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Partners (1993)
Character: "Grave Squad" Lawyer
A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.
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On Hope (1994)
Character: N/A
On Hope is a 1994 short film directed by JoBeth Williams, with Annette O'Toole, Mercedes Ruehl, Ray Baker, and Veronica Cartwright. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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15 Minutes of Fame (2008)
Character: Bob White
Comedy - When a filmmaker friend asks to use their apartment for his movie, Nodoubt and his friends jump at the chance, but their excitement is short-lived. Stardom grows dimmer by the minute as the ugly side of show business (and friendship) takes over. - Markee Adams, Paula Bel, Priscilla Bonnet
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Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2003)
Character: Alan Rosenberg
Television director/producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work on their marriage keep running afoul, and everything's threatened by their difficult male lead, Alan Rosenberg. Michael's best hope, as a husband and producer, is to step into the character that Alan has abandoned.
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Arguing the World (1998)
Character: Narrator
A true story of four Jewish intellectuals born in New York and educated at City College during the 1930s, and their divergent paths over the next six decades.
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The King of Love (1987)
Character: Jay Schoen
A publishing empire founder discovers that his rise to power was costly.
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A Touch of Hope (1999)
Character: Dr. Rohan
Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal with the skepticism of the medical profession.
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The Boys (1991)
Character: N/A
When Walter's diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, because that partner is a chain-smoker. As Walter fights cancer he also tries to put his affairs in order by teaching writing to prison inmates, talking to his son and ex-wife, and getting his partner to quit smoking.
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Giving Up the Ghost (1998)
Character: Jake
After a woman's husband dies while jogging in the park, the young widow's deep grief helps to awaken his ghost. The ghost urges her to commit suicide to join him in the afterlife. While the young woman is making up her mind about suicide, her husband's ghost helps with a current murder case.
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On Seventh Avenue (1996)
Character: Phillip Reiman
A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel business.
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The Revenge of Al Capone (1989)
Character: Frank Nitti
After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)
Character: Narrator
A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.
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A Rugrats Chanukah (1996)
Character: Mr. Dreidel / TV Announcer (voice)
The story of the Jewish holiday Chanukah through the eyes of the Rugrats, who imagine themselves as the main characters. Meanwhile, Grandpa Boris and his long-time rival, Shlomo, feud over who will play the lead in the local synagogue's Chanukah play.
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Promise (1986)
Character: Dr. Pressman
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother DJ, who is schizophrenic. When Bob eventually takes over responsibility for his younger brother’s well-being, he embarks upon the most difficult challenge of his life.
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The Wanderers (1979)
Character: Turkey
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
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In a Stranger's Hand (1991)
Character: Alan Dunlap
Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
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Bar Girls (1990)
Character: Miles
Failed series pilot about a pair of mismatched law partners who struggle to stay ahead of their creditors.
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After the Silence (1996)
Character: Ned Burkett
Laura is a 20 year old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker. Pam teaches her how to communicate and uncovers Laura's true personality.
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Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
Character: Francis Geminiani
A poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes, on his 21st birthday, that he's in love with her brother.
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White of the Eye (1987)
Character: Mike Desantos
In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series of brutal murders of local suburban housewives who were attacked and mutilated in their homes. As he desperately tries to prove his innocence, his wife starts to uncover startling truths...
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After Midnight (1989)
Character: Richard (segment "All Night Operator")
A college professor teaching a course called "The Psychology of Fear" brings his students (including a psychic) to his home, one dark and stormy night to tell scary stories. The first involves a young couple whose car breaks down by an old, abandoned house. The second has four trendy teenage girls getting lost in a bad part of town and chased by a pack of vicious dogs. Last, a woman on crutches confronting a stalker at the answering service where she works the night shift.
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Stewardess School (1986)
Character: Mad Bomber
A group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see more than 6 inches in front of his face) enter a school to become flight attendants. Somehow, the group makes it through to the final test: a cross-country flight.
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Parker Kane (1990)
Character: Morris
Parker Kane is a former Police Detective turned Private Investigator. When close friend Joey is murdered, leaving behind a briefcase full of money, Kane sets out to find out who was responsible. The trail of clues leads to a major scam involving illegal dumping of toxic waste.
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Cloned (1997)
Character: Dr. Wesley Kozak
In the year 2008, a married couple is distraught over losing their 8 year old son in a boating accident. However, when the mother suddenly sees another child who looks identical to her dead child, the Mother investigates the fertility clinic who aided her with her pregnancy and discovers that they cloned her child in an experiment dubbed "Baby 2000". She also discovers that they still have the genes to develop another child for them and faces the question of whether the couple wants another identical child.
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Witch Hunt (1994)
Character: N.J. Gottlieb
Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.
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Freaky Friday (1995)
Character: Bill Davidson
Fun-loving Annabelle Andrews and her uptight mother, Ellen, have a hard time getting along with each other. One Friday the 13th, they both wear magical necklaces that make them switch bodies for the day.
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Undue Influence (1996)
Character: Harry Hines
When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from the death of his wife, takes on the case.
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Robots (2005)
Character: Jack Hammer (voice)
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
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L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
Character: Eli Levinson (uncredited)
Reunion movie from the popular TV series reunites most of the original cast from the Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie-Brackman. In the eight years since the series ended, the founding senior partner, Leland McKenzie, has retired and left Douglas Brackman, Jr. as the senior managing partner. New employees to the firm are Brackman's over-achieving son Jason, who's at odds with his father, and ambitious and conniving associate Chloe Carpenter at odds with others. Former partner Michael Kuzak, now a successful restaurant owner, is called out of retirement to help stop the impeding execution of a former client on death row and the opposing counsel is Kuzak's old flame Grace Van Owen.
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Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike (2014)
Character: Self
In 2007, the Writers Guild of America, the Screenwriters Union, hit an impasse in their contract negotiations with the Studios. At the center of the dispute was jurisdiction over the internet. Unable to make progress, the WGA called a strike which brought Hollywood to a halt for 100 days.
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Miracle Mile (1988)
Character: Mike
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
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The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Character: Thomas, Apostle
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
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Righteous Kill (2008)
Character: Stein
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
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On the Edge (2001)
Character: Frank (segment "Reaching Normal")
A compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant.
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Impulse (1990)
Character: Charley Katz
A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.
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