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Ben Gazzara - what members say


  • Anatomy Of A Murder
  • Anatomy Of A Murder review by Geranium from Essex
    Rated - 2 stars Anatomy of a Masterpiece 11 March 2004
    ... relaxed but supremely effective lawyer, he is well-supported by Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara as the couple involved in the murder. The film is long but holds the interest t...  
  • Buffalo 66
  • Buffalo 66 review by Benny Slowman from Scotland
    Rated - 3 stars Richer For Ricci 30 September 2005
    ... to give him a shake and tell him to pull himself together. Anjelica Huston and Ben Gazzara are fantastic as the parents and the film has a totally realistic atmosphere. A...  
  • Hysterical Blindness
  • Hysterical Blindness review by colbert from London
    Rated - 1 stars Nothing to get hysterical about... 20 October 2005
    ...na Rowlands, a waitress in the local diner and one of her customers', played by Ben Gazzara. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the film, but thought the performances we...  

Ben Gazzara - filmography


  • Brian's Song on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sean Maher,  Mekhi Phifer,  Ben Gazzara
    Director: John Gray
    Certificate: PG
    This remake of the classic 1971 made-for-TV tear jerker details the late-1960s interracial friendship between new Chicago Bears recruit Gale Sayers (Mekhi Phifer, in the Billy Dee Williams role) and valuable running back Brian Piccolo (Sean Maher, in the role originally played by James Caan). ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 59% from 163 members
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  • Summer Of Sam on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Leguizamo,  Adrien Brody,  Mira Sorvino
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: 18
    SUMMER OF SAM, Spike Lee's sizzling interpretation of the summer of 1977 in New York City, when thermometers shattered and a serial killer terrorized the city, focuses on an Italian-American community in the Bronx specifically, Dionna (Mira Sorvino) and Vinny (John Leguizamo), a couple whose ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 65% from 969 members
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  • The Spanish Prisoner on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Felicity Huffman,  Ricky Jay
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: PG
    Moody, austere, and unabashedly clever, THE SPANISH PRISONER is familiar ground for puzzle-loving writer-director David Mamet. Campbell Scott plays the Hitchcockian hero Joe Ross, an unassuming fall guy who has invented a mysterious process worth an unnamed, but presumably enormous, figure. Joe's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 68% from 257 members
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  • Happiness on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jane Adams,  Lara Flynn Boyle,  Cynthia Stevenson
    Director: Todd Solondz
    Certificate: 18
    Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 2,220 members
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  • Buffalo 66 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Vincent Gallo,  Christina Ricci,  Ben Gazzara
    Director: Vincent Gallo
    Certificate: 15
    An electric directorial debut (seven years in the making) by New York artist/musician/model/actor Vincent Gallo. He portrays troubled Billy Brown, who has just been let out of jail on a cold and miserable day. Before returning home to visit his parents and kill the football star who missed the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 1,405 members
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  • Stag on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Mario Van Peebles,  Andrew McCarthy,  Jennifer McShane
    Director: Gavin Wilding
    Certificate: 18
    A bachelor party goes awry when a stripper is killed after a party game goes horribly wrong. The ten men vow to stick to the same story but there is one problem, there is another stripper who's not so keen to go along with their plan.
    Rate this: 2.5 49% from 81 members
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  • Lies Before Kisses on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Jaclyn Smith,  Ben Gazzara,  Nick Mancuso
    Director: Lou Antonio
    Certificate: 15
    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.
    Rate this: 2.5 47% from 55 members
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  • Road House on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Ben Gazzara,  Sam Elliott
    Director: Rowdy Herrington
    Certificate: 18
    Dalton is the best bouncer in the business. He is hired to help clean up a rowdy Missouri roadhouse by the name of 'Double Deuce'. This is a job he can handle with ease, or so he thinks. The 'Double Deuce' has other problems in the shape of the town's kingpin who will kill anyone who gets in his way...
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 1,596 members
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  • The Professor on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Laura Del Sol,  Luciano Bartoli
    Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
    Certificate: 18
    Mafia thriller story of a man, condemned to prison for murder, where his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. The streets soon run red...
    Rate this: 2.0 40% from 98 members
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  • Bloodline on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Romy Schneider,  James Mason
    Director: Terence Young
    Certificate: 18
    Suspense thriller based on the best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon. When Sam Roffe, president of a multinational pharmaceutical company, is killed while mountain-climbing, his beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Audrey Hepburn) inherits the controlling interest of his empire - and almost immediately ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 39% from 45 members
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  • Opening Night on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Gena Rowlands,  John Cassavetes,  Ben Gazzara
    Director: John Cassavetes
    Certificate: TBC
    In Opening Night, ageing Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) begins rehearsals for her role in a play about a middle aged woman living in denial at the onset of her autumn years. A series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten preparations and when Myrtle witnesses the accidental ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 66% from 283 members
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Ben Gazzara - downloads


  • Capone for Download (1975)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Harry Guardino,  Susan Blakely
    Director: Steve Carver
    Certificate: 18
    Rent from: £2.99
    Buy from: £5.99
    Run time: 97 minutes
    Chicago's most famous hoodlum, Al Capone, becomes the boss of vice and violence in the city.
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Ben Gazzara facts

5 most recent films


Hysterical Blindness - 2.5 stars
Brian's Song - 3.0 stars
Summer Of Sam - 3.0 stars
Big Lebowski, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
The Spanish Prisoner - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Law And Order Special Victims Unit - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Big Lebowski, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Anatomy Of A Murder - 3.5 stars
Road House - 3.5 stars
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Shark In A Bottle - 2.0 stars
Shattered Silence - 2.0 stars
QB VII - 2.0 stars
The Zone - 2.0 stars
Bloodline - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


John Cassavetes - 3 times - show films
Susan Blakely - 2 times - show films
Philip Seymour Hoffman - 2 times - show films
Gena Rowlands - 2 times - show films
John Turturro - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


John Cassavetes - 2 times - show films
Steve Carver - 2 times - show films
John Gray - 1 times - show films
Henry Bronchtein - 1 times - show films
Barry Zetlin - 1 times - show films