Vincent SchiavelliFilmography

BAADASSSSS!

Actors: T.K. Carter, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Ossie Davis, Rainn Wilson, Joy Bryant, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles

Synopsis: In 1971, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles released his third film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which he wrote, directed, and scored. Despite boasting an all-black cast, an X rating, a low budget, and a decidedly non-Hollywood approach to moviemaking, the ground-breaking independent film went on Read More

Bitter Jester

Synopsis: On the cusp of stardom, standup comic Maija DiGiorgio suffered an emotional breakdown while performing before a room packed with a number of the comedy industry's head honchos -- whom were on the receiving end of DiGiorgio's obscenity-laced outburst -- at the Aspen Comedy Festival. Subsequently Read More

Hey Arnold! The Movie

Actors: Spencer Klein, Francesca Marie Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille

Synopsis: Everyone's favorite football-headed city kid graduates from television to the big screen in this animated comedy-adventure based on the Nickelodeon TV series. Arnold (voice of Spencer Klein) and his good friend, Gerald (voice of Jamil Walker Smith), live in a tight-knit neighborhood in the middle Read More

Death to Smoochy

Synopsis: Danny DeVito steps behind the camera for this darkly funny satire that combines elements of Barney and Friends with the real-life Pee-Wee Herman scandal while recalling the director's previously twisted black comedies Throw Momma From the Train (1987) and The War of the Roses (1989). Robin Read More

Solino

Actors: Barnaby Metschurat, Moritz Bleibtreu, Antonella Attili, Gigi Savoia, Tiziana Lodato

Synopsis: Out of work in 1964, Romano Amato (Gigi Savoia) packs up his young family and heads to Duisburg, Germany, in hopes for a better future for them. Shortly after arriving, Romano takes a job mining coal but quickly loses interest in that endeavor. His wife, Rosa, (Antonella Attili) takes matters into Read More

The 4th Tenor

Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Davi, Annabelle Gurwitch, Anita De Simone, Charles Fleischer

Synopsis: Directed by Harry Basil, The 4th Tenor stars octogenarian Rodney Dangerfield as Lupo, a restaurant connoisseur who falls for a singing waitress named Gina (Annabelle Gurwitch). After finding out that Gina claims to be unable to love any man who doesn't sing opera, the tone-deaf Lupo vows to learn. Read More

American Saint

Actors: Kevin Corrigan

Synopsis: A struggling actor goes cross-country to chase his dream -- and the legend of his idol, Jack Kerouac -- in this comedy drama. American Saint finds the hapless Miles (Kevin Corrigan) struggling to find work as an actor in New York City. When he hears of a movie being made about the life of Read More

3 Strikes

Actors: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, E-40, Starletta DuPois

Synopsis: Noted hip-hop producer DJ Pooh, who co-wrote the urban comedy Friday, makes his directorial debut with this comedy-drama. A young African-American man is enjoying his freedom after his second stretch in prison. Under the "three strikes and you're out" law, another brush with the police could mean Read More

Man on the Moon

Actors: Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli

Synopsis: Comedian Andy Kaufman gave performances that were bizarre and difficult to categorize, in which he might do or say almost anything: show cartoons, impersonate Elvis Presley, play conga drums while singing children's songs, read aloud from The Great Gatsby, or take the audience out for milk and Read More

The Prince and the Surfer

Synopsis: Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper gets an update and an overhaul in this family-oriented comedy. "Cash" Canty (Sean Kellman) is a typical Southern California kid who likes surfing, skateboarding, and pretty much anything that can be described as "rad." Prince Edward of Gelfland is the heir to Read More

American Virgin

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Robert Loggia, Mena Suvari, Sally Kellerman, Lamont Johnson

Synopsis: In this satirical farce, porn maven Ronny Bartolotti (Robert Loggia) has big plans for his daughter Katrina (Mena Suvari) to go to college and become a lawyer. Katrina, however, has other plans. An aspiring actress, she leaves her high school sex ed class early one day to appear on "The Quaint Read More

Desert Heat

Actors: Gregory Scott Cummins, Neil Delama, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Danny Trejo, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick

Synopsis: A group of bullies terrorizing a small town meet their match in the Muscles From Brussels in this action drama. Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town Read More

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Surprise

Synopsis: The night before Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) 17th birthday, she dreams that Drusilla (Juliet Landau) is going to kill Angel (David Boreanaz). Prophetic dreams have always plagued the Slayer (see "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "Prophecy Girl"), but, upset as Buffy is, her friends still plan a Read More

Milo

Actors: Paula Cale, Jennifer Jostyn, Vincent Schiavelli, Antonio Fargas

Synopsis: Milo is a strange little boy who doesn't play well with others -- four schoolgirls watch him kill one of their friends one day, and the event scars them for life. Years later, the girls reunite when one gets married, but they soon discover Milo has come back as well. The cast includes Jennifer Jostyn Read More

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Innocence

Synopsis: Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) makes a startling discovery after making love with Angel (David Boreanaz) for the first time -- the act of love has destroyed his human soul and turned him into the evil Angelus, a demon with the face of an angel. Angelus is now on the prowl for a human sacrifice, and Read More

Tomorrow Never Dies

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker

Synopsis: Roger Spottiswoode (Air America) directed this film, the 18th chapter in the 35-year-old James Bond series (excluding Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again). James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) learns billionaire media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) is manipulating world events via an exclusive Read More

Rusty: The Great Rescue

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan, Laraine Newman, Vincent Schiavelli, Charles Fleischer

Synopsis: A courageous canine protects his family from dastardly criminals. Hal Holbrook and Rue McClanahan star. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide Read More

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up

Actors: Victor Wong, Charles Napier, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Crystle Lightning

Synopsis: In yet another sequel to the surprise family hit 3 Ninjas, the three young Ninja brothers, Rocky (Michael Treanor), Colt (Max Elliott Slade), and Tum Tum (Chad Power), are spending the summer with their grandfather (Victor Wong), who is tutoring them in the martial arts. However, there are foul Read More

The X-Files: Humbug

Synopsis: "Humbug" takes place in Gibsontown, FL, a retirement community for circus sideshow freaks. The mysterious death of a performer known as the Alligator Man brings Mulder and Scully to town. The suspects herein range from a pair of Siamese twins to a sinister escape artist named Dr. Blockhead (Jim Rose Read More

A Little Princess

Actors: Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews, Rusty Schwimmer, Arthur Malet

Synopsis: A privileged, free-spirited young girl tries to adapt to life in a strict boarding school in this charming, critically acclaimed children's fantasy. Adapting a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, also the author of The Secret Garden, the film shifts the story's setting to World War I. 10 year-old Read More

Lord of Illusions

Actors: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen, Vincent Schiavelli, Barry Del Sherman

Synopsis: A private investigator hired to protect a popular stage magician finds himself drawn into a dark, occult underworld in this supernatural horror film from writer-director Clive Barker. With several nods to film noir tradition, the danger begins for detective Harry D'Amour (Scott Bakula) when he is Read More

Two Much

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Joan Cusack, Danny Aiello

Synopsis: This Spanish-American production stars Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, whose romance on the set helped the film set box-office records in Spain. Director Fernando Treuba, who won an Oscar for Belle Epoque, made his English-language debut with Two Much, an updated screwball comedy. Banderas Read More

Cultivating Charlie

Actors: David Huddleston, Vincent Schiavelli, Josef Sommer

Synopsis: Though this film is billed as a comedy, it does contain some violent moments as it follows a young man's journey across the U.S. in search of himself. Our hero is vegetarian Charles Thundertrunk whose father owns the fabulously successful fast-food chain Burger World. At his father's request Read More

Lurking Fear

Synopsis: In this chilling horror movie, loosely based on a tale by H.P. Lovecraft, a group of people in an ancient church find themselves beleaguered by terrifying monsters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Ted and Venus

Actors: Bud Cort, James Brolin, Kim Adams, Carol Kane, Pamella D'Pella

Synopsis: Bud Cort's directorial debut is a dark comedy about a romantic obsession that leads to tragedy, featuring a wide array of cameo performances including James Brolin, Carol Kane, Rhea Perlman, Martin Mull, Andrea Martin, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Leary, and Gena Rowlands. Cort is Ted Whitley, a local Read More

Painted Desert

Actors: James Gammon, Nobu McCarthy, Kazuya Kimura, Priscilla Pointer, Don Opper

Synopsis: Veteran director Masato Harada spins this Bagdad Café-style drama about a group of quirky strangers stuck in the desert. The film opens with a yakuza named Jiro (Kazuya Kimura) staggering into a remote tumble-down café with an ugly shoulder wound. The place is run by tough-as-nails Read More

Batman Returns

Actors: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough

Synopsis: In this first sequel to 1989's Batman, the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wealthy Gotham City family. The Penguin plots with evil businessman Max Schreck (Christopher Walken) to become mayor and then turn Gotham into a Read More

Freejack

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, David Johansen, Jonathan Banks

Synopsis: Geoff Murphy directed this time-travel chase movie. Emilio Estevez stars as Alex Furlong, a racecar driver from 1991, who is just about to experience a deadly crash in his Formula Atlantic. But at the last moment Alex finds himself transported to the streets of New York in 2009. He is saved from Read More

Miracle Beach

Actors: Ami Dolenz, Dean Cameron, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Felicity Waterman

Synopsis: In this comedy-fantasy, beach-bum Scotty McKay and his buddies are granted their every wish by a luscious genie who has been assigned to do Scotty's bidding. Soon the fellows are carousing in splendor surrounded by their hearts' desires. Unfortunately, it isn't enough for Scotty, who really wants Read More

Highlander: Innocent Man

Actors: Adrian Paul, Alexandra Van Der Noot, Stan Kirsch, Amanda Wyss, Vincent Schiavelli

Synopsis: Living a hermitlike existence in the woods, Vietnam veteran Leo Atkins (Vincent Schiavelli) is charged with murder by sheriff Howard Crowley (John Novak). The victim was a mortal friend of Immortal Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) -- and Duncan is convinced that Leo is innocent. Could the actual Read More

Another You

Actors: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang

Synopsis: When con man Eddie Dash (Richard Pryor) is released from prison he's told to fulfill the required 100 hours of community service as the bodyguard/escort of a recently released mental patient (Gene Wilder). It's not too long before Wilder figures out a way to make a little dough at the expense of Read More

Mister Frost

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Alan Bates, Kathy Baker, Roland Giraud, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis: Directed by Philip Sebton, Mister Frost chronicles the life of serial killer Mr. Frost (Jeff Goldblum), who, after stashing 125 tortured corpses in and around his property, is caught by a British detective (Alan Bates) and brought to a mental institution. Strange things begin to happen immediately Read More

Waiting for the Light

Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Teri Garr, Hillary Wolf, Colin Baumgartner, Clancy Brown

Synopsis: Set during the Cuban missile crisis, Waiting for the Light is an off-beat comic tale about a single mother of two (Teri Garr) who has just taken over a roadside cafe with her aunt (Shirley MacLaine), a former circus magician. MacLaine and the children pull a prank on her crotchety next-door Read More

Ghost

Actors: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles

Synopsis: An interesting hybrid of popular film genres, Ghost showcases the talents of its entire cast. While out on the town one evening, New York couple Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) are confronted by a mugger. After submitting to his demands, Sam is murdered anyway. He then finds himself a Read More

Playroom

Synopsis: In this creepy horror movie, an archaeologist gets in over his head when he goes searching for the burial place of a young medieval prince. It is the same tomb his parents were looking for when they were mysteriously murdered. Unfortunately, he finds the tomb. The trouble comes when the malevolent Read More

Penny Ante - The Motion Picture

Actors: Jack Kruschen, Donald Fullilove, Erica Gimpel, Roxie Roker, Ja'net DuBois

Synopsis: In this black-and-white, independently produced crime drama, Izzy (Jack Kruschen) is surprised one day shortly after the death of his business partner to discover that he had been using their gumball machine franchise as a cover for selling crack. Though he's a bit long in the tooth to be starting Read More

Homer and Eddie

Actors: James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Karen Black, John Waters, Beah Richards, Robert Glaudini

Synopsis: Director Andrei Konchalovsky comes a cropper with this mawkish road movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi. Goldberg plays Edwina, an escaped mental patient with a brain tumor and only a month to live. Belushi is Homer, a retarded man abandoned by his parents when he was a child after a Read More

Valmont

Actors: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Meg Tilly, Fairuza Balk, Sian Phillips

Synopsis: The third adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel Les Liasons Dangereuses, Milos Forman's Valmont was released one year after Stephen Frears' more famous version of the de Laclos original, Dangerous Liaisons. The plot remains the same: two debauched, depraved 18th century French Read More

Cold Feet

Actors: Keith Carradine, Sally Kirkland, Tom Waits, Bill Pullman, Rip Torn

Synopsis: The leader of a group of misfits (Keith Carradine), his girlfriend (Sally Kirkland) and a hit man (Tom Waits!) hatch a bizarre plan to smuggle stolen jewels across the Mexican/American border by means of implanting them in a racehorse surgically. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Arsenal of Freedom

Synopsis: Cadaverous character actor Vincent Schiavelli guest stars as the peddler in this Next Generation installment, which originally aired April 16, 1988. While searching for the missing space vessel U.S.S. Drake on the planet Minos, Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher vanish from sight. With Giordi Read More

Time Out

Actors: Allan Olsen, Patricia Arquette, Geoffrey Lewis, Nina Van Pallandt, Dan Priest

Synopsis: John (Alan Olsen) is a Danish-born son who sets out to locate his father in this comedy thriller. While traveling to Los Angeles, John is caught in a small town in New Mexico and promptly has his money stolen. The main suspect is the waitress Lucy (Patricia Arquette), but she offers herself to him Read More

Moonlighting: Next Stop Murder

Synopsis: Blue Moon's daffy secretary Agnes Dipesto (Allyce Beasley) has won a free trip on a "mystery" train, in which she and the other passengers participate in solving a mystery. While bidding Agnes goodbye, her bosses David (Bruce Willis) and Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) end up trapped on the train Read More

Better Off Dead

Actors: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Diane Franklin, Amanda Wyss

Synopsis: Most animation aficionados of the 1990s know "Savage Steve Holland" as the cocreator (with Bill Kopp) of the all-stops-out TV cartoon series Eek! The Cat. But Holland had been exercising his own peculiar brand of deviltry on live characters long before Eek! came into being. In Holland's Better Off Dead Read More

Amadeus

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice

Synopsis: For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Read More

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!

Actors: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd

Synopsis: Despite mixed reviews and a disastrous initial release that dumped the film into theaters for a week in the midst of the 1984 Summer Olympics, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension went on to become one of the major cult films of the 1980s, developing a rabid following after Read More

Night Court: Harry on Trial

Synopsis: Thanks to the machinations of his nemesis Judge Willard (Jason Bernard), Harry (Harry Anderson) is summoned before a judicial review board. Led by the decidedly off-base Judge Landis (Ray Walton) the board must decide if Harry's bizarre and flippant courtroom behavior constitutes sufficient 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

Taxi: A Grand Gesture

Synopsis: Once again, Jim (Christopher Lloyd) has been carried to extremes by his latest enthusiasm. In this instance, Jim is obsessed with notion that, in order to experience full happiness, one must be generous with those less fortunate than themselves. Thus, Jim hands each of his fellow cabbies 1000 Read More

Kidco

Actors: Scott Schwartz, Cinnamon Idles, Tristine Skyler, Elizabeth Gorcey

Synopsis: Prominently displaying red-white-and-blue title colors, this subtly patriotic fact-based movie about kids who succeed is dated by the fact that all these daring youngsters are white, without any discernible ethnicity. Dickie (Scott Schwartz) is an enterprising kid on a ranch in southern California Read More

Taxi: The Wedding of Latka and Simka

Synopsis: It is a glorious day for immigrant mechanic Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman) when no less an authority than Dr. Joyce Brothers (as herself) declares him cured of his multiple-personality syndrome. Now, at long last, Latka can tie the matrimonial knot with his lovely countrywoman, Simka Dahblitz (Carol Kane Read More

Taxi: Scenskees from a Marriage, Part 1

Synopsis: In this first episode of a two-part story, a severe strain is placed upon the marriage of Latka (Andy Kaufman) and Simka (Carol Kane). It seems that, during a heavy winter storm, Latka is trapped in a cab with attractive female driver Cindy (Allyce Beasley). And when wife Simka (Carol Kane) Read More

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Actors: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston

Synopsis: Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She Read More

Night Shift

Actors: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht, Pat Corley

Synopsis: Straight-laced Henry Winkler takes a night-shift job as a morgue attendant. Winkler falls under the spell of wheeler-dealer coworker Michael Keaton, whose catchphrase "Is this a great country or what?" is the clarion call for his many get-rich-quick schemes. His latest plan is to turn the morgue Read More

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Actors: Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Danny Aiello, Adam Arkin

Synopsis: A former baseball player (Alan Arkin) has descended into alcoholism, and meets up with a has-been entertainer (Carol Burnett) when both spot a briefcase containing secret documents. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

American Pop

Actors: Hilary Beane, Vincent Schiavelli, Ron Thompson, Marya Small, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa

Synopsis: The rise and growth of American popular music through the 20th century is reflected in the lives of four generations of one family in this animated drama directed by Ralph Bakshi. Zalmie (voice of Jeffrey Lippa), a Russian Jew, emigrates to America, and tries to struggle along as a comic and Read More

Escape

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Colleen Dewhurst, Kay Lenz

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Escape was inspired by the true story of Dwight Worker, an American imprisoned in Mexico for smuggling hashish. Given the country's stringent anti-drug laws, Worker's chances of release are slim to none (a situation similar to the protagonist's plight in Midnight Express). Against Read More

Teen Mothers

Synopsis: Two unwed youths head for New York tenements with their child after they are driven from their homes. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

The Return

Actors: Neville Brand, Raymond Burr, Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau

Synopsis: The bottom-drawer science fiction cheapie was originally released as The Return. In a dusty New Mexico town, two children and an old man witness the arrival (via poor special effects) of an alien spacecraft. The phenomenon has such a profound effect on the lives of the witnesses that they Read More

White Mama

Actors: Bette Davis, Ernest Harden Jr.

Synopsis: Bette Davis is White Mama in this custom-made TV movie. Ms. Davis plays a poverty-stricken widow who is too proud to go on welfare. Aware that she can receive a steady income if she takes in a foster child, Davis becomes surrogate mother to tough black teenager Ernest Harden Jr. The relationship Read More

The Frisco Kid

Actors: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, William Smith, George DiCenzo

Synopsis: Robert Aldrich returns to the western-spoof genre he'd previously explored in Four for Texas with The Frisco Kid. Gene Wilder plays Polish rabbi Avram Belinsky, who intends to set up a congregation in San Francisco. Eminently unsuited for life in the Old West, poor Avram is victimized by everyone Read More

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Actors: William Katt, Tom Berenger, Brian Dennehy, John Schuck, Peter Weller, Michael Gwynne, Jeff Corey

Synopsis: This "prequel" to the Newman/Redford vehicle Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was written by TV sitcom veteran Allan Burns and stars Tom Berenger as Butch and William Katt as Sundance. The film, per its title, traces the formative days of Butch and Sundance's careers as soft-hearted western Read More

WKRP in Cincinnati: The Contest Nobody Could Win

Synopsis: Announcing a contest held by WKRP during his deejay shift, Johnny (Howard Hesseman) makes a potentially disastrous slip of the tongue, declaring that the 50-dollar grand prize is $5000--which, as Andy (Gary Sandy) ruefully points out, is the station's contest budget for the entire year. Hoping to Read More

Rescue From Gilligan's Island

Actors: Jim Backus, Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Natalie Schafer, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli

Synopsis: Eleven years after the network cancellation of Gilligan's Island, the crew and passengers of the ill-fated S. S. Minnow returned to the small screen in Rescue from Gilligan's Island. The cast remains the same, with one significant change. Bob Denver plays inveterate bumbler Gilligan, Alan Hale is Read More

An Unmarried Woman

Actors: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman, Pat Quinn

Synopsis: A New York wife learns about the satisfactions of single life in this landmark 1970s "woman's film." Unlike her dysfunctional friends, vibrant Erica (Jill Clayburgh) seems to have it all: a nice Upper East Side home, a well-adjusted teenage daughter (Lisa Lucas), a job at a Soho art gallery, and a Read More

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Actors: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken

Synopsis: An aspiring actor leaves his home in Brooklyn for adulthood in Manhattan in Paul Mazursky's loosely autobiographical comedy-drama. In 1953, would-be thesp Larry Lapinsky (Lenny Baker) flees his hysterically clinging mother (Shelley Winters) for a $25-a-month (!!) apartment in bohemian Greenwich Read More

Angels

Actors: Vincent Schiavelli, Keith Berger, David Bryant

Synopsis: In this violent film, God is a sort of ethical gangster who sends two recently dead real gangsters, now angels, to help a righteous lad eliminate a sleazy filmmaker who makes it his business to record people in the throes of death. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Scatman Crothers

Synopsis: With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the Read More

The Happy Hooker

Actors: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lovelady Powell, Elizabeth Wilson

Synopsis: Lynn Redgrave stars as New York madam Xaviera Hollander in this romp based on Hollander's rise to the top of the sex-for-hire industry. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Great Gatsby

Actors: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Sam Waterston

Synopsis: This third film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel was one of the most hyped movies of the summer of 1974. Robert Redford stars as self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby, who uses his vast (and implicitly ill-gotten) fortune to buy his way into Long Island society. Most of all, Gatsby Read More

For Pete's Sake

Actors: Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons, William Redfield, Molly Picon

Synopsis: Barbra Streisand returns to the screwball-comedy milieu of What's Up Doc? in the lightweight For Pete's Sake. As a Brooklyn hausfrau named Henry (!), our heroine will do anything to help her cabdriver husband Pete (Michael Sarrazin) get ahead. When Pete begins to play the stock market, Henry Read More

Taking Off

Actors: Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Linnea Heacock, Georgia Engel, Tony Harvey

Synopsis: Czech filmmaker Milos Forman's first American production stars Linnea Heacock as Jeannie Tyne, a runaway teenager. While she wanders aimlessly around New York, her suburban parents, Lynn (Lynn Carlin) and Larry (Buck Henry), desperately search for their "missing" daughter. Larry and his best Read More