Alan Gelfant
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Gelfant (born May 21, 1957 in Syracuse, New York) is an American film actor. Alan Gelfant has acted in more than 50 plays and dozens of TV shows and movies, including leading roles in the films Next Stop Wonderland, The Destiny of Marty Fine, Men in Scoring Position, Turn of Faith and highly acclaimed documentary Hero. As a director, he has put his interest in new plays. Consequently, he is the co-founder of the annual Stella Adler Theatre - One Act Play Festival in Los Angeles. He was hired by HBO to direct and co-write Colin Quinn’s one man show The Seven acraments. In the Upper Valley area of New Hampshire and Vermont, Gelfant has produced, directed and acted in performances at the Parish Players, playing Eddie Carbone in A View From The Bridge. Besides professional acting and directing for TV, movies and the stage, Alan Gelfant teaches acting, playwriting and filmmaking at high schools. Currently, he is a teacher and tutor in Writing and Rhetoric Program of Cultural Studies at Dartmouth College, focusing on research and study in making documentary films for educational use. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Gelfant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: May 21, 1957
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The Crow: City of Angels
1996-08-29
The Crow: City of Angels
Overview: A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize his enemy has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever.
Genres: Action Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-29
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Next Stop Wonderland
1998-08-21
Next Stop Wonderland
Overview: Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin thinks that her love life has hit rock bottom. In reality, the all-time low comes when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad for her in the "personals" section of a local newspaper! Erin's disgust turns to curiosity, however, when the calls start pouring in - all 64 of them! As she searches for the right guy in a hilarious series of disastrous dates, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job...all the while narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another!
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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Apartment 12
2001-09-29
Apartment 12
Overview: Alex, a struggling painter, is going through a particularly bad patch. Dumped by his girlfriend and unable to get work, Alex finds his life taking a rare upswing when he moves into a new apartment and falls for his neighbor, Lori. But when things start to go wrong between Alex and Lori, their close proximity to each other proves to have an enormous downside, leading to further amusing antics.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-29
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Ordinary Madness
2001-12-22
Ordinary Madness
Overview: Bernardo Gigliotti directs this indie psychodrama. Looking to launch a career as a blues guitarist, Bobby (Ron Carlson) moves to Los Angeles and is immediately offered a job playing in a bar. He finds board in the home of Faye (Denise Gentile), who keeps her paralyzed husband in the attic. Things are going well until Bobby realizes that Faye is a murderer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-22
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The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996-03-16
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Overview: Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter sees something he shouldn't have - a mob hit. An old gangster offers a deal: Marty can save his own skin by committing a murder, or be killed himself. When push comes to shove, Marty can't kill the mark, a scamming club owner. Now the clock is ticking and Marty is on the ropes, with one last chance to prove he is still a man with a choice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-16
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Who's the Caboose?
1997-04-10
Who's the Caboose?
Overview: A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to follow her as she makes the circuit of auditions in L.A. as she tries to get a TV pilot. Unfortunately, she has failed to tell her boyfriend of this move. He decides he will trail her out west. There, the boyfriend runs into an old friend who has already made a break on a TV pilot. Seizing the opportunity, the actress turns her attentions to the established actor. However, the actress goes nowhere in auditions, but her ex-boyfriend is suddenly noticed and becomes the next hot prospect.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-10
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Monkeybone
2001-02-23
Monkeybone
Overview: After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-23
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Turn of Faith
2002-06-05
Turn of Faith
Overview: The story of three friends who grew up in the same tough neighborhood and chose three very different paths. Joey became a cop, Frank became a priest, and Bobby went into the family business. No matter what happened, their loyalty was always to each other... until their friendship was given the ultimate test. Philly Russo, a father figure to the three friends, turns out not to be the man they once thought he was.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-05
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Men in Scoring Position
1999-01-01
Men in Scoring Position
Overview: Longtime buddies Mitch and Danny are working-class guys in their 30s that life has slapped around ever since their glory days as high school jocks. Sick of the cycle of idle talk, half-baked plans and fears about the future, both guys finally decide to realize their dreams and find the perfect catalyst in Lucy, a mysterious new woman passing through town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Dogwalker
2002-03-03
The Dogwalker
Overview: The L.A. dog walking scene provides a colorful backdrop for the story of Ellie Moore, damaged goods on the run from her latest abusive boyfriend and on the verge of transformation. She's helped along in that process by Betsy Wright, a misanthropic dog-walker in need of help with her business and struggling with her own dark past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-03
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Desert Saints
2002-03-10
Desert Saints
Overview: Banks is a hit man, the best, usually working for Latin American drug cartels. He picks up solitary women, uses them briefly for a job, then kills them. He's in the Southwest, headed toward Mexico, when he picks up Bennie, a woman leaving an abusive marriage, going to Paradise, Arizona. The film follows three tracks: Banks's slow recruitment of Bennie, the set-up for the hit at a swank resort in Mexico, and the FBI's close pursuit of Banks, whom they want alive in hopes he'll rat out his bosses. Bennie may not be who she seems, and there may be a chink in Banks's tough-guy armor. Guns, money, and a chance at Paradise.
Genres: Action Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-10
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There Goes the Neighborhood
1992-10-30
There Goes the Neighborhood
Overview: A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overhear the plan and escape to get the millions for themselves. Who will get the money?
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-30
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