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Ben Gazzara
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Hysterical Blindness
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands
Director: Mira Nair
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A pair of Jersey girls wander through the singles bar scene of the New York City suburb of Bayonne. As they seek lasting relationships amidst the smoky dive bars and Springsteen songs, Debby (Uma Thurman) and Beth (Juliette Lewis) begin to understand that love isn't like the pop songs that are ..read more »
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47%
from 235 members
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Brian's Song
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sean Maher, Mekhi Phifer, Ben Gazzara
Director: John Gray
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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 »
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61%
from 190 members
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Summer Of Sam
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino
Director: Spike Lee
Certificate: 
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 »
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62%
from 3,047 members
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Illuminata
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Sarandon, John Turturro
Director: John Turturro
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Fans of John Tuturro and those with an unhealthy interest in backstage glimpses will enjoy this farce about a would-be theatrical production in turn-of-the-century New York. Tuturro is the struggling playwright, Christopher Walken is the gay theater critic, and Susan Sarandon is the desperate ..read more »
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46%
from 110 members
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Shark In A Bottle
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Danny Nucci, Tommy Lister, Ben Gazzara
Director: Mark Anthony Little
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In the darkly comical SHARK IN A BOTTLE, Guy Normal (Danny Nucci) is, well, a normal guy. Stuck in a boring low-paying job as a postman in Phoenix, Arizona, it seems unlikely he'll ever realise his ambitions of a laid-back new life on the Australian coast. However, in the course of one day, Guy ..read more »
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30%
from 13 members
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Big Lebowski, The - HD DVD Version
(1998)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
Director: Joel Coen
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The Coen brothers have done it again. Mixing in Leninist philosophy, mistaken identity, crazy characters, a kidnapping plot, and a deep love of bowling, they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world the many glories of THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-..read more »
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80%
from 688 members
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The Spanish Prisoner
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman, Ricky Jay
Director: David Mamet
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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 »
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64%
from 1,710 member
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Buffalo 66
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara
Director: Vincent Gallo
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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 »
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65%
from 6,719 members
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Happiness
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson
Director: Todd Solondz
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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 »
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66%
from 8,588 members
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Stag
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, Jennifer McShane
Director: Gavin Wilding
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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.
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50%
from 94 members
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Convict Cowboy
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Jon Voight, Kyle Chandler, Ben Gazzara
Director: Rod Holcomb
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Clay Treyton and Ry Weston meet up in jail and find a common interest in rodeos. A drug runner has other ideas for Clay as he soon becomes a pawn in a deadly game...
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48%
from 21 members
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The Zone
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Robert Davi, Alexander Godunov, Ben Gazzara
Director: Barry Zetlin
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A former Air Force pilot is called upon by the CIA to foil the dastardly plans of a crazed scientist who is threatening the Earth in this action thriller.
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39%
from 51 members
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Lies Before Kisses
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Jaclyn Smith, Ben Gazzara, Nick Mancuso
Director: Lou Antonio
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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.
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46%
from 52 members
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Road House
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Sam Elliott
Director: Rowdy Herrington
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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...
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68%
from 4,381 members
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The Professor
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Laura Del Sol, Luciano Bartoli
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
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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...
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42%
from 119 members
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Bloodline
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Romy Schneider, James Mason
Director: Terence Young
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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 »
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44%
from 81 members
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Opening Night
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara
Director: John Cassavetes
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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 »
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67%
from 591 members
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey
Director: John Cassavetes
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Ben Gazarra (Dogville) plays Cosmo Vitelli in crime thriller The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Cosmo owns a run down LA strip club called The Crazy Horse West and is in danger of losing his beloved club when he gambles away $23,000 one night. The mob offer to clear him of his debt if he agrees to ..read more »
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66%
from 852 members
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Shattered Silence
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley
Director: Philip Leacock
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An atmospheric, made-for-TV movie, SHATTERED SILENCE (aka WHEN MICHAEL CALLS) stars Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley and a young Michael Douglas. Helen (Ashley) is a divorced single mother, still trying to cope with the mental breakdown of her sister and the subsequent death of her nephew many years ..read more »
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30%
from 3 members
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Anatomy Of A Murder
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Director: Otto Preminger
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Director Otto Preminger thrives in tense legal showdowns and this is perhaps his best, mostly for Jimmy Stewart's cagey performance as a deceptively wily small-town lawyer. The sensationalist trial revolves around an army lieutenant who shoots a bar owner for allegedly raping his wife, an ugly ..read more »
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70%
from 2,767 members
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Ben Gazzara facts
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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...
Richer For Ricci 30 September 2005
Nothing to get hysterical about... 20 October 2005
