Biography: New York-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Joe Pesci, Palminteri brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they were. Born in 1952, Palmintieri grew ... show all New York-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and Joe Pesci, Palminteri brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they were. Born in 1952, Palmintieri grew up in a tough area of the Bronx and it gave young Calogero (Palminteri's given first name) the life lessons that would later prove very useful. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and started out pursuing his craft in 1973 studying with Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio. He appeared off-Broadway in the early 1980s while paying his dues as a bouncer and doorman in nightclubs, among other jobs. In 1986 he headed west and found that his ethnic qualifications helped tremendously. Slick attorneys, tough hoods and hard-nosed cops were all part of his "tough guy" persona in such TV shows as "The "Wiseguy" (1987)", "Matlock" (1986)" and "Hill Street Blues" (1981)". In films he started off playing a 1930s-style gangster in Sylvester Stallone's "Oscar (1991/I)". Although his roles were sharp, well-acted and with a distinct edge to them, there was nothing in them to show that he was capable of stronger leading parts. Then in 1988 he wrote himself a play entitled "A Bronx Tale," a powerful one-man stage commentary in which he depicted his bruising childhood in great detail, which included witnessing gangland slayings. Palminteri brought each and every character to life (18 in all) in this autobiographical piece -- his friends, enemies, even his own family. He showcased for years in both Los Angeles and New York, finally sparking the interest of his film idol, Robert De Niro. DeNiro, wanting to direct for the first time, saw the potential of this project and brought both it and the actor/writer to the screen. Palminteri played one of the flashier roles, Sonny, a gangster, in the movie version. An unknown film commodity at the time, he had stubbornly refused to sell his stage property (the offers went into the seven figures) unless he was part of the package as both actor and screenwriter. DeNiro, who became his mentor, backed him up all the way, and the rest is history. "Bronx Tale, A (1993)" was a major crowd pleaser as well as a critical hit, and, at age 41 Palminteri became an "overnight" star. Other important projects quickly fell his way. He received a well-deserved Oscar nomination the following year for his portrayal in Woody Allen's hilarious jazz-era comedy "Bullets Over Broadway (1994)" of a Runyonesque-type hit man. He was on the right side of the law in both "Perez Family (1995)" - his first romantic lead--and "The Usual Suspects (1995)". He was the ill-fated brute in "Diabolique (1996)" and wrote a second screenplay, "Faithful (1996)", in which he again plays a hit man, terrorizing both Cher and 'Ryan ONeal. Though finding himself invariably caught in a rather tight-fitting typecast, it has been a secure and flashy one that continues to run strong into the millennium. Surprisingly, the one obvious show he has yet to be featured in is HBO's "Sopranos, The" (1999)", but it's probably just a matter of time. hide |
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| Obsessed by the world of pool, Johnny ('Mars Callahan' (qv)) could be one of the best. But his mentor and "trainer" Joe ('Chazz Palminteri' (qv)), a shady hustler who decides how and who Johnny plays, is holding him back from his dream. When the day finally comes, Johnny breaks from Joe, which leads to only one thing — violence. Joe is beaten up by some of Johnny's buddies as a sign to leave him alone, and with this final act of freedom, Johnny leaves the world of pool-sharking. After an ultimatum from his girlfriend Tara ('Alison Eastwood' (qv)), Johnny finally commits to a "real" job in the construction business, but is soon miserable there. He finds himself spending most of his time with his younger brother Danny ('Michael Rosenbaum (I)' (qv)) who it seems is following in his footsteps on the road to a life Johnny left when he broke from Joe. As for Joe, he is bent on revenge for the beating he took, and soon he has a new protégé Brad ('Rick Schroder' (qv)) who is just as good if not better then Johnny. And he's got his eye on Johnny's brother. The two play a high-stakes game of pool which ends in a huge debt owed to Joe, and soon Johnny finds that his brother is in jail for trying to steal the money he owes. The only way out for Johnny is to play Brad, which results in a "race to nine" showdown that pits two of the greatest players against each other for large sums of money, and Johnny and Danny's lives. |
Categories: 2002, Drama, Thriller, USA
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| A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Action, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK, USA
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| A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Action, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK, USA
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| A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Action, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK, USA
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| Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam. Search keywords
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Categories: 2008, Drama, USA
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| A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life." Search keywords
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Categories: 2008, Drama, USA
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| The action packed sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever. Search keywords
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Categories: 2009, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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| Dito, a writer in L.A., goes home to Astoria, Queens, after a 15-year absence when his mother calls to say his father's ill. In a series of flashbacks we see the young Dito, his parents, his four closest friends, and his girl Laurie, as each tries to navigate family, race, loyalty, sex, coming of age, violence, and wanting out. A ball falls onto the subway tracks at a station, small things get out of hand. Can Dito go home again? Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Crime, Drama, USA
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| After a drug - op spoiled, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of the arrangement of the weapon that fired to a dirty policeman. But the things go wrong for Joey after the nearby child stole the weapon and used it to fire to his abusive father. Now Joey will find the child and the weapon before the police officer and the throng find them first.
Depois de uma droga-op estragada, Joey Gazelle é encarregado da disposição da arma que disparou a um policial sujo. Mas as coisas dão errado para Joey depois que a criança vizinha roubou a arma e a usou para disparar ao seu pai abusivo. Agora Joey tem de encontrar a criança e a arma antes que a polícia e a turba os encontrem primeiro. Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Action, Crime, Drama, Germany, Thriller, USA
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| Gangster Sonny is the big man in the Bronx neighborhood of Calogero. A shooting testified by Calogero is the starting point of a persistent tape between the gangster and the small boy. Father (coach driver Lorenzo), however, turns out disap-. Calogero grows up under the wings of both men who have torn between his own natural justice and his fascination with Sonny. The neighborhood friends of C are involved in the theft, use of guns, racial conflicts. If C meets girl, things lighter do not become. The jump of C to the masculinity is marked by the tragedy, but also by his recognition of many faces of the love.
Gangster Sonny ist der große Mann in der Bronx Nachbarschaft von Calogero. Ein durch Calogero bezeugtes Schießen ist der Startpunkt eines anhaltenden Bandes zwischen dem Gangster und dem kleinen Jungen. Vater (Busfahrer Lorenzo), jedoch, erweist sich disap-. Calogero wächst unter den Flügeln von beiden Männern auf, die zwischen seiner eigenen natürlichen Gerechtigkeit und seiner Faszination mit Sonny gerissen sind. Die Nachbarschaft-Freunde von C werden am Diebstahl, Gebrauch von Pistolen, Rassenkämpfen beteiligt. Wenn C Mädchen trifft, werden Dinge leichter nicht. Der Sprung von C zur Männlichkeit wird durch die Tragödie, sondern auch durch seine Anerkennung der vielen Gesichter der Liebe gekennzeichnet. Search keywords
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Categories: 1993, Crime, Drama, USA
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| A young man looks *quot; to maestro*quot; to obtain the final level of the martial mastery of arts known as the sheen. Along the way he must fight against an expert martial villain of arts and a rescue a beautiful singer of an obsessed promoter of music.
Un hombre joven busca "al maestro" para obtener el nivel final del dominio de artes marcial conocido como el brillo. A lo largo del camino él debe luchar contra un malo experto de artes marcial y un rescate un cantante hermoso de un promotor de música obsesionado. Search keywords
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Categories: 1985, Action, Comedy, Drama, USA
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| Somebody does an execrable hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the assistant D.. A. if the investigation takes in care. By a web of the extortion and prostitution which encloses the governor an old lover of the law man appears a prime suspect, and he must deal with his personal feelings as well as the case.
Jemand tut einen scheußlichen Beil-Job auf einem San Fransisco großes Geräusch und der Helfer D. A. nimmt die Untersuchung in Obhut. Durch ein Web der Erpressung und Prostitution, die den Gouverneur einschließt, erscheint ein alter Geliebter des Gesetzmannes als ein Hauptverdächtiger, und er muss sich mit seinen persönlichen Gefühlen sowie dem Fall befassen. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, USA
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| Ben Sobol, Psychiatrist, has some problems: His spies of son on his patients when they open the heart, its parents do not want to attend his next marriage and the problems of his patients outbrave it in no way. Paul Vitti, Sponsor, has some problems also: sudden anxiety breaks publicly, a certain infirmity to kill people and its best party stopping service when essentials. One day, Ben hits unfortunately one of the cars of Vitti. The exchange of Ben's calling card is followed by a visit of business of Don Paul Vitti himself, who wants to be without internal conflict in the course of two weeks, before all Mafia which Dons meet. Now, Ben Sobol feels a bit outbraved, as his marriage is soon, his only patient occupies it by the evaluation of Ben's duty as replacement of 24 hours and EDFs continue forcing it to spy on Paul Vitti. And how do you treat a patient who resolves problems with a gun ordinarily?.
Ben Sobol, Psychiatre, a quelques problèmes : Ses espions de fils sur ses patients quand ils ouvrent leur coeur, ses parents ne veulent pas assister à son mariage prochain et les problèmes de ses patients ne le défient pas du tout. Paul Vitti, Parrain, a quelques problèmes aussi : l'anxiété soudaine attaque en public, une certaine infirmité de tuer les gens et sa meilleure partie le service cessant quand nécessaire. Un jour, Ben percute malheureusement une des voitures de Vitti. L'échange de la carte de visite de Ben est suivi par une visite d'affaires de Don Paul Vitti lui-même, qui veut être sans conflit intérieur au cours de deux semaines, avant toute la Mafia que Dons rencontrent. Maintenant, Ben Sobol se sent un peu défié, comme son mariage est bientôt, son seul patient l'occupe par l'appréciation du devoir de Ben comme un remplacement de 24 heure et les feds continuent à le forcer pour espionner sur Paul Vitti. Et comment traitez-vous un patient qui résout d'habitude des problèmes avec un fusil ?. |
Categories: 1999, Comedy, Crime, USA
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| Arthur is a ten-year-old animated old man whose parents look far for the work, which eccentric grandfather has been failing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country-house that, in two days, will be possessed again, knocked down, and turned into a block of housings unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some roles and to pay the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to the success is in its own slope in the ground of the Minimoys, creatures bigger than a tooth, whom his helped grandfather they move to his garden. In some place between them a ruby heap is hidden, also. Does Arthur can be of the strong heart and save the day? The romance calls with dry seasons also, and a bandit is to the watching.
Arthur es un viejo de diez años animado cuyos padres buscan lejos el trabajo, cuyo abuelo excéntrico ha estado fallando durante varios años, y quién vive con su abuela en una casa de campo que, en dos días, será poseída de nuevo, derribada, y convertida en un bloque de viviendas a menos que el abuelo de Arthur vuelva para firmar algunos papeles y pagar la deuda de familia. Arthur descubre que la llave al éxito está en su propia pendiente en la tierra del Minimoys, criaturas no más grandes que un diente, a quien su abuelo ayudado trasladan a su jardín. En algún sitio entre ellos es escondido un montón de rubíes, también. ¿Puede Arthur ser del corazón fuerte y salvar el día? El romance llama con secas también, y un bandido está al acecho. |
Categories: 2006, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, France
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| Angelo *quot; casse*quot; Provolone made the father dying a promise on the bed of death: he would leave the world of crime and become a honest businessman. In spite of fact to have no experience in the realization of silver in a juridical way, the games of Crack being on the point keep his promise. It is made face with numerous problems: the men of trust who know nothing that crime, police which is persuaded that it makes hatch master's plan and Oscar, that has just accepted his pregnant daughter.
Angelo "Se casse" Provolone a fait son père mourant une promesse sur son lit de mort : il quitterait le monde de crime et deviendrait un homme d'affaires honnête. En dépit du fait d'avoir aucune expérience dans la réalisation de l'argent d'une manière juridique, les jeux de Craquements étant sur le point gardent sa promesse. Il est fait face avec de nombreux problèmes : les hommes de confiance qui savent rien que le crime, la police qui est convaincue qu'il fait éclore un plan de maître et Oscar, qui vient de recevoir sa fille enceinte. |
Categories: 1991, Comedy, Crime, USA
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| Lady and the evil-minded pup of Vagrant, Rascal, sate with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family and very feel like a style of wild and free life. It runs away from the home and on the streets where he joins a packet of mislaid dogs known as *quot; dogs of Junkyard. *quot; the handler, the leader of the packet, takes an instant by detesting *quot; to the dog of maison*quot; and considers it a rival. The angel, an age of pup of junkyard Scamp, very feels like security and comfort of life in a family and both become immediate companions. Will the Rascal choose the life wild and free from one mislaid or from the unconditional love of his family?.
Lady et le chiot malicieux de Vagabond, Fripon, se rassasient des règles et des restrictions imposées sur lui par la vie dans une famille et ont très envie d'un style de vie sauvage et libre. Il s'enfuit de la maison et dans les rues où il rejoint un paquet de chiens égarés connus comme les "Chiens de Cimetière de voitures. "Le dresseur, le chef du paquet, prend un instant en détestant "au chien de maison" et le considère un rival. L'ange, un âge de chiot de cimetière de voitures Scamp, a très envie de la sécurité et du confort de vie dans une famille et les deux compagnons immédiats devenus. Le Fripon choisira-t-il la vie sauvage et libre d'un égaré ou de l'amour sans condition de sa famille ?. |
Categories: 2001, Adventure, Animation, Australia, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, USA
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| During the Christmas Eve in New York the lonesome divorced publisher Rose Harrison (Susan Sarandon) accepts for a miracle, the health of her mother, interns in a hospital with Alzheimer to improve. She regrets the patient of the room before her mother and meets his visitor (Robin William). In the meantime, Latin Nina Vasquez (ballpoint pen Ð and *185; Lope Cruz) her obligation breaks with theirs beloved fianc Ð and *185; microphone (Paul Walker) because of his suffocating envy, but misses him. In microphone becomes from more foreign Barmann Artie Venzuela (Alan Arkin) herangepirscht. The poor Jules (Marcus Thomas) accepts to spend the Christmas night in the hospital where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters meet others during the night.
Im Weihnachtsabend in New York nimmt der einsame geschiedene Herausgeber Rose Harrison (Susan Sarandon) für ein Wunder an, die Gesundheit ihrer Mutter, interniert in einem Krankenhaus mit Alzheimer zu verbessern. Sie bedauert den Patienten des Zimmers vor ihrer Mutter und trifft seinen Besucher (Robin Williams). Inzwischen, der lateinische Nina Vasquez (Kugelschreiber Ð ¹ Lope Cruz) bricht ihre Verpflichtung mit ihrem geliebten fianc Ð ¹ Mikrophon (Paul Walker) wegen seines erstickenden Neides, aber vermisst ihn. An Mikrophon wird vom fremderen Barmann Artie Venzuela (Alan Arkin) herangepirscht. Der arme Jules (Marcus Thomas) nimmt an, die Weihnachten-Nacht im Krankenhaus auszugeben, wo er bestes Weihnachten seines Lebens ausgab, als er ein Teenager war. Die Leben von einigen dieser Charaktere treffen sich mit anderen entlang der Nacht. |
Categories: 2004, Drama, USA
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| Noise is an adaptation of the play known far away of David Rabe about the cutting lives of several players of Hollywood and Möchtegerns who is, personal lives threaten to turn more interesting in a disaster, than something that they are a matter peddling to the studio.
Lärm ist eine Anpassung des weithin bekannten Spieles von David Rabe über die sich schneidenden Leben von mehreren Spielern von Hollywood und Möchtegerns, wer ist, drohen persönliche Leben, sich in eine Katastrophe interessanter zu drehen, als irgendetwas, dass sie zum Studio hausieren gehen. |
Categories: 1998, Drama, USA
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| After a harbour explosion, Literally (Kevin Spacey), an eyewitness and participant tells the history about events which lead up to blaze. The history begins if arrests five men for an installation, and about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects) are grilled. In the least one Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a stooped policeman - issued, is accused contently, but just to go now desperately trying,. The policemen leave him, nevertheless, and because they wait for her lawyers to strike security, he is talked in the activities one more jobs with the other four. Everything goes well quite, until the influence of the legendary, apparently omnipotent *quot; Keyser Soze*quot; it is felt. Although place, during the modern day it has a lot from the texture of the forties years, plus the tension, intrigue (a quite high body countable impulse), and many rotations during the poster.
Nach einer Hafenexplosion, Wörtlich (Kevin Spacey), ein Augenzeuge und Teilnehmer erzählt die Geschichte von Ereignissen, die bis zur Feuersbrunst führen. Die Geschichte beginnt, wenn fünf Männer für eine Aufstellung verhaftet, und über eine Lastwagen-Entführung (die üblichen Verdächtigen) gegrillt werden. Am wenigsten zufrieden ist Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) ein gekrümmter Polizist - ausgestellt, angeklagt, aber jetzt verzweifelt versuchend, gerade zu gehen. Die Polizisten werden ihn jedoch nicht allein lassen, und weil sie auf ihre Rechtsanwälte warten, um Kaution anzuschlagen, wird er ins Tun eines mehr Jobs mit den anderen vier geredet. Alles geht ziemlich gut, bis der Einfluss des legendären, anscheinend allmächtig "Keyser Soze" gefühlt wird. Obwohl setzen, am modernen Tag hat es viel von der Textur der vierziger Jahre, plus die Spannung, Intrige (ein ziemlich hoher Körperzählimpuls), und viele Drehungen im Anschlag. |
Categories: 1995, Crime, Germany, Mystery, Thriller, USA
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| *quot; small Hood of Feintise Rouge*quot; fairytale accepts an inventive updating. After the Wolf (Patrick Warburton) is found to the Granny accuses of an intention of finishing the beginning of an inquiry by Nick Fippers (David Odgen Stiers). Red (Ann Hathaway), the Wolf (Warburton), Woodsman (Jim Beluchi) and Granny (Glenn Close) gives their stories, Fins and Grizzly Cheif (Xzibit) and the rest of the try of the police to teach which is the robber Goodie. Bill: Anthony Anderson, Twitchy: Cory Edwards, Boingo: Andy Dick.
Le "Petit Capuchon de Feintise Rouge" fairytale reçoit une mise à jour imaginative. Après que le Loup (Patrick Warburton) est trouvé à la Mamie a accusé d'une intention de finir des débuts d'une enquête par Nick Fippers (David Odgen Stiers). Rouge (Anne Hathaway), le Loup (Warburton), le Woodsman (Jim Beluchi) et Mamie (Glenn Close) donne leurs histoires, Nageoires et Grizzli Cheif (Xzibit) et le reste de l'essai de la police d'apprendre qui est le Bandit Goodie. Bill : Anthony Anderson, Twitchy : Cory Edwards, Boingo : Andy Dick. |
Categories: 2005, Animation, Comedy, Family, USA
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