The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is, at least superficially, John Cassavetes' stab at a gangster thriller. In fact, though, the film's genre trappings are incidental to its central purpose, a character study of the charismatic loser Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara), a strip club owner who fancies himself an artist as he arranges his club's lame, unsexy nightly shows. Cosmo is a kind of vaudeville showman,...
The actor: Ben Gazzara, who studied with The Actors Studio in the ‘50s before moving on to Broadway—where he originated the role of Brick in Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof —and then, inevitably, Hollywood. Gazzara starred in two TV series ( Arrest And Trial and Run For Your Life ) in the ‘60s, but didn’t really find his niche until he connected with indie...
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "Looking for Palladin," from Polish-born writer-director Andrzej Krakowski ("Triumph of the Spirit"), pits 1960s movie star Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara), who fled the high life and personal problems for anonymity in Antigua, Guatemala, against eager-beaver Hollywood agent Josh (David Moscow), charged with luring him back home for a million-dollar-cameo...
‘Looking For Palladin‘ story is about an arrogant Hollywood talent agent, Josh Ross (David Moscow) who is sent to Guatemala to find two-time Oscar winner actor Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara). Although they’d never met, the search is emotionally complicated as the long-time retired star was once married to the Josh’s late mother. The young agent’s contempt for the ‘old’...
Josh Ross (David Moscow), a self-absorbed Hollywood talent agent in his 30s, lands in Guatemala, “looking for Palladin,” Jack “Jake” Palladin (Ben Gazzara), a two-time Oscar-winning movie star of the 1960s and 70s who has dropped out of the entertainment business.
By Chris Gisonny On September 21, 1970, television viewers beheld Dick Cavett welcoming John Cassavetes, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara to the set of his show. Cavett initially describes them as “three animals” and before long their behavior supports his claim. They were there to promote Husbands (1970), a film directed by the notoriously unorthodox Cassavetes and starring all three of them....
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The rich earth of Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with more than copper, iron. The Cliffs Shaft mine operated for 99 years in the town of Ishpeming, which is located in the Marquette Iron Range. Once home of many iron mines, the U.P. has only two left. Cliffs Shaft is now a musuem . I arrived there after it closed for the day, while I was traveling east on U.S 41 to Munising, I saw the old mine...
Based almost entirely on found footage — and a clever script to thread that footage together — Empire State Building Murders is a loving tribute to classic Hollywood films. French director William Karel, who co-wrote the script with Jerome Charyn, has crafted a film in which they've pulled footage from classic films and edited them together to tell a completely original story. It's a mashup...
“It’s a beautiful Monday here in the Big Apple,” says a disc jockey heard coming from a car radio just a few minutes into Peter Bogdanovich’s THEY ALL LAUGHED. That the voice we hear actually belongs to Bogdanovich himself makes a lot of sense. Released in 1981, THEY ALL LAUGHED really is set in a beautiful fantasy version of that city, one of the writer/director’s own...
Patrick Swayze stars in this sexy, "violent tough-guy thriller" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) from the producer of Die Hard and The Matrix. Co-starring Ben Gazzara (The Thomas Crown Affair), Kelly Lynch (Charlie's Angels) and Sam Elliott (We Were Soldiers), Road House delivers no-holds-barred action that pushes the envelope for high-octane thrills! Swayze is Dalton, a legendary bouncer who...
We've all got our favorite Patrick Swayze movie. Don't deny it. Maybe you're a fan of that poofy shirt that he wears all through the afterlife in " Ghost ." Or maybe you're old school, and you remember him best as a Greaser in " The Outsiders ." And then there's always Johnny Castle in " Dirty Dancing ": Nobody puts baby in a corner. Not me. I am now and will always be...
By Alberto Pace In the past you had to go to a store if you wanted to rent or buy a movie. High speed internet access has now made it possible to download movies right off a movie download site. You will find just about any movie you want with a good movie download site, below is a small sample. Shadow Conspiracy: Off-white Home whiz baby Sheen comprehends of a wicked conspiracy in the highest levels...
I never got into "Dirty Dancing" and I cringe every time I hear "She's Like the Wind" but I'm sorry to hear that iconic actor Patrick Swayze died Monday at age 57. Swayze succumbed after a much-publicized battle with pancreatic cancer. He hit it big with 1997's "Dirty Dancing" and struck gold again in 1990 with "Ghost." One of my favorite Patrick Swayze films...
Okay, tell me what can be the biggest advantage of owing a laptop and computer? It’s to watch free online movies and download movies. Download In today’s ever changing scenario, our everyday schedules are being so hectic and in order to regain energy and enthusiasm, everyone needs to relax his/her mind. What are your means of relaxation? They may be various but I think that watching Hollywood movies...
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