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Mistress (1992 Film)
''Mistress'' is a 1992 comedy-drama film starring Robert De Niro, Danny Aiello, Eli Wallach, Robert Wuhl and Martin Landau. The picture was written by Barry Primus and J.F. Lawton and directed by Primus. Plot A down-and-out Hollywood screenwriter and director named Marvin Landisman (Robert Wuhl) is working on cheaply made instructional videos when his years-old script is read by Jack Roth (Martin Landau), a has-been producer who offers to help Marvin find investors for his movie. Three men willing to put up the money are found — the ruthless businessman Evan ( Robert De Niro), the disturbed war veteran Carmine ( Danny Aiello) and the eccentric millionaire George (Eli Wallach). But each has a mistress he insists be cast in the film in exchange for his financial backing. The women are the highly talented Beverly (Sheryl Lee Ralph), the alcoholic flight attendant Patricia (Jean Smart) and the perky but talentless Peggy (Tuesday Knight). Marvin repeatedly is asked to compromi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Primus
Barry Primus (born February 16, 1938) is an American television and film actor, director, and writer. Career While Primus is primarily an actor, he has also worked as a writer and director in films in which he has acted. For the first decade of his career, he was employed as a stage actor. He gained some experience on TV in shows like '' The Defenders'', ''East Side/West Side'' and '' The Virginian''. He then made his initial film appearance in the Manhattan-filmed '' The Brotherhood'' (1968). His other films include ''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (film)'' (1971) ''Boxcar Bertha'' (1972), ''Autopsy'' (1975), ''Heartland'' (1979), '' The Rose'' (1979), '' Night Games'' (1980), ''Absence of Malice'' (1981), and ''Guilty by Suspicion'' (1991). He had a recurring role on the TV series ''Cagney and Lacey'' (1982 — 1988) as Christine Cagney's (Sharon Gless's) boyfriend, Sergeant Dory McKenna, whose drug problem compromises his value as a police officer. He also gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jace Alexander
Jason "Jace" Alexander (born April 7, 1964) is an American former television director, actor, and convicted sex offender from New York City. In 2015, Alexander was arrested for the downloading and file sharing of child pornography, and later pled guilty to one count of promoting a sexual performance by a child and one count of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child. Career Acting After attending New York University, Alexander began his professional career as the stage manager of a 1983 Broadway revival of ''The Caine Mutiny Court Martial'', in which he also played a small role. Alexander appeared on stage in ''I'm Not Rappaport'', ''Six Degrees of Separation'' and the Stephen Sondheim musical ''Assassins'', in which he portrayed Lee Harvey Oswald. His screen roles include '' City of Hope'', '' Love and a .45'', ''Matewan'', ''Eight Men Out'', ''Crocodile Dundee II'' and ''Clueless''. Directing In the early 1990s, Alexander studied at the American Film Institute, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Film Directors And Producers
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Screenwriters
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
