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John Cassavetes - what members say


  • Mikey And Nicky
  • Mikey And Nicky review by A customer from Whitstable, England
    Rated - 4 stars I'd recommend this 27 November 2004
    ...It was really great. Peter Falk and John Cassavetes was each phenomenal in his role. I felt as though I'd been a part of the night portrayed; the thing is so believable. Wh...  
  • The Fury
  • The Fury review by Mark MacMillan from scotland
    Rated - 3 stars typical de palma 11 November 2005
    ...seldom noticed...in fact a few years later Cronenberg would pinch the exploding John Cassavetes scene. Anyway its pretty stupid yes but fairly enjoyable nontheless ... DePalma...  
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie review by A customer from Colchester, England
    Rated - 4 stars A realist view of gangsterland 29 October 2005
    ... all adds to the atmosphere of the film. This DVD edition is where the Director John Cassavetes inserted additional material and the film is about two hours which is too long ...  

John Cassavetes - filmography


  • Big Trouble on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Peter Falk,  Alan Arkin,  Beverly D'Angelo
    Director: John Cassavetes
    Certificate: 15
    A troubled production history notwithstanding, BIG TROUBLE remains a lighthearted updating of the classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Alan Arkin stars as Leonard Hoffman, an insurance salesman and father of triplets. When it becomes apparent that his dream of sending his three sons to Yale is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 38% from 90 members
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  • The Incubus (1981)
    Starring: John Cassavetes,  John Ireland,  Kerrie Keane
    Director: John Hough
    Certificate: TBC
    Based on the terrifying novel by Ray Russell, John Hough's powerful rendering of a small town gripped in a wave of evil and fear, from which none will survive. Only one man has the secret of this extra-terrestrial nightmare. He alone knows the INCUBUS - the evil, the destruction, the carnage that ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 38% from 18 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 282 members
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  • Mikey And Nicky on DVD (1976)
    Starring: John Cassavetes,  Peter Falk,  Ned Beatty
    Director: Elaine May
    Certificate: 15
    Elaine May's tense, well-paced thriller is her third film, and one of her most innovative. Using three cameras that she sometimes left running for hours, May captured a spontaneous, real interaction between actor Peter Falk (of the TV series COLUMBO), and actor (and maverick director) John ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 54% from 109 members
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  • Faces on DVD (1968)
    Starring: John Marley,  Gena Rowlands,  Lynn Carlin
    Director: John Cassavetes
    Certificate: TBC
    Cassavetes follows the complicated lives of a group of middle class people living in LA and contains some startlingly raw performances from actors Lynn Carlin and John Marley as married couple Maria and Richard who both commit adultery to escape the misery of their loveless marriage. Richard begins ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 61% from 228 members
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  • Rosemary's Baby on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Mia Farrow,  John Cassavetes,  Ruth Gordon
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: 18
    In Roman Polanski's stylish occult thriller--possibly the director's most famous film and a big box-office success--a young, happily married couple, the waiflike Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and struggling actor Guy (John Cassavetes), move into a spacious apartment in a venerable old building off Central ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 1,993 members
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  • Gloria on DVD
    Starring: Gena Rowlands,  Juan Adames
    Director: John Cassavetes
    Certificate: 15
    A former mistress to a mobster, Gloria is asked to look after Philip, the son of her neighbours. When they are killed, the arrangement seems to be a permanent one, and when she discovers that Philip possesses a diary which details Mafia activities, Gloria must fight to protect his life...
    Rate this: 3.0 67% from 140 members
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John Cassavetes - downloads


  • Capone for Download (1975)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Harry Guardino,  Susan Blakely
    Director: Steve Carver
    Certificate: 18
    Rent from: £2.99
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    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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John Cassavetes facts

5 most recent films


Big Trouble - 2.0 stars
The Incubus - 2.0 stars
The Fury - 3.0 stars
Opening Night - 3.5 stars
Two Minute Warning - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


Columbo - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Killers - 3.5 stars
A Woman Under The Influence - 3.5 stars
The Dirty Dozen - 3.5 stars
Rosemary's Baby - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Edge of the City - 1.0 stars
The Incubus - 2.0 stars
Two Minute Warning - 3.5 stars
Big Trouble - 2.0 stars
Capone - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Gena Rowlands - 6 times - show films
Ben Gazzara - 5 times - show films
Peter Falk - 4 times - show films
Harry Guardino - 2 times - show films
Susan Blakely - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Steve Carver - 2 times - show films
Don Siegel - 1 times - show films
Alfred Hitchcock - 1 times - show films
none - 1 times - show films
Elaine May - 1 times - show films