2 Days in the Valley 1996   R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: Danny Aiello, James Spader, Paul Mazursky, Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron, Eric Stoltz, Peter Horton, Cheryl Ladd, Glenne Headly, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Austin Pendleton
After the murder of Becky's (Teri Hatcher) philandering ex-husband (Peter Horton, 10 residents of the San Fernando Valley find their lives linked. Danny Aiello plays the diabolical hit man Desmo whose partner Lee is played by James Spader.
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Alex in Wonderland 1970  R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Meg Mazursky, Glenna Sargent, Viola Spolin, Andre Philippe, Michael Lerner, Joan Delaney, Federico Fellini, Jeanne Moreau
Young film director Alex (Donald Sutherland) had a smash hit in his directing debut. Now, with the producers getting in line to offer him another one, Alex ponders on what he REALLY wants to do next, and it may not be a work with mass appeal.
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Blume in Love 1973  R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason, Shelley Winters, Paul Mazursky, Donald F. Muhich, Erin O'Reilly, Annazette Chase, Shelley Morrison, Mary Jackson, Jo Morrow
Stephen Blume (George Segal) is a philandering lawyer whose wife Nina (Susan Anspach) divorces him and begins an ill-fated affair with singer Elmo (Kris Kristofferson) despite Stephen's futile attempt to convince her to remarry him.
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Robert Culp, Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Horst Ebersberg, Lee Bergere, Donald F. Muhich, K.T. Stevens, Noble Lee Holoderread Jr., Celeste Yarnall, Greg Mullavy, Diane Berghoff, Lynn Borden, Linda Burton, Andre Philippe
This very funny account of four people–Bob and Carol Sanders (Robert Culp and Natalie Wood) and Ted and Alice (Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon)–who are determined to be completely honest with each other, even to the point of an attempted orgy among the four of them, ends up with the group discovering that they are more conservative than they believed.
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Coast to Coast 2003  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, Selma Blair, Saul Rubinek, John Salley, Maximilian Schell, Fred Ward, Paul Mazursky, David Julian Hirsh, Kate Lynch, Richard Fitzpatrick
A couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis) with marital problems drives across country from Connecticut to L.A. to attend their son's wedding. Along the way they visit friends, reminisce, and talk about their current situation.
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills 1986 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Little Richard, Tracy Nelson, Elizabeth Pena, Paul Mazursky, Evan Richards, Valerie Curtin, Barry Primus
What happens when a couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) save a bum (Nick Nolte) from drowning himself in their massive swimming pool behind their opulent B.H. mansion? You've got the plot of this film. Of course, Midler is the over-dieted, over-analyzed, over-pampered wife who ends up in bed with the bum and Dreyfuss is the coat hanger manufacturer.
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Enemies: A Love Story 1989 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin, Margaret Sophie Stein, Alan King, Judith Malina, Paul Mazursky, Rita Karin, Phil Leeds, Elya Baskin
Based on I.B. Singer's story, this is the tale of Herman (Ron Silver) who evaded Nazis during the war. It is now the postwar era, and Herman has moved from Europe to Coney Island where he becomes involved with three women. Anjelica Huston and Lena Olin played two of Herman's women, and both received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for their work on this film.
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Faithful 1996 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Mazursky, Amber Smith, Elisa Leonetti, Mark Nassar
Based on the theme of infidelity, this thriller/romantic comedy begins on Margaret's (Cher) 20th wedding anniversary when she is being held captive in her mansion by a hit man, Tony (Chazz Palminteri), who is working for Margaret's husband, Jack (Ryan O'Neal). Hired to kill Margaret, Tony and his intended victim strike up a conversation, and the battle of the sexes ensues.
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Harry and Tonto 1974 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Art Carney, Ellen Burstyn, Chief Dan George, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Larry Hagman, Arthur Hunnicutt, Josh Mostel, Melanie Mayron, Herbert Berghof, Philip Bruns, Rene Enriquez, Cliff De Young, Mike Nussbaum
Harry (Art Carney) is a New York City retired teacher who is evicted from his apartment. He finds a purpose in his life when he and his cat, Tonto, set off on a cross-country trip. Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor.
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History of the World: Part I 1981 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Orson Welles, Cloris Leachman, Gregory Hines, John Gavin, Paul Mazursky, John Hurt
The Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution are presented as you have never read in history books. Added to that are excerpts from the Bible presented in humorous, irreverent ways. This is definitely a hysterical historical movie.
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Love Affair 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Capshaw, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Mazursky, Glenn Shadix
This is a remake of 1939's film and the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr version, "An Affair to Remember." Granted, this is a sentimental love story, but those who like to bring handkerchiefs to the theater (or to the TV room) will enjoy this one.
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A Man, a Woman and a Bank 1979 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Noel Black
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Paul Mazursky, Allan Migicovsky, Leigh Hamilton, Nick Rice, Tony Lee, Terry Kelly, Denise Grant, Fernando Antunes
An unlikely duo, Reese Halperin (Donald Sutherland) and Norman Barrie (Paul Mazursky), plot a bank-robbery caper in Vancouver, which involves a $4 million heist. The plan is to invade the security system of the bank while it is still under construction.
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Miami Rhapsody 1995 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas, Gil Bellows, Mia Farrow, Carla Gugino, Paul Mazursky, Kevin Pollak, Jeremy Piven, Mark Blum, Ben Stein
Gwyn (Sarah Jessica Parker) contemplates the virtues of marriage. To her dismay, she finds that not only her parents, but all of her married siblings are having extra-marital affairs, and she wonders if she should tell her fiance "No!"
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Moon Over Parador 1988 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Greene, Polly Holliday, Charo, Milton Goncalves, Marianne Sagebrecht, Reinhard Kolldehoff
A Caribbean dictator dies and, in the interest of stability, the police chief asks a visiting actor (Richard Dreyfuss) to impersonate the dictator.
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Moscow on the Hudson 1984 R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Saveli Kramarov, Elya Baskin, Paul Mazursky, Antonia Rey, Oleg Rudnik, Aleksandr Benyaminov
This is a touchingly funny story about a Russian circus performer (Robin Williams) who wanders through the Bloomingdale Department Store and becomes so enamored with the wonders found within that he decides to defect.
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village 1976 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene, Lois Smith, Christopher Walken, Lou Jacobi, Jeff Goldblum, Antonio Fargas, Don Brenner, Mike Kellin
Written and directed by Paul Mazursky, this is a semi-autobiography about life among actors living in Greenwich Village in the 1950s.
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The Pickle 1993  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon, Clotilde Courau, Shelley Winters, Barry Miller, Jerry Stiller, Spalding Gray, Chris Penn, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dudley Moore
If you really have nothing else to do, check out this flick about Harry Stone's (Danny Aiello) midlife crisis. Stone is a movie director whose recent credits include a sci-fi story about a large pickle.
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Scenes from a Mall 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Bette Midler, Woody Allen, Bill Irwin, Paul Mazursky, Daren Firestone, Rebecca Nickels, Paul Mazursky, Joan Delaney, Amanda Bruce, Glen Alterman
Nick (Woody Allen) and Deborah Fifer (Bette Midler) are a bizarre couple who discuss and fight about their extramarital affairs while shopping.
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Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Bartel
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Paul Bartel, Ray Sharkey, Wallace Shawn, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Paul Mazursky, Arnetia Walker, Edith Diaz
Beverly Hills, with all its rumored wealthy, sex-seeking neurotics, is weirdly portrayed in this film. When a lady (Mary Woronov) needs to have her house fumigated, she visits her next-door neighbor (Jacqueline Bisset) and runs into a bunch of loonies–including the ghost of Bisset's recently departed husband.
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 A Star Is Born 1976 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Mazursky, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark, Sally Kirkland, Robert Englund, Marta Heflin, Joanne Linville, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, M.G. Kelly
Sometimes remakes just do not capture all that the original movie did, and this version of "A Star Is Born" with Barbra Streisand as Esther and Kris Kristofferson as fading rock star Norman does not measure up to earlier versions. There was an Oscar, however, for Streisand's (and Paul Williams) song, "Evergreen."
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Tempest 1982 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raul Julia, Molly Ringwald, Sam Robards, Paul Stewart, Anthony Holland, Jackie Gayle, Jerry Hardin, Lucianne Buchanan, Vassilis Glezakos, Sergio Nicolai, Luigi Laezza
This update of Shakespeare's play features John Cassavetes as New York architect Phillip Dimitrius who leaves his wife, Antonia (Gena Rowlands), and travels to Greece with their daughter Miranda (Molly Ringwald). Phillip meets Greek singer Aretha (Susan Sarandon), and she becomes his lover. Phillip, Aretha, and Miranda fly to a Greek island where all goes well–until Antonia and her friends are shipwrecked and end up marooned on the same island.
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Touch 1997 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Bridget Fonda, Tom Arnold, Gina Gershon, Janeane Garofalo, Lolita Davidovich, Paul Mazursky, John Doe, Conchata Ferrell, LL Cool J, Maria Celedonio, Anthony Zerbe, Breckin Meyer
Juvenal (Skeet Ulrich) is a healer who can perform miracles through his touch. He is a confused young man who Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) hopes to exploit–with help from Lynn (Bridget Fonda)–as a member of his evangelism business.
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An Unmarried Woman 1978 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Lisa Lucas, Cliff Gorman, Patricia(2) Quinn, Kelly Bishop, Andrew Duncan, Raymond J. Barry, Jill Eikenberry, Linda Miller, Daniel Seltzer, Matthew Arkin, Penelope Russianoff, Novella Nelson
Erica (Jill Clayburgh) works to find new meaning and purpose in her life after her husband, Martin (Michael Murphy), walks out on her and their daughter Patti (Lisa Lucas) after 17 years of marriage. First, Erica begins to take control of her life by bonding with her group of women friends and seeking therapy. Then, she begins life anew through her job at an art gallery and a romantic relationship with an understanding artist, Saul (Alan Bates). The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress (Clayburgh), and Screenplay.
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Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stephen Surjik
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers, Jeffrey Tambor, Illeana Douglas, Chris Mulkey, Paul Mazursky, Kathy Baker, R. Lee Ermey, Jason Lee
Two media tycoons, Lionel Powers (Gabriel Byrne) and Julian Messenger (Ben Kingsley), vie for ownership of a champion football team, and their efforts lead to the destruction of their families as well as their own reputations.
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love 1998 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Larenz Tate, Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Paul Mazursky, Little Richard, Pamela Reed, Alexis Cruz, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Ben Vereen
In the 1950s, singing star Frankie Lymon (Larenz Tate) died following a heroin overdose. Before that, he was exploited both professionally and personally. This is his story, but it is his three wives (Lymon never bothered with divorce) who provide the drama through their fight over his estate.
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Willie and Phil 1980 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Tom Brennan, Laurence Fishburne, Natalie Wood, Kristine DeBell, Julie Bovasso, Kaki Hunter
After viewing Truffaut's "Jules and Jim," Willie (Michael Ontkean) and Phil (Ray Sharkey) reenact the story as friends and lovers of the very liberal Jeannette (Margot Kidder).
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Winchell 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky
Cast: Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headly, Paul Giamatti, Christopher Plummer, Xander Berkeley, Kevin Tighe, Frank Medrano, Vic Polizos, Paula Cale, Megan Mullally
Stanley Tucci won the Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Walter Winchell in this true story about the larger-than-life gossip columnist. The story meanders at times, but Tucci's performance makes viewing worthwhile.
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| 1. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
2. Alex in Wonderland (1970)
3. Blume in Love (1973)
4. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
5. Coast to Coast (2003)
6. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
7. Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
8. Faithful (1996)
9. Harry and Tonto (1974)
10. History of the World: Part I (1981)
11. Love Affair (1994)
12. A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979)
13. Miami Rhapsody (1995)
14. Moon Over Parador (1988)
15. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
16. Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
17. The Pickle (1993)
18. Punchline (1988)
19. Scenes from a Mall (1991)
20. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
21. A Star Is Born (1976)
22. Tempest (1982)
23. Touch (1997)
24. An Unmarried Woman (1978)
25. Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
26. Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
27. Willie and Phil (1980)
28. Winchell (1998)
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