer who hopes to save a failing Pennsylvania automobile-assembly factory from having to close its doors. Keaton persuades a Japanese auto firm to reopen the factory, retrain its staff, and streamline the operation. It isn't long before the American-born workers Read More

House

Actors: William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz, Mary Stavin

Synopsis: A mild box-office hit for New World Pictures, this lightweight attempt at horror parody from Friday the 13th producer Sean S. Cunningham stars former Greatest American Hero William Katt as a best-selling pop-horror novelist (a la Stephen King) who suffers an insurmountable case of writer's block Read More

Saturday Night Live: George Wendt [1]

Actors: George Wendt, Francis Ford Coppola, Philip Glass

Synopsis: This 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by George Wendt with musical guest Philip Glass, is memorable for being "directed" by Francis Ford Coppola, who parodies his famous persona throughout the show. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Cheers: Season 05

Actors: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth

Synopsis: Season five of Cheers opened with a resolution to the cliffhanger established at the end of season four, with Cheers' owner Sam Malone (Ted Danson) finally proposing to mercurial waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). This proposal, and several more like it, would be rejected throughout the Read More

Cheers: Season 04

Actors: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Kelsey Grammer

Synopsis: As in earlier years, the action in the first episode of Cheers' fourth season was driven by the plot lines left dangling during the previous one. Having ended their romance in Europe, Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) and Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) returned separately to Boston. Diane entered Read More

Fletch

Actors: Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini

Synopsis: Chevy Chase added a classic comic hero to the film landscape with Fletch, one of his few truly popular star vehicles in a famously misguided post-Saturday Night Live career. Chase plays Irwin M. Fletcher, known to everyone as Fletch, a Los Angeles Lakers-loving investigative reporter with a Read More

No Small Affair

Actors: Tim Robbins, Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette, Elizabeth Daily, Jeffrey Tambor, Jennifer Tilly

Synopsis: This run-of-the-mill teen romantic comedy's main attraction is 22-year-old Demi Moore as Laura Victor, an aspiring rock singer. The slightly younger Jon Cryer is Charles Cummings, a dedicated photographer who meets Laura, falls in love, and decides that a dedication to furthering her career might Read More

The Mogul

Actors: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerritt Graham, Kevin McCarthy, Jayne Meadows

Synopsis: Made for cable television, The Ratings Game was directed by Danny DeVito, who co-starred in the film with his wife Rhea Perlman. DeVito plays the owner of a New Jersey trucking firm who yearns for a televison career. He offers several TV-series ideas to a receptive network programming head. On the Read More

Cheers: Season 03

Actors: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Kelsey Grammer

Synopsis: There was good news and bad news for Cheers during its third season. In the former category, the series continued to climb upward in the ratings (thanks largely to the goodwill engendered by NBC's most popular Thursday-night series The Cosby Show), sharing 12th place with ABC's Hotel. The sitcom Read More

Dreamscape

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw

Synopsis: Great special effects do not always make for a great film, but Dreamscape comes awfully close. Dr. Paul Novotny (Max Von Sydow) and Dr. Jane Devries (Kate Capshaw) run a clinic for the study of dreams. Hoping to alleviate the pain of those plagued with recurring nightmares, Novotny hires a team of Read More

Thief of Hearts

Actors: Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz, David Caruso, Christine Ebersole

Synopsis: After her home is burglarized, a married woman finds that the diary containing her sexual fantasies has been stolen. She doesn't put two and two together when an attractive man suddenly enters her life and becomes the man of her dreams. The thief's secret info works for awhile, and the woman is Read More

Cheers: Season 02

Actors: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger

Synopsis: Just as everyone had anticipated throughout season one of Cheers, season two opened with Boston bar owner Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) declaring their mutual passion. But romance does not always translate into love, and, after a turbulent 22 episodes, Sam and Read More

Garfield on the Town

Actors: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, George Wendt

Synopsis: Based on the popular comic strip, this animated feature follows the adventures of Garfield the cat as he stumbles across a restaurant that turns out to be his birth place. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Alice: Monty Falls for Alice

Synopsis: A pre-Cheers George Wendt shows up in this episode as Monty, a nebbishy Las Vegas busboy. Having previously been jilted by his girlfriend, Monty is unprepared for a second disillusionment when Alice (Linda Lavin) rebuffs his romantic overtures. The story climaxes with the first Read More

M*A*S*H: Trick or Treatment

Synopsis: Everyone at the 4077th is celebrating Halloween with a lavish costume party at Rosie's bar--everyone but Charles (David Ogden Stiers), who is not only still on duty, but also hates and despises the so-called holiday. Before the inevitable crisis in which the colorfully garbed staffers pack the Read More

Cheers: Season 01

Actors: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman, Nicholas Colasanto, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger

Synopsis: Seldom has a television sitcom opened with such assurance as Cheers. Within the very first episode, the basic setting was firmly established, the characters clearly drawn, and the interrelationships fully defined. Although there would be plenty of "fleshing out" over the next 11 seasons, Cheers Read More

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Actors: Mark Blankfield, Bess Armstrong, Krista Erickson, Tim Thomerson, Michael McGuire

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is satirized in this comedy about a scientist (Mark Blankfield) who is hopelessly addicted to his latest invention, a strange white powder. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Taxi: Latka the Playboy

Synopsis: Mild-mannered immigrant mechanic Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman) is frustrated by his lack of success with women. Hoping to improve his social life, Latka locks himself up for several weeks of intense "study," using as his study guides a collection of English-language tapes and several back issues of Read More

Bill Murray: Live from The Second City

Actors: Bill Murray

Synopsis: The Second City was a breeding ground for comedic talent, including Bill Murray. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Somewhere in Time

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin

Synopsis: Christopher Reeve got away from Superman and related costume roles in this dramatic fantasy film, adapted from Richard Matheson's 1960s vintage novel Bid Time Return. A young playwright, Richard Collier (Reeve), is approached by an elderly woman on the occasion of his first triumph in 1972 -- all Read More

My Bodyguard

Actors: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Ruth Gordon, John Houseman, Martin Mull

Synopsis: This quietly compelling film explores the hardships and anxieties of high school with intelligence, sensitivity, warmth and humor. Chris Makepeace stars as a shy, bookish student who has recently moved to Chicago and begun a new school. There he finds himself the target of a group of punks led by Matt Dillon Read More

Avery Schreiber: Live from the Second City

Synopsis: This is a comedy performance video in which Avery Schreiber performs live from the Second City with the SCTV cast in a series of comedy skits. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More