Biography: Maury Chaykin |

A talented character actor whose pudgy frame and adaptable face allows him to alternate between meek and imposing at the drop of a hat, Maury Chaykin endeared himself to television audiences as razor-sharp detective Nero Wolfe, though he has been... more
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Cast: Charles Durning William H. Macy   
Tags: Crime Comedy Crime Comedy Black Comedy 
Length: 106min
Actor Saul Rubinek made his directorial debut with this crime comedy adapted by Rick Cleveland and from his own 1994 one-act play. Hit man Tom (Joe Mantegna) and his apprentice Jerry (Sam Rockwell), wait in a deserted Chicago bar for the phone-call...

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1998)
Cast: Gary Busey   
Tags: Children's Fantasy Family-Oriented Adventure Fantasy Family 
Length: 96min
Based on noted Montreal author Mordecai Richler's classic children's adventure of the same name, the film is about a boy named Jacob (Max Morrow) who has to say everything twice to be heard, simply because he is the youngest of five children....

Cast: Pam Grier   
Tags: Action Thriller Action 
Length: 90min
This silly Canadian action film concerns a cop named Robby (Michael Paré) hired by a mysterious woman, Sela (Caroline Neron), to find her missing sister. Not only does Sela have two different-colored eyes, but she may have actually once been the...

Cast: Diane Keaton Maury Chaykin   
Tags: Drama Family Drama Childhood Drama 
Length: 94min
Diane Keaton made her directorial debut with this drama, adapted from the autobiographical novel of sportswriter Franz Lidz. Lidz's story was set in his New York childhood and told of how living with his four eccentric uncles helped him overcome his...

Cast: John Turturro Elias Koteas Mary-Louise Parker   
Tags: Crime Drama Docudrama 
Length: 111min
This tawdry drama is based on the allegedly true-life love affair between notorious mafioso Sam Giancana and chanteuse Phyllis McGuire. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Tags: Slapstick Animal Picture Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 
Length: 97min
Gore Verbinski, the TV-commercials director responsible for the Budweiser frogs, directed this Adam Rifkin screenplay about two brothers (Nathan Lane and Lee Evans) who inherit a string factory and a decaying country home after the death of their...

Cast: Frank Langella Geena Davis Renny Harlin Vic Armstrong Matthew Modine   
Tags: Swashbuckler Sea Adventure Adventure Costume Adventure 
Length: 123min
Geena Davis stars in this adventure saga as the most swashbuckling female pirate to ever lay waste to the seven seas. Morgan Adams (Davis) is the daughter of a pirate who has followed in her father's footsteps. When he dies, he passes along his ship,...

Cast: Denzel Washington   
Tags: Mystery Detective Film Post-Noir (Modern Noir) 
Length: 101min
Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft...

Tags: Psychological Drama Drama 
Length: 100min
A Canadian production shot along the British Columbia coast, this is the story of a washed-up rock star who finds redemption. It was adapted for the screen by Paul Quarrington from his own award-winning novel. Desmond Howl (Maury Chaykin) is a faded...

Cast: Jessica Tandy Bridget Fonda   
Tags: Road Movie Comedy Drama Buddy Film 
Length: 95min
Jessica Tandy made one of her final screen appearances in this comic road movie. Freda (Bridget Fonda) is a would-be singer and songwriter who would like a career as a performer but lacks the courage; it doesn't help that her husband Vincent (Elias...


























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