Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino

Nascimento : 1939-04-13, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Morte : 2022-07-25

História

Paul Anthony Sorvino (/sɔːrˈviːnoʊ/, Italian: [sorˈviːno]; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor. He often portrayed authority figures on both sides of the law and was known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He took on supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon, and Romeo + Juliet. He was the father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Sorvino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmes

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
self
An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, told through interviews with colleagues, friends, family members and the American Badass himself. Featuring Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta, Charlie Sheen, Ron Perlman, Daryl Hannah, and many, many more.
The Great American Heist
Cheech
An inside look at one of the largest cash and jewel heists in American history - the 1978 Lufthansa Robbery. Nearly $6 million stolen from the Lufthansa Cargo Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, led by mobster Jimmy Burke.
Vingança de Família
Uncle Carmine
No 10º aniversário da morte de seu pai, Giovanni relutantemente aceita a tarefa de levar um bolo para a casa de seu tio, um chefe da máfia, para uma festa. Em apenas duas horas da noite, a vida de Gio mudou para sempre.
Most Guys Are Losers
Grandpa
Over Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago, a college kid from California seeks approval from his girlfriend's dad, a bar owner and author of a dating book titled, "Most Guys are Losers."
(In) Seguros
Lou Branch
Um investidor parece ter tudo: uma linda esposa, três filhos saudáveis ​​e uma carreira de prestígio. Tudo muda quando sua casa é invadida e ele decide instalar um novo sistema de segurança que põe em cheque a sanidade da família.
Beneath The Leaves
Captain Parker
Four small-town boys are kidnapped by James Whitley, a warm-eyed psychopath. His grotesque pursuit to reunite orphaned children with their deceased birth parents is halted when the boys escape and he is arrested. Fifteen years later Whitley flees during a prison fire and decides to see his mission through. Detective Larson, once Whitley's prior victim, is removed from the case due to impartiality leaving his partner, and lover, Detective Shotwell to solve the case. Fueled by rage and a chance of redemption, Detective Larson chases the steadfast psychopath on his own only to fall back into the same trap he once escaped as a child.
Atos de Desespero
Chief Lassiter
Um policial desesperado persegue sua esposa traidora ao mesmo tempo que um ladrão de banco tenta salvar uma mulher que ele acabou de conhecer.
Papa
Danny
A young man, Ben Freidman (Scott Wilson) raised by wealthy adoptive Jewish parents in Beverly Hills, decides that he is ready to finally meet his biological parents. He faces disappointment upon learning of the death of his biological mother. His biological father, meanwhile, resides in a psychiatric care unit.
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
Phil
Dr. Abe Mandelbaum has just moved into a retirement home. After forming an unlikely friendship with a womanizing gambler, their relationship is tested when they each try to convince a mysterious nurse that they are her long-lost father.
Price for Freedom
Shah of Iran
“Price For Freedom” is based on the book written in 2013 by prominent NYC dental implant surgeon Dr. Marc Benhuri. It is a chilling account of how members of his family were terrorized, tortured, and murdered in Iran when Ayatollah Khomeni seized power in 1979.
Vovô Disfarçado
Giovanni
encontro de Jake com a garota dos sonhos toma outro rumo quando ela desaparece. Mas o avô dele, um ex-oficial da inteligencia, está dispostoa encontrá-la.
The Red Maple Leaf
Joseph Palermo
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, no matter what the cost.
Lost Cat Corona
Uncle Sam
A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous element of his neighborhood, forcing him to confront his fears and rethink his M.O.
A Winter Rose
Skippy
A young singer in Los Angeles named Winter Rose (Kim Whalen) is chosen to be the successor to a world-famous star who is retiring because of a cancer diagnosis.
Regras Não Se Aplicam
Vernon Scott
Hollywood, 1958. A devota batista Marla chega em Los Angeles para trabalhar com Howard Hughes. Lá, ela conhece seu motorista Frank, que está noivo e é um metodista extremamente religioso. Além de pôr à prova suas convicções religiosas, a atração dos dois também desafia a principal regra de Hughes.
The Hybrids Family
The Count
A movie about a dysfunctional family of vampires and witches, it is mostly focused on the two children who are hybrids.
The Brooklyn Banker
Benny
The story of Santo Bastucci, a local banker with a rare gift for memorizing numbers; he is unwittingly cast into the forefront of an aging wiseguy's bid for power, Manny "The Hand" Mistera. Santo is caught between the loyalty he has for his cagey father-in-law, Benny, his childhood friend, Basta, and his streetwise uncle, Matteo, the pastor of their Brooklyn church.
O Redentor
Father Antonio
Um assassino implacável, treinado para matar em nome de Deus por um sacerdote corrupto, reavalia o propósito de sua vida depois de salvar um menino de uma tentativa de assassinato.
The Bronx Bull
Giuseppe LaMotta
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
Detours
Joe DiMaria
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Chasing Gold
Frank
Alone after losing his family in a car accident, a retiring police commander attempts to help a daughter he never knew escape heroin addiction and a past that endangers her, while investigating his best friend's murder.
The Bandit Hound
Chief Burton
A lovable dog named Bandit starts stealing cash to help his adopted family, he unwittingly sets them on a collision course with his dangerous ex-partner.
Sequestro na Romênia
Alexandru Damian
Uma dupla de jornalistas americanos está fazendo uma série de reportagens na Romênia, quando seu trabalho é bruscamente interrompido. Estas reportagens estariam afetando alguém importante neste belo e tranquilo país?
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
God
Lucifer incites Heaven’s wrath by dispatching train cars of condemned souls a-crashin’ through the pearly gates. As God plots to put an end to the rebellious deeds, a fable is told, and the midway gets set for a fateful reunion between God’s Agent and Hell’s Painted Doll, promising to make sinner and saint alike scream Alleluia!
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Self (archive footage)
A documentary short taking a look at the popular independent Enzian movie theater in Maitland, Florida.
Cold Deck
Chips
When a poker player hits rock bottom he enlists his best friend to pull off a high-stakes heist.
Sicilian Vampire
Jimmy Scambino
Equal parts Goodfellas and Dusk till Dawn, Sicilian Vampire tells the story of reputed mobster Sonny Traficante who was hoping to get away to the family hunt lodge for a little rest and relaxation and create some memories. Instead, what he got was a night he will never forget. Once there, Sonny is bitten by a bat released from a container of bananas they brought up to the lodge. The bat takes a vicious bite of Sonny's neck and then flies off into the night. From that moment on Sonny is entrusted with powers beyond that of any mortal - supersonic hearing, enhanced sight, and superhuman strength - even the ability to speak to the dead. Because of these heightened senses Sonny now feels a responsibility to right the wrongs in his life, and protect those he loves. At first, he resists these new found powers but in the end he welcomes his fate.
A Cilada
Sheriff Big Jack
Consciente de si mesmo, Doug Martin, um jovem estudante do ensino secundário recebe muito mais do que esperava quando inicia um tórrido affair com Lena, a jovem e solitária esposa de um homem de negócios que alugou a casa do Lago que fica perto da sua casa. Quando uma série de assassinatos começa a agitar a sua calma cidade, Doug descobre um segredo devastador e rapidamente descobre que é um dos principais suspeitos dos crimes.
No Deposit
Alfie
Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly to resolve his issues but hooks up with the wrong people who blind him with anger and hate.
Immigrant
Yeshiva Principal
"Immigrant" is the coming of age story of Daanyik, a nine year-old Russian boy, whose family immigrates to the United States in the late nineteen-seventies to pursue the American Dream. Daanyik's childhood of pencil drawings and toy soldier battles in Moscow is interrupted overnight as he is hurled into the harsh reality of adulthood in New York City. Upon losing his father Deema, Daanyik and his mother, Meela, are left poor, alone and helpless in a foreign land. Out of desperation for survival, Meela begins a relationship with Tolik, an abusive man that may have had a hand in Deema's death. Daanyik finds himself trapped in a precarious web of torment brought on by his new stepfather, a lecherous Rabbi and a neighborhood bully. Drawing becomes his only source of comfort and catharsis. As his battles grow fiercer, Daanyik, at the tender age of nine, is left to overcome insurmountable odds to save himself and his mother from complete destruction.
Quebra de Contrato
Bud
Quando uma jovem família se muda para uma casa de encerramento, o proprietário anterior começa uma campanha de intimidação e terror. O homem perturbado vai parar em nada para obter a sua casa de volta.
How Sweet It Is
Big Mike
An alcoholic theater owner needs to put together a successful musical in order to pay off his mob debt, but problems arise when the wise guys want to cast their friends in the production.
Last I Heard
Joe Scoleri
Released from federal prison after 20 years due to his ailing health, a formerly powerful New York mobster moves back home and attempts to reconnect with former life in this poignant Sopranos-esque character study.
Um Convite de Divórcio
Daniel Miller
Mike acreditava que se casou com o amor de sua vida, mas quando encontra com sua ex-namorada da escola, percebe que sente algo por ela. Pedir o divórcio não será difícil, o complicado será que sua esposa aceite.
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Mayor Palantine
Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police chief to close down the beach. It isn't until a famous singer is eaten alive during a performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from another vicious slaughter.
Por Amor ao Dinheiro
Red Parker
Abrangendo mais de duas décadas, “For the Love of Money” segue o relato verdadeiro de um imigrante israelense que procura o seu pedaço do sonho americano
Amigo Imaginário
Jonathan
Na infância, Emma contou com a ajuda de uma amiga imaginária para lidar com os abusos do pai. Porém, agora já adulta, a sua criação surge novamente, gerando dúvidas sobre a realidade e a imaginação, sem saber que nem tudo é o que parece ser.
The Devil's Carnival
God
Sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to The Devil’s Carnival to find out!
The Trouble with Cali
Ivan
The Trouble with Cali
Director
O Tempo Não Espera Por Ninguém
Lewis
Depois de um grave acidente rodoviário que causa a morte de uma equipe de basquete local, a cidade de Rockwell se transforma completamente. Graças a um pacto maligno, todos os sobreviventes do lugar deixam de envelhecer e morrer. Um dia, um garoto misterioso chega na cidade e consegue fazer com que o tempo volte a passar para todos, mas com graves consequências.
Night Club
Himself
Three friends - aided by one of the residents - start a night club in a retirement home, after taking a job there working the night shift to put themselves through USC.
O Mafioso
Tony Salerno
Baseado em fatos, a trama se ambienta em 1976, no verão em que o irlandês Danny Greene (Stevenson) decide não aceitar mais ordens da máfia italiana e desencadeia uma guerra de gangues no coração de Cleveland.
Miller's Tale
Himself
Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to find out why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career?
A Filha do Papai Noel 2
Santa Claus
Papai Noel está cansado de tanto trabalho e tantas responsabilidades e está pronto para deixar que a filha Mary assuma seu cargo, mas ela se sente dividida entre os negócios da família e seu emprego de alta executiva em Nova York.
Doc West II
Sheriff Roy Basehart
Um bandido lendário jogando poker, Triggerman, chega a cidade para o torneio mais selvagens do jogo deste lado do oeste. À medida que o torneio começa, ele vai ficar preso em um confronto violento como bandidos tentam enganar seu caminho para o finais. Com a mão no gatilho este bandido não deixe nada ficar entre ele e sua mão vencedora.
Doc West
Roy Basehart
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle amongst the town breaks out in gunfire he will have to choose sides, between the outlaws or the law-abiding citizens.
Greetings from the Shore
Catch Turner
Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Rotti Largo
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.
A Glória de um Campeão
Ledudal
Primo Carnera cresceu na pobreza e se tornou uma lenda viva ao conquistar o título mundial de boxe contra Jack Sharkey em 1933.
Ligações Criminosas
Maitre Steinfeld
Monk é um assassino frio e calculista que não perdoa nada que vá contra ele. Sua principal tarefa é matar e não deixar pistas até que certo dia, ao receber uma carta pedindo sua presença em um lugar desconhecido, sua vida mudará. Na busca de desvendar este mistério, o matador chega ao local e descobre que não está sozinho e mais do que isso, as demais pessoas que lá estão receberam a mesma missão. Seria isso uma armadilha plantada pela polícia ou uma missão coordenada por algum chefe da máfia ? Agora os 5 maiores criminosos do mundo estão juntos com as mesmas mensagens e algo em comum: Todos estão armados, são temidos e procurados.
The History of 'Cruising'
Self (archive footage)
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Self (archive footage)
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
Mr. Fix It
Wally
Lance Valenteen (David Boreanaz) makes a living as "Mr. Fix It," a man who gets hired by men that have just recently been dumped by their girlfriend. Lance dates the guys' ex-girlfriend and becomes the worst date possible, sending the girl back into her ex-boyfriends arms. But when Lance gets hired by Bill Smith (Pat Healy) to get Sophia Fiori (Alana De La Garza) back, Lance, for the first time, starts falling for one of his marks.
Witness to 'Reds'
Self
Cast and crew of "Reds" revisit their memories and stories while making the film.
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
"Bullets Over Hollywood" delves into America's fascination with gangsters and features historical perspective, analysis, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and details about the connection between real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos. The documentary chronicles films such as the _American Mutoscope & Biograph [us]_ film _Musketeers of Pig Alley, The (1912)_ (the 1912 film directed by D.W. Griffith that began it all), 1930's and '40s classics including "Little Caesar," "The Public Enemy," "The Roaring Twenties," "The Petrified Forest" and "High Sierra," to such modern tales as "The Godfather," "Scarface," "Goodfellas," "Donnie Brasco," "Casino," "A Bronx Tale," "Carlito's Way," "Once Upon a Time in America" and many more. The special takes a look at television with shows such as "The Sopranos" and "Growing Up Gotti," all part of America's parallel fascination with fictional and real-life gangsters.
The Workaday Gangster
Self
A short Goodfellas documentary
Goodnight, Joseph Parker
Charlie
Unapologetically brash in dialogue and texture GOODNIGHT JOSEPH PARKER is the classic love story brought to a no-pleasantries bar room. Girl loves man who loves woman, woman isn't worth his time. Into that mix throw in a hopeless drunk with a good heart and weak stomach, a bartender who's more desperate than his customers and Steven Tyler as a shameless bad boy looking for a good time and fast woman. Powerful, gritty, hard hitting and raw.
Mr. 3000
Gus Panas
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
Law & Order: The First 3 Years
This DVD bonus feature describes Law & Order's first three seasons, with candid interviews with seven of its early castmembers.
Má Sorte
Buddy Stafford
The Cooler e Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy), o homem mais azarado de lãs Vegas. Seu azar é tão contagioso que Shally Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), o último dos diretores antigos de cassino, usa Bernie para esfriar os grandes sortudos em seu cassino. Porém, quando Bernie conhece Natalie (Maria Bello) e se apaixona, ele dá um sentido completamente novo a expressão o azar no amor..
Mambo Italiano
Gino Barberini
Rapaz com aspirações a escritor resolve sair da casa dos pais e ir morar com sua paixão secreta, um policial. O casal gay terá de enfrentar os preconceitos e também as tentativas de ajuda das famílias, enquanto lutam para fazer o relacionamento funcionar.
Mafia Doctor
Nicola Dellarusso
Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But "fate" has a way of intervening. Now a brilliant, successful cardiac surgeon, Frank seems to have it all, except for one terrible secret: Before he swore to save lives and do no harm, Frank took another oath... to mob boss Nicola Delarusso (Paul Sorvino), who paid his way through medical school in exchange for absolute loyalty. And when Delarusso demands payment in full Frank suffers a crisis of conscience that could cost him his job, his wife... and his life!
Hey Arnold! O Filme
Scheck (voice)
O heroí da Nickelodeon, com cabeça em formato de bola de futebol americano, invade a tela, nesta deliciosa e divertida aventura pra toda a família. Um desalmado industrial tem um plano diabólico: demolir o bairro de Arnold e construir um enorme shopping center. com o tempo correndo, alguém tem que salvar a pátria. E esse alguém é Arnold. Junto com Helga, sua inimiga de maria-chiquinhas, que secretamente é apaixonada por ele, e Gerald, seu melhor amigo, Arnold toma uma atitude para provar qual o verdadeiro sentido da palavra progresso: encontrando novas diversões no velho bairro, que ele chama de "lar". Apresentando o talento das vozes de: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Sorvino e Christopher Lloyd, na versão em inglês, este filme é "... um prêmio para todas as idades!"
Ciao America
Antonio Primavera
Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Boston to travel to his family's ancestral homeland in Italy -- as was requested by his late grandfather. Upon arriving, Lorenzo is offered a short-term position as coach for an American-style football team by the team's manager, Giulio Fellini (Maurizio Nichetti). As the young American immerses himself in his new duties, he makes the acquaintance of Paola Angelini (Violante Placido) and the two begin a friendship that quickly blossoms into something more. In between spending time with Paola and working with the team, Lorenzo also begins investigating his own family's history and learns the reason for his grandfather's departure from Italy, as well as why his grandfather never returned to visit. As Lorenzo begins to forge an identity for himself in Italy -- not to mention strong romantic attachments to Paola -- he must eventually decide whether or not to return to the States.
Streghe verso nord
Gallio
In a world parallel to ours, things and people have supernatural powers. Witches exist, they are beautiful and attractive and try to do their 'work' to the fullest.
Longshot
Laszlo Pryce
Teen Alex Taylor and his older brother Jack live in L.A. where Jack is a personal fitness trainer. Jack had an affair with Mitzi Price, a very powerful business man's wife. Her husband, Laszlo Price, then blackmails Jack into going to New York City to get information from Rachel Montgomery, about who she is selling her company to. Jack brings Alex with him to make sure that he will be safe. Jack and Rachel fall in love while Alex falls in love Rachel's daughter Kelly. Eventually Jack tells Rachel why he was sent to New York, and the two work together to bring Laszlo Price down. Rachel needs to have two million dollars in order to not sell her company. Alex wins the money in a halftime contest at a basketball game. They provide information about Laszlo Price to the police, and he is arrested.
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Himself
See inside the exclusive Playboy Mansion, with parties attended by all the A-List celebrities
Perfume
Lorenzo Mancini
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York City.
Spot - Um Cão da Pesada
Sonny Talia
Gordon Smith (David Arquette) é um carteiro que se orgulha de nunca ter sido pego por um cachorro no trabalho. Até que um dia ele se oferece para cuidar do filho de sua bela vizinha e acaba inesperadamente ganhando um novo animal em sua vida: Spot, um cachorro do FBI que age nos Narcóticos e que fugiu de um programa de proteção à testemunha. Em meio à uma fuga de perigosos bandidos que estão atrás dele, Spot se esconde no furgão de Gordon, com quem irá enfrentar as mais incríveis aventuras.
The Amati Girls
Joe
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.
Plano B
Joe Maloni
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman.
The Thin Blue Lie
Frank Rizzo
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people victimized by a "goon squad" of law enforcement officers.
A Grande Farsa
Constantine Kiamos
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
That Championship Season
Coach
Four best friends and their basketball coach celebrate their championship twenty years ago. But their reunion turns violent when a dark secret comes to light.
That Championship Season
Director
Four best friends and their basketball coach celebrate their championship twenty years ago. But their reunion turns violent when a dark secret comes to light.
Harlem Aria
Fabiano Grazzi
An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice with the world, and teaches his two newfound friends the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. Anton (Gabriel Casseus) lives in Harlem with his aunt. He dreams of moving to Italy and becoming a famous opera singer, and though he's been blessed with a magnificent singing voice, his passion has made him an outsider in his neighborhood. Running away from home, Anton meets passionate street pianist Matthew (Christian Carmago) and together the two begin drawing large, appreciate crowds on the street. Working the crowd as they do their thing is Wes (Damon Wayans), whose natural charm always gets the cash flowing. And while life on the streets is never easy, Anton, Matthew, and Wes soon discover that by following their dreams, they may find a means of transforming their lives forever.
Houdini
Blackburn
The life and times of escape artist/magician Harry Houdini.
Golpe Fulminante
Harry Johanson
Um empresário descobre que sua fábrica de jeans pirateados está sob investigação, e pior: seu sócio é um agente da CIA disfarçado.
Dead Broke
Harvey
A detective investigates a murder that has taken place outside a debt collection agency in Brooklyn. A motley assortment of suspects includes the employees of the agency.
Politicamente Incorreto
Graham Crockett
Senador desiludido com a política tem uma crise nervosa e faz um seguro de vida de 10 milhões de dólares. Ele decide, em seguida, contratar assassino para matá-lo e, no pouco tempo que lhe resta, fala a verdade sobre o sistema sem nenhum pudor.
Men with Guns
Horace Burke
Three losers, Eddie, Lucas and Mamet, are sent to collect some debt at a remote farm. But the thugs there are too hard for them, and they are humiliated. They return for revenge, it gets out of hand, ends with a bloodbath and they are left with a big amount of cocaine. The drugs belong to local mob boss Horace Burke, who sends his son to find them. Cops are also after them.
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along The Way
Joe Torre
Joe Torre after failing to win a championship when he was a professional baseball player and as Manager to three teams is named Manager of the Yankees. And he finds himself having players like Dwight Gooden, Wade Boggs and Daryl Strawberry who are considered has beens. And players like David Cone who are ill. But nevertheless thinks he can win with them. At the same he deals with the loss of one brother and another brother battling the same condition that killed his brother.
Procurado
CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
Durante a guerra no Iraque o sargento James Dunn (Keenen Ivory Wayans) se recusou a matar um menino de dez anos. Um tenente que estava com ele o ameaçou matá-lo se ele não cumprisse a missão. Os dois lutaram e a arma disparou matando o tenente, mas apesar de ser legítima defesa ele foi condenado à pena capital. Quando estava sendo transportado em um ônibus para o corredor da morte, o veículo é atingido por uma explosão. Ao recobrar a consciência ele se vê diante de um general (Jon Voight) que deseja recrutá-lo para os "Ovelhas Negras", um pelotão de elite composto por negros. A missão deles é eliminar criminosos que conseguiram burlar as leis convencionais.
Tudo Por Dinheiro
Guy Cipriani
Franklin Hatchett (Chris Tucker, de O Quinto Elemento) é um inofensivo cambista metido a malandro que acaba de ser preso e transportado para a cadeia ao lado de Villard, um poderoso contrabandista de diamantes. No caminho, um grupo fortemente armado ataca a escolta policial e Franklin é obrigado a fugir. Agora, a polícia pensa que ele é o culpado por toda essa confusão, enquanto Villard quer eliminar a única testemunha do ataque. O único que pode ajuda-lo é James Russell (Charlie Sheen, de Wall Street), um repórter ambicioso em busca de uma alucinante história policial. Diamantes, carros, fugas alucinadas vale tudo quando o assunto é fama, fortuna... e continuar vivo!
American Perfekt
Franck
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant, however, Sandra is picked up by Jake, who's coin flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules. Or worse. Jake and Sandra's romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by the flip of a coin - at least until Sandra mysteriously disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister, Alice ...
Romeu + Julieta
Fulgencio Capulet
Nesta versão para os dias de hoje da peça de Shakespeare o cenário é Verona Beach. Os Capuleto e os Montéquio, duas famílias que sempre se odiaram, têm rixas sem cessar, mas isto não impede que Romeu (Leonardo DiCaprio), um Montéquio, se apaixone pela bela Julieta (Claire Danes), uma Capuleto. Entretanto, uma apresentadora de televisão anuncia que este amor profundo acabará gerando trágicas conseqüenciais, em virtude desta insana rivalidade familiar.
Contrato de Risco
Lt. Gil Farrand
O pesadelo do executivo Richard Ramsay começa quando descobre que sua esposa contratou pistoleiro para assassiná-lo. Quando ela aparece morta, a polícia acredita que foi ele o mandante e ele deve desvendar a trama e provar sua inocência.
Duas Famílias em Pé de Guerra
Piero Malacici
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.
Dog Watch
Delgoti
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. Dumping the man in the river, he returns to his partner's body and calls in the death. He is then given a new partner (Morales) and is assigned to investigate the death of a man just pulled from the river causing all the expected problems. However, the investigation does lead to police corruption and his own partner's involvement in drug running.
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
A incrível trajetória de Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins) desde a sua infância, passando por sua derrota para John F. Kennedy, sua ascensão política, que teve como ápice ser eleito duas vezes presidente, e sua subsequente queda com o escândalo Watergate, que o aniquilou politicamente.
Cover Me
J.J. Davis
Police are stymied when a serial killer begins hacking up nude models all over L.A. In desperation, they hire sexy ex-policewoman Holly Jacobsen to do a little undercover work. At first her boyfriend Bobby Colter, also a cop, agrees to the plan, but when Holly moves from nude modeling to topless dancing to peep-show shower dancing, he begins getting a little possessive. Things get dicey when the killer, a transvestite who by now is totally obsessed with Holly, decides to make his move.
Without Consent
Dr. Winslow
After being sent to an abusive psychiatric facility by her well-meaning parents, a rebellious teenager must fight for her release.
Backstreet Justice
Captain Phil Giarusso
A P.I. is burdened by her late father's reputation as a corrupt cop.
Vidas Paralelas
Ed Starling
Mulher reúne os antigos colegas de escola para matar as saudades. Um clima de nostalgia envolve a todos, até que um crime acontece, pondo um fim ao clima de coleguismo e trazendo à tona desavenças do passado
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives
A Firma
Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
Mitch McDeere é um jovem advogado vai trabalhar com um alto salário e diversas vantagens em uma firma em Memphis. Porém, logo descobre que a empresa onde trabalha está envolvida com lavagem de dinheiro da Máfia e que todos os advogados que saíram ou tentaram sair da firma morreram precocemente, de forma misteriosa. O filme questiona o código de ética, que mantêm em sigilo da relação do advogado com o cliente, que proíbe por toda a vida que um crime cometido por um cliente seja revelado por seu advogado.
The Last Mile
The Tenor
Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House a soprano is preparing for her debut in the opera Tosca. The stage manager gives her encouraging advice. She is visited by her "tenor for the evening." Equally terrified and nervous yet excited, she thinks fondly of her brother, who died from AIDS. He appears to her in her dressing room as a ghostly apparition.
As Aventuras de Rocketeer
Eddie Valentine
O jovem piloto Cliff Secord acaba encontrando, após sofrer um acidente aéreo em função de um tiroteio entre gângsters e o FBI, um protótipo ultra-secreto de mochila à jato escondido por um dos bandidos. Assumindo a identidade de Rocketeer, Cliff encontra todo o tipo de vilão, liderados por um ator de Hollywood, Neville Sinclair, que na verdade é um espião à serviço dos nazistas. Durante um vôo de exibição, Cliff usa o foguete para salvar um amigo de um acidente, passando a ser chamado de "Rocketeer" pelo público. Com sua foto nas primeiras páginas de todos os jornais, Cliff passa a ser perseguido pelo FBI, por gângsters e por espiões alemães, que sequestram Jenny, sua namorada, forçando Cliff a resgatá-la. O jovem piloto enfrentará diversas dificuldades para tentar derrotar seus adversários, que estão ansiosos em usar a mochila à jato para seus planos de conquista mundial.
Don't Touch My Daughter
Lt. Willman
A young girl is kidnapped and molested by a classmate's father. The man she identifies is arrested and jailed, but is later released on bail. He calls the girl's mother and threatens to kidnap her daughter again, and this time kill her and make sure her body will never be found. She goes to the authorities for help, but there's nothing they can do until he actually tries something. Afraid for her daughter's life, the mother decides to take matters into her own hands.
Age Isn't Everything
Max
Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.
Os Bons Companheiros
Paul Cicero
Um jovem cresce na máfia e trabalha arduamente para crescer entre seus companheiros. Ele gosta da vida de dinheiro e luxo, mas não liga para o horror que provoca. Infelizmente, a dependência de drogas e alguns erros finalmente destroem sua escalada até o topo. Baseado no livro Wiseguy por Nicholas Pileggi.
Night Of 100 Stars III
Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Dick Tracy
Lips Manlis
O detective Dick Tracy, famoso no combate ao crime pela rapidez com que foge às balas e a precisão com que dispara sobre os bandidos, é agora alvo de um plano que visa a sua eliminação. Quem o promove é um dos maiores gangsters da cidade, desejoso de controlar todo o crime organizado da cidade. Esta é uma adaptação ao cinema do Dick Tracy da banda desenhada, criado em 1931 por Chester Gould.
Almost Partners
Jack Wilder
Molly McCue becomes bored with her quiet, suburban life and fantasizes about becoming a detective. She gets her chance when the urn containing the ashes of her recently departed grandfather is stolen. Molly joins forces with a reluctant New York City police detective who has been assigned to find the missing urn. The two are puzzled over finding a motive for the theft until their case collides with the biggest mystery under investigation in New York City at the time. In the end, a special friendship grows between the two mystery solvers.
Very Close Quarters
Depicts a communal flat in Russia where the Government randomly assigns 20 people to live in a one-bedroom apartment.
A Fine Mess
Tony Pazzo
Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it who are trying to silence them. And there's also the mob boss whom the two guys work for who planned the fixing thing whose wife is having an affair with the actor.
Betrayed by Innocence
Mike Vogel
A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Gino
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.
A Coisa
Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
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.
Chiller
Reverend Penny
A man who has been dead and cryogenically preserved for ten years is miraculously revived, but with chillingly unexpected results.
Turk 182!
Himself
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
Surviving
Harvey
Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois and Harvey. Rick, meanwhile, is sunny and charismatic. But appearances can be deceiving, as their families learn when the teens begin a romance. Upset about Lonnie's influence on Rick, his parents forbid the pair to see each other -- with tragic consequences.
With Intent to Kill
Doyle Reinecker
A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ultimately found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity and placed in an institution for four years. Meanwhile, the dead girl's father, Tom Nolen, and her sister Wynn, bitterly prepare a campaign to put Nolen away in prison for life. Things come to a boil when Bo is released--and Tom and Wynn take "due process" into their own hands.
A Vida Secreta de Mamãe
Max
16 year old Tobi has just lost her father, whom she has been living with. She finds her mother's address in his papers. So Tobi builds up a fantasy of what her mother, Ellen Blake, must be like. But when she goes to see her, she finds out her mother is a high priced call-girl.
Off the Wall
Warden Nicholas F. Castle
Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison
O Campeão da Temporada
Phil Romano
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal their true identity, to be honest with each other for the first time in their lives. When the night comes to an end they decide to go back to the old glorious days and reunite into the team which won that championship season, back in 1957.
A Question of Honor
Carlo Danzie
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.
Eu Sou a Lei
Detective Pat Chambers
Policial que prefere trabalhar sozinho e que tem um fraco por mulheres bonitas, tem seu melhor amigo assassinado e parte para a vingança, deixando sua secretária e o chefe de polícia desesperados. Filme que deu origem ao seriado 'Mike Hammer'.
Melanie
Walter
A backwoods, illiterate young woman from Arkansas battles to regain custody of her son from her estranged husband who feels she is an unfit mother. In the process, she falls in love with a struggling musician who helps her cause.
Reds
Louis Fraina
Um pouco antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial John Reed (Warren Beatty), um jornalista americano, conhece Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), uma mulher casada, que larga o marido para ficar com Reed e se torna uma importante feminista. Eles se envolvem em disputas políticas e trabalhistas nos Estados Unidos, e vão para a Rússia a tempo de participarem da Revolução de outubro de 1917, quando os comunistas assumiram o poder. Este acontecimento inspira o casal, que volta aos Estados Unidos esperando liderar uma revolução semelhante.
Parceiros da Noite
Capt. Edelson
Al Pacino é o policial que se infiltra na comunidade gay de Nova York para tentar desvendar a identidade de um assassino que está aterrorizando o grupo. A experiência se revela muito mais brutal do que ele poderia imaginar. Para encontrar o maníaco, precisa mergulhar na atmosfera dos clubes de sadomasoquismo e outros redutos gays da cidade. A investigação acaba comprometendo o relacionamento com sua namorada, Nancy (Karen Allen), e o coloca frente a frente com seus dilemas pessoais. Drama policial baseado no livro de Gerald Walker.
Um Toque de Humor
Reilly
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg. In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to fake a suicide. They lose and find each other, again and again.
O Surdo-Mudo
Lowell Myers
The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also was deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial.
Um Golpe Muito Louco
Jazz Maffie
Depois de uma maré de má sorte, o criminoso Tony Pino (Peter Falk) e sua gangue roubam com sucesso um carro forte da Brink’s que continha US$30.000. Surpreendentemente, o roubo foi ignorado pela mídia. Curioso, Tony checa a sede do Brink’s e descobre que o nível de segurança de lá é baixo. Agora, um roubo de verdade é preparado…
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Lou Friedlander
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Irmãos de Sangue
Chubby De Coco
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Alguém Lá em Cima Gosta de Mim
Reverend Willie Williams
Tarzana, Califórnia. Jerry Landers (John Denver), o subgerente de um supermercado, é escolhido por Deus (George Burns) para disseminar Sua palavra, pois Deus está insatisfeito com várias coisas que estão acontecendo no mundo. Inicialmente Jerry achou que era uma brincadeira, mas logo se convence que está falando e vendo Deus, que se faz aparentar por um velho. Bobbie (Teri Garr), a esposa de Jerry, questiona a sanidade do marido, mas aos poucos Jerry é ouvido, fazendo representantes de várias igrejas se unirem para propôr um teste que Jerry não teria a menor chance de responder.
Prometo... Por Agora
Lou Springer
Les Bingham takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie has a new love in life. What he doesn't know is that her new paramour is lawyer Lou Springer. When Katie's sister Sally arrives and tells the two about her new, hip '70s marriage contract, Les and Katie decide to try to get together again under a more liberal marriage contract, like Katie's sister. But, unfortunately for the couple, the contract is planted with the seeds of self-destruction.
Angel and Big Joe
Angel and Big Joe is a 1975 American short drama film directed by Bert Salzman and starring Paul Sorvino and Dadi Pinero. It tells the story of a friendship between a migrant boy and an electrician who has greater ambitions. The film won an Oscar at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976 for Best Short Subject.
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Ring
A white cop apprehends, then murders, a Black purse thief in the street. A Black film student witnesses the murder and begins surveilling the cop in his everyday life. Based on the novel "Shoot It" by Paul Tyner; filmed in Kansas City.
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Harry Walters
When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted. He reports the incident to the authorities, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.
O Jogador
Hips
Axel Freed é um professor de literatura e é viciado em apostas. Quando perde todo o seu dinheiro, ele pede emprestado da sua namorada, da sua irmã, e até de alguns bandidos perigosos. E mesmo assim, ele não para de jogar.
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Joe
A housewife, increasingly disenchanted with her homemaker role, looks for new meaning in her life and organizes a discussion group, changing the lives of her six closest friends.
King Lear
Gloucester
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
O Dia do Golfinho
Curtis Mahoney
Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.
Um Toque de Classe
Walter Menkes
Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Cab Driver
A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California.
Made For Each Other
Gig's Father
An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.
Cry Uncle!
Coughing Cop
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Os Viciados
Samuels
Um retrato dos viciados que transitam na Praça Sherman, Nova York, que para os drogados que ali freqüentam é conhecido como "Parque das Agulhas". Dentro deste contexto é focada a trajetória de Bobby (Al Pacino), um viciado e pequeno traficante que se envolve com Helen (KItty Winn), uma jovem sem-teto que acredita que sua relação com o drogado é a estabilidade que necessita. Porém, ela também acaba se viciando e a vida de ambos entra em total decadência.
Where’s Poppa?
Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
Skyscraper
An Adolfas Mekas directed short parodying Italian art films of the time. It was created for use in a scene of the Broadway musical, "Skyscraper," starring Julie Harris and Peter Marshall, with a book by Peter Stone, music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.