Joseph Bologna
Biography: Joseph Bologna (born December 30, 1934) was an American actor, director and writer.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 30, 1934
Deathday: August 13, 2017
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Not Quite Human
1987-06-19
Not Quite Human
Overview: Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the mechanical boy.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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The Woman in Red
1984-08-15
The Woman in Red
Overview: When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-15
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My Favorite Year
1982-10-01
My Favorite Year
Overview: Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Transylvania 6-5000
1985-11-08
Transylvania 6-5000
Overview: Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-08
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Big Daddy
1999-06-25
Big Daddy
Overview: A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-25
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Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991-07-05
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Overview: A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-05
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Chapter Two
1979-12-14
Chapter Two
Overview: George Schneider is an author whose wife had just died. His brother Leo gives him the number of Jennie Malone, and somehow they hit it off. And just when things are moving along, the memory of his first wife comes between them.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes
1997-09-14
Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes
Overview: A look at why children smoke, showing how tobacco companies target their age group to perpetuate the rise in tobacco usage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-14
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Blame It on Rio
1984-02-17
Blame It on Rio
Overview: Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-17
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Coupe de Ville
1990-03-09
Coupe de Ville
Overview: Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, is a handsome rebel in reform school. As kids, they fought a lot and as adults, they barely speak. In the summer of 1963, their tough and eccentric father, Fred, gives them a task: to bring a 1954 Cadillac, bought for their mother, Betty, from Detroit to Miami. As the trip goes on, the three brothers fight and begin to reconnect with each other, while trying to keep the Caddy in mint condition.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
1997-10-04
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
Overview: As the Joker visits Metropolis with a plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor, Batman pursues the clown to Superman's turf.
Genres: Action Animation TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-04
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The Big Bus
1976-06-23
The Big Bus
Overview: The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-23
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Citizen Cohn
1992-08-22
Citizen Cohn
Overview: As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
Genres: Drama TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-22
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Boynton Beach Club
2005-08-05
Boynton Beach Club
Overview: Residents of an adult community in Florida turn to one another for support and companionship after the deaths of their spouses. Lois has a rejuvenating affair with a younger man while acting as best friend to recently widowed Marilyn. Jack buddies up with Harry for a crash course in solo survival skills and deals with single gal Sandy's romantic overtures.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-05
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Honor Thy Father
1973-03-01
Honor Thy Father
Overview: Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill is compelled to take over the "empire," other mafiosi attempt to take what's theirs. Brenda Vaccaro and Richard S. Castellano fill out the impressive cast of this gripping crime tale.
Genres: Crime History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-01
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Cops and Robbers
1973-08-15
Cops and Robbers
Overview: Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-15
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Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005-03-11
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
Overview: When a ruthless arms Kingpin stages an ingenious escape from prison, Jane Doe and Frank Darnell, NSA head, realize he's bent on a vengeance killin. Who the prospective victim is remains to be seen.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-11
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Mixed Company
1974-10-18
Mixed Company
Overview: Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-18
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The Joe Piscopo Special
1984-09-22
The Joe Piscopo Special
Overview: This is an HBO Special in which Joe Piscopo has 60 minutes to try to do many of his famous impressions. He has mostly his Saturday Night Live friends to help do small skits on the Special.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-22
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Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006-03-29
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Overview: Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-29
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Woman of the Year
1976-07-28
Woman of the Year
Overview: The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international reporter who work together on the same newspaper.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-28
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Deadly Rivals
1993-06-30
Deadly Rivals
Overview: A physicist involved in classified military research meets a woman who he begins to suspect is a spy. Her sister is involved with the mob and one of the spies is working with the mob. He unwillingly helps the FBI figure this all out.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-30
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Heaven Before I Die
1997-01-01
Heaven Before I Die
Overview: Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that and decides to emigrate from Palestine to Canada, where "everyone is equal". There everybody treats him kindly, and a thief specializing in stealing money from cash machines takes him into his home and treats him like a son, waitress Selma finds him a job as a Chaplin imitator, "prophet" Khalil Gibran gives him wise advice
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Love Is All There Is
1996-05-10
Love Is All There Is
Overview: The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another clan. Mike and Sadie Capomezzo, equally hard-working Sicilian caterers from the area, find they cannot stand Piero and Maria Malacici. But things get complicated when the Malacicis' daughter, Gina, and the Capomezzos' son, Rosario, fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-10
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Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1999-01-01
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
Overview: In this live-action musical comedy, Baby Huey, the lovable seven foot tall duckling, is taken in by a caring little boy named Nick and his kind but surprised family. A sinister scientist and a mean Las Vegas producer want Baby Huey for themselves, but they don't know what a little boy, a caring community, and a baby bird that's bigger than all of them is capable of.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Thanksgiving Day
1990-11-19
Thanksgiving Day
Overview: Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-19
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Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
1994-05-09
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Overview: Lewis and his nerdy friends attend Booger's wedding to the daughter of a rich politician, but nerd-haters in the family do everything possible to prevent the wedding going ahead. Meanwhile, Lewis awaits with eagerness the birth of his unborn foetal child...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-09
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Driving Me Crazy
2012-01-06
Driving Me Crazy
Overview: Meet Elliot Brown. He is one of Brooklyn's most neurotically sweet and eligible bachelors . . . who also happens to be pushing forty and living with his mother. Not getting any younger, Elliot embarks on a 3000 mile road trip across the country to take a chance on a girl he has never met. His travel companion? Her fun-loving sister. Now, he must face his fears, confront his past and learn to take risks to be the man worthy of her love. Buckle up. It's going to be a crazy drive.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-06
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Prime Target
1989-09-29
Prime Target
Overview: A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow police officer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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Acts of Love and Other Comedies
1973-03-15
Acts of Love and Other Comedies
Overview: A funny anthology featuring various sketches about people having trouble with love and sex.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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Torn Between Two Lovers
1979-02-07
Torn Between Two Lovers
Overview: Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling she meets a dashing architect. With some relief, she parts ways with him at the airport, her resistance to his alluring manner having been tested. She later discovers that she has his gloves, so she returns them in person, only to end up in bed with the man, and later falling in love. She now faces the toughest decision of her life.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-07
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Paradise
1974-03-12
Paradise
Overview: A couple decide to get away from their problems and spend their vacation in a tropical island paradise.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-12
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Rags to Riches
1987-03-09
Rags to Riches
Overview: Feature-length TV movie (with the title card "Rags and Riches") that served as the pilot to the series that ran from 1987-1988. A wealthy businessman decides to soften his "cutthroat" image by adopting some children. He winds up adopting six girls and isn't prepared for the problems that come with them.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-09
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The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992-10-04
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Overview: Michael Carlin, a teacher, has been having an affair with a much younger fellow teacher Carolyn Warmus. When his wife is murdered, the police suspect him due to inconsistencies in his alibi, and no evidence points to anyone else.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-04
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Ringer
1996-01-01
Ringer
Overview: In this thriller, a detective helps save a prostitute from a stalker. The gumshoe's investigation throws them into a world where no one is quite who they seem and where everyone has a shady past.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Copacabana
1985-12-03
Copacabana
Overview: In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-03
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Night of the Archer
1994-01-01
Night of the Archer
Overview: An archery contest results in the murder of the rich family head by someone with an arrow. Of course, the roving competitor trying to win the money becomes the chief suspect, despite everyone else there also being archery experts and many of the others being heirs in the dead man's will.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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It Had to Be You
1989-10-27
It Had to Be You
Overview: A has-been actress lures a TV commercial director to her apartment to seduce him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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Au secours, elle me veut !
1985-09-12
Au secours, elle me veut !
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-09-12
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What Now, Catherine Curtis?
1976-03-30
What Now, Catherine Curtis?
Overview: Following twenty-three years of marriage to a philandering husband, divorcee Catherine Curtis begins life anew as a single woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-30
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A Time to Triumph
1986-01-07
A Time to Triumph
Overview: Construction worker, Chuck Hassan, has a heart attack and is no longer able to work and support his family. After losing their home and savings, his wife, Concetta, looks for work and decides to join the Army, to take advantage of the security and benefits. She advances quickly and eventually becomes a helicopter pilot.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-07
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Jersey Girl
1992-08-01
Jersey Girl
Overview: A working girl from New Jersey looks for love with a fast-lane Manhattan salesman from Queens.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-01
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Blink of an Eye
1999-09-16
Blink of an Eye
Overview: Tommy is a 28-year-old man who escaped his hellish childhood by murdering his abusive father. After a prison stint, Tommy's work release program gives him a shot at a new life when he is placed as a cook at St. Michael's School in L.A, There he meets Guillermo, a neighborhood kid who is committed to keeping him out of trouble, and Sophia, a schoolteacher who educates him in a subject he knows nothing about--love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-16
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The Don's Analyst
1997-09-06
The Don's Analyst
Overview: Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead in a minute. So he decides to go legit, which convinces everyone that he must be completely off the deep end. To preserve their cushy lives, his dysfuntional family conspires to get him some psycho-therepy. So his boys kidnap a "piasan" shrink and order him to "fix" their father. This film, which premired on Showtime, pre-dated the very similarly plotted "Analyze This" by over a year.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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Tango Shalom
2021-09-03
Tango Shalom
Overview: When a Tango dancer asks a Rabbi to enter a dance competition, there’s one big problem—due to his Orthodox beliefs, he’s not allowed to touch her! But the prize money would save his school from bankruptcy, so they develop a plan to enter the competition without sacrificing his faith, and the bonds of family and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time in this lighthearted fable.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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Made For Each Other
1971-12-12
Made For Each Other
Overview: An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-12
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One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1983-09-27
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Overview: A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-27
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Bedrooms
1984-02-14
Bedrooms
Overview: Tales of love and marriage are spun in four short adult comedy stories.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-14
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