Joe Franklin
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: March 09, 1926
Deathday: January 24, 2015
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Gender: Male
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Ghostbusters
Overview: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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Space Spawns
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-07
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Space Psychos 4
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Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-15
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Ghoul School
Overview: Two sniveling high school dropouts plot to rob the school janitor and accidentally release toxic chemicals into the school's water supply. The swimming team are the first ones to turn into green-faced flesh-eating zombies, and they promptly go after the rest of the present school populace: two horror movie nerds, the members of a metal band and the world's worst basketball team.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Aristocrats
Overview: One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-29
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Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Overview: Tracey Ullman and her wacky cast of characters take a bite out of the Big Apple.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-09
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That's Adequate
Overview: This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-20
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Black Ribbon
Overview: A writer buys a typewriter which brings out his deepest and darkest desires.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-28
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The Toxic Retards
Overview: Aliens battle terrorist in a sorority house filled with mutants, monsters and secret agents. Who will survive this action packed inter-dimensional adventure?
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-14
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Overview: The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-05
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Broadway Danny Rose
Overview: A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-27
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Space Fucks
Overview: The aliens are making people crazy. Carl J. Sukenick leads the Earth in a collective psychic blast to drive the aliens away. Joe Franklin is intermittently interviewed.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-21
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Toxic Soldiers
Overview: The newest beautifully grimy SOV vision from Carl J Sukenick
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-23
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The Troma System
Overview: A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better yourself as a person.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Terror Firmer
Overview: A low-budget film crew working in New York City find themselves being preyed upon by a sexually conflicted serial killer.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-29
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Zombie City
Overview: Watch Carl’s ingenious unveil while reminiscing about his favorite movie in Zombie City. Join Carl as he tries to save us from a zombie takeover and possibly our total annihilation. Will Carl save us or will he be the last man on earth to repopulate the planet? Find out and see if you can survive in Zombie City!!
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-01
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Blood Boy
Overview: As radiation storms bombard the Earth, monsters run rampant and the Black Scorpion terrorist organization is threatening the city's population. Can Carl survive the post nuclear chaos displayed on his security monitor or will he spend all his time laying in bed, calling his mom and dad on the phone, and drinking unfathomable amounts of tea? Find out in the brain melting anti-epic from the director of " Alien Beasts" and " Mutant Massacre". Featuring "appearances" from the late, legendary TV host Joe Franklin and scream queen Debbie Rochon.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Killer Video
Overview: An SOV vision from Prolific filmmaker Carl J. Sukenick featuring mutants, throwing stars and gushing headwounds.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-25
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Bum Rap
Overview: Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-26
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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Overview: Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-18
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29th Street
Overview: After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
Overview: John Flansburgh & John Linnell met in the 1970s as junior high students in Lincoln, Massachusetts. A decade later, their band—They Might Be Giants—would stand at the forefront of a burgeoning East Village NYC performance art scene as well as the college music revolution of the late 1980s. Filmed in 2001, ‘Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)’ is the acclaimed true story, tracing their independent and sometimes hilarious path through two decades in the pop music wilderness. From their legendary Dial-a-Song answering machine, to their Grammy Award-winning theme song for ‘Malcolm in the Middle’, fans and friends gather to tell the oral history of Brooklyn's finest alternative rock band.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-23
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Jazzy for Joe
Overview: Talk show legend Joe Franklin discovers an abandoned baby on his doorstep.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-17
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The Comeback Trail
Overview: Sketchy producers hire an ailing movie star, hoping to cash in on the insurance when he dies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-01
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Norman's Corner
Overview: A day in the life of a neurotic newsstand owner.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-12
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