Biography: Buck Henry |
Buck Henry's meek and mild, ordinary guy demeanor belies a razor-sharp dry, wry wit that he aptly applies to his screenplays, the roles he portrays, and the projects he directs. Born Buck Henry Zuckerman to a successful Wall Street broker (who was... more
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Cast: Frank Langella
Tags: Ensemble Film Family Drama Drama
Length: 102min
This 1998 film about a dysfunctional Los Angeles family is directed by Bruce Wagner, on whose novel this is based. Everyone in this family has a problem. Perry (Frank Langella) is a successful TV producer who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer...
Cast: Michael Caine
Tags: Romantic Comedy Fantasy Comedy Haunted House Film Comedy Fantasy
Length: 105min
In this romantic comedy with supernatural touches, Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) works for a large publishing house, editing and acquiring new projects. Lowe's new boss is after him to buy fewer books that are good and more books that will sell, while...
Tags: Film, TV & Radio
Length: 86min
Tags: Comedy Adventure Comedy Thriller
Length: 99min
A magic-obsessed New York waitress (Rosanna Arquette) is persuaded by a colorful group of characters to help her rob the restaurant where she works. Along the way, she falls in love with the eatery's bartender (David Bowie), who just so happens to be...
Cast: Jack Lemmon Robert Downey, Jr. Jennifer Jason Leigh Frances McDormand Julianne Moore Tim Robbins Lily Tomlin
Tags: Drama Urban Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 184min
Based on stories by Raymond Carver, Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days. Ann and Howard Finnegan (Andie MacDowell and Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son Casey's birthday party when...
Cast: John Cassavetes
Tags: Crime Drama Gangster Film Drama Crime
Length: 121min
Gloria (Gena Rowlands), a self-involved woman in her forties who was once a mobster's mistress, is asked to look after Philip (Juan Adames), the son of her Mafia-connected Puerto Rican neighbors. This temporary set-up becomes permanent when the...
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard Robert Altman
Tags: Musical Drama Musical Comedy Film-Opera Art Film
Length: 90min
An international collection of well-known directors contributed to this compilation film, each fashioning a short film inspired by an aria from a famous opera. The approaches vary broadly, from the playful abstraction of Jean-Luc Godard's segment,...
Cast: Buck Henry Bob Newhart
Tags: Comedy Political Satire Parody/Spoof
Length: 105min
Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, and Madeline Kahn star in this comedy. The farce sends up an idiotic First Family in the persona of a bumbling president (Newhart), his semi-alcoholic wife (Kahn), and his oversexed daughter (Radner). Satirizing the...
Cast: Meryl Streep Shirley MacLaine
Tags: Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies Romantic Comedy Satire Comedy Fantasy Comedy Fantasy
Length: 112min
Albert Brooks wrote, directed, and stars in this philosophical comedy about a man having a hard time making a case for himself in the afterlife. When advertising executive Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) finds himself in a fatal car crash minutes after...
Tags: Parody/Spoof Satire Comedy
Length: 100min
Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts play two draft-dodging hippies who flee to a commune in Central America where they stay for 20 years. When they return in 1989 and seek out some of their old NYC buddies, they find they've turned yuppie and things just...
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