Gene Lasko

Movies

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult
Director
The war in the South Pacific, a country doctor in Colorado, victims of industrial pollution in a Japanese village — all were captured in unforgettable photographs by the legendary W. Eugene Smith. This program showcases over 600 of Smith’s stunning photographs and includes a dramatic recreation in which actor Peter Riegert (Crossing Delancey, Local Hero) portrays the artist using dialogue take from Smith’s diaries and letters. Interwoven through the program are archival footage and interviews with family and friends of this brilliant, complicated man, whose work developed from twin themes of common humanity and social responsibility.
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Creative Consultant
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
Target
Second Unit Director
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
Target
Casting
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
Four Friends
Second Unit Director
A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.
Four Friends
Producer
A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.
The Missouri Breaks
Creative Consultant
When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
Night Moves
Associate Producer
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
When the Legends Die
Co-Producer
An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.
Little Big Man
Casting
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Little Big Man
Associate Producer
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Alice's Restaurant
Producer
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump, but finds it closed for the holiday, so he just dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested, and sends him on a bizarre journey that ends with him in front of the draft board.
Mickey One
Producer's Assistant
A former comic is on the run from the mob.
The Miracle Worker
Other
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
The Young Doctors
Casting
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.