Peter Bart Filmography

Born:: July 24, 1932 in Manhattan, New York, NY
Occupation:: Actor, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter, Book Author
Birth name:: Peter Benton Bart

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Fun with Dick and Jane

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins

Synopsis: A not-so-ordinary family finds a new way of paying the bills in this comedy. Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) and his wife, Jane (Téa Leoni), would seem to have it made -- Dick has a high-paying job, they live in an expensive house in the suburbs, they have two luxury cars in the driveway, and a Read More

12/21/05
The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman

Actors: Peter Bart, David Brown, Helen Gurley Brown, David Carr, Jimmy Carter

Synopsis: For the second half of the 20th century, Lew Wasserman was the most powerful man in show business, even if most people had no idea who he was. Born in Cleveland, OH, in 1913, Wasserman started out booking music for mob-controlled night clubs, and soon became an agent for Music Corporation of Read More

11/4/05
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

5/13/05
Inside Deep Throat

Synopsis: Directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato follow up Party Monster by returning to the documentary form of their most popular film The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Rather than examining evangelists-cum-gay icons, this time the duo takes aim at the cultural phenomenon that is and was Deep Throat, the Read More

2/11/05
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Crew: Book Author, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: George Clooney, Danny DeVito, Peter Bogdanovich, David Brown, Richard Dreyfuss

Synopsis: Take a walk on the fine line between box-office blockbusters and instantly forgettable bombs as Oscar and Emmy-winning producer/director Bill Couturie sets out to explore just what separates such high-profile hits as Jaws from such room-clearing disasters as Howard the Duck. Executive produced by Read More

2005
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Actors: Dede Allen, Peter Bart, Andrew Cohen, Tony Bill, Karen Black

Synopsis: Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable onscreen. Influenced by such European Read More

2003
Sunday Morning Shootout [TV Series]

Synopsis: Hollywood producer Peter Guber and journalist Peter Bart were the moderators of this weekend debate series from the American Movie Channel cable service. On each episode, the hosts and the guest panelists engaged in lively discussions over current movie projects and Hollywood gossip, with opinions Read More

2003
Burn Hollywood Burn

Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Eric Idle

Synopsis: First, a little background: in 1955, the Director's Guild of America created the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which film directors are allowed to use if they feel their work has been tampered with to such a degree that they no longer want the credit. (For example, if you look at the credits of the Read More

1997
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

Crew: Producer

Actors: Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield

Synopsis: In this follow-up to Revenge of the Nerds the nerdy frat boys from Lambda Lambda Lambda go to Ft. Lauderdale to a national frat conference where they again must outwit the thick-tongued jock frat-boys who are also at the conference. This they can do. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Youngblood

Crew: Producer

Actors: Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, Ed Lauter, Jim Youngs

Synopsis: Rob Lowe stars as the title character, a young hockey prodigy with a gift for scoring, but no such penchant for pugilism -- when the gloves drop, so does he. Despite his fragility, Coach Chadwick (Ed Lauter) takes him on the roster for his stick-handling ability alone. However, he ends up being Read More

1/31/86
Revenge of the Nerds

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, Bernie Casey, Julia Montgomery

Synopsis: Revenge of the Nerds is the juvenile sex comedy perhaps most synonymous with the 1980s, alternating gags and scantily clad women with a power to the underdogs mentality that prompted three sequels. The handsome jocks of Alpha Beta, led by Stan (Ted McGinley), run Adams College, which means that Read More

1984
Fun with Dick and Jane

Crew: Producer

Actors: George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon, Dick Gautier, Allan Miller

Synopsis: Dick Harper (George Segal) and his wife Jane (Jane Fonda) have always lived way beyond their means. Just because Dick has just lost his high-paying job is no reason for Jane to stop spending like there's no tomorrow. To make ends meet, Jane takes up a new career: armed robbery. ~ Hal Erickson, All Read More

1977
Islands in the Stream

Crew: Producer

Actors: George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland, Susan Tyrrell, Richard Evans

Synopsis: After a parade of top-heavy blockbusters (Papillon, Nicholas and Alexandra), director Franklin J. Schaffner retreats, like the Hemingway character of the film, to peaceful tropical serenity in Islands in the Stream (based on Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel). George C. Scott plays Read More

1977
Making it

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kristoffer Tabori, Joyce Van Patten

Synopsis: In the life of sexually successful young high-school student Phil Fuller (Kristoffer Tabori) the episodes in this story enable him to gain increased maturity and understanding. Phil is attracted to his gym teacher's beautiful wife who has a phobia about growing old and who eventually takes him to Read More

1971