Sam Bottoms
Nacimiento : 1955-10-17, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Muerte : 2008-12-16
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Samuel John "Sam" Bottoms (October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor and producer.
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Martey Kurtainbaum
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.
Bob Swanson Sr.
Tras pasar 3 años en prisión por robo cuando era adicta a la heroína, la joven Sherry Swanson comienza su primer día en libertad, limpia y sobria. Lo primero que hace es regresar a su hogar en Nueva Jersey y tratar de recuperar la relación con su hija, a la que no ve en mucho tiempo. Pero Sherry pronto descubrirá que su mundo ha cambiado mucho y que tendrá que adaptarse a muchas novedades no siempre agradables.
Brian
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being.
Dan Buttersfield
Mirabelle es una dependienta que vende guantes y otros accesorios en una tienda. Se siente poco considerada en su trabajo y con poca fortuna en el terreno amoroso, hasta que un maduro millonario divorciado entra en su vida... (FILMAFFINITY)
Lt. Maris
Dos chicas adolescentes de clase acomodada abandonan la seguridad de sus hogares en las afueras de la ciudad para explorar el peligroso ambiente de Los Ángeles Este, un barrio conflictivo donde aprenden que hasta las acciones más inocentes pueden tener consecuencias...
Gene
An edgy indie-psychological drama about an alluring but mixed-up L.A. Girl who flip-flops between facing life's uncertainty under her own direction or "the good life" provided by a wealthy, disturbing middle-aged benefactor.
Mitchell Madsen
Madsen, a bounty hunter with a bad liver and an even worse attitude, with the help of the lovely Dr. Forster, must stop Dr. Oh and Takeru and restore order to the world.
Joseph Caffey
Un psiquiatra se transforma en un hombre oscuro y torturado tras el suicidio de su hijo. Vive dos años al borde del abismo familiar y laboral hasta que se topa con Tommy, un chico que le recuerda a su hijo y también tiene problemas.
Robert Keller
Joseph is the youngest member of a large family that owns a successful garment business in Los Angeles. His father, Jacob, makes no attempt at hiding the fact that Joseph is his favorite son, resulting in the constant envy and resentment of his brothers. Eventually, in their bitterness, they plot revenge against this favored son. When Joseph accompanies his brothers on a trip to New York, they commit the ultimate betrayal, stranding him there, a virtual prisoner in a corrupt, modern-day sweat shop.
Dennis Cromwell
Dennis (Sam Bottoms) is a handsome, successful and well-liked civic leader who lives in his hometown with his lovely wife (Lisa Eichhorn) and their new baby. When Enrique Vasquez (Marco Rodriguez) and his striking teen daughter Angela (Yeniffer Behrens) move in next door, Dennis is only too happy to lend a hand. But when he and Angela begin an affair, Dennis's perfect life is threatened in this provocative drama.
Therapist Schaub
At a mental institution, the resident physician, Dr Cohen, encourages his patients who believe they are important Nazi figures to act out their fantasies. The therapy sessions show Hitler consolidating his power by assembling his gang of supporters; however, they are interrupted at times, once because Davidson's uniform is at the dry cleaners, and another time because a patient who believes he is Picasso interrupts a session.
Policeman
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though dozens of neighbors saw the unintentional shooting, no one is willing to come forward with information. Life goes on, a killer goes free, and one grieving, broken father (Louis Gossett Jr.) is forced to take his cry for justice to the media, hoping to spark a confrontation with his daughter's murderer. Charles Dutton and CCH Pounder costar in this powerful original drama.
Kody
Han pasado 25 años desde la última vez que se supo de la nave espacial Siberia. Desafortunadamente, ahora está en curso de colisión con la estación de comunicaciones Comstat 5 que está en órbita alrededor de Marte. Después de una maniobra exitosa para evitar el Siberia, golpea el Comstat 5 y la tripulación pronto descubre que el equipo de Siberia está muerto y la razón por la que ha estado desaparecido durante 25 años. Pero esa razón está tratando de destruirlos a todos, ya que destruyó a la tripulación del Siberia.
Oliver Thompson
Relata la historia de una guerra entre bandas callejeras que controlan el tráfico de drogas en Harlem.
Sam Bottoms
Lili is training in Hollywood to be an actress. She falls in love with the window cleaner of her hotel.
James Baker
El capitán James A. Baker es el abogado del anciano millonario William Marsh Rice. Este no tiene hijos y decide dejar su gran fortuna a los jóvenes a modo de instituto superior en el estado donde él pudo prosperar.
Self
Documental que relata el largo y problemático rodaje de "Apocalypse Now", la obra maestra de Francis Ford Coppola sobre la guerra de Vietnam. Incluye abundante material inédito rodado por Eleanor Coppola, la mujer del director, con una cámara de 16 mm. El título alude a la novela de Conrad "Hearts of Darkness" (El corazón de las tinieblas), en la que se inspira la película. Obtuvo excelentes críticas.
Co-Producer
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
Self
A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
Elliot Wade
Un espíritu maligno escapa de un templo en el que estaba encerrado y, tras matar a los arqueólogos que lo descubren, se introduce en una antigua fábrica de muñecas. Allí acaba de llegar el nuevo propietario junto a su mujer y a sus hijos. La hija mas pequeña es aficionada a las muñecas y, sin imaginar que los juguetes no son tan buenos como parecen, se hace especialmente "amiga" de una muñeca que pronto desatará su maldad.
After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an entertainer, Cage is forced into a death match with the brutal doctor death. He must win, or he will die.
Father Michael McCarren
A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
George Wagner (Sam Bottoms) moves his wife and family, including son Ben (Justin Gocke), to a new town, where he begins a real estate job for Angelo Romano (Craig Clyde). Ben, a high school freshman, doesn't seem to get along with his busy, somewhat distant father. He finds consolation with a mysterious young girl, Regina (Bettina Rae), and her Grammy (Sylvia Sidney), who are both thought by the townspeople to be witches. Ben soon believes himself bewitched by Regina, a secret he shares with his sister, Liz (Jamie Ballard), and he becomes more confident, making the school's basketball team and earning better grades, while still searching for his father's approval. Ben's snotty teenage sister, Susan (Elizabeth Shumway), who's trying to stay friends with the stuck-up rich girl Ashley Addison (Amy Allred), blackmails Liz into learning about Regina, causing a near-fatal accident when Liz follows Ben to the lake and tumbles into a stream.
Sam Faraday
A successful businessman in Hawaii disappears amid allegations of illegal activities. Years later his four sons bear the burden and repercussions of these allegations, as well, taking care of his legacy. Now when a stranger comes all sorts of things happen like a secret that their father kept from them and the truth of their father's disappearance.
Lt. Webber
En plena guerra de Vietnam, en un cementerio de Washington, el sargento Hazard llega a la conclusión de que los Estados Unidos deben retirarse lo antes posible de un conflicto perdido de antemano. Su opinión contrasta con la del joven recluta Jackie Willow, dispuesto a luchar y morir por su patria. Hazard intenta hacerle cambiar de parecer a través de la exnovia de Willow, Rachel.
Mr. George 'Dad' Wagner
A new family moves into town and their son, Ben, meets a mysterious girl named Regina, who is rumoured to be a witch.
David Rand
Un grupo de urbanistas sanos y deportivos, se tendrán que enfrentar a unos violentos cazadores furtivos de Arkansas. Acudirán a los guardias rurales, sin mucha suerte, ya que han sido aniquilados.
Bill Yeoman
While siphoning bank funds, computer-wise lovers spot a plot to sink the Federal Reserve.
Patrolman Rick Selby (Segment "A Good Time")
Three of Ernest Thompson's short plays are presented, each involving a surprise visitor. In the first, "A Good Time," a vacationing California Highway Patrolman visits a young woman in New York who had told him if he ever came to New York, she'd show him a good time. In the second, "The Constituent," a United States Senator drops in on a constituent who has been sending him scathing and profane letters for decades. Lastly, in "Twinkle, Twinkle," a restless housewife who has been writing fan letters to a television soap opera star, receives a surprise visit by him on her husband's bowling night.
A man goes to Mexico to attend his father's funeral, 30 years after his father supposedly died.
Coley
Television short
Ken Baynes
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
Leonard James
Bronco Billy y su compañía deambulan y malviven de pueblo en pueblo con su espectáculo circense sobre el viejo Oeste. Cuando una rica heredera, abandonada por su marido en plena luna de miel, se une a la troupe, las cosas empezarán a ir peor que de costumbre.
Lance B. Johnson
Durante la guerra de Vietnam, al joven Capitán Willard, un oficial de los servicios de inteligencia del ejército estadounidense, se le ha encomendado entrar en Camboya con la peligrosa misión de eliminar a Kurtz, un coronel renegado que se ha vuelto loco. El capitán deberá ir navegar por el río hasta el corazón de la selva, donde parece ser que Kurtz reina como un buda despótico sobre los miembros de la tribu Montagnard, que le adoran como a un dios.
Greg Oliver
A menacing shark-like predator attacks a Hawaiian tourist area in this low-budget creature feature. An uncredited Roger Corman served as executive producer.
Jamie
A punto de finalizar la Guerra de Secesión, un grupo de unionistas, liderados por el sádico capitán Terrill, asesina a la familia de un granjero llamado Joseph Wales. Movido por el odio y el deseo de venganza, se une a un grupo de rebeldes. Poco después, finaliza la contienda, el ejército de la Unión ofrece la amnistía a todas las guerrillas y sus compañeros aceptan. La rabia y el dolor siguen vivos dentro de Wales, y no se rendirá tan fácilmente.
Buddy Goleta
A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is killed. They are soon caught, and the girl, despite her protestations of innocence, is convicted of first-degree murder and sent to prison. Once she gets there, she finds out that her troubles are just beginning.
Ben Campbell
Ben Campbell, a 22 year old gas station attendant in a small desert town, is looking to make some extra money. He is surprised when Madec, a wealthy lawyer, asks him to be his guide on a hunting trip in the desert. When Madec accidentally shoots a prospector, he is fearful of what it will do his reputation and decides to eliminate the only witness, Ben, who is forced to go on the run. In addition to being hunted by Madec, Ben must also contend with the harsh desert elements. But if he does make it back to town alive, will anyone believe his story?
Mel Allan
Zandy Allan decide casarse con Hannah, una mujer a la que ha conocido por correo, pero la trata como si fuera de su propiedad, sin mostrarle el más mínimo respeto. Su falta de humanidad los hará vivir duras experiencias que pondrán a prueba su instinto de supervivencia. Sólo entonces, empezarán a acercarse y comprenderse.
Marty
Sequel to "Summer of '42" reunites Hermie, Oscy and Benjie as they graduate from high school. Benjie departs shortly to war while Hermie and Oscy go on to college and experience fraternity hazings, cheating on exams, sex scandals and other unsavory college activities. Hermie grows apart from his childhood friend Oscy and begins a relationship with Julie that allows him to settle down into maturity.
Billy
En la década de los 50, en una pequeña ciudad de Texas, un grupo de jóvenes afronta el paso de la adolescencia a la madurez dentro de una sociedad represora y cambiante en la que el cine y todo lo que representa muere en manos de la televisión.