Marcia Jean Kurtz Filmography

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The Marconi Brothers

Actors: Dan Fogler, Brendan Sexton III, Jon Polito, Zoe Lister-Jones, Patti D'Arbanville, Steve Randazzo

Synopsis: Two brothers dutifully working the days away at the family carpet business attempt to assert their independence by going to work for the king of Long Island wedding videographers, only to find their new careers floundering when they are forced to move into a cramped studio apartment. It's been Read More

1/1/08
Arranged

Actors: Zoe Lister-Jones, Francis Benhamou, John Rothman, Mimi Lieber, Laith Nakli, Doris Belack

Synopsis: Two women whose peoples are often at odds find they're more alike than anyone expects in this drama from directors Stefan C. Schaefer and Diane Crespo. Rochel (Zoe Lister-Jones) and Nasira (Francis Benhamou) are two young women who have begun teaching at a public grade school in Brooklyn, NY. Read More

12/14/07
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Michael Shannon

Synopsis: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, and Marisa Tomei star in director Sidney Lumet's thriller concerning two brothers who hatch a plan to rob their parent's jewelry store. When the job goes awry, the entire family is set on a collision course with tragedy. Andy (Hoffman) is an Read More

10/26/07
In Her Shoes

Actors: Francine Beers, Brooke Smith, Jerry Adler, Ken Howard, Norman Lloyd, Richard Burgi, Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Feuerstein

Synopsis: Curtis Hanson's adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's novel In Her Shoes stars Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz as a pair of very close but very different sisters. Free-wheeling irresponsible Maggie Feller (Diaz) gets through her life thanks to her remarkable looks and her lack of scruples. She constantly Read More

10/7/05
Book of Danny

Actors: Daniel Randell, Larry Block, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Elaina Erika Davis, Madison Arnold

Synopsis: American independent filmmaker Adam Yaffe makes his writing and directing debut with the coming-of-age movie Book of Danny. Shot in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., the film follows teenage stoner Danny (Daniel Randell), who constantly gets in trouble while living with single mother Read More

2003
Law & Order: Collision

Synopsis: The detectives scour the streets for clues after the murder of a schizophrenic woman. Their search results in the arrest of a homeless man who likewise has severe mental problems. The suspect's defense hinges upon his right to refuse his antidepressant medication -- which, according to attorney Read More

2000
The Giraffe

Actors: Maria Schrader, Dani Levy, David Strathairn, Nicole Heesters, Jeffrey Wright

Synopsis: Dani Levy directed and co-stars in this German-Austrian political thriller. Lena Katz (Maria Schrader), living in New York, is the granddaughter of Jewish chocolate-factory owner Eliah Goldberg (Lukas Ammann), whose factory in Germany has been recently set on fire by some anti-Semitic thugs. In Read More

1998
Law & Order: Indifference

Synopsis: Summoned to an expensive Upper West Side elementary school, detectives Greevey (George Dzundza) and Logan (Chris Noth) find a young pupil in a semi-comatose state. The investigation leads to prominent therapist Jacob Lowenstein (David Groh), a chronic philanderer, and Lowenstein's wife Carla (Marcia Jean Kurtz Read More

1990
Law & Order: Everybody's Favorite Bagman

Synopsis: When a councilman is mugged, detectives Greevey (George Dzundza) and Logan (Chris Noth) follow a trail of evidence leading to Anthony Scalisi (Paul Guilfoyle), a prominent mobster. Typically, this is not the end of the case -- not when the D.A.'s office decides to use Scalisi as bait to trap some Read More

1990
Running on Empty

Actors: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton, Jonas Abry

Synopsis: In this family drama from director Sidney Lumet, Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti play Arthur and Annie Pope, a pair of '60s radicals who have eluded the FBI for 16 years after bombing a napalm laboratory as a Vietnam War protest. This lifestyle involves continually moving their base of operations Read More

9/9/88
Once Upon a Time in America

Actors: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld

Synopsis: Though some viewers might be put off by its length, graphic violence, and absence of likable characters, Sergio Leone's final film is also a cinematic masterpiece. Spanning four decades, the film tells the story of David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) and his Jewish pals, chronicling their Read More

1984
Cold Feet

Actors: Griffin Dunne, Marissa Chibas, Blanche Baker, Mark Cronogue, Joseph Leon

Synopsis: Tom Christo (Griffin Dunne) is a New York TV writer-director in a dead-end marriage to Leslie (Blanche Baker). He meets the intriguing Marty Fenton (Marissa Chibas), a research scientist, when she attends a party Tom and his wife give at their home. Even though there is an initial attraction Read More

1983
Nomadic Lives

Synopsis: A go-go dancer and a sketch artist living in a New Jersey trailer park are unable to decide whether they are in love or simply bored in this independent short from New York. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Pleasantville

Actors: Gale Sondergaard, Suzanne Weber, John Bottoms, Robert Hitt

Synopsis: The close friendship between a passionate old woman and a 12-year-old girl is presented in this drama. They meet when the girl is sent to her grandmother's house for the summer. It takes a while, but eventually the two become friends and the woman shares that she has been defying the cruel Read More

1976
Dog Day Afternoon

Actors: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Sully Boyar, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: Based on a true 1972 story, Sidney Lumet's 1975 drama chronicles a unique bank robbery on a hot summer afternoon in New York City. Shortly before closing time, scheming loser Sonny (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy, Sal (John Cazale), burst into a Brooklyn bank for what should be a Read More

1975
Death Wish

Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield

Synopsis: This drama about a man who takes the law into his own hands was wildly controversial upon first release, sparking much debate about the perceived pro-vigilante stance of the story, and established Charles Bronson as a major box office draw in the United States. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is a Read More

1974
The Stoolie

Actors: Poppy Fields, Gigi Gaus, Frank Goldstein, Jack Kagel, Mary McKennedy, Ronnie Mellen, Babette New, Jerome Rudolph, Mildred Smith, Sean Walch, Leonard York

Synopsis: Comedian Jackie Mason made one of his many comeback attempts after the 1966 Ed Sullivan Show "flipping the finger" debacle with the low-budget The Stoolie. Mason plays a cheap crook who cops a plea with the law by offering to trap other thieves with bait money. But Mason can't leave well enough Read More

1972
Cry Uncle

Synopsis: A private detective is hired to study an alleged blackmailing scheme, but discovers that he is involved himself in the plot. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1971
Born to Win

Actors: George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Jay Fletcher, Hector Elizondo

Synopsis: Born to Win is the grimly ironic title of this jet-black comedy about heroin addicts. George Segal plays Jay Jay, an ex-hairdresser who struggles to support his expensive drug habit. To avoid arrest, Jay Jay turns "narc," informing on his fellow junkies. Eventually Jay Jay's sense of self-hatred Read More

1971
The Panic in Needle Park

Actors: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin

Synopsis: A couple loves heroin as much as they love each other in Jerry Schatzberg's grim drug drama. After an illegal abortion at the behest of her faithless lover (Raul Julia), lost innocent Helen (Kitty Winn) finds solace with small-time crook Bobby (Al Pacino), a regular in Manhattan's "Needle Park." Read More

1971
Believe in Me

Actors: Elizabeth Brown, Suzannah Norstrand, Barbara Thurston, Larry Weber

Synopsis: A drug addict seduces his lover into sharing his chemical joys and together they begin a wrenching downward spiral into destruction in this unflinching, well-wrought drama. Before getting hooked on speed, the woman had a successful career. But, despite the efforts of those who would help her, the Read More

1971