Biography: Joe Piscopo |
Best remembered for his work on the long-running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live between 1980 and 1984, comedian Joe Piscopo has also had a sporadic movie career. Heralding from Passaic, NJ, he started out in standup and also worked in regional... more
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Cast: John Heard
Tags: Crime Comedy Comedy
Length: 89min
When a mob mule carrying five million dollars in cold hard cash suddenly goes missing, the kingpin awaiting the substantial delivery discovers that he isn't the only one searching for the missing money in this quirky crime comedy starring Armand...
Tags: Comedy Drama Workplace Comedy
Length: 82min
Herman Melville's short story -Bartleby the Scrivener gets a slightly surreal update in this offbeat comedy drama. The manager (David Paymer) of the city records department in a mid-sized California community decides that his staff of three -- flirty...
Tags: Family-Oriented Adventure Family
Length: 80min
Three young, mischievous boys get more than they bargained for in this 2000 film directed by Eric Hendershot. Brad's sister Becky gets hired to babysit by star NBA basketball player Mosiah "The Messiah" Jackson (Reggie Theus), who happens to live...
Tags: Family Adventure Family-Oriented Adventure Crime Comedy
Length: 139min
In a dual role, Joe Piscopo plays a pair of bungling crooks who kidnap a pair of attractive teen girls and hold them hostage. Fortunately for the gals their two talking equine pets, the pony Two-Bits and Pepper the horse, are around to save them, but...
Cast: Martin Sheen Rod Steiger Kate Mulgrew Joe Mantegna
Tags: Teen Movie Comedy
Length: 91min
An innocent prank involving a stolen atomic bomb turns three mischievous teens into national criminals. This being a zany comedy, all of the ensuing chases and plot twists are all in good fun. The whole fine mess begins when a trio of adolescent boys...
Huck and the King of Hearts (1993)
Cast: John Astin Graham Greene
Tags: Adventure Coming-of-Age Family Family-Oriented Adventure
Length: 98min
So many screenwriters have surreptitiously updated the works of Mark Twain with contemporary jargon and "political correctness", without saying they've done as much, that it's a bit refreshing to see an admitted, all-out updating of Twain. Scenarist...
Cast: Vincent Price Treat Williams
Tags: Horror Comedy Buddy Film Comedy Horror
Length: 86min
Although many genre filmmakers have managed to blend horror and humor with great success, movies employing this formula often run the risk of both elements canceling each other out, resulting in a horror comedy that is neither scary nor funny. Alas,...
Cast: Brian De Palma Harvey Keitel Dan Hedaya Ray Sharkey
Tags: Black Comedy Crime Comedy Gangster Film Buddy Film Comedy
Length: 100min
The "wise guys" referred to in the title, Harry Valentini (Danny DeVito) and Moe Dickstein (Joe Piscopo), turn out to be not so wise after all in this crime-oriented comedy. Harry and Moe run the risk of certain death when they steal money from a...
Cast: Peter Boyle Michael Keaton Maureen Stapleton Danny DeVito Amy Heckerling Marilu Henner
Tags: Crime Parody/Spoof Crime Comedy Comedy
Length: 90min
This spoof of the 1930s and '40s crime stories ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime as it tells the story of Johnny Dangerously (Byron Thames as the young Johnny, Michael Keaton as the older), a devoted son to his ailing mother (Maureen...
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