Movies by Joe Pantoliano
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Loosies (2011)
Cast: Peter Facinelli, Jaimie Alexander, Michael Madsen …
Directed by: Michael Corrente
A New York City pickpocket is forced to reexamine his choices when he crosses paths with a one-night stand who informs him she's having his baby. At the same time, he's trying to…
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2011)
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Joe Pantoliano, Ryan Simpkins …
Directed by: Tamar Halpern
Just before his 13th birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a mysterious box that needs four keys to be opened and promises to reveal the meaning of life. Aided by his feisty best friend, Lizzy,…
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Cast: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario …
Directed by: Chris Columbus
After discovering that he's the son of the Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), teenage Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) strikes out on an action-packed odyssey to rescue his mortal mother and…
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Cast: James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate …
Directed by: Brad Peyton
Cats and dogs must set aside their differences and merge animal instincts when Kitty Galore (voice of Bette Midler), a nefarious feline with a Cleopatra complex, decides to claw her way to…
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New York Street Games (2010)
Cast: Hector Elizondo, Regis Philbin, Ray Romano …
Directed by: Matthew Levy
The gallery of street and sidewalk games developed by generations of New York City residents -- including stickball, box ball, stoopball and ring-a-levio -- provides the focus of this…
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Celebrity Ghost Stories: Season 2 (2010)
Cast: Michael Imperioli, Joan Collins, Corey Feldman …
Think ghosts only haunt the average Joe? This series proves otherwise, as such diverse celebs as Regis Philbin, Vince Neil, Paul Shaffer and Carol Alt share their own tales of phantom…
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Spring Break '83 (2009)
Cast: John Goodman, Jamie Kennedy, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Scott Spiegel, Gregory Martin, Mars Callahan …
Four unpopular college freshmen are unjustly expelled, thanks to the handiwork of the same preppie jerks who tormented them in high school. Eager for redemption, our hapless heroes journey to…
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The Job (2009)
Cast: Patrick Flueger, Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning …
Directed by: Shem Bitterman
In this dark comedy, writer and director Shem Bitterman brings his 1998 play of the same name to the big screen with Patrick Flueger ("4400") starring as a con man trying to go straight so…
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Falling Up (2009)
Cast: Joseph Cross, Sarah Roemer, Rachael Leigh Cook …
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
When his father is killed in a bizarre sports accident, wrong-side-of-the-tracks Henry O'Shea (Joseph Cross) quits nursing school to earn cash as a doorman at a posh New York apartment…
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Wedding Daze (2007)
Cast: Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Michael Weston …
Directed by: Michael Ian Black
Having lost the girl of his dreams, Anderson (Jason Biggs) accepts a dare to jump back into the dating scene by proposing marriage to the next girl he sees -- a love-starved waitress named…
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Canvas (2007)
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart …
Directed by: Joseph Greco
When Mary's (Marcia Gay Harden) mental illness puts herself and her family in jeopardy, her husband (Joe Pantoliano) and son (Devon Gearhart) helplessly watch as she's torn from the…
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Deadly Impact (2007)
Cast: Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Pantoliano, Amanda Wyss …
Directed by: Robert Kurtzman
In this high-octane thriller, police officer Tom Armstrong (Sean Patrick Flanery) returns home when the FBI summons his help to track down the shrewd assassin who murdered his wife and sent…
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Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, David Koechner, Tony Hale …
Directed by: Trent Cooper
Taking a hiatus from his touring gigs with the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour," Larry the Cable Guy stars in his own feature-length film, following the efforts of a restaurant health inspector to…
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Unknown (2006)
Cast: James Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Simon Brand
A seemingly disparate group of men awake together in a locked-down warehouse in the middle of the desert with no knowledge of who they are or how they ended up in their present situation.…
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Deceit (2006)
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Jon Abrahams, Emmanuelle Chriqui …
Directed by: Matthew Cole Weiss
The bond of friendship is put to the test in this classically styled psychological thriller set in a small American town. Greed, lust and deceit aren't far behind when an old…
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Racing Stripes (2005)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck …
Directed by: Frederik Du Chau
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz) who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken…
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Second Best (2005)
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Boyd Gaines, Peter Gerety …
Directed by: Eric Weber
This smart comedy stars Joe Pantoliano as Elliot, a self-professed loser driven back to his hometown by failed dreams of becoming a published author. Perversely content with his low standing…
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The Amateurs (2005)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Isaiah Washington, Tim Blake Nelson …
Directed by: Michael Traeger
Divorced and depressed, Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges) hatches a plan to produce an adult movie and get rich. But the production is plagued by a host of problems, not the least of which is a…
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Perfect Opposites (2004)
Cast: Martin Henderson, Piper Perabo, Jason Winer …
Directed by: Matt Cooper
Recent law school grad Drew and his girlfriend, Julia, move to Los Angeles, where Drew has been offered a job. But they soon find their commitment tested when they encounter temptations and…
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The Easter Egg Adventure (2004)
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Brooke Shields, Sandra Bernhard …
Egg Town's residents bravely venture into swampland to save Easter in this animated holiday adventure. After the not-so-nice Take-Its steal their Easter eggs, the chickens and rabbits of…
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Daredevil (2003)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell …
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Ben Affleck is Matt Murdock, a Marvel Comics hero who's a lawyer by day but fights the bad guys at night to avenge the murder of his father, a boxer. But what sets Matt apart from most…
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Bad Boys II (2003)
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà …
Directed by: Michael Bay
Two Miami narcotics cops, Det. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Det. Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) team up again to investigate Cuban drug kingpin Johnny Tapia (Jordi Mollà) and his ties…
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Rosario Dawson, Randy Quaid …
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Eddie Murphy stars as Pluto Nash in this sci-fi comedy -- set in 2087 -- about an audacious moon-based nightclub owner struggling to prevent the Mafia from taking over his digs. With the help…
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Cats & Dogs (2001)
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Miriam Margolyes …
Directed by: Lawrence Guterman
When a professor (Jeff Goldblum) develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic…
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The Matrix: Revisited (2001)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving …
An iconic film from the 1990s gets the "making of" treatment here with just about all the stops pulled out. The producing Wachowski brothers explain at length how they brought their vision of…
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Ready to Rumble (2000)
Cast: David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan …
Directed by: Brian Robbins
Simpleminded port-a-potty maintenance men Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) share one great love: World Championship Wrestling's Jimmy King (Oliver Platt). So…
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Memento (2000)
Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs…
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New Blood (2000)
Cast: John Hurt, Nick Moran, Carrie-Anne Moss …
Directed by: Michael Hurst
Wounded and on the run from a mob kingpin after a kidnapping and extortion scheme goes horribly awry, aspiring gangster Danny White seeks sanctuary with his estranged father -- who sees a…
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Silver Man (2000)
Cast: Paul Popowich, Audrey Lupke, Derek Hamilton …
Directed by: Peter Foldy
A mysterious street musician (Paul Popowich) -- a man who, due to a skin condition, has dubbed himself Silver Man -- is drawn into an unlikely love triangle involving his beautiful neighbor…
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Taxman (1999)
Cast: Joe Pantoliano, Wade Dominguez, Elizabeth Berkley …
Directed by: Avi Nesher
In life, only two things are certain: death and taxes. Al (Joe Pantoliano), a New York tax investigator, and Romero (Wade Dominguez), an NYPD patrolman desperate for recognition, go deep into…
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The Matrix (1999)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss …
Directed by: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
In this complex story that aspires to mythology, a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) searches for the truth behind the mysterious force known as the Matrix. He finds his answer with a group of…
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Black and White (1999)
Cast: Scott Caan, Robert Downey Jr., Stacy Edwards …
Directed by: James Toback
This semi-improvised ensemble drama unfolds on the streets of New York City, where a documentary filmmaker (Brooke Shields) and her husband (Robert Downey Jr.) follow a group of privileged…
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U.S. Marshals (1998)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Stuart Bairo, Stuart Baird
Convicted murderer Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes) is on his way to prison accompanied by stalwart U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) when their jet nose-dives into the Louisiana…
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Hoods (1998)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Kevin Pollak, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Mark Malone
An inept group of small-time hoods has just six hours to carry out a hit for the local crime boss. But there's one major problem: The group's target -- an elusive mobster named…
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Top of the World (1997)
Cast: Peter Weller, Dennis Hopper, Tia Carrere …
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
When ex-cop turned ex-con Ray Mercer (Peter Weller) gets dragged to Las Vegas for a quickie divorce, things are looking bleak. But then he wins $450,000 at the casino owned by black-hearted…
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Natural Enemy (1997)
Cast: Donald Sutherland, William McNamara, Lesley Ann Warren …
Directed by: Douglas Jackson
New business associates Ted (Donald Sutherland) and Jeremy (William McNamara) seem to be a perfect professional match, until Ted finds out that Jeremy is hiding a damaging secret.…
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Tinseltown (1997)
Cast: Ron Perlman, Arye Gross, Kristy Swanson …
Directed by: Tony Spiridakis
Luckless screenwriters Max (Arye Gross) and Tiger (Tom Wood) are set to skip town when they learn that Cliff (Ron Perlman), the man living in the space next door, may be the deadly "Costumed…
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Bound (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Andy Wachowski
Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski made their directorial debut with this neo-noir crime-thriller, in which Gina Gershon stars as an ex-con handywoman who crosses paths with a gangster's…
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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996)
Cast: Dale Midkiff, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Johansson …
Directed by: Bradford May
A dancer lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. And the detectives of the 87th precinct (Dale Midkiff, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Johansson and Andrea Parker) are learning about ice…
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Brilliant But Cancelled: EZ Streets (1996)
Cast: Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, Jason Gedrick …
Directed by: Paul Haggis, Anita W. Addison
Created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis, this critically lauded TV drama follows the disparate but interconnected lives of a ruthless mob boss (Joe Pantoliano), a hardworking…
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The Spy Within (1995)
Cast: Theresa Russell, Scott Glenn, Lane Smith …
Directed by: Steve Railsback
In this suspense thriller, Alex Canis (Theresa Russell), a former NSA spy specializing in entrapment, tries to quit her job -- but her government boss, J.B. (Terence Knox), won't let…
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Steal Big, Steal Little (1995)
Cast: Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Rachel Ticotin …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Two brothers who were separated in early childhood take wildly divergent paths in life. One single-mindedly pursues money and the power that accrues from it, while the other adopts a more…
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The Immortals (1995)
Cast: Tony Curtis, Joe Pantoliano, Eric Roberts …
Directed by: Brian Grant
When a Mafia-connected nightclub owner (Eric Roberts) recruits an odd assortment of hoods for a series of heists -- all to be pulled off simultaneously across the city -- only the boss is…
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Baby's Day Out (1994)
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Patrick Read Johnson
After three bumbling hoodlums kidnap a toddler from a wealthy family, they discover that orchestrating the crime was much easier than holding onto the tiny heir. Home Alone screenwriter John…
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The Fugitive (1993)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) escapes from custody after a ferocious train accident. But as he tries to find the real killer -- a mysterious…
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Me and the Kid (1993)
Cast: Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Dan Curtis
After his plans to rob a mansion go astray, gruff professional thief Harry (Danny Aiello) kidnaps a poor little rich kid named Gary (Alex Zuckerman) and holds him for ransom. But what Harry…
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Three of Hearts (1993)
Cast: William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn …
Directed by: Yurek Bogayevicz
When Connie's lesbian lover, Ellen, leaves her, Connie hires a gigolo named Joe to seduce her ex, rough her up a bit and then send her back home. Seems simple enough ... except the stud…
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Zandalee (1991)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, Erika Anderson …
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
Bored by her life and her marriage to poet turned businessman Thierry (Judge Reinhold), Zandalee (Erika Anderson) turns to Thierry's old buddy, Johhny (Nicolas Cage), when he comes for a…
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El Diablo (1990)
Cast: Louis Gossett Jr., M.C. Gainey, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Peter Markle
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a…
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Downtown (1990)
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller …
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Former suburban cop Alex Kearney (Anthony Edwards) -- a newcomer to a tough Philadelphia precinct -- is greener than currency, but what he lacks in experience he more than makes up for in…
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Midnight Run (1988)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Martin Brest
Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is an ex-cop turned bounty hunter who's offered $100,000 to transport prisoner Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) -- an accountant who embezzled…
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The In Crowd (1988)
Cast: Donovan Leitch, Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Runyon …
Directed by: Mark Rosenthal
When Del Green (Donovan Leitch) crashes a popular Philadelphia dance party show in 1965, he soon becomes a teen sensation, teamed with his dream girl, Vicky (Jennifer Runyon). Now he must…
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La Bamba (1987)
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto …
Directed by: Luis Valdez
The plane crash that killed rocker Buddy Holly also took the life of Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips), a 17-year-old Mexican-American who rocketed to fame with the hit "La Bamba." The…
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Empire of the Sun (1987)
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directs a young Christian Bale in a stunning feature-film debut as Jim, a British expatriate who's separated from his parents when the Japanese army invades Shanghai at…
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Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Ralph Bellamy, Carrie Fisher …
Directed by: Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss …
Everything from tabloid vignettes, 1950s sci-fi films, late-night porn and infomercials is spoofed in this star-studded collection of skits that's a sequel (of sorts) to the granddaddy…
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Running Scared (1986)
Cast: Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines, Dan Hedaya …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
When their unconventional efforts to capture notorious drug lord Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits) raise the ire of their bosses, wisecracking detectives Ray Hughes (Gregory Hines) and Danny…
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The Goonies (1985)
Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman …
Directed by: Richard Donner
A group of misfit, small-town children discovers a pirate-treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the riches in this beloved 1980s classic. Along the way, they battle curmudgeonly…
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The Mean Season (1985)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Phillip Borsos
Miami newspaper reporter Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell) is fed up with writing about murder. But just when he's about to hand in his resignation, he receives a surprising call from the…
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Risky Business (1983)
Cast: Megan Mullally, Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay …
Directed by: Paul Brickman
With his parents on vacation, high schooler Joel (Tom Cruise) -- abetted by a prostitute named Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) -- turns opportunity into disaster as he transforms the family home…
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The Final Terror (1983)
Cast: John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Ernest Harden Jr. …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Directed by Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Holes), this blood-soaked thriller presents a time-honored plot of teen boys and their girlfriends expecting good times on a vacation in the woods --…
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Eddie and the Cruisers / Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives (1983)
Cast: David Wilson, Ellen Barkin, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Michael Paré stars as Eddie Wilson of the rock band Eddie and Cruisers in this pair of dramas from the 1980s. In the first film, the band is at the height of their career in the 1960s…
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The Idolmaker (1980)
Cast: Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Loosely based on the life of rock promoter Bob Marucci, this film follows Vincent Vacarri (Ray Sharkey), a charismatic music fan who becomes a successful producer. Vacarri's tenacity…