Richard Benjamin
Biography: Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: May 22, 1938
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Westworld
1973-08-15
Westworld
Overview: Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-15
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Catch-22
1970-06-24
Catch-22
Overview: A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-24
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Deconstructing Harry
1997-12-12
Deconstructing Harry
Overview: Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-12
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Saturday the 14th
1981-10-30
Saturday the 14th
Overview: After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-30
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Scavenger Hunt
1979-12-21
Scavenger Hunt
Overview: An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970-08-10
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Overview: Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-10
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Marci X
2003-08-22
Marci X
Overview: A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-22
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The Last of Sheila
1973-06-14
The Last of Sheila
Overview: A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-14
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Henry Poole Is Here
2008-08-15
Henry Poole Is Here
Overview: Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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The Pentagon Wars
1998-02-28
The Pentagon Wars
Overview: From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.
Genres: Comedy Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-28
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House Calls
1978-03-15
House Calls
Overview: Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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Ex-Husbands
2024-06-07
Ex-Husbands
Overview: Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son’s bachelor party.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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Goodbye, Columbus
1969-04-03
Goodbye, Columbus
Overview: A Jewish man and a Jewish woman meet, and while attracted to each other, find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypal Jewish American Princess — very emotionally involved with her parents' world and the world they have created for her, while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-03
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Pablo
2012-10-17
Pablo
Overview: Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from Havana, during the pre-Cuban revolution to his current home, in the garage behind his son's house.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-17
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The Sunshine Boys
1975-11-06
The Sunshine Boys
Overview: Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-06
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Love at First Bite
1979-04-26
Love at First Bite
Overview: Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
Genres: Romance Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-26
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The Last Married Couple in America
1980-04-03
The Last Married Couple in America
Overview: Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-03
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Keeping Up with the Steins
2006-05-12
Keeping Up with the Steins
Overview: All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike than they'd originally thought.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-12
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First Family
1980-12-25
First Family
Overview: When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Portnoy's Complaint
1972-06-19
Portnoy's Complaint
Overview: During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-19
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Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
2003-08-05
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Overview: Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, and crew members, 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest unveils the production of the horror classic and how the ingenuity of Carpenter and his team, coupled with the shoestring budget of $325,000, drove the filmmakers to create one of the most influential horror films of all time.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-05
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The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971-08-19
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Overview: A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-19
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980-07-11
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Overview: In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-11
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Fame
1978-01-02
Fame
Overview: A waiter becomes a sudden overnight success as a playwright, and then begins negotiations with an Italian movie director to turn his play into a film. The results are unexpected.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-02
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The Shrink Is In
2001-08-01
The Shrink Is In
Overview: A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Witches' Brew
1980-10-31
Witches' Brew
Overview: Three women use witchcraft to help their professor husbands further their careers. When a higher position becomes available in the university, they turn on each other.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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Packin' It In
1983-02-07
Packin' It In
Overview: In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it's not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they're packin' it in again?
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-07
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You People
2023-01-20
You People
Overview: A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-20
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First Works
1989-10-10
First Works
Overview: It's a mixed bag in the age of illuminating DVD supplements, but First Works effectively demonstrates the early promise of 13 successful filmmakers. Culled from programs originally broadcast on Showtime in 1990, this crude compilation combines student films, early professional work, and interviews with now-famous directors at various stages of commercial and artistic achievement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-10
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The Steagle
1971-09-15
The Steagle
Overview: In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopting a different persona in each city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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No Room to Run
1977-05-18
No Room to Run
Overview: Concert promoter Nick Loomis is sent to Sydney by his ex father-in-law and boss Garth Kingswood, and asked to deliver a briefcase to a foreigner. When the man is killed in the airport, Loomis ends up entangled in corporate spying and is forced to fight for his life with the help of Terry McKenna, a woman from Austin working for the Sydney Opera House.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-18
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014-12-12
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Overview: The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020-01-27
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Overview: Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-27
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On Location with Westworld
1973-01-01
On Location with Westworld
Overview: This promotional short shows what went on behind the scenes during the shooting of the science fiction classic Westworld (1973). Director Michael Crichton and star Yul Brynner give their views on the meaning of the film, which emphasizes the relationship between man and the machines he uses for his amusement. We also see how some of the stunts were performed, including the scene where Brynner's character gets engulfed in flames.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Segal
Segal
Overview: A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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The Lion Roars Again
1975-01-01
The Lion Roars Again
Overview: A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Goodbye Girl
2004-01-16
The Goodbye Girl
Overview: Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets her stay, even keeping the master bedroom. Pragmatic pre-teen daughter Lucy soon takes to his charm, but Paula remains determined to hate all actors. Despite the stress of a Broadway Shakespeare lead he must play too queer for Frisco, he's determined to snatch romance from ingratitude.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-16
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002-06-11
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Overview: A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-11
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