Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

出生 : 1930-08-28, New York City, New York, USA

死亡 : 2012-02-03

略歴

Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Happiness (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Summer of Sam (1999), Dogville (2003) and Paris, je t'aime (2006). He was a recurring collaborator with John Cassavetes, working with him on Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965-1968), Gazzarra was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his first, and only, Emmy Award for his role in the television film Hysterical Blindness (2002). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Gazzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

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参加作品

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."
Ristabbanna
Chez Gino
Oncle Giovanni
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own.
Il Volo
Inspired by the experiences of some small southern Italian municipalities which chose to integrate a set of Kurdish refugees into the dwindling population of their own people giving new life to the dying villages.
13
Schlondorff
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineyard in Sant'Angelo, the village his parents came from in Italy. Surprised by the large sum of money offered to him by a curious Italian "Master of Wine" for the land he just inherited, and considering the mysterious circumstances surrounding Dario's death, Anthony decides to drive down to Sant'Angelo. Anthony soon feels he's in the middle of something he doesn't understand and wants to leave, but... He gets tangled up in "Love's" web and suddenly finds himself the target of a crazy manhunt.
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Himself
Producer Al Ruban, actor Ben Gazzara, and cinematographer Victor J. Kemper share their fond memories of director-actor John Cassavetes and of his filming Husbands (1970).
Eve
Joe
Kate is a young woman visiting her grandmother to talk about her mother "Eve" but instead she surprisingly ends up as both chauffeur and chaperone on her grandmother's romantic dinner date with a widower named Joe.
Empire State Building Murders
Paulie Genovese
A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood golden age. It recaptures the time and place of New York in the 30's and 40s as well as plays with the codes and references of the genre.
Looking for Palladin
Jack Palladin
Brash young Hollywood talent agent Josh Ross (David Moscow) is dispatched to Guatemala, where he's assigned to locate missing star Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara), a man Josh has never met but can't stand due to Palladin's long-ago relationship with his late mother. Despite receiving no help from the amused locals, Josh eventually finds his target hiding out as a cook at a restaurant but discovers that persuading the reluctant actor to return to Hollywood will be an uphill climb. Talia Shire costars in this independent comedy.
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own stories. Interviews, film clips and home movies from Italian American filmmakers highlight personal experiences and comment on Hollywood's politics and cultural impact.
A Prince Called Toto
Self
Totò, the mythical comedian of Italian stage and screen, was the illegitimate child of a noble man in one of Naples's poorest neighborhoods. As a child, he enlisted in the army simply to eat three square meals a day. Later, his dizzying success in show business brought him riches he had never dreamed of, plus stories of love and jealousy, the most important being with 16 year old Diana who eventually became his wife, only to leave him and inspire the Italian classic torch song Malafemmina, meaning bad woman.
Donne sbagliate
Franco Maresco
Silvia Soriani, widow of a merchant associated with the Camorra, is arrested by the police. The commissioner and the judge Puglisi Corelli accuse her of collaborating with the mobster Franco Maresco. In jail meet three dams, Anna, Giulia and Elvira, who have been victims of Maresco. From this moment the four women join forces to find and kill the brawler.
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.
パリ、ジュテーム
Ben (Quartier Latin)
<モンマルトル編>駐車できる場所を探し求めてモンマルトルの坂道を走り回った末、ようやく見つけたスペースにマイカーを滑り込ませた男性主人公は、すぐ近くで女性が行き倒れとなっているのと遭遇する。<セーヌ河岸編>2人の悪友とともにセーヌ河岸に陣取って、道行く女性たちの品定めをしていたフランソワ。偶然目の前で転んだアラブ系の若い女性を助け起こした彼は、彼女の美しさにたちまち魅せられる。その他、計18話。
The Shore
The devastating disappearance of a young girl haunts her grieving family in this fact-based tale feature debut from filmmaker Dionysius Zervos. Hungering for some quality alone time with her new boyfriend, Ray (Costas Mandylor), single mother Kaliope Harris (Izabella Miko) leaves her young daughter, Anna (Erika Shasho), in the care of loving grandmother Mrs. Harris (Lesley Ann Warren). An idyllic day at the beach turns to tragedy for the Harris family, however, when in the blink of an eye the precious young Anna seemingly disappears into the vast sand. While Mrs. Harris struggles to accept the startling disappearance, her enraged husband (Ben Gazzara) hounds the authorities to step up their search and Kaliope and Ray comb the beach in a desperate bid to retrace Anna's every step on that fateful and tragic day.
Bonjour Michel
michele Terranova
Dogville Confessions
Himself
This film depicts the intense drama that takes place during the making of Dogville. Lars von Trier and Nicole Kidman work through this creative process under very extreme conditions.
ドッグヴィル
Jack McKay
ロッキー山脈の麓に孤立する村ドッグヴィル。ある日この村の近く、ジョージタウンの方向から銃声が響いた。その直後、村人の青年トムは助けを請う美しい女性グレースと出会う。間もなく追っ手のギャングたちが現われるも、すでに彼女を隠し、その場を切り抜けるトム。彼は翌日、村人たちにグレースをかくまうことを提案した。そして、“2週間で彼女が村人全員に気に入られること”を条件に提案が受け入れられる。そうしてグレースは、トムの計画に従って肉体労働を始めることになるのだが…。
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Himself
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
ユマ・サーマンの運命の人を探して
Nick
Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.
ホーム・スウィート・ホーボーケン
A waitress discovers a ring she thought was worthless is actually worth $10 million.
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease
Jack of Hearts
Batossa
A cop looking for a chance to redeem himself comes up against a man who has built a fortune out of corruption.
The List
After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to keep the list a secret. Meanwhile, the judge on the case struggles with his dilemma and one cop aims to find the killer.
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
Piovuto dal cielo
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
Guy Normal (probably not his real name) is clumsy, has amnesia, and has fallen into the hands of an unscrupulous man who arranges killings for hire. The Arranger trains Guy to be a killer (and there's evidence that Guy perpetrated a mass murder in an Arizona post office), then sends him to do various jobs. Although Guy bumbles, the jobs get done. But Guy rebels against this life, tries to reconstruct his past, and falls in love with the Arranger's mistress (who also has no place else to go). When Guy becomes expendable, his days seem numbered. Can Guy outsmart the mastermind and the highly skilled assassins sent to kill him?
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out of an Irish pub in the West San Fernando Valley. Mob war breaks out when one of the Minetti "boys" stiffs Big Paddy's daughter on her tip. We soon see why these hoods are called very mean men
Believe
After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern Grandfather in a small town. Almost as soon as he arrives he begins to see the ghost of a woman around his grandfather's house. He also gets to know a girl named Kathrine and the two fast become friends. They both want to help the ghost who holds a connection to both of their families. As they research the past, Ben and Katherine find out that sometimes all you need to do to help someone is to believe.
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacation to the Catskills.
Poor Liza
The Narrator
A beautiful peasant girl is romanced and abandoned by a young nobleman.
A Constant Forge
Self
One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films heavily influenced by documentaries. This in-depth analysis of Cassavetes' life and work features interviews with key collaborators and ensemble regulars, and explores the making of classics like "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," "Opening Night" and "A Woman Under the Influence."
トーマス・クラウン・アフェアー
Andrew Wallace
億万長者で会社経営者のトーマス・クラウンは、実は美術品を専門にする泥棒でもあった。彼はある日、メトロポリタン美術館からモネの絵画(San Giorgio Maggiore at dusk)を盗み出す。調査のために保険会社から派遣されたキャサリンは、トーマス・クラウンが犯人であると推理し、その証拠を挙げるために彼に近づく。
Summer of Sam
Luigi
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
A 1999 film directed by Robert Clapsadle.
ハピネス
Lenny Jordan
ニュージャージー州の郊外に暮らす三姉妹を軸に描かれる不幸な人たち……イタ電オヤジ、ヤリ逃げ男、ホモの少年などなどワケありな人々が幸せを求めて繰り広げる過激なコメディ。
Il tesoro di Damasco
Gregorio Kos
A mysterious black marble tablet is found in Syrian desert by an Arab terrorist after an attack on a UN scientific expedition.
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
Angelo Nero
Padre Guelfi
Jack Altieri, a young Italian-American restaurant owner, arrives at Vesta awaits him a painting of the sixteenth century that depicts the veiled face of Medea of Carpi, noble woman processed to witchcraft. Shortly after the arrival of Jack, a country girl is killed in a mysterious way, dropping the suspicions of the Commissioner Gianzi on the young restorer, who is soon advised to not complete the work on the opera, because it would hide an ancient curse.
Illuminata
Old Flavio
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents
ビッグ・リボウスキ
Jackie Treehorn
無職で気ままに暮らす“デュード”こと、ジャフ・リボウスキ。彼の家に突然、2人のチンピラがやって来る。女房の借金を返せと怒鳴るチンピラに、全く身に覚えがなく呆然とするリボウスキ。その後彼は、同姓同名の大金持ちと間違えられたと気づく。
Too Tired to Die
John Sage
Keith is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death tells him that he has only 12 hours to live and he needs to make the most of it
バッファロー’66
Jimmy Brown
5年の刑期を経て出所してきたビリー。仕事で家を離れ、両親に結婚したと偽っていた彼は、実家に戻るため通りすがりの女・レイラを拉致する……。<ヴィンセント・ギャロを一躍スターダムに押し上げたラブ・ストーリー。愛を知らないアナーキーな男と、彼に惹かれる女の寡黙な愛を描く。グレーを基調にしたビジュアルや独特のスロー描写など、他に類を見ないアーティスティックな作風が見もの。共演にクリスティーナ・リッチ。>
Valentine's Day
Joe Buddha
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was about to turn states evidence. The killing came as the mobster was with his girlfriend Alma. Jack suspects Alma of being involved - even more so when he finds her involved with one of the mob family, Michael. However he begins to fall for her himself and finds himself involved in the deadly game where not everything is what it seems.
スパニッシュ・プリズナー
Mr. Klein
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
Stag
Frank Grieco
An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host's home.
Shadow Conspiracy
Vicepresident Saxon
Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.
Farmer & Chase
Farmer
A career thief forms a partnership with his reluctant son.
Vicious Circles
March
When a young man is arrested for dealing drugs, his girlfriend tries to help him out by making some big money as a member of an exclusive group of prostitutes.
Ladykiller
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Over a year after a chase to catch a serial slayer dubbed the 'LADYKILLER' ended in the death of his old partner. Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky sees a chance too redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow cops, when another serial killer, 'The Piggy Bank Murderer' starts preying on female students at a local campus. Slashing his victims throats with a switchblade before stuffing loose change into their mouths leaving behind the words "She Needed The Money" wherever he goes. Jack's search leads to a number one suspect in the form of Richard Darling an out-of-work actor drawn to the case for reasons unknown as he is drawn to the Jack's art student daughter, Jennifer who studying at the exact same college as the murders occur. As Jack finds himself becoming partnered to Richard who continues on being never far away when the next homicide occurs. Jack searches to uncover this killer of girls before he concludes his slaughter spree with Jennifer.
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Himself
It’s tempting, when praising Cassavetes’s films, to resort to generalizations about the director’s admirable intentions; descriptions like “original,” “raw,” and “human,” while certainly true, need to be expanded upon in order to get at what makes Cassavetes’s work special, and the film’s interview subjects sometimes fall into the trap of leaving things at the level of simplification. But for those new to the director’s films, there’s still some good material here: the commentary from Cassavetes mainstays Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Al Ruban, Seymour Cassel, and (especially) Peter Falk is predictably engaging, and the selected footage from formative early works like Shadows and Faces is revealing of a filmmaker in the process of discovering his voice.
The Zone
Dick Althorp
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous tyrant Lothar Krasna.
Convict Cowboy
Warden Ferguson
Rodeo-cum-prison movie about an ageing rodeo star bonding with a young rookie while they both serve time.
Parallel Lives
Charlie Duke
A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a long list of stars.
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
Moshe
Both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are sensitively explored in the Tunisian-French drama. Richard, a French TV journalist has been assigned to do a political story in Jerusalem the night before Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat sign their peace accord. Richard is glad to go as it gives him a chance to see his girlfriend Esther, a psychologist. Esther's father Moshe is continually tormented by his Holocaust memories. Hammoudi, nicknamed "Local Radio," is Richard's taxi driver and guide. He tells Richard the story of his family which was uprooted in 1948 resulting in the disappearance of his grandmother. Mysteriously, her picture appeared in a recent Arabic newspaper. Richard, intrigued, decides to center his investigations upon "Local Radio's" story. As he delves deeper into their lives he discovers that the ancient rivalries between the Israeli's and Palestinians is far too deep and complex to be easily explained away.
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
Amenophis III
Tadushepa grows from a young princess from the Mitanni kingdom to the legendary Queen Nefertiti of Egypt. The film starts with the discovery of her bust by a German archaeologist in 1912 and then turns the time back to the moment just before she is married to the old Pharaoh Amanophis III. She must say goodbye to her lover, the sculptor Yame. But in Egypt she appears to have a great talent for power. After the death of Amanophis she collapses on the heir to the throne Akhematon.
Anything for John
Self
An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius for studying and depicting the human character. In-depth, candid interviews with his wife and muse Gena Rowlands as well as his most trusted friends and co-workers like Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, etc. Clips from Cassavetes' greatest films, and many rare photos illustrate this touching documentary.
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Joseph Bonanno
The story of Rosalie Bonnano, the daughter of a powerful New York Mafia boss who married the son of her father's rival, another powerful New York Mafia boss.
Blindsided
Ira Gold
An ex-cop is temporarily blinded when he steals cash from a money laundering operations. While recuperating in Mexico, the thief falls in love with a beautiful woman who has underworld connections. When the girl disappears, he returns to the United States to find her, risking death from the gangster
Forever
Marcelo
Marked by her father's strong presence, since he is a rich and powerful businessman, the beautiful Berenice investigates his love life, to feel closer to him. With her findings, their relationship becomes mixed with a strong sense of seduction.
Lies Before Kisses
Grant Sanders
A wealthy publisher is accused of murdering a prostitute he had once spent the night with. The accusations appear false until his own son testifies against him. Desperate to discredit her stepson, the publisher's wife tries to clear her husband's name, but is drawn deep into a tangled web.
People Like Us
Gus Bailey
When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enable his own form of justice.
Beyond the Ocean
Writer
A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as its stock is about to be publicly offered. There, he tries to avoid the insistent phone calls coming from Manhattan and records his philosophical ponderings about this mid-life crisis on videotape. Before long, he is partying with another burnt-out businessman and avidly avoiding the attentions of colleagues who have come to Bali to try and get him to come back to Manhattan.
Beyond the Ocean
John Tana
A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as its stock is about to be publicly offered. There, he tries to avoid the insistent phone calls coming from Manhattan and records his philosophical ponderings about this mid-life crisis on videotape. Before long, he is partying with another burnt-out businessman and avidly avoiding the attentions of colleagues who have come to Bali to try and get him to come back to Manhattan.
Beyond the Ocean
Director
A big-time businessman throws in the towel on his company and high-tails it out to Bali just as its stock is about to be publicly offered. There, he tries to avoid the insistent phone calls coming from Manhattan and records his philosophical ponderings about this mid-life crisis on videotape. Before long, he is partying with another burnt-out businessman and avidly avoiding the attentions of colleagues who have come to Bali to try and get him to come back to Manhattan.
Quicker Than the Eye
Ben Norell
An expert magician is hired to entertain world leaders at a peace summit. Unfortunately, he finds himself hopelessly entangled in an elaborate terrorist assassination plot.
ロードハウス/孤独の街
Brad Wesley
The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable -- busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot-spot. But Dalton's romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley.
Arena - John Cassavetes
Himself
Tribute to actor and director John Cassavetes who died in February 1989. Friends, associates and fellow directors remember the man and his work.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Don Bosco
Don Giovanni Bosco
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Capt. Tom Wright
Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.
Control
Mike Zella
An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.
Downpayment on Murder
Harry Cardell
About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer.
The Professor
Il Professore
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and becoming the new "boss of the bosses". With his sister's help he manages to evade from prison and escape in New York. Here he starts immediately a new relationship with "Cosa Nostra" (Italian American Mafia). He is going to seat on the peak of the most powerful criminal organization, and the Italian authorities are almost impotent.
Bitter Champagne
Paul Rivière
In North Africa, a father and his illegitimate son are in love with the same woman.
A Letter to Three Wives
Porter Holloway
Three women are going on a trip that leaves incommunicado with the rest of the world and before they leave; a woman who either has a history or relationship with each of their husbands leaves them a letter that says that she is leaving with one of their husbands. As they wait to return so they could find out who it is, they each remember an important moment in their lives that involves them and their husbands...and the woman.
My Dearest Son
Antonio Morelli
A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to help his only child, even if it means sharing his hell.
An Early Frost
Nick Pierson
Michael Pierson, a young gay man and professional attorney, is struck with AIDS in the prime of his life. Having never even come out to his family, he finds himself in the unenviable position of dropping two bombshells on them. He must come to terms with the inevitability of his premature death while trying to maintain his relationships with family members who harbor fears, resentments, and denial. Airing on network television during the height of the original AIDS epidemic, "An Early Frost" was many people's first look at an AIDS victim as a human being rather than a statistic.
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Woman of Wonders
Alberto
In a straightforward yet unexceptional rendering of the life and loves of Alberto (Ben Gazzara), a writer/director approaching the hill though not yet over it, director Alberto Bevilacqua has used his own experiences to fashion a conventional tale about a search for the "perfect woman." His mettlesome neighbor Luisa (Lina Sastri) just will not leave him alone; she was the reason why he ended his marriage to Maura (Claudia Cardinale), but Alberto considers their affair dead and buried. Recently, an anonymous "dream woman" has been calling him for some seductive phone exchanges. As he searches out the identity of the mystery caller he is also distracted by Luisa who starts to insinuate herself back into his affections. Sooner or later, Alberto will just have to decide how to handle his love life, which in the end may only be mesmerizing to himself alone.
Uno scandalo perbene
The man with no memory
Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional, straightforward story is about a poorly-dressed man who is brought into the police station in Turin for stealing flower pots from the cemetery. He is rather brutally interrogated, and then because he has no idea who he is or where he belongs, he is put into an asylum for the mentally disturbed. After his photograph is published in the newspapers, a woman shows up at the institution claiming that he is Professor Canella, her missing and wealthy husband. The news obtains the release of the amnesiac, but his claim is quickly and hotly contested by another family, arguing that the man is an imposter. As a result, his case goes back to court and in the meantime, the "professor" is put in jail. As the courtroom drama continues, there are various clues that suggest whether or not the amnesiac has been accurately identified and by whom.
The Girl from Trieste
Dino Romani
A middle-aged artist (Ben Gazarra) sketching on the beach witnesses a young woman (Ornella Muti) being rescued from drowning. He loans her a blanket. Later she returns the blanket and they have sex several times, but she always leaves right afterward, leaving the man to wonder who she is and where she goes. Things become more complicated as he begins to fall in love with her, and after his regular girlfriend (Mimsy Farmer), with whom he has a curiously open relationship, returns. He eventually begins to realize his mysterious new lover may be very much insane.
Inchon
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was masterminded by General Douglas MacArthur.
A Question of Honor
Detective Joe DeFalco
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
They All Laughed
John Russo
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Serking
Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.
Bloodline
Rhys Williams
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Saint Jack
Jack Flowers
Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.
Opening Night
Manny Victor
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Anson 'Kip' Roberts
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
The Death of Richie
George Werner
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
Voyage of the Damned
Morris Troper
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
High Velocity
Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped executive.
チャイニーズ・ブッキーを殺した男
Cosmo Vittelli
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
ビッグ・ボス
Al Capone
1918年、ニューヨーク。アルフォンス・カポーニは強盗の現場を目撃。警察に通報し、逮捕に来た警察にわざとつかまりギャングのボス、フランキー・エールの注意を惹いた。エールの部下になった彼は名前をアメリカ風にアル・カポーンと変えた...。
Maneater
Nick Baron
Two couples on a camping trip are hunted by two tigers set upon them by a crazed animal trainer.
The Neptune Factor
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
The Sicilian Connection
Joseph Coppola
A small time hood smuggles drugs from Turkey to Italy in an effort to make it into the big time, but along the way everyone has to have their cut.
Pursuit
Steven Graves
What begins as a routine investigation quickly escalates into a heartstopping race to save millions from certain death in this taut and gripping thriller. Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) "makes an impressive directorial debut" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this deadly cat-and-mouse game in which the stakes couldn't be higher! When government agent Steven Graves (Ben Gazzara) investigates political extremist James Wright (E.G. Marshall), he uncovers a diabolical plot to blast lethal nerve gas into San Diego during the Republican Convention. What's worse, a computer hacker (Martin Sheen) has provided Wright with a psychological profile to help him outwit Graves. As Wright ingeniously eludes Graves, can Graves find a way to stop him before the ultimate nightmare begins?
The Family Rico
Eddie Rico
A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
Fireball Forward
A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
When Michael Calls
Doremus Connelly
A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
Husbands
Harry
A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
レマゲン鉄橋
Sgt. Angelo
第2次世界大戦末期の1945年2月、連合軍は敗走するドイツ軍を追ってライン川に迫った。ドイツ軍は、天然の要害であるライン川を盾にして防御するしかなく、連合軍もライン川を渡河すべく、無傷の橋を目指していた。 ブロック将軍は上司から、担当地区に残る橋を全て爆破するように命じられたが、川の向こうには7万5000人の兵が残されており、この友軍が撤退できるようレマゲン鉄橋をぎりぎりまで残し、連合軍が間近に迫ってから破壊しようとする。将軍は腹心の部下、クリューガー少佐を橋防衛部隊の指揮官に任命し、連合軍が橋の目前まで迫るまで爆破しないように指示する。 クリューガー少佐が橋に赴くと、書類上では1600名の兵員が実際はほとんどおらず、爆破のための爆薬すら無い逼迫した状況であった。少佐は、爆破の準備や橋の防衛陣地の構築とともに増援部隊の派遣を要請するが、いくら要請しても生返事ばかりで一向に援軍が来る気配は無い。そうしているうちに、アメリカ軍のバーンズ少佐指揮の機甲歩兵大隊に所属する先遣隊が橋の間近まで迫り、橋をめぐる攻防戦が始まる。
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Card Player
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days.
A Rage to Live
Roger Bannon
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.
Carol for Another Christmas
Fred
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
Conquered City
Captain George Stubbs
Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered City is an all-star World War II drama financed in Italy and filmed in Greece. An Athens hotel, full of refugees and expatriates of all nationalities, is captured by Allied troops in the closing days of the War. British Major David Niven has been ordered to prevent a cache of weapons hidden in the hotel from falling into the hands of renegade troops. He cannot allow himself to trust anyone--not even the most innocent-looking (or attractive) of guests. Originally titled La Citta Prigioniera. Conquered City was released in English-speaking countries outside the U.S. as Captive City.
Convicts 4
John Resko
After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
The Young Doctors
Dr. David Coleman
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
The Passionate Thief
Lello
On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.
或る殺人
Lt. Frederick Manion
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
A presentation of Tennessee Williams' three one-act plays: "Moony's Kid Don't Cry", "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches", and "This Property Is Condemned".
The Strange One
Jocko de Paris
A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.