1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992   PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean, Angela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Tcheky Karyo, Frank Langella, Mark Margolis
This celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of America provides a complex look at the relationship of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella in his quest for exploration.
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 American Gangster 2007   R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Malcolm Goodwin, Ruby Dee, Armand Assante, Carla Gugino, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) takes over the Harlem drug world in 1963 when he sees a big business opportunity: he buys drugs in the Middle East and then manages to use military planes to smuggle the drugs into the United States. Although Frank keeps a low profile, police officer Detective Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) spots him at a boxing match where Frank is wearing a chinchilla coat–given to him by his wife Eva (Lymari Nadal)–and he is sitting in front of Mafia boss Dominic Cattano (Armand Assante). Roberts is an honest cop, but his department is corrupt, and Detective Trupo (Josh Brolin) works to compromise Frank's integrity. Violence erupts in the attempt to pin down Lucas, and during the confrontation between Roberts and Trupo only one will emerge victorious. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee).
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Animal Behavior 1989  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Kjehl Rasmussen, H. Anne Riley
Cast: Karen Allen, Armand Assante, Holly Hunter, Josh Mostel, Richard Libertini, Alexa Kenin, Jon Shear, Nan Martin, Crystal Buda, Ivan Bonar
Campus romance purports to be alive and well in this bomb of a film (the director resorted to a pseudonym) about love that blooms between a music professor (Armand Assante) and an animal researcher (Karen Allen).
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Belizaire the Cajun 1986 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glen Pitre
Cast: Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton, Nancy Barrett, Robert Duvall
Set in the Louisiana bayous during the mid-1800s, this is the story of a medicine man (Armand Assante) who is accused of murdering the Anglo husband of the Cajun woman (Gail Youngs) he loves. Robert Duvall, who was a creative consultant for this low-budget film, appears briefly as a preacher.
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Consequence 2003  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Armand Assante, Rick Schroder, Lola Glaudini, Danny Keogh, Nadia Kretschmer, Grant Swanby
A disgraced oral surgeon decides to start a new life by assuming the identity of his long-lost brother by switching dental records and faking his own death. But problems arise quickly when his girlfriend, the beneficiary of his insurance, decides to keep it all herself. To add to his misery, his brother is, in reality, an ex-CIA agent who is now on the lam from the CIA.
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A Deadly Business 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: Alan Arkin, Armand Assante, Michael Learned, Jon Polito, Raymond Serra, James Rebhorn, George Morfogen, John Seitz, Stephen Pearlman, Dave Nichols
This film is based on the real-life story of government informer Harold Kaufman (Alan Arkin) who provides evidence of chemicals being illegally dumped in New Jersey.
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Eternity 1989 R, 125 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Paul
Cast: Jon Voight, Armand Assante, Wilford Brimley, Eileen Davidson, Kaye Ballard, Lainie Kazan, Steven Keats, Eugene Roche, John P. Ryan, Steven Paul
Reincarnation is the theme of this film dealing with a man (Jon Voight) who awakens from a dream and finds himself confronted with an allegorical world in the present in which he runs into modern-day characters from his dream.
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Fatal Instinct 1993  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, Tony Randall, Eartha Kitt
This had the possibility of being a good satire on the film world, but, while it does have very funny moments, it is not one of Reiner's best efforts.
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Federal Protection 2002 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Armand Assante, Angela Featherstone, Dina Meyer, David Lipper, Maxim Roy, Tony Calabretta, Maria Bertrand, Frank Chiesurin
Frankie (Armand Assante), a small-time Chicago mobster, is in trouble with his boss and avoids assassination by the henchmen, but he ends up in the hands of the law. Frankie comes under the federal protection program after testifying against his cohorts. But his life is still not easy as he gets mixed up in affairs that could lead him to be turned over to the mob.
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Funny Money 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Greif
Cast: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, Robert Loggia, Guy Torry, Rebecca Wisocky, Kevin Sussman, Alex Meneses, Marty Belafsky, Zoltan Butuc, Joanne Rubino, Marco Assante
Middle-aged executive Henry Perkins (Chevy Chase) accidentally trades briefcases with a Romanian mobster on the subway. After opening the briefcase at a bar and discovering $5 million inside, Henry heads home to tell his wife Carol (Penelope Ann Miller) and to make plans to head out of town with the money. But, Carol is throwing Henry a surprise party, and she isn't crazy about Henry's plan. Soon they are joined by their friends (Christopher McDonald and Alex Meneses) and other party guests. Also arriving on the scene are a suspicious detective (Armand Assante) and a homicide detective (Kevin Sussman). Last, but not least, to join the party is Mr. Big (Zoltan Butuc) who has come to retrieve his $5 million.
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Gotti 1996 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Scott Cohen, Raymond Serra, Marc Lawrence
Made for HBO, this is the biography on NYC's high-profile Mafia boss, John Gotti (Armand Assante). It follows his rise to the top in the crime world through his fall when captured and imprisoned.
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Hoffa 1992 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly, Frank Whaley, Kevin Anderson, John P. Ryan, Robert Prosky, Nicholas Pryor
This story begins with the day labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Jack Nicholson) disappeared. Flashbacks adroitly tell the story of his associations with the Mafia and confrontations with United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy (Kevin Anderson).
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Judge Dredd 1995 R, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, Joan Chen, Jurgen Prochnow, Max von Sydow, James Earl Jones, Joanna Miles, Mitch Ryan
The popular British comic strip comes to life with Sylvester Stallone in the title role. Spectacular sets contribute to the glitz as Judge Dredd fights his evil brother, Rico (Armand Assante). In this futuristic fantasy, Earth's populations in Mega City I and Mega City II fight denizens of "Cursed Earth" in a desperate attempt at survival of civilization.
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Little Darlings 1980  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Armand Assante, Matt Dillon, Margaret Blye, Nicolas Coster, Cynthia Nixon, Krista Errickson, Alexa Kenin
Two 15-year-old girls, Angel (Kristy McNichol) and Ferris (Tatum O'Neal), attend summer camp, and vie with each other to see who will lose her virginity first.
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Looking for an Echo 2000 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Davidson
Cast: Armand Assante, Diane Venora, Joe Grifasi, Tom Mason, Tony Denison, Johnny Williams, Edoardo Ballerini, Christy Carlson Romano, David Vadim, Monica Trombetta
Thirty years after their heyday as a do-wop band (Vinnie and the Dreamers) the members reunite for lead singer Vinnie's (Armand Assante) 50th birthday, talk about what might have been, and think about a possible comeback.
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 The Lords of Flatbush 1974 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Verona
Cast: Perry King, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Paul Mace, Susan Blakely, Maria Smith, Dolph Sweet, Ray Sharkey, Armand Assante, Antonia Rey
Four members of a Brooklyn gang, the Lords of Flatbush, strut around their territory in this pre-stardom vehicle for Sylvester Stallone. Pretty good original music score, capturing the mood of the 1950s-style movie.
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The Mambo Kings 1992 R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Arne Glimcher
Cast: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz Jr., Celia Cruz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tito Puente, Talisa Soto, Joe Petruzzi, Anh Duong
Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo (Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas) leave Cuba and travel to the U.S. in the early 1950s to pursue their dream of making names for themselves on the Latin music scene. They succeed as The Mambo Kings but encounter more than a few problems in the process. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("Beautiful Maria of My Soul").
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The Marrying Man 1991 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Rees
Cast: Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante, Paul Reiser, Fisher Stevens, Peter Dobson, Steve Hytner, Jeremy Roberts, Big John Studd, Tony Longo
Rich playboy Charley (Alec Baldwin) is engaged to Adele (Elisabeth Shue), the daughter of Hollywood executive Lew Horner (Robert Loggia). But at his bachelor party, Charley immediately falls for the bar's singer, Vicki (Kim Basinger). Off to bed they go, but her boyfriend, mobster Bugsy Seigel (Armand Assante), catches them in the act, and the adventures begin. This Neil Simon screenplay is based on the 1950s' love affair between Harry Karl and Marie McDonald who married each other four times while Marie still carried on an affair with Bugsy Seigel.
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The Odyssey 1996 PG-13, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbe, Christopher Lee, Irene Papas, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams
This is a weak rendition of Homer's classic tale about the brave and clever Odysseus (Armand Assante) and his adventures on the long trek home to his beloved and faithful Penelope (Greta Scacchi).
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On the Beach 2000 TV, 195 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie, Grant Bowler, Allison & Tieghan Webber, Steve Bastoni, David Paterson, Kevin Copeland, Todd MacDonald, Joe Petruzzi, Craig Beamer
A nuclear war has wiped out the inhabitants of the Northern Hemisphere, and a poisonous wave of radiation is headed for Australia. A nuclear submarine, commanded by Dwight Towers (Armand Assante), appears on the scene, and, after picking up a signal from the Northern Hemisphere, the sub sets out to find what is hoped to be a safe area where people can be transported. There is a hitch: only 1,000 will be saved because that is the limit of people who can be transported on the submarine.
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One Eyed King 2002 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Moresco
Cast: Armand Assante, William Baldwin, Jim Breuer, Connie Britton, Chazz Palminteri, Jason Gedrick, Josh Hopkins, Dash Mihok, Leo Rossi, Bruno Kirby, Rick Aiello, Larry Day
Neighbors in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen suffer trials and tribulations in their harsh environment.
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Paradise Alley 1978 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Conway, Anne Archer, Joe Spinell, Armand Assante, Lee Canalito, Frank McRae, Tom Waits, Ray Sharkey, Joyce Ingalls
This film marks Sylvester Stallone's first directing effort, and he also sings the title song. The story is about three brothers–Cosmo (Stallone), Lenny (Armand Assante), and Victor (Lee Canalito)– who pin their hopes for a better crack at life on Victor's wrestling skills.
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Passion and Paradise 1989 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Armand Assante, Catherine Mary Stewart, Mariette Hartley, Rod Steiger, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Sarrazin, Wayne Rogers
Based on the unsolved murder of Sir Harry Oakes (Rod Steiger) during World War II, this is the story of the investigation of his son-in-law, Alfred de Marigny (Armand Assante), who leads all others as the prime suspect.
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Private Benjamin 1980 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante, Robert Webber, Sam Wanamaker, Barbara Barrie, Mary Kay Place, Harry Dean Stanton, Albert Brooks, Alan Oppenheimer
A young, pampered Jewish princess (Goldie Hawn) suffers misfortune when her husband dies on their wedding night. During her bereavement, she impulsively decides to join the Army–with hilarious results. Hawn received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and Eileen Brennan was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Prophecy 1979 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, Victoria Racimo, George Clutesi, Burke Byrnes, Tom McFadden, Graham Jarvis, Charles H. Gray, Evans Evans, Mia Bendixsen, Johnny Timko, Everett Creach, Livingston Holmes
In this sci-fi horror story, Mercury poisoning from industrial pollution is ruining the land and threatening inhabitants of Maine. The EPA asks Dr. Robert Verne (Robert Foxworth) to mediate between the polluting paper mill and the Native American tribes who are being affected. He travels to Maine with his wife Maggie (Talia Shire) and meets Native American activist John Hawkes (Armand Assante). Together, they discover numerious wildlife mutations and a mutant bear in the terror-filled land.
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Q&A 1990 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzman, Charles S. Dutton, Leonardo Cimino, Paul Calderon, Dominic Chianese
NYC cop Mike Brennan (Nick Nolte) kills a drug dealer and claims self-defense. It seems to be an open-and-shut case until a young district attorney, Al Reilly (Timothy Hutton), is assigned to investigate.
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 The Road to El Dorado 2000 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Bibo Bergeron, Will Finn, Don Paul, David Silverman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos, Elton John, Jim Cummings, Frank Welker, Tobin Bell, Duncan Marjoribanks, Elijah Chiang, Cyrus Shaki-Khan
In this animated DreamWorks production, two con men–Miguel (voice of Kenneth Branagh) and Tulio (voice of Kevin Kline)–cheat at dice and get their hands on a map to the legendary city of gold: El Dorado. When they finally reach the city (after getting locked in the brig of a ship and managing a perilous escape in a dinghy), residents mistake them for gods. They join forces with the sexy Chel (voice of Rosie Perez), and the adventure accelerates. Great fun!
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 Striptease 1996 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick, Burt Reynolds, William Hill, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Jerry Grayson, Robert(2) Stanton, Stuart Pankin
Based on Carl Hiaasen's novel, this is a comedy/thriller about Erin Grant (Demi Moore) who goes to work as a stripper to regain custody of her young daughter. A congressman, David Dilbeck (Burt Reynolds), becomes obsessed with Erin and aids her plots to get her daughter back from her ex-husband. 1 User Review
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Trial by Jury 1994 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Heywood Gould
Cast: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Margaret Whitton, Ed Lauter, Richard Portnow, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jack Gwaltney
Mob boss Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante) goes on trial and juror Valerie (Joanne Whalley) is paid a visit by his henchman with a message: acquit or she and her son will be killed. What WILL she do? A premise with promise is torpedoed by weak acting (except by Assante) and lame storyline.
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Two for the Money 2005 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven, Armand Assante, Jaime King, Kevin Chapman, Ralph Garman, Gedde Watanabe, Carly Pope, Charles Carroll, Gerard Plunkett
Bookie Walter Abrams (Al Pacino) mentors former college football star Brandon Lang (Matthew McConaughey) because of Brandon's unique ability to predict sporting events' wins and losses. Abrams changes Brandon's name to John Anthony and puts him on his TV show advising wheelers and dealers where to make their fortunes through sports bets.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1984 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks, Cassie Yates, Richard Libertini, Richard B. Shull, Art LaFleur, Jane Hallaren, Bernard Behrens, Jan Triska, Benjamin Rayson, Leonard Mann, Estelle Omens, Penny Peyser
This remake of 1948's "Unfaithfully Yours" stars Dudley Moore in the role of symphony conductor Claude Eastman who plots revenge for the affair he believes his wife Daniella (Nastassja Kinski) is enjoying with violinist Max Stein (Armand Assante). While conducting a symphony, Claude plots the method he will use to get revenge by murdering Daniella. But, the plan he dreams up turns out to be difficult to carry out, and the humor of his bungling becomes the name of the game.
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| 1. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
2. American Gangster (2007)
3. Animal Behavior (1989)
4. Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
5. Consequence (2003)
6. A Deadly Business (1986)
7. Eternity (1989)
8. Fatal Instinct (1993)
9. Federal Protection (2002)
10. Funny Money (2006)
11. Gotti (1996)
12. Hoffa (1992)
13. I, the Jury (1982)
14. Judge Dredd (1995)
15. Kidnapped (1995)
16. Little Darlings (1980)
17. Looking for an Echo (2000)
18. The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
19. Love and Money (1982)
20. The Mambo Kings (1992)
21. The Marrying Man (1991)
22. The Odyssey (1996)
23. On the Beach (2000)
24. One Eyed King (2002)
25. Paradise Alley (1978)
26. Passion and Paradise (1989)
27. Private Benjamin (1980)
28. Prophecy (1979)
29. Q&A (1990)
30. The Road to El Dorado (2000)
31. Striptease (1996)
32. Trial by Jury (1994)
33. Two for the Money (2005)
34. Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
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