Joe Mantegna

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Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his roles in box-office hits such as Three Amigos (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Forget Paris (1995) and Up Close & Personal (1996). He currently stars in the CBS television series Criminal Minds as FBI Special Agent David Rossi.

Mantegna has gained Emmy Award nominations for his roles in three different miniseries, The Last Don (1997), The Rat Pack (1999) and The Starter Wife (2007). Mantegna served as executive producer for various movies and television movies, such as Corduroy (1984), Hoods (1998), and Lakeboat (2000), which he also directed.

On television, Mantegna starred in the short lived series First Monday (2002) and Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005). Since the 1991 episode "Bart the Murderer", Mantegna has had a recurring role on the animated comedy series The Simpsons as mob boss Fat Tony, reprising the role in The Simpsons Movie (2007). He also played Robert B. Parker's fictional detective Spenser in three made-for-TV movies between 1999 and 2001.

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original_name: Duckman

original_language: en

Joan of Arcadia

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original_name: Joan of Arcadia

Simon & Simon

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The Twilight Zone

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Criminal Minds

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Deutsch

biography:
Joseph Anthony "Joe" Mantegna, Jr. (geb. 13. November 1947) ist ein amerikanischer Schauspieler, Produzent, Autor und Regisseur. Er ist vor allem für seine Rollen in Kinohits wie Three Amigos (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Forget Paris (1995) und Up Close & Personal (1996) bekannt. Derzeit spielt er in der CBS-Fernsehserie Criminal Minds als FBI-Spezialagent David Rossi.

Mantegna hat für seine Rollen in drei verschiedenen Miniserien, The Last Don (1997), The Rat Pack (1999) und The Starter Wife (2007), Emmy Award Nominierungen erhalten. Mantegna war Executive Producer für verschiedene Film- und Fernsehfilme wie Corduroy (1984), Hoods (1998) und Lakeboat (2000), die er auch leitete.

Im Fernsehen spielte Mantegna in der kurzlebigen Serie First Monday (2002) und Joan of Arcadia (2003-2005). Seit der Episode "Bart der Mörder" von 1991 spielt Mantegna eine immer wiederkehrende Rolle in der Zeichentrickserie The Simpsons als Mafiaboss Fat Tony und übernimmt die Rolle in The Simpsons Movie (2007). Zwischen 1999 und 2001 spielte er auch Robert B. Parkers fiktiven Detektiv Spenser in drei Fernsehfilmen.

Español

biography: Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. (n. Chicago, Illinois; 13 de noviembre de 1947), más conocido como Joe Mantegna, es un actor, guionista, productor y director estadounidense. Es famoso, principalmente, por interpretar papeles relacionados con la mafia, como su personaje de Joey Zasa en la tercera entrega de El Padrino o como su personaje de Edgar "Eddie" Mauser en la película Baby's Day Out. También es reconocido por su doblaje del personaje Fat Tony en la serie The Simpsons. Recientemente, es conocido por su papel de David Rossi en la serie de CBS, Mentes criminales.

Français

biography:
Joe Mantegna est un acteur, producteur, scénariste et réalisateur américain, né le 13 novembre 1947 à Chicago (Illinois).

Né au sein d'une famille italo-américaine, Joe Mantegna débute sa carrière d'acteur au théâtre en 1969, dans l'adaptation de Hair. Après avoir rejoint la compagnie Organic Theatre of Chicago, il fait ses débuts à Broadway dans la comédie musicale Working. Il fait alors la rencontre du scénariste et auteur David Mamet, qui lui confie un rôle dans sa pièce Glengarry Glen Ross (adaptée au cinéma en 1993). Il perce à la télévision en 1977, avec la série Soap, avant de tenir son premier rôle au cinéma dans Towing où il donne la réplique à Sue Lyon.

Acteur prolifique, éternel second couteau au cinéma, la carrière de Joe Mantegna est jalonnée de très nombreux rôle, parfois marquants. A l'instar du personnage véreux de Mike dans Engrenages, mis en scène par son ami David Mamet, qu'il retrouve trois ans plus tard sur le tournage de Homicide, dans lequel il campe cette fois-ci un inspecteur de la brigade criminelle enquêtant sur des meurtres au sein de la communauté juive américaine. En 1990, Francis Ford Coppola lui confie le rôle mémorable du mafieux psychotique Joey Zasa dans le troisième volet du Parrain, où il tente de renverser par la force et dans le sang Al Pacino. Il se fait acteur-producteur pour la première fois dans le buddy movie Jerry and Tom, où il incarne un vendeur de voiture le jour mais tueur à gage la nuit. Durant la décennie 1995-2005, il court le cachet, enchaînant quantité de rôles mineurs, tandis qu'il se consacre en parallèle au petit écran, en jouant les guest star ou le temps d"un caméo dans des séries le plus souvent inédites en France.

Joe Mantegna est aussi connu pour régulièrement prêter sa voix à "Fat Tony", un caïd de la pègre croqué sous la plume de Matt Groening, dans la série Les Simpson. Un personnage culte que l'on retrouve dans les premières aventures au cinéma de la plus délirante famille des Etats-Unis.

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乔·曼特尼亚

biography: 乔·曼特尼亚Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna， Jr.（1947 年 11 月 13 日出生）是美国演员、制片人、作家和导演。

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喬·曼帖那

biography: 喬·曼特尼亞 Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna， Jr. （1947 年 11 月 13 日出生）是美國演員、製片人、作家和導演。

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Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr.
Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr.
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title: Assassins

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title: The Outlaws

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title: Cougar Club

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title: WooLife

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overview: Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.

title: Queens Logic

overview: When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.

title: Elvis & Anabelle

overview: A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.

title: Airspeed

overview: When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken teen find a way to land the jet?

title: Second Thoughts

overview: Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her ex John Michael. A curious triangle develops as Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections.

title: Things Change

overview: Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!

title: Persons Unknown

overview: When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.

title: Stories USA

overview: Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world.

title: Wait Until Spring, Bandini

overview: Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he has in the Imperial Poolhall and his time with the rich American widow, Hildegarde. Even though his beautiful and pious mother lets his father get away with that, even if his little brother wets the bed. Arturo loves them all. He also loves to play baseball, even though he has to wait until spring. And he also loves the movies ... and Rosa. But she doesn't love him ...

title: Underworld

overview: A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown goes after Frank, one of the mobsters involved in a series of Father's Day killings. But Johnny isn't certain Frank is responsible for his father's injuries and seeks help from a sex therapist to make sure he's got the right man.

character: Frank Gavilan / Frank Cassady / Richard Essex

title: Jerry and Tom

overview: Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.

title: Pontormo - Un amore eretico

title: Weeds

overview: A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.

title: A Very Married Christmas

overview: Lighthearted Christmas TV Movie about a man whose quiet, boring life begins to unravel when he finds out that his wife is having an affair and wants a divorce. Only after he meets a volunteer Santa, is he able to experience what a true Christmas miracle can be.

title: The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

overview: Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.

title: Lakeboat

overview: A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.

title: Fall

overview: A professional thief turns state's evidence on his Mafia boss and enters into the witness protection program.

title: For Better or Worse

overview: A comic love triangle wherein a loser falls in love with his recently-married brother's wife.

title: Face Down

overview: When blonde bombshell Meredith Lake breezes into his office, New York private eye Bob Signorelli can't resist giving her "personal" attention. But their one-night stand becomes a deadly liaison when they are linked to a homicide; and a night of steamy passion snowballs into a marathon of madness and murder...

title: National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

overview: America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).

title: Hoods

overview: A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.

title: The House That Jack Built

overview: The film tells the story of Jack Filice Jr., an heir to a Hollywood Italian-American dynasty. As his father, Jack Sr.(played Tony-award winning Joe Mantegna), lays dying, he asks his only son to preserve the family estate, and to never tear it down. The pact is made, but within a year, the cocky young music producer, demolishes the estate and builds his "party palace". On the night of Jack's house warming party, friends and family party into the early morning, unaware of the "monstrous spirit" who returns to murder them one-by-one, until only his grandson is left to destroy.

title: Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

overview: Documentary following the hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee of the '40s and '50s.

title: Body and Soul

overview: Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to Reno with his unwavering friend Tiny. On his climb to the top, he loses himself and the people he cares for most.

title: The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle

overview: A boy riding his tricycle down the sidewalk is distracted by a kite he finds in the trash. While he runs off to play with the kite, his tricycle is picked up with the rest of the garbage. The panicked tricycle escapes at the dump and races to find the boy, with garbage men and police in hot pursuit.

original_title: The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle

title: Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street

overview: This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and where "the only color that mattered was green".

original_title: Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street

title: Crack USA: County Under Siege

overview: Documentary which aired in 1989 as part of the HBO documentary series "American Undercover".  It was filmed in West Palm Beach, Florida over the course of eight weeks and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.  The documentary shows a cross section of abusers who have fallen under the deadly spell of the most addictive and affordable drug in America. Interviews with addicts and their families reveal that crack knows no socio-economic boundaries. Teenagers discuss the desperate measures they have taken to obtain the drug.  The producers acknowledged the following for their assistance in making this film:  Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office;  West Palm Beach Police Department;  Data House of the Drug Abuse Treatment Association  © Half-Court Productions Ltd. 1989

title: Davi's Way

overview: Actor/singer Robert Davi gives himself one year to recreate Frank Sinatra's fabled 'Main Event' concert in Madison Square Garden to celebrate the centenary of Sinatra's birth.

title: The War of 1812

overview: The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply significant event in North American and world history. The war shaped American, Canadian and British destiny in the most literal way possible: had one or two battles or decisions gone a different way, a map of the United States today would look entirely (and shockingly) different. The fires of this war forged the nation of Canada; at the same time, the result tolled the end of Native American dreams of a separate nation. By war's end, the process of Native nation removal had already begun in the southeast, paving the way for a Cotton Kingdom powered by slavery, and a United States that had been on the verge of collapse was ready to announce its arrival as a global power. The U.S. did not win the War of 1812, but the noble experiment of democracy had managed to survive intense pressure from without, and within.

title: State of Emergency

overview: Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.

title: Compulsion

overview: A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.

title: Small Vices

overview: Bested on the best-selling novel by author Robert B. Parker, Joe Mantegna is Spenser - Boston's best-known private eye. Called upon to investigate a case of murder, corruption, and betrayal, the super sleuth finds himself marked for death and on the run from a ruthless international assassin.

title: Stallone: Frank, That Is

overview: An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.

title: Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

title: Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys

overview: Three teenage boys inadvertently find themselves holding the adult world hostage in this wild comedy caper. When Slug, Mickey and Frank flee to a secret hideout to avoid their angry parents, they find an atomic bomb! Instead of turning it in, they call the President and demand that he... cancels school!

title: A Call to Remember

overview: Paula Tobias, a Holocaust survivor who has suffered the ultimate personal tragedy of losing her spouse and children during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Now re-married and living in America during the late 1960's with husband David, they build a new life together with sons Ben and Jake. One evening, Paula receives a phone call which assures her that her son, Alec, is actually alive and in New York. This brings up painful memories from the past for everyone involved, including Ben and Jake, who force their father to talk about the Holocaust. Paula rushes to New York only to find that it was a mistake - Alec was never found. She falls into a dramatic depression, as the family confronts their fears and tries to stay together.

title: The Runner

overview: A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.

title: Walking Shadow

overview: Spenser attends a play at his girlfriend's insistence to meet a director who is allegedly being stalked. During the performance, the lead actor in a hale of fake arrows is suddenly killed by a real arrow from a crossbow. This launches Spencer into an investigation of everyone involved with the theatrical company and leads him up against a Chinese mobster, who warns Spencer to quit questioning his wife, one of the theater's patrons. However, everything changes when the mobster is found beaten to death.

title: Thin Air

overview: Frank Belson didn't ask too many questions about the past of his new wife Lisa St. Claire, even after she suddenly and mysteriously disappeared one night. He brings in Spenser to help locate her, who begins to piece together her complete life story while submerged in the Latino shadow world of the town of Proctor.

title: The Bronx Bull

overview: A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.

title: Hotel Laguna

overview: Raised by an uncle in New York after his parents died in an attack orchestrated by the mafia, Thomas, now an adult, is sent to live in Italy. There, while his tortured past and the death of his parents come back to haunt him, he feels increasingly drawn to Thelma, his uncle's mysterious wife. Soon Thomas will learn the truth about the death of his parents and foment a vengeance of great heights.

title: Eye for an Eye

overview: It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.

title: Justice League: The New Frontier

overview: The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?

title: Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

overview: Rock superstar Slade Craven has decided to hang up his rock & roll shoes and has planned something very special for his final show -- instead of a typical concert in some sports arena, he'll play a set aboard a 747 jumbo jet, flying from Los Angeles to Toronto, with the gig broadcast live to millions of fans over the Internet. But what Craven didn't count on is the presence of a deranged fan with a gun who attempts to hijack the plane, throwing the show into chaos and putting the lives of everyone aboard the jet at risk.

title: Hank and Mike

overview: Two blue-collar Easter Bunnies get fired and try their hand at an assortment of odd jobs, failing at each. Fighting depression, debt and eventually each other, their lives start to unravel until they realize that without their job they are nothing.

title: The Friendly

overview: Military medic Curtis is injured in the line of duty and sent home with the dog who saved him. Both Curtis and his dog, named Friendly, must adjust to civilian life. As Curtis falls in love, Sophia, a nurse, has a child, and both, grappling with severe PTSD and mental health challenges, rogether, they turn tragedy into triumph.

title: Women vs. Men

overview: Seeking the excitement that was once part of their married lives, Bruce and Michael slip out one night to a gentleman's club. When their wives, Dana and Brit, discover this boys-night-out activity, the husbands are booted from their homes. In the men's ensuing efforts to get back into their wives' good graces, their previously unspoken views about marriage and women begin to surface to disturbing effect for their wives.

title: Merry Christmas, George Bailey

overview: Performance of the 1947 Lux Radio version of "It's a Wonderful Life", taped live in the historic Pasadena Playhouse as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

title: Off Beat

overview: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.

title: For Hire

overview: Chicago cabbie Mitch Lawrence is a man whose dreams are starting to fade. His only shining light is his loving and pregnant wife. When one of his clients, author Lou Webber offers him money to eliminate a drug dealer who is stalking him, Mitch refuses. Days later, Mitch is diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer. He reconsiders Lou's offer, and for the sake of his wife and baby, eliminates the threat. But after that night, everything changes, Mitch's stomach pains disappear. The Drug dealer suddenly resurfaces in a crowd. Then events conspire to drag Mitch deeper into a game that proves that at the right price any man is for hire.

title: The Last Band on Stage

overview: The story of how the band Chicago has lasted 55 years without stopping recording or missing a year of touring.

title: Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

overview: A documentary on John Schlesinger and Michael Childers.

original_title: Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story

title: Albino Alligator

overview: While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.

title: Childless

overview: Katherine is a typical teenager. Today's her funeral. The four adults in her life have a lot on their mind - and it's not all about Katherine either. With a frankness that's strikingly disarming as well as frequently self-serving, the grown-ups struggle with being... well... grown-up.

title: Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

overview: Cool Cat, the coolest cat in the world, tells his friends, the audience, a crazy dream, how he was invited to a celebrity party and meets many celebrities. And he loved it.

title: 10 Cent Pistol

overview: A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.

title: Kill Me, Deadly

overview: It's 1947, and hard-boiled private investigator Charlie Nickels' client is murdered and her priceless diamond stolen. The investigation forces him to do the one thing he vowed never to do again: trust a dame.

title: Stateside

overview: The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...

title: I Was a Teenage Faust

overview: 15 year old Brendan Willy hates himself for being un-cool when he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Enter Mr. Five, a no good tempter from hell, which in his last attempt to ensnare a soul before being fried for eternity, transforms Brendan into the coolest kid in Indiana, only to find out that this contract isn't going to be easy at all.

title: Family Prayers

overview: This coming of age story set in the 1960s takes a look at the effects of a couple's break-up on a sensitive, thirteen year old Jewish boy in the 1960s.

title: The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

overview: A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes the original screen tests of some of the actors for "The Godfather" film, and some candid moments on the set of "The Godfather: Part III."

title: Say It Ain't Solo

overview: A father and son learn that their favorite movie ("Star Wars") is about to become Hollywood's latest remake, so they enlist the help of some friends to try and stop this madness.

title: The Trumpet of the Swan

overview: The adventures of a young Trumpeter swan who cannot speak. With the help of a human boy and the love of his family and friends, Louie discovers his own unique talents which help him find his place in the world.

title: My Little Assassin

overview: 1981: Marita Lorenz checks into an Havana hotel and, in a flashback, remembers 22 years' before. At 19, visiting Cuba from New York, she comes to the attention of Fidel Castro, the country's rebel president. He invites her to be his secretary and to be part of the making of the new Cuba. She accepts, but soon learns he already has a capable secretary; Marita's duties lie elsewhere. She becomes pregnant. She's also come to the attention of the FBI and the CIA, so when she wakes up in a US hospital after what may have been a botched abortion against her will in Cuba, her government presses her into service as an assassin: her job, to go back to Cuba and kill her former lover.

title: Towing

overview: An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar maids to try and stop them.

title: Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

overview: The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to the present.

original_title: Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago

title: Hannah Mantegna

title: Off The Boulevard

overview: Off The Boulevard is a story of art and heart; and the struggle it takes to believe in your dreams. It is an entertaining and informative Documentary Feature about seven artists: two Musicians, two Filmmakers, two Actors, and one Comedian, whose friendships are created by struggle and perseverance. Their journey will inspire and educate all those who follow their own path.

title: My Suicide

overview: After declaring that he's going to film himself committing suicide for a school project, Archie videotapes his surprising interactions with worried family members, interested classmates, unreliable medical experts and the hottest girl in school.

title: The Water Engine

overview: In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.

title: The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

overview: The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.

title: This Old Cub

overview: Jeff Santo explores the life and career of his father, Chicago Cub great Ron Santo.

title: National Memorial Day Concert

overview: On the eve of Memorial Day, a star-studded lineup will grace the stage for one of PBS' highest-rated programs. This multi-award-winning television event has become an American tradition, honoring the military service and sacrifice of all our men and women in uniform, their families at home and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

title: Error in Judgment

overview: Eric's art gallery is losing money, and even though his psychiatrist wife wants to help, she can't do much to cheer him up. When a young, sexy woman named Toni accepts a sales position at the gallery, she instantly brings it back to life, jump-starting Eric's troubled marriage in the process. But the marital problems soon come back, prompting accusations that Eric is having an affair with Toni.

title: Compromising Positions

overview: An ex-newspaper woman, who is now a suburban housewife, can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.

title: Bleacher Bums

overview: Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.

title: The Comrades of Summer

overview: Sparky Smith (Joe Mantegna) was manager of the Seattle Mariners until he had one too many shouting matches with the team's owner (Michael Lerner) and winds up fired. Now Sparky's ready to coach any team who'll have him. The only problem is, no one will, until the day the Russian Sports Ministry led by the delectable Tanya (Natalya Negoda) comes knocking at his door. The Russians need a baseball coach for their Olympic team, and Sparky is just the man for the job. Once on Russian soil though, he soon discovers that the Russian team is composed of athletes, hockey players, and shot putters who barely know their way around a diamond. Confronted with this losing team, hilarious comedy ensues when Sparky is told to accept an invitation to have his team visit the States and play his old team the Mariners.

title: Elvis

overview: This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

title: Boy Meets Girl

overview: Angelina is a shy and whimsical Italian waitress who has moved from Italy to Canada to fulfill a family vow by marrying a man she's not in love with. Angelina settles into a neighborhood in Toronto's Little Italy longing for true love. Mike is a jaded and cynical copywriter for romance novels but has lost his faith in romantic love. In the days leading up to Valentine's Day, an enigmatic and amorous couple named Il Magnifico and Mrs. Jones set the whole neighborhood ablaze with romantic passion. While everyone seems to be falling under the spell of Cupid's arrows, Angelina and Mike meet and just might find the true love that they've been searching for.

title: Lonely Street

overview: Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.

title: 20

overview: 20 years later, a look back at Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game.

title: Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

overview: Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin. Dishing out the insults are Christopher Walken, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Michael J. Fox and more.

title: The Great Empire: Rome

overview: Historical documentary that chronicles the history and legend of ancient Rome from Romulus and Remus to the rise of Christianity. Ancient accounts reveal the everyday life of Romans and extensive footage highlights the antiquities and treasures of Roman sites throughout Europe and the Near East.

title: Valentine's Day

overview: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

title: Main Street Eagle

overview: A Washington D.C. intelligence agency cuts ethical corners in its pursuit of a globetrotting spy.

title: The Assistants

overview: Tinseltown has its movers and shakers, but they all first started somewhere as The Assistants in Hollywood. The Assistants is a new movie opening December 3. It's a story about a group of Hollywood assistants who use their positions to lie, con, and blackmail their way into producing their own movie. Though it's funny, certainly, there's also great truth in it. In the film, all these twentysomethings - wannabe actors, writers, directors, craftsmen, etc. - yearn, dream, hope and pray to one day be a success in the film business like those they work for and see all around them. Be careful what you wish for - particularly in Hollywood.

title: Death on the Job

overview: A revealing look at how workers' safety is being compromised with tragic results. Interviews with accident investigators, co-workers, and victims' families detail the causes and consequences of accidents, while extensive news footage and home videos taken by accident survivors and family members expose the hazards of such industries as commercial fishing, construction and chemical refineries. An indictment of inadequate governmental safeguards, this important film makes a plea for the protection of workers.

title: Mother Ghost

overview: Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths bathroom sink. The same jewelry she was buried in. Keith tells his wife Karen, about the jewelry and that is the last straw. She claims he is distant and has shut her out. Now he thinks he is seeing things that aren't there and if things don't improve, she will take their only son and leave. Forced with the ultimatum, Keith launches himself on a day of reclamation. Keith winds up on the phone with a popular radio Psychiatrist who guides Keith through what he cannot see on his own. Keith discovers a new man and a new attitude. Several people are listening to Keith's plight on the radio and are making changes of their own. Is this dead visitor all in Keith's head or is she truly a Mother Ghost?

title: Chasing October

overview: "Chasing October" is a docu-comedy that chronicles one fan's crusade to take the Chicago Cubs to the World Series "by any means necessary." Director Matt Liston quits his job, gets all access to his favorite team, and rallies a city. Perhaps no other fan in the history of sports has gone to such an extreme. See Liston as he helps facilitate a trade, attempts to get a $20 million loan to help team payroll, and takes being a fan to a whole new level. This film is a hilarious must-see for all sports fans and for anyone who has ever chased a dream.

title: When It Was a Game 2

overview: Composed entirely of never-before-seen 8mm and 16mm footage filmed between 1925 and 1961 by baseball players, their families and their fans, this second chapter in the HBO series "When It Was a Game" brings many lost moments to life. Narrated by Peter Kessler, the documentary features clips of Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Tommy Lasorda and Babe Ruth.

title: Once More, Like Rain Man

overview: ‘It’s up to you to make a future that has you in it…’ We follow Zoe and her dad, Gerry in a ‘day in the life’ of an autistic actress running the gambit of stereotypes she has to deal with - and her dad’s battle in supporting her forging that path for herself - in a funny, frustrating, painful and sometimes triumphantly sarcastic kind of way.

title: Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration

overview: Actor Joe Mantegna hosts performances of holiday classics by the U.S. Army Field Band.

title: Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

overview: A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and crew as well as hosts. Features memorable sketches and behind the scenes dynamics.

original_title: Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

title: Cannonball!

overview: Shot under the big top and on tour with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, CANNONBALL! gives viewers a rare opportunity to experience first-hand a touring circus.

title: Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

overview: An entertaining and heartfelt look at the ties of hope, faith, and optimism that bind Cubs fans together. This exciting film also offers unique insight into what it means to be a true Cubs fan by exploring how deeply the histories of the city of Chicago and its Cubs are intertwined.

original_title: Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

title: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

overview: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! is a documentary special that examined the "cultural phenomenon" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

original_title: The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

title: The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

overview: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020) is Francis Ford Coppola’s re-edited, 157-minute version of The Godfather Part III, serving as a definitive epilogue. Set in 1979, an aged Michael Corleone seeks to legitimise the family business and find a successor. The plot focuses on his guilt over killing Fredo and his desperate, often violent struggle to untangle the Corleone legacy from both the Mafia and corrupt Vatican finances.

original_title: The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

title: Cigars!: The New Rage!

overview: Cigars have become the new rage! Take an exciting journey and discover everything you ever wanted to know about the sensuous pleasures of cigar enjoyment

title: West of Brooklyn

overview: An Italian American street kid with a secret passion for poetry is a fish out of water in LA. Only the love of his family and a rich girl from the other side of the tracks can help him find the courage to be himself and find a place to call home.

title: The Simpsons: A Serious Flanders

overview: When a ruthless debt collector comes to Springfield, Homer and Ned's lives are sucked into the artfully violent world of prestige TV.

title: Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown

overview: Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, leads us through the history of this special holiday in the City of Angels.

title: The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

overview: Following the release of Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three films into chronological order to create this nearly ten-hour epic, incorporating scenes not part of the theatrical releases.

title: Lakeboat

title: Lakeboat

title: Bleacher Bums

title: Corduroy

overview: CORDUROY (Live Action--Based on the book by Don Freeman) Corduroy longs for someone to take him home from the department store. He thinks that finding his lost button may help, so he searchers the store when no one is around. Will Corduroy find the button on his adventure?

title: Corduroy

title: Bleacher Bums

overview: They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been attending for years, tirelessly rooting for a team that never seems to win. They know each other, but that's no guarantee that they'll get along. As the game unfolds, the Bums argue, wager, cheer and boo... and discover they share more in common than they could ever have imagined.

title: The Simpsons Movie

title: The Godfather Part III

title: Body of Evidence

title: Forget Paris

title: Thinner

title: Bugsy

title: The Money Pit

title: Naked Fear

title: Baby's Day Out

title: Homicide

title: The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

title: Critical Condition

title: ¡Three Amigos!

title: Above Suspicion

title: Alice

title: The Rat Pack

title: Celebrity

title: Uncle Nino

title: Redbelt

title: Up Close & Personal

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