Abe Vigoda
Nascimento : 1921-02-24, New York City, New York, USA
Morte : 2016-01-26
História
Tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered character actor Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles, and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing.
Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lena (Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, both Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a tailor on the Lower East Side. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 17 and plodded away in small theater shows for over 20 years. For the majority of film-goers, Vigoda first came to prominence in The Godfather (1972) as the double-crossing Tessio, pleading with Robert Duvall to get him off the hook "for old times' sake." He also appeared in its sequel.
Vigoda had roles in a few nondescript TV films before landing the plum part of Sgt. Phil Fish on the brilliant sitcom Barney Miller (1974). Perhaps his best known role, Sgt. Fish proved popular enough to be spun off to his own (short-lived) series Fish (1977).
With his long face and unusual looks, Vigoda remained in high demand in mafioso-type roles, and for a while in the mid-1980s, he was mistakenly believed to have been dead, leading producers to remark, "I need an Abe Vigoda type actor," not realizing Vigoda was still alive and well. The 1990s and beyond became busy again for him, with appearances in North (1994), The Misery Brothers (1995), A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998), and Crime Spree (2003). He continued acting into his 90s, surprising audiences with his entertaining style.
Abe Vigoda died in his sleep on January 26, 2016 in Woodland Park, New Jersey.
A character cut from Pulp Fiction meets a characters cut from The Conversation.
Uncle Morty (segment "Frankie the Squirrel")
Somewhere, between the boundaries of life and death, lays the darkest places in the human heart. In these dimly lit recesses crouch fears older than mankind itself. Yet only by visiting this netherworld from time to time can we hope to unearth what lurks just beyond the grasp of our imaginations. The Unknown Trilogy dares to navigate these shadowy passages in three chilling tales that will make you glad you decided to come along for the ride...
Penguin from Boca (voice)
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa?
Angelo Giancarlo
Nem bem desembarca em solo americano a quadrilha chefiada por Daniel Foray (Gerard Depardieu) já se mete em várias encrencas. Sua missão era simples: roubar jóias de uma mansão. Mas eles conseguem se encrencar com a gang do bairro, com a gang da cidade, com o FBI e, o pior de tudo, assaltam a casa do chefão da máfia local, Zammeti (Harvey Keitel), que jura vingança. Agora, a gang terá de mostrar muito jogo de cintura para sair desta enrascada.
The Frog
A failed Hollywood actor returns to his home town in Wisconsin and reminisces about his life in L.A. to a potential new girlfriend about his faults, auditions, misadventures, and confrontations with the evils of Hollywood.
Arty
Gary Starke (Andy Garcia) é um famoso cambista de ingressos dos mais variados tipos. Considerado o melhor de todos os cambistas, ele sobrevive devido à uma combinação de talento, sorte e honra entre os companheiros de profissão. Mas quando seu grande amor, Linda (Andie MacDowell), lhe dá um fora e um cambista rival, Casino (Andre B. Blake), ameaça seu posto, o mundo de Gary começa a ruir. Com Linda estando prestes a partir para Paris, onde pretende realizar seu sonho de se tornar uma grande chefe de cozinha, Gary precisa agir logo para reatar seu relacionamento, que já dura quase oito anos.
Paul Castellano
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino crime family. However, betrayals within the family saw him break the code of silence and became the highest ranking member of the mob to turn into a rat - 'a rat in a suit,- assisting the government to finally put away the Teflon Don, John Gotti.
Uncle Guy
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the relationship is strained when he discovers her true goal is to expose Parente's criminal activities. When Al sees the evidence Gabriela has uncovered, which implicates Parente in the death of many locals (including Al's own father), he seeks revenge in a dangerous confrontation with his boss.
Otis
Ed e Dexter Reed trabalham na lanchonete Good Burger. Eles precisam enfrentar a concorrência da Mondo Burger, que pretende dominar o mercado local de restaurantes fast food. Eles inventam um molho que faz grande sucesso junto ao público, o que desperta a ira do dono da concorrente.
Zeus
The story of an old man who gets the walking farts every time a beautiful woman enters the room.
Will Cassady
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of Father's Day killings. But Johnny isn't certain Frank is responsible for his father's injuries and seeks help from a sex therapist (Annabella Sciorra) to make sure he's got the right man.
Rudy
The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another clan. Mike and Sadie Capomezzo, equally hard-working Sicilian caterers from the area, find they cannot stand Piero and Maria Malacici. But things get complicated when the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, and the Capomezzos' son, Rosario, fall in love.
Judge Powell
O comediante Shore, do recente "Malucos Por Natureza", e Tommy, jovem desempregado e mimado pela avo, mas que recebe um ultimato do pai: ou arranja um emprego, ou acabaram-se as mordomias em casa. Desta forma, Tommy acaba como jurado em um caso de assassinato, porque esta e uma forma de conseguir comida e hotel gratuitamente. Mas para manter os privilegios ele decide prolongar o julgamento tanto quanto possível. Destaque para a bela Carrere, como o interesse romantico de Tommy.
Don Frito Layleone
Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.
Alaskan Grandpa
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Gus Molino
Após ter lutado para se tornar o mais poderoso senhor das drogas do Harlem, Roemello Skugs decide mudar de vida. E descobre ser mais difícil sair da vida do crime do que chegar ao topo do submundo.
Salvatore Valestra (voice)
Sob a identidade secreta de Batman, o multimilionário Bruce Wayne combate perigosos criminosos que ameaçam Gotham City. Desta vez, além de enfrentar seu arqui-inimigo Coringa, o incansável homem-morcego encara outro terrível vilão: o Fantasma.
Pawn Broker
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.
Victor Malucci
As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce of Honor". Now the war begins! As a young boxer seeks revenge for his fiancée's death, the streets become a real-life battlefield... to settle the score!
Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Chief of the Waponis
Joe Banks (Tom Hanks) é um funcionário entediado de uma fábrica poluente. Sempre de mal humor, ele odeia seu trabalho e, para seu desespero, um dia descobre que tem uma doença terminal e está com os dias contados. É quando ele conhece um milionário disposto a mudar seu destino: Joe ganha uma vida de rei e a "morre como um homem", caso aceite se jogar dentro de um vulcão em erupção para apaziguá-lo. O ritual é tradição na ilha de Waponi Woo. Ao aceitar a proposta, Joe acaba entrando em tanta enrascada que o vulcão torna-se o menor de seus problemas.
Louis Keaton
Dupla de policiais devem dar proteção a ex-mafioso recém-saído da prisão que está na mira do crime organizado.
Orel Benton
Jessica, filha de um agricultor de maçã empobrecido, ainda acredita no Papai Noel. Então, quando ela se depara com uma rena com uma perna machucada, faz todo o sentido supor que é Prancer, que havia caído em uma exibição de Natal na cidade. Ela esconde a renas em seu celeiro e a alimenta com biscoitos, até que ela possa devolvê-las ao Papai Noel. Seu pai encontra a rena e decide vendê-la ao açougueiro, não para virar costeletas, mas como uma exibição publicitária.
Grandpa
Abandonada pelo parceiro, Mollie entra em trabalho de parto e é ajudada pelo taxista James. Ele se apaixona por ela e pelo bebê, Mikey, mas Mollie continua procurando o homem perfeito. Mikey faz comentários sarcásticos que a audiência ouve.
Mr. Wiseman
To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
Abe
Gino, a bank executive is not having a good day. After giving birth to their eighth child, his wife insists that he have a vasectomy, something he doesn't even want to think about. On top of that, he discovers that other family members are stealing money from his bank.
Stuff Commercial Spokesman
David Rutherford (Michael Moriarty) é um espião industrial que foi contratado por executivos da concorrência para descobrir a receita de um produto chamado "Coisa", um iogurte com marshmallow que é um tremendo sucesso comercial. De alguma forma, os consumidores parecem estar viciados no produto, o que faz com que os demais fabricantes queiram a fórmula a qualquer custo. Com a ajuda de Nicole (Andrea Marcovicci), a designer responsável pela campanha de divulgação da "Coisa" e de Jason (Scott Bloom), um garoto que se recusa a comê-la, apesar de toda a família adorar o produto, David tenta provar que a "Coisa" na verdade é um ser extraterrestre, que deseja se apossar da mente dos humanos para dominar o planeta.
Caesar
Um milionário sheik árabe organiza um rali para que seu filho tenha a chance de se recuperar de um recente fracasso. Os competidores vão partir da Califórnia rumo a Connecticut, sendo que o prêmio é de 1 milhão de dólares para o primeiro colocado. Isso é mais do que suficiente para atrair competidores de toda ordem que, interessados no dinheiro, são capazes de qualquer loucura.
Carnival Pitchman
A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.
Herb
A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.
Mr. Frisch
Uma mulher é jogada para fora da estrada e quase morre por um louco que dirige uma camionete. Ao contar sua historia para polícia, uma outra mulher é encontrada morta em circunstâncias similares, também por um carro escuro. A polícia parece não ter nenhuma pista. Enquanto as mortes ocorrem, finalmente o motorista é visto por uma mulher, ainda mais violenta que ele na rodovia.
Jake
An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
Sergeant Rizzuto
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
Nathan Perlmutter
A shy guy gets fired for dating his boss’ girlfriend. Taking advantage of his situation he writes a book on how to pick up chicks and on the way finds his love.
Self
Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise and Georgia Engel celebrating the events, and fads of the 1920's in a humorous, music hall manner.
Al Schneider
The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.
Self
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Salvatore 'Sal' Tessio
Após a máfia matar sua família, o jovem Vito foge da sua cidade na Sicília e vai para a América. Vito luta para manter sua família. Ele mata Black Hand Fanucci, que exigia dos comerciantes uma parte dos seus ganhos. Com a morte de Fanucci, o poderio de Vito cresce, mas sua família é o que mais importa para ele. Agora baseado no Lago Tahoe, Michael planeja fazer incursões em Las Vegas e Havana instalando negócios ligados ao lazer, mas descobre que aliados como Hyman Roth estão tentando matá-lo.
John Dellanzia
Um detetive honesto é acusado de corrupção.
Dominic Morrell
A humanistic account of "the Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills", in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of family and duty.
Don Talusso
After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
Alikhine
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.
Waiter (uncredited)
When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractive young woman, Kay Larsi, in a bar.
