Biography: Michael Lerner |
Wide-shouldered American actor Michael Lerner has become a Rod Steiger for the '90s, specializing in portraying brusque bullies with above-average intelligence. For many years a professor of literature at San Francisco State College, Lerner turned to... more
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Cast: Lesley Ann Warren
Tags: Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 86min
An old-fashioned Jewish father vows to bring his stubborn family together after being slipped a dose of ecstasy during the annual Passover celebration in director Salvador Litvak's psychedelic Seder comedy. Family patriarch Ira Stuckman (Michael...
Cast: Karen Allen
Tags: Comedy Drama Political Drama Family Drama Gay & Lesbian Films
Length: 98min
A conservative politician who believes he can count on his family for support discovers his son is not the man he thought he was in this drama. Jack Kray (Michael Lerner) is a United States senator from the South whose right-wing views have earned him...
Tags: Crime Drama Crime Family Drama
Length: 102min
Robert Celestino's drama Yonkers Joe stars Chazz Palminteri as an aging gambler and professional cheat. Although Joe is quite good at his various unethical endeavors, he feels guilt about his chosen profession. He has a grown son (Tom Guiry) who...
Cast: Sean Young
Tags: Drama Childhood Drama Psychological Drama
Length: 98min
Based on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl so severely affected by her traumatic experiences that she was unable to integrate into society after...
Cast: Russell Crowe Helen Slater
Tags: Crime Thriller Gangster Film Crime
Length: 91min
Revenge after an investigation gone-wrong turns into a family affair in this made-for-television movie. When an FBI operation goes sour and lives are lost, a mobster (Michael Lerner) decides to avenge the death of his son by kidnapping the son of the...
Cast: Mike Myers
Tags: Satire Comedy Showbiz Comedy
Length: 90min
An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success in this satirical comedy from director William Tannen. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle...
Cast: Michael Lerner Paul Giamatti Sam Rockwell
Tags: Comedy Buddy Film Farce Comedy of Errors Crime Comedy
Length: 90min
A case of mistaken identity forces a pair of lounge singers to pose as safecrackers in this farce. Sam (Sam Rockwell) and Eddie (Steve Zahn) are hapless musicians; Frank (Mark Ruffalo) and Mitchell (Josh Pais) are expert safecrackers. But when local...
Tags: Road Movie Drama
Length: 89min
Erika Eleniak and William McNamara star as a couple of young lovers on the run in this breezy road movie, based on James M. Cain's novella ~The Enchanted Isle. Mandy Baker (Erika Eleniak) is a bored 17-year-old looking for adventure outside of her...
Cast: Tim Allen Kirstie Alley Jay O. Sanders
Tags: Comedy Comedy of Errors Slapstick
Length: 115min
Plagued by debts, New Yorkers Brad (Tim Allen) and Caroline (Kirstie Alley) Sexton continue to live the high life while maintaining the deception of wealth. But then real estate developer Brad learns his accountant has balanced the books in his own...
A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
Cast: Joan Plowright Armin Mueller-Stahl John Leguizamo Erika Eleniak
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance
Length: 94min
This is an offbeat omantic comedy that's the directorial debut of TV producer Joshua Brand, co-creator of St. Elsewhere (1982-88) and Northern Exposure (1990-95). John Leguizamo stars as Sergio, a Toronto pastry shop worker who faints whenever he...
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