All the Little Animals 1998  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Thomas
Cast: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner, John O'Toole, Amanda Boyle, Amy Robbins, John Higgins, Kaye Griffiths
Bobby (Christian Bale), a mentally slow young man, has run away from his sinister stepfather, De Winter (Daniel Benzali) and is taken under the wing of creepy, old Mr. Summer (John Hurt) who devotes his life to properly burying road kill. All goes well until they decide to settle matters with De Winter, and Bobby's world explodes in violence.
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Citizen Cohn 1992  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Joseph Bologna, Ed Flanders, Lee Grant, Frederic Forrest, Pat Hingle, John McMartin, Josef Sommer, Daniel Benzali
This made-for-HBO film tells the story of Roy Cohn (James Woods), Senator Joseph McCarthy's right-hand man and chief counsel during the 1950s. This was the time when McCarthy and Cohn promoted the "Red Scare" as they hunted down Communists. Cohn used this notoriety to his advantage in his career. Now, as he lies dying of AIDS, he reflects on his life.
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A Day in October 1992  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kenneth Madsen
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Kelly Wolf, Tovah Feldshuh, Daniel Benzali, Ole Lemmeke, Kim Romer, Anders Peter Bro, Lars Oluf Larsen, Morten Suurballe, Jens Arentzen
This story involves the 1943 movement of Jews out of Nazi-occupied Denmark and into neutral Sweden. In the midst is one young Jewish woman, Sara Kublitz (Kelly Wolf), who falls in love with wounded resistance fighter Niels (D.B. Sweeney) and hides him in her Denmark home.
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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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The End of Violence 1997 R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne, Loren Dean, Traci Lind, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Udo Kier, Rosalind Chao, K. Todd Freeman, John Diehl, Chris Douridas, Soledad St. Hilaire, Nicole Ari Parker, Daniel Benzali, Samuel Fuller
Surveillance expert Ray Bering (Gabriel Byrne) looks out on Los Angeles via secret TV cameras and watches impotently as Hollywood producer Mike Max (Bill Pullman) is kidnapped, escapes, and hides out with a Mexican family. Numerous subplots evolve in this confusing story.
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The Grey Zone 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Daniel Benzali, David Chandler, Allan Corduner, Natasha Lyonne, Mira Sorvino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lisa Benavides, Lee Wilkof, Brian F. O'Byrne
The Holocaust is the background for this story about Sonderkomando Jews imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp who coerced fellow Jews to march into areas where they met certain death by gassing. But, in the midst of the horror, a few Jews plan and execute an uprising.
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The Last Days of Patton 1986 TV, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: George C. Scott, Richard Dysart, Murray Hamilton, Eva Marie Saint, Ed Lauter, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Daniel Benzali, William Hope, Irina Brook, Shane Rimmer, Garrick Hagon, Jeff Harding
General George S. Patton Jr. is again played by George C. Scott–16 years after the very successful movie, "Patton." The General is mortally wounded in an automobile accident. While he lies in the hospital bed, he reminisces about happier times.
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The Last of His Tribe 1992 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Hook
Cast: Graham Greene, Jon Voight, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Blessing, Anne Archer, Daniel Benzali, Christianne Hauber, Charles Martinet, Carl D. Parker, Angela Paton
The year is 1911, and no Native Americans are thought to still live in the wilds–until Ishi (Graham Greene) is caught while stealing food. He is the last of the Yahi Indian tribe, and Professor Albert Kroeber (Jon Voight) and wife Henriette (Anne Archer) become interested in Ishi and look for clues concerning the extinction of the tribe. A good made-for-TV film.
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Messenger of Death 1988 R, 92 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Jeff Corey, Marilyn Hassett, John Ireland, Daniel Benzali, Charles Dierkop, Penny Peyser, Gene Davis
A Mormon family is murdered and a newspaper reporter (Charles Bronson) finds more than a routine story during his investigation.
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 Murder at 1600 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Dwight H. Little
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Alan Alda, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller, Ronny Cox, Diane Baker, Tate Donovan, Harris Yulin, Nicholas Pryor, Tom Wright, Charles Rocket, Tamara Gorski, Nigel Bennett, Douglas O'Keeffe
Washington, D.C., police detective Harlan Regis (Wesley Snipes) is sent to the White House to investigate the murder of a woman. He runs into Secret Service agent Nick Spikings (Daniel Benzali) who refuses to cooperate but does manage to share convictions with Secret Service agent Nina Chance (Diane Lane) that there is more to this crime than meets the eye.
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Pack of Lies 1987 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Teri Garr, Alan Bates, Daniel Benzali, Sammi Davis, Ronald Hines, Clive Swift, Peter Schofield, David Corti, Margot Leicester, Bruce Morrison, Jackie Downey
This "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV presentation, dealing with the activities of two London couples who live across the street from each other, is based on a true story. When Barbara Jackson (Ellen Burstyn) allows a British government agent (Alan Bates) into her home to spy on her neighbors, Helen and Peter Schaefer (Teri Garr and Daniel Benzali), the couples' relationship is threatened.
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Roe vs. Wade 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Holly Hunter, Amy Madigan, Terry O'Quinn, Kathy Bates, James Gammon, Chris Mulkey, Stephen Tobolowsky, James Avery, Daniel Benzali, Kevin Cooney
This made-for-TV film revolves around the 1970s Supreme Court case that upheld abortion rights. Holly Hunter takes on the role of the young, unmarried woman who sued for her rights as a woman. Amy Madigan performs well as her lawyer who took the case all the way to the top.
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Screwed 2000  PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Cast: Norm MacDonald, Dave Chappelle, Elaine Stritch, Danny DeVito, Sherman Hemsley, Daniel Benzali, Malcolm Stewart, Lochlyn Munro, Brent Chapman, Brian Jensen
Threatened with being fired as the chauffeur, Willard Fillmore (Norm Macdonald) kidnaps his boss Miss Crock's (Elaine Stritch) pet dog, Muffin. But when Muffin escapes Fillmore's clutches and runs home, Miss Crock assumes that it is Fillmore who is the kidnap victim.
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| 1. All the Little Animals (1998)
2. Citizen Cohn (1992)
3. A Day in October (1992)
4. Dead Heat (2002)
5. The End of Violence (1997)
6. The Grey Zone (2001)
7. The Last Days of Patton (1986)
8. The Last of His Tribe (1992)
9. Messenger of Death (1988)
10. Murder at 1600 (1997)
11. Pack of Lies (1987)
12. Roe vs. Wade (1989)
13. Screwed (2000)
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