Tony C. Jannelli

Películas

Una década bajo la influencia
Director of Photography
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Everything's Jake
Director of Photography
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
Strike!
Cinematography
In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
Storefront Hitchcock
Director of Photography
Live performance by Robyn Hitchcock, in... well, a storefront.
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground
Director of Photography
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.
Passion
Camera Operator
Giorgio, a young soldier, is in love with the married Clara and becomes her lover. But they are separated when Giorgio is posted far away, where he meets the unhappy, unhealthy, and unattractive Fosca, who develops a passionate love for Giorgio and tries to make him love her. This rendition of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical was recorded on the stage with it's original all-star Broadway cast. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season thirteen, episode six).
Independence Day
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En víspera del 4 de julio, unas gigantescas naves espaciales aparecen en el cielo. El estupor inicial se convierte en terror al ver cómo éstas atacan al planeta lanzando rayos destructivos en las mayores ciudades de todo el mundo. Ahora la única esperanza para la salvación de la tierra está en la voluntad de algunos supervivientes, que se unen planeando el último ataque masivo contra los alienígenas, antes de que sea demasiado tarde para la humanidad.
Dead On
Director of Photography
In an erotic update of "Strangers on a Train", airline pilot Ted Beaumont and his lover, Erin Davenport, scheme to rid themselves of their respective spouses. Ted's wife disappears mysteriously and thinking that all is proceeding well, he plans an elaborate scheme to kill Erin's husband. However all is not as it seems.
Philadelphia
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Andrew Beckett, un joven y prometedor abogado de Philadelphia, es despedido del prestigioso bufete en el que trabaja cuando sus jefes se enteran de que ha contraído el sida. Decide entonces demandar a la empresa por despido improcedente, pero en un principio ningún abogado acepta defender su caso.
Cousin Bobby
Director of Photography
Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme's affectionate portrait of his cousin traces Castle's story, beginning with his first parish assignment, in New Jersey in the early 1960s, in an increasingly African-American-populated neighborhood rocked by violence and civil rights protests. The film raises intimate discussions of race, faith and family, while also showing Castle's daily routine as a pastor.
Cousin Bobby
Camera Operator
Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme's affectionate portrait of his cousin traces Castle's story, beginning with his first parish assignment, in New Jersey in the early 1960s, in an increasingly African-American-populated neighborhood rocked by violence and civil rights protests. The film raises intimate discussions of race, faith and family, while also showing Castle's daily routine as a pastor.
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Director of Photography
Three short stories about women & men relationship.
El silencio de los corderos
Camera Operator
El FBI busca a 'Buffalo Bill', un asesino en serie que mata a sus víctimas, todas adolescentes, después de prepararlas minuciosamente y arrancarles la piel. Para poder atraparlo recurren a Clarice Starling, una brillante licenciada universitaria, experta en conductas psicópatas, que aspira a formar parte del FBI. Siguiendo las instrucciones de su jefe, Jack Crawford, Clarice visita la cárcel de alta seguridad donde el gobierno mantiene encerrado a Hannibal Lecter, antiguo psicoanalista y asesino, dotado de una inteligencia superior a la normal. Su misión será intentar sacarle información sobre los patrones de conducta de 'Buffalo Bill'.
Compañeros inseparables
Director of Photography
Un grupo de ocho amigos gays, la mayoría pertenecientes al mundo del espectáculo, lleva una vida tranquila en las playas de California. En julio de 1981, por primera vez, un artículo en el New York Times habla de una nueva forma de cáncer que afecta principalmente a los homosexuales. El sida comienza su larga y terrible obra destructiva. Un filme acerca de la plaga de los 80, el sida, desde una perspectiva que evita tanto el exceso de ternura como el morbo. Destaca el estupendo trabajo interpretativo de un elenco de actores encabezado por Bruce Davison ("X-Men"), que fue candidato al Óscar al mejor secundario.
Big
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Josh Baskin tiene trece años pero, cansado de que las chicas no le hagan caso y de que sus padres le traten como a un niño, desea ser mayor. Una noche, encuentra, en una feria, una vieja máquina que concede un deseo a cambio de una moneda. Josh, sin dudarlo un instante, pide hacerse mayor. A la mañana siguiente, descubre en el espejo un cuerpo de adulto. La otra cara de la moneda serán los problemas y responsabilidades que debe asumir sin ninguna experiencia previa.
Arena Brains
Cinematography
A short film by painter-turned-filmmaker Robert Longo, "Arena Brains" is a series of interlocking vignettes set in and around the art world of 1980s New York City, satirizing the neuroses and eccentricities of this milieu.
Algo salvaje
Camera Operator
Entretenida comedia en la que un hombre sencillo y de vida rutinaria, poco inclinado a las aventuras, conoce a un chica alocada y peligrosa que le traerá de cabeza mientras le roba el corazón.
Milt & Honi
Camera Operator
The story of legendary jazz bassist Milt Hinton and tap dancer Charles "Honi" Coles offers a front row seat to the creation of Jazz History. The film includes rehearsals, practice sessions, photographs, historical film footage, as well as a lunch break interview at New York's China Song restaurant in which the artists discuss everything from the mathematical principles of music to the dance acts who played the Apollo. The film also features a special appearance by choreographer/tap dancer Brenda Bufalino.