Americathon 1979  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Neal Israel
Cast: Harvey Korman, John Ritter, Nancy Morgan, Peter Riegert, Fred Willard, Zane Buzby, George Carlin, Chief Dan George, Howard Hesseman, Jay Leno
The premise for this 1979 film is that it is now 1998, and the U.S. government is broke and threatened from Native Americans AND Big Business.
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Barbarians at the Gate 1993  R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy, Fred Dalton Thompson, Leilani Sarelle, Matt Clark, Jeffrey DeMunn, David Rasche, Tom Aldredge
Based on a true story and book by Bryan Burrough with the same name, this made-for-TV film is a lighthearted account of the takeover of RJR Nabisco in the takeover-active 1980s. Good film.
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Bleacher Bums 2002  R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Saul Rubinek
Cast: Peter Riegert, Brad Garrett, Wayne Knight, Hal Sparks, Sarain Boylan, Matt Craven, Jeff Geddis, Stephen Markle, Mary Walsh, Charles Durning, Maury Chaykin
Based on a play by Chicago's Organic Theater Company, this film follows diehard Chicago Bruins fans who frequent the bleachers at the games though the Bruins seldom win. Yes, this sounds like–and the play was about–the seldom-winning Chicago Cubs. The ball park and the team's name were changed due to a lack of endorsement resulting from the gambling theme, among other "sins."
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Bojangles 2001  TV, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Gregory Hines, Peter Riegert, Kimberly Elise, Maria Ricossa, Savion Glover, Linette Robinson, Jonathan Higgins, Lea Golde, Novie Edwards, Jackie Richardson
This made-for-TV film tells the story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Gregory Hines), the highly successful African American tap dancer. It covers his early days in vaudeville; the move into movies, which made him famous and rich; and his subsequent fall as a result of an addiction to gambling.
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 Crossing Delancey 1988 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin
Cast: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, Sylvia Miles, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbe, Amy Wright, George Martin, Kathleen Wilhoite, John Bedford Lloyd, Rosemary Harris
A Jewish girl (Amy Irving) meets many interesting people through her job in a bookstore. Unfortunately, she believes the men she meets are attracted to her mind and not her beauty. A matchmaker sets her up with a man (Peter Riegert) who turns out to be perfect, but she doesn't appreciate him at first.
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Face Down 1997  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Peter Riegert, Kelli Maroney, Cameron Thor, Adam Ant, J.K. Simmons, Shannon Lawson, Kent Staines, Diana Reis, Eugene Clark
A convoluted plot–involving a disgraced private-eye, Signorelli (Joe Mantegna), a drop-dead-gorgeous blonde (Kelli Maroney), and a grudge-carrying good cop, Lt. Coop Cooper (Peter Riegert)–offers nothing new but may appeal to the more dedicated fans of this genre.
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 Gypsy 1993 TV, 142 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Comedy
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb, Peter Riegert, Edward Asner, Christine Ebersole, Michael Jeter, Andrea Martin, Linda Hart, Anna McNeely, Jennifer Rae Beck, Tony Shalhoub, Sean Sullivan, Jeffrey Broadhurst, Rachel Sweet, Lacey Chabert
This TV remake of the Jules Styne/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical is based on famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee (Cynthia Gibb) and involves her relationship with her domineering stage mother, Mama Rose (Bette Midler). Mama Rose has dreamed of stardom but having failed now concentrates on her daughters June (Jennifer Rae Beck) and Louise (Gibb) in her effort to turn them into vaudeville stars. Louise does succeed, but, instead of becoming a vaudeville star, she gains fame as burlesque stripper "Gypsy Rose Lee."
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Head Over Heels 1979 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Chilly Scenes of Winter
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, Gloria Grahame, Nora Heflin, Jerry Hardin, Frances Bay, Griffin Dunne
Based on Ann Beattie's novel, this is a love story about Laura (Mary Beth Hurt) who is estranged from her husband when ex-boyfriend Charles (John Heard) becomes obsessed with winning her back.
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Hi-Life 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Hedden
Cast: Campbell Scott, Eric Stoltz, Daryl Hannah, Charles Durning, Katrin Cartlidge, Moira Kelly, Peter Riegert, Anne DeSalvo, Saundra Santiago, Bruce MacVittie
It's Christmastime, and Ray (Campbell Scott) runs a bar in New York where the usual group is gathered spreading the cheer. Meanwhile, Jimmy (Eric Stoltz) is in debt to Fatty (Charles Durning), and Jimmy needs a way to pay it off–fast. So, maybe the unpopular Jimmy can get his girlfriend (who happens to be the sister of Ray) to get the cash from Ray.
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How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog 2000  R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Kalesniko
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright Penn, Suzi Hofrichter, Lynn Redgrave, Jared Harris, Peter Riegert, David Krumholtz, Johnathon Schaech, Kaitlin Hopkins, Suzy Joachim
Playwright Peter McGowan (Kenneth Branagh) is suffering from pressures brought on by a string of flops at the box office. As if that were not enough, his wife (Robin Wright Penn) is trying to convince him that now is the time to start a family. Add to that a barking dog and a strange assortment of neighbors–you get the picture.
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In the Weeds 2000  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Rauch
Cast: Joshua Leonard, Molly Ringwald, Ellen Pompeo, Michael B. Silver, Sam Harris, Eric Bogosian, John Paul Pitoc, Bonnie Root, Kirk Acevedo, Peter Riegert, Caroleen Feeney, Godfrey
The staff of a NYC restaurant, each with his/her own problems and desires, serves up a tepid dish of humor in this tale. They're all here: the obnoxious owner, the psycho head chef, the eager new waitress, the struggling playwright, and the veteran waitress who has seen it all.
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Infinity 1996 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matthew Broderick
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Peter Riegert, Dori Brenner, Peter Michael Goetz, Zeljko Ivanek, Joyce Van Patten, James LeGros
This film is based on the early life of the 1965 Nobel Prize winner for physics, Richard Feynman (Matthew Broderick), and centers on the tragic love story of his marriage to Arline (Patricia Arquette) who is destined to die from the effects of TB.
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Jerry and Tom 1998 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Saul Rubinek
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Ted Danson, Charles Durning, William H. Macy, Peter Riegert, Sarah Polley, Shelley Cook, Alyson Court
This story begins and ends in a bar where two hit men–Jerry (Sam Rockwell) and Tom (Joe Mantegna)–reminisce about their lives as hired killers.
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King of the Corner 2004 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Riegert
Cast: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Ashley Johnson, Eli Wallach, Rita Moreno, Jake Hoffman, Beverly D'Angelo, Eric Bogosian, Dominic Chianese, Harris Yulin, Frank Wood, Peter Friedman
"Freelance Rabbi" Evelyn Fink (Eric Bogosian) offers spiritual advice to Leo Spivak (Peter Riegert) who is in the midst of a midlife crisis brought on by problems with his father (Eli Wallach), daughter (Ashley Johnson), and wife (Isabella Rossellini).
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Local Hero 1983  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, Norman Chancer, Jenny Seagrove, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Christopher Rozycki, Jennifer Black, John M. Jackson, Tam Dean Burn, Kenny Ireland, Harlan Jordan
Mac and Felix (Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster) represent Knox Oil and Gas, a company whose officers want to buy out a quiet fishing village and turn it into an oil refinery. Most of the citizens want to take the money and run, BUT old Ben (Fulton Mackay) sees the error of their decisions and holds out. Very clever and fun.
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 The Mask 1994 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Richard Jeni, Peter Riegert, Amy Yasbeck, Peter Greene, Nancy Fish, Ben Stein, Orestes Matacena, Tim Bagley, Johnny Williams, Reg E. Cathey, Jim Doughan, Denis Forest, Joseph Alfieri
Jim Carrey plays mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss who discovers an ancient mask floating in the river that, when worn, turns him into a cartoon character with super-human abilities. The mask is just what Stanley needs to give him the courage to step out of his shell and do anything he wants. He sets out to woo beautiful Tina (Cameron Diaz) who happens to be the girlfriend of gangster Dorian Tyrel (Peter Greene). Tyrel is plotting to rob Stanley's bank and take over the city; however, with his new mask, Stanley now has the power needed to stop Tyrel in his tracks.
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National Lampoon Goes to the Movies 1981 R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Director: Bob Giraldi, Henry Jaglom
Cast: Robby Benson, Richard Widmark, Diane Lane, Candy Clark, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Riegert, Elisha Cook Jr., Robert Culp, Dick Miller, Ann Dusenberry, Teresa Ganzel, Olympia Dukakis, Titos Vandis, Joe Spinell, Fred Willard
Three short stories that spoof personal growth, soap operas, and police stories are provided in this extremely weak offering. It's not clear how some of the stars were talked into participating; some are shown in the above credits.
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 National Lampoon's Animal House 1978 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Animal House
Director: John Landis
Cast: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Cesare Danova, Mary Louise Weller, Peter Riegert, Stephen Furst, Bruce McGill, James Daughton, Mark Metcalf
This movie set a trend for several films to come. Faber College's Dean Wormer (John Vernon) plots with Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) of Omega fraternity to rid the campus of the disreputable Delta House fraternity. The fraternity boys–seniors Otter (Tim Matheson), D-Day (Bruce McGill), Boon (Peter Riegert), and "Bluto" Blutarsky (John Belushi)–at the Delta House provide plenty of laughs as they party, chase coeds, and battle school authorities.
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The Object of Beauty 1991 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Ricci Harnett, Peter Riegert, Jack Shepherd, Rosemary Martin
Jake (John Malkovich) and Tina (Andie MacDowell), who live way beyond their means, are currently residing in a London hotel. When Tina's valuable Henry Moore sculpture is stolen, the couple creates even more problems for themselves as greed and infidelity take center stage.
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Oscar 1991 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Don Ameche, Peter Riegert, Eddie Bracken, Linda Gray, Yvonne De Carlo, Kirk Douglas, Marisa Tomei, Ken Howard
Gangster Angelo "Snaps" Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) tries to make good on a deathbed promise to his father that he will leave his life of crime. However, he finds many obstacles standing in the way to an honest life.
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Passion of Mind 1999 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alain Berliner
Cast: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgard, William Fichtner, Sinead Cusack, Peter Riegert, Matthew Beisner, Joss Ackland, Chaya Cuenot, Julianne Nicholson, Gerry Bamman
In this psychological, romantic chiller, Demi Moore takes on dual roles of Marty and Marie who live diverse lifestyles but are all too aware of each other through dreams.
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A Shock to the System 1990 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jan Egleson
Cast: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz, Will Patton, Jenny Wright, John McMartin, Barbara Baxley, Samuel L. Jackson, Haviland Morris
When business executive Graham Marshall (Michael Caine) is passed over for the promotion of a younger man (Peter Riegert), he takes matters into his own hands and employs MURDER for job security in this black comedy.
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The Stranger 1987 R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Adolfo Aristarain
Cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Peter Riegert, Barry Primus, David Spielberg, Marcos Woinsky, Julio De Grazia, Cecilia Roth, Federico Luppi, Ricardo Darin, Federico Luppi
After witnessing a murder, Alice (Bonnie Bedelia) suffers amnesia and tries to put the pieces of her lost memory together. Her psychologist (Peter Riegert) may or may not be helping her to regain the identity of the murderer.
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| 1. Americathon (1979)
2. Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
3. Bleacher Bums (2002)
4. Bojangles (2001)
5. Crossing Delancey (1988)
6. Face Down (1997)
7. Gypsy (1993)
8. Head Over Heels (1979)
aka: Chilly Scenes of Winter
9. Hi-Life (1998)
10. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000)
11. In the Weeds (2000)
12. Infinity (1996)
13. Jerry and Tom (1998)
14. King of the Corner (2004)
15. Local Hero (1983)
16. The Mask (1994)
17. National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1981)
aka: National Lampoon's Movie Madness
18. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
aka: Animal House
19. News at Eleven (1986)
20. The Object of Beauty (1991)
21. Oscar (1991)
22. Passion of Mind (1999)
23. A Shock to the System (1990)
24. The Stranger (1987)
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