 Analyze This 1999  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri, Bill Macy, Leo Rossi, Kyle Sabihy, Rebecca Schull, Molly Shannon
When a Mafia boss, Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro), suffers anxiety attacks, he calls on New York psychotherapist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) for help in this slick comedy about a serious subject.
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Bad Medicine 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harvey Miller
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Julie Kavner, Bill Macy, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Grifasi, Gilbert Gottfried, Taylor Negron
Two medical students at a south-of-the-border medical school become moved by the impoverished conditions at a nearby village. As a result, they begin stealing supplies from their school to treat the villagers.
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Death at Love House 1976  TV, 74 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney, Joan Blondell, Dorothy Lamour, John Carradine, Bill Macy, Marianna Hill, Joseph Bernard, Robert Gibbons
Long dead Lorna Love (Marianna Hill) was a movie queen. Her life is being researched by Joel (Robert Wagner)–whose father had an affair with Lorna–and Joel's wife, Donna (Kate Jackson). It turns out that Lorna used many techniques to gain stardom, including witchcraft. Now, Joel's obsession with Lorna results in her return from the dead. Originally made for TV.
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The Doctor 1991 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randa Haines
Cast: William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Charlie Korsmo, Wendy Crewson, Bill Macy, J.E. Freeman, Kyle Secor
A successful doctor (William Hurt) is diagnosed with cancer of the larynx and learns how dehumanizing hospitalization can be.
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 The Holiday 2006  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell, Miffy Englefield, Emma Pritchard, Sarah Parish, Shannyn Sossamon, Bill Macy, Shelley Berman, Kathryn Hahn, John Krasinski
While on an online search for a getaway, British wedding correspondent Iris Simkins (Kate Winslet) and Los Angeles movie trailer editor Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) discover each other and trade houses for the holidays. Amanda's life picks up when Iris' brother, Graham (Jude Law), appears on her doorstep. Meanwhile, Iris begins a relationship with sound-track editor Miles (Jack Black) and befriends screenwriter Arthur Abbott (Eli Wallach). These events are destined to change the lives of both Iris and Amanda.
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 The Jerk 1979 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Dick Anthony Williams, Carl Reiner, Bill Macy, M. Emmet Walsh, Dick O'Neill
A young White man (Steve Martin), raised by a poor Black family, sets out to find himself. In the process, he becomes a millionaire and then loses his fortune. There are plenty of laughs as long as you're open to silly humor.
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The Late Show 1977 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Art Carney, Bill Macy, Eugene Roche, Joanna Cassidy, John Considine, Ruth Nelson, Howard Duff, John Davey, Beate Hasenau, Lothar Lambert, Erika Wilde, Dorothea Moritz, Cihan Anasai, Dagmar Beiersdorf
When an eccentric woman, Margo (Lily Tomlin), hires retired detective Ira Wells (Art Carney) to find her missing cat, the pair become involved in murder and mayhem. The murder involves Ira's partner Harry Regan (Howard Duff) who is killed while working on a case, and now it appears that the fence, Ron Birdwell (Eugene Roche), who stole Margo's cat, may have been involved in the killing of Harry. And throughout the investigation, Margo and Harry's developing, offbeat relationship is fun to watch.
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Movers and Shakers 1985 PG, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Asher
Cast: Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Tyne Daly, Bill Macy, Gilda Radner, Steve Martin, Penny Marshall, Michael Lerner, William Prince
In this satire of the Hollywood scene, producer Joe Mulholland (Walter Matthau) buys the rights to a property and then hires Herb Derman (Charles Grodin) to write the script.
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My Favorite Year 1982  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Jessica Harper, Lainie Kazan, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Bill Macy, Anne DeSalvo, Basil Hoffman, Lou Jacobi, Cameron Mitchell
The year is 1952, and the TV show "The Comedy Cavalcade" is about to debut starring an aging film star. One of the show's young writers is given the job of watching over the film star and ensuring that he does not come into contact with any alcohol before showtime. This film gives an inside look at the pressures of those days when TV was "live" and anything could happen. Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Oscar. 1 User Review
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| | A fine comedy. 6 or 7 scenes are worth their weight in gold. | 1fatts 03/12/2007 | Richard Benjamin's first directing job is surprisingly assured and successful. The apocryphal story is that when Mel Brooks was the junior writer on Sid Ceaser's Your Show of Shows, the reknowned actor, womanizer and drunk, Errol Flynn, was scheduled to be the week's guest, and Mel Brooks was assigned to babysit Flynn and make sure he showed up sober. Brooks claims it never happened and, in fact, that Flynn was never on the show. Who cares! It's a great premise anyway. Peter O'toole turns in another over-the-top performance as the Flynn character, here named "Allan Swan". Those of us old enough to remember Caeser in his hayday really appreciate the take that Joseph Bologna does on the character. The scene where the young writer, Stone nee Steinberg, takes the matinee idol home to Brookyn for dinner (His aunt shows up in her wedding gown; "I only wore it once" she says in a New York Yiddish accent.) is hard to over-appreciate.
The movie lags here and there and ten or twelve minutes of tightening would have been to the good, but I'm quibbling. The cast shines; the writing is sharp; and the nod to "Your Show of Shows" brings warmth to those of us who remember when. |
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Serial 1980 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Persky
Cast: Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Jennifer McAllister, Sally Kellerman, Anthony Battaglia, Bill Macy, Nita Talbot, Christopher Lee, Tom Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Sam Chew Jr., Pamela Bellwood, Ann Weldon, Peter Bonerz, Patch Mackenzie
Open marriages and consciousness-raising mark life at the end of the 1970s' era as Hippies become part of the "me generation." Kate (Tuesday Weld) leaves her husband Harvey (Martin Mull), and they are amusing to watch as they muddle their way through what they consider to be the confusing lifestyle in Marin County, California. Based on Cyra McFadden's novel.
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Sibling Rivalry 1990 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Jami Gertz, Scott Bakula, Sam Elliott, Ed O'Neill, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph, Bill Macy
A young wife (Kirstie Alley) longs for more out of life than her busy doctor husband (Scott Bakula) is willing to give. Her solution is a quick jump into bed with a lover; he has a heart attack during his performance and dies. The rest of the movie deals with one twist after another involving sisters, brothers, and in-laws in hilarious episodes as they interact with one another.
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Surviving Christmas 2004 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Mitchell
Cast: Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara, Josh Zuckerman, Bill Macy, Jennifer Morrison, Udo Kier, David Selby, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Root, Sy Richardson
Chicago millionaire Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) solves his problem of having no family for Christmas: he rents the Valco family (James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara, and Josh Zuckerman) and moves in with them for the holidays.
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| 1. Analyze This (1999)
2. Bad Medicine (1985)
3. Death at Love House (1976)
4. The Doctor (1991)
5. The Holiday (2006)
6. The Jerk (1979)
7. The Late Show (1977)
8. Movers and Shakers (1985)
9. My Favorite Year (1982)
10. Serial (1980)
11. Sibling Rivalry (1990)
12. Surviving Christmas (2004)
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