29th Street 1991   R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Gallo
Cast: Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce, Robert Forster, Donna Magnani, Ron Karabatsos, Rick Aiello, Vic Manni, Paul Lazar
On Christmas Eve, the local priest marches Frank Pesce Jr. (Anthony LaPaglia) to police headquarters. Frank had been throwing snowballs to break church windows. While in custody, Frank relates the story of how his life has been cursed with good luck while his father (Danny Aiello) has endured nothing but bad fortune. Now, NY officials have just announced the first State Lottery winner. Frank's father bought many tickets, but Frank bought only one. You guessed it, Frank won the prize and is having trouble dealing with the repercussions.
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The Architect 2006 R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Tauber
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James, Serena Reeder, Malcolm Goodwin, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Duane McLaughlin, Constance Wu, Lauren Hodges, David Call, James O'Toole
Chicago activist Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis) dreams of having the drug and crime infested public housing projects torn down. To achieve her goal, she starts a petition and now needs the signature of the project's architect, Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia). Tonya does contact Leo at his university class, but his refusal to sign sets off a chain of events that will directly impact both Tonya's and Leo's families.
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Autumn In New York 2000  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joan Chen
Cast: Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, Anthony LaPaglia, Elaine Stritch, Vera Farmiga, Sherry Stringfield, Jill Hennessy, J.K. Simmons, Sam Trammell, Mary Beth Hurt, Kali Rocha, Steven Randazzo, Toby Poser, George Spielvogel III, Ranjit Chowdhry
Will Keane (Richard Gere) has spent his life as a playboy enjoying life as a series of women enter and leave his domain. Now, he meets and falls for the beautiful, but terminally ill, Charlotte (Winona Ryder). Will is 48, and Charlotte is 22, but they enter into an affair. However, the affair appears doomed because of Will's unfaithfulness–unless Charlotte can convince Will to change his ways and help her through her illness.
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Betsy's Wedding 1990  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Alda
Cast: Alan Alda, Madeline Kahn, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Joey Bishop, Anthony LaPaglia, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Julie Bovasso
Eddie Hopper (Alan Alda) has problems with his contracting business and to add to his predicament, his daughter Betsy (Molly Ringwald) has just announced her engagement. One way out is to let the mob finance his failing housing development and to find "discounts" in wedding supplies. Of course, everything goes awry, but in the meantime it makes for a very funny story.
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Black and Blue 1999 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Shapiro
Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rothhaar, Sam Robards, Beau Starr, Sabrina Grdevich, Elizabeth Brown, Allegra Fulton, Janet Bailey, Joanna Merlin
Battered wife Fran Benedetta (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her young son, Robert (Will Rothhaar), leave their home, change their names, and start a new life. All is peaceful–until Robert makes contact with his father (Anthony LaPaglia). Will the cycle of abuse continue?
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 The Client 1994  PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, J.T. Walsh, Anthony Edwards, Will Patton, William H. Macy, Ossie Davis, Bradley Whitford, Anthony Heald, Kim Coates, Kimberly Scott, David Speck
Adapted from John Grisham's best-selling novel, this film has all the suspense that has come to be expected from a Grisham tale. Eleven-year old Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) learns the secret of a Mafia killing. When he goes to the federal prosecutor for help, he is directed to a lawyer, Regina "Reggie" Love (Susan Sarandon). She helps Mark and his family get into the witness protection program and away from the clutches of the Mafia. Sarandon was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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 Commandments 1996 R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Taplitz
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia, Shirl Bernheim, Pamela Gray, Louis Zurich, Pat McNamara, Tom Eldredge
Following his wife's death two years earlier, Dr. Seth Warner (Aidan Quinn) has endured numerous personal catastrophes. Angrily, he directs his wrath at the divine hand of God and determines to systematically break all Ten Commandments.
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Company Man 2000 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath
Cast: Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Phillippe, Denis Leary, Woody Allen, Alan Cumming, Heather Matarazzo, Paul(2) Guilfoyle
A 1960s' high-school teacher, Allen Quimp (Douglas McGrath), wants his wife, Daisy (Sigourney Weaver), to quit bugging him to "make something of himself." Following an implausible series of events, Allen is actually recruited as a planner of the Bay of Pigs invasion in the plot to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Dead Heat 2002 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Mark Malone
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Lothaire Bluteau, Daniel Benzali, Kay Panabaker, Denis Arndt, Charles Martin Smith, Michael Benyaer, Alf Humphreys
Retired Boston policeman Pally LaMarr (Kiefer Sutherland) and his half-brother Ray (Anthony LaPaglia) invest in a race horse, and Ray hires his friend, Tony (Lothaire Bluteau), to be the jockey. But Tony owes money to the mob, and mob boss Frank Finnegan (Daniel Benzali) steals the horse as payment for a gambling debt. Now it is the two brothers who try to outwit Finnegan. Will they get the horse back in time to win the big race?
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 Empire Records 1995 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Allan Moyle
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Liv Tyler, Debi Mazar, Robin Tunney, Rory Cochrane, Ethan Embry, Brendan Sexton III, Maxwell Caulfield, Renee Zellweger, Johnny Whitworth, Coyote Shivers, James "Kimo" Wills, Ben Bode, Gary Bolen, Julia Howard
This story takes place in just one day at the small-town record store, Empire Records, where the teenage employees find TROUBLE is their middle names. The Music Town franchise wants to buy out Empire Records, which means that the employees' jobs are on the line. Their solution is to raise money and help their manager Joe Reaves (Anthony LaPaglia) buy the store. However, between work problems and personal problems, the task will not be easy.
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The Garden of Redemption 1997 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Michael Donnelly
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Embeth Davidtz, Dan Hedaya, Marta Amaro, Joao Arouca, Peter Firth, Rui Pedro Cardoso, M. Castro e Silva, Brad Cherry, Jorge Sanz
A priest, Don Paolo Montale (Anthony LaPaglia), and a Parisian, Adriana (Embeth Davidtz), are physically attracted to each other during the confusing days of World War II fascist Italy in a world gone mad.
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The Guys 2002 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Simpson
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Anthony LaPaglia, Irene Walsh, Jim Simpson, Charlotte Simpson, Julian Trompeter, Katharine Schreiber, Lucas DeBassac, Joshua Ross, Shelita Birchett
A journalism professor, Joan (Sigourney Weaver), helps a fire captain, Nick (Anthony LaPaglia), write eight eulogies for his men who were killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11.
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 Happy Feet 2006 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Adventure / Comedy
Director: George Miller
Cast: Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Elizabeth Daily, Magda Szubanski, Miriam Margolyes, Jeff Garcia, Lombardo Boyar, Steve Irwin
This computer animated film is set in Antarctica and tells the story of an emperor penguin, Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood), who cannot sing but can tap dance like no other. Believing that he will never win the love of Gloria (voice of Brittany Murphy) with his horrid singing voice, Mumble ventures off and joins Ramon (voice of Robin Williams) and his group of Latino penguins. From there, Mumble sets out to solve the mystery of the diminishing food supply and, in the process, saves the penguins. An Oscar was received for Best Animated Feature.
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Happy Hour 2004 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Bencivenga
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Eric Stoltz, Caroleen Feeney, Robert Vaughn, Sandrine Holt, Thomas Sadoski, Mario Cantone, Malachy McCourt, Michael Mulheren, Miriam Sirota
Once a promising novelist, heavy drinker Tulley (Anthony LaPaglia) bides his time editing at a NYC advertising firm. His life changes when in the period of one week he falls in love with schoolteacher Natalie (Caroleen Feeney) and then learns he has liver cancer. Best friend Levine (Eric Stoltz) and Natalie offer support as Tulley works to complete the novel he started 17 years ago.
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He Said, She Said 1991 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Sharon Stone, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia, Stanley Anderson, Danton Stone, Charlayne Woodard, Rita Karin
Competing journalists (Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins) co-host their talk show. When the show becomes a hit, their personal relationship is almost ruined as they learn that they disagree on almost everything.
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The House of Mirth 2000  PG, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Pearce Quigley
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is Lily Bart's (Gillian Anderson) tragic love story. As a socialite, born into a time when marriage provided the only means for women to retain their places in society, Lily's life choices include the risk of losing real love and happiness and exclusion from high society–the only world she knows.
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Innocent Blood 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia, Anthony LaPaglia, Don Rickles, David Proval, Chazz Palminteri, Luis Guzman, Rocco Siusto, Marshall Bell, Tom Savini, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Marie (Anne Parillaud) is a vampire out to "suck blood" from the criminal elements of Pittsburgh. Her "main meal" is mobster Sal "the Shark" Macelli (Robert Loggia). Joining forces with a cop, Joe (Anthony LaPaglia), in her quest, romance follows. A fun mix of horror, comedy, and action.
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Killer 1995 R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Bulletproof Heart
Director: Mark Malone
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Peter Boyle, Mimi Rogers, Matt Craven, Monika Schnarre, Joseph Maler, Mark Acheson, Phil Hayes, Josef Sommer
When Fiona (Mimi Rogers) learns too much about the business of the mob, Mick (Anthony LaPaglia) is sent by George (Peter Boyle) to get rid of her–easier said than done!
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Lansky 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John McNaughton
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Max Perlich, Anthony LaPaglia, Matthew Settle, Beverly D'Angelo, Illeana Douglas, Francis Guinan, Stanley DeSantis, Jeff Perry
This made-for-HBO crime film revolves around the life of the crime lord Meyer Lansky as it reviews his youth, gangster activities at the beginning of the 20th century, and his eventual rise to the top of the criminal world.
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 Lantana 2001 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Lawrence
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachel Blake, Vince Colosimo, Daniella Farinacci, Russell Dykstra, Peter Phelps, Leah Purcell
Dr. Valerie Somers (Barbara Hershey) had become a celebrity after writing a book about her daughter's murder. But now, Valerie has disappeared, and Detective Leon Zat (Anthony LaPaglia) heads up the police investigation. Leon's interest in the case is peaked when he learns that his own wife, Sonja (Kerry Armstrong), is listed as one of Dr. Somers' patients. Since Leon is already cheating on Sonja through an affair with Jane (Rachael Blake), he is tempted to read his wife's files–a move fraught with repercussions in this story about how lies and mistrust can destroy marriages.
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Lucky Break 1994 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Paperback Romance
Director: Ben Lewin
Cast: Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Sioban Tuke, Jacek Koman, Robyn Nevin, Marshall Napier, Lewis Fiander, Mary-Anne Fahey, Michael Edward-Stevens, Steady Eddy, Michael Veitch, Nicholas Bell
Sex novelist Sophie (Gia Carides) is in love with a scoundrel, Eddie (Anthony LaPaglia), who is engaged to another. When Sophie breaks her leg, she uses the catastrophe to make a play for Eddie–with disastrous results.
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Mixed Nuts 1994 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler, Rita Wilson, Liev Schreiber, Garry Shandling
Steve Martin plays the person in charge of a suicide-prevention hotline, and his phones are HOT. Everyone, from a homicidal Santa to a very pregnant woman to a serial killer calls Martin's just-about-as-crazy staff.
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One Good Cop 1991 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia, Kevin Conway, Rachel Ticotin, Tony Plana, Charlayne Woodard, Benjamin Bratt
After police officer Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton) and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), adopt Artie's slain partner's three daughters, financial problems inherent in his larger family lure Artie into the underworld of drug dealing.
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Phoenix 1998 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Anjelica Huston, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Tamara Clatterbuck, Vanessa Munday, Glenn Morshower
Harry (Ray Liotta) is a Phoenix police detective who owes $32,000 to his bookie. To pay off his gambling debt, Harry concocts a scheme with his co-worker Mike (Anthony LaPaglia) to rip-off a loan shark.
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The Salton Sea 2002 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzman, Doug Hutchison, Anthony LaPaglia, Glenn Plummer, Meat Loaf, Peter Sarsgaard, Deborah Kara Unger
California's Salton Sea is the metaphor for drug addiction in this story about Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) who, after his wife's murder, infiltrates the drug world as a dealer where he seeks to avenge her death.
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Slaves of New York 1989  R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Jsu Garcia, Charles McCaughan, Madeleine Potter, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Anthony LaPaglia, Tammy Grimes
This modern day romantic comedy rambles through the art world of New York. The people are boring, as is the film.
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 So I Married an Axe Murderer 1993 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Cast: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Alan Arkin, Brenda Fricker, Charles Grodin, Debi Mazar, Phil Hartman, Matt Doherty, Steven Wright, Patrick Bristow, Cintra Wilson, Michael Richards
San Francisco poet Charlie Mackenzie (Mike Myers) has not been able to commit to a relationship when he falls in love with butcher Harriet (Nancy Travis) and marries her. Then, he is told about an axe murderer who has been killing her husbands in Atlantic City and Miami. Harriet has spent time in both cities, and Charlie's paranoia sets in. Did she, or didn't she? That is what Charlie (Mike Myers) wonders about Harriet in this comedy.
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 Summer of Sam 1999 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Saverio Guerra, Brian Tarantina, Bebe Neuwirth, Anthony LaPaglia, Ben Gazzara
Set during the summer of 1977, when "Son of Sam"–David Berkowitz–was on his killing spree in the Bronx, this Spike Lee drama examines the sexual freedom of the era. The plot revolves around a group of Italian-Americans who love the disco life but are affected by the fear Berkowitz caused when one murder victim after another is discovered in their neighborhood.
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Sweet and Lowdown 1999 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson, Anthony LaPaglia, Gretchen Mol, Woody Allen, John Waters, James Urbaniak, Vincent Guastaferro
Based on the true story of an obscure jazz musician, Emmett Ray (Sean Penn), who disappeared after the breakup of his marriage to Hattie (Samantha Morton), Woody Allen offers a profile of Ray's life in the form of a mockumentary. Academy Award nominations included Actor (Penn) and Supporting Actress (Morton).
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Trees Lounge 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Buscemi
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Mark Boone Junior, Chloe Sevigny, Michael Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Elizabeth Bracco, Daniel Baldwin, Carol Kane, Samuel L. Jackson
Tommy Basilio (Steve Buscemi) is an unemployed mechanic who spends much of his waking hours in a bar, the Trees Lounge, on Long Island. Although a comedy, this film provides great insight into the world of alcoholism as the ensemble cast presents a portrait of blue-collar problems with the society in which they live.
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Whispers in the Dark 1992 R, 105 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Christopher Crowe
Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Anthony LaPaglia, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo, Deborah Kara Unger, Anthony Heald, Alan Alda, Jacqueline Brookes, Gene Canfield, Joseph Badalucco Jr., Bo Dietl
This psychological thriller involves a psychiatrist, Ann Hecker (Annabella Sciora); her patient, Eve (Deborah Kara Unger); and her boyfriend, Doug (Jamey Sheridan). After Eve is murdered, Ann realizes that she and Eve have both been dating Doug, and now she suspects that Doug is the murderer.
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 Winter Solstice 2005 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josh Sternfeld
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Mark Webber, Allison Janney, Ron Livingston, Brendan Sexton III, Michelle Monaghan, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jason Fuchs, Kel O'Neill, Thomas Sadoski
Widower Jim Winters (Anthony LaPaglia) tries to cope with raising his sons (Aaron Stanford and Mark Webber) after his wife was killed in a car accident. While the three have retreated into themselves, a change is in the air.
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| 1. 29th Street (1991)
2. The Architect (2006)
3. Autumn In New York (2000)
4. Betsy's Wedding (1990)
5. Black and Blue (1999)
6. The Client (1994)
7. Commandments (1996)
8. Company Man (2000)
9. Dead Heat (2002)
10. Empire Records (1995)
11. The Garden of Redemption (1997)
12. The Guys (2002)
13. Happy Feet (2006)
14. Happy Hour (2004)
15. He Said, She Said (1991)
16. The House of Mirth (2000)
17. Innocent Blood (1992)
18. Killer (1995)
aka: Bulletproof Heart
19. Lansky (1999)
20. Lantana (2001)
21. Lucky Break (1994)
aka: Paperback Romance
22. Mixed Nuts (1994)
23. One Good Cop (1991)
24. Phoenix (1998)
25. The Salton Sea (2002)
26. Slaves of New York (1989)
27. So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
28. Summer of Sam (1999)
29. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
30. Trees Lounge (1996)
31. Whispers in the Dark (1992)
32. Winter Solstice (2005)
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