Matthew Arkin
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Biography: Matthew Arkin was born on March 21, 1960. He is an actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: March 21, 1960
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Gender: Male
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The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Overview: Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-23
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Margot at the Wedding
Overview: Margot Zeller is a short story writer with a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue. On the eve of her estranged sister Pauline's wedding to unemployed musician/artist/depressive Malcolm at the family seaside home, Margot shows up unexpectedly to rekindle the sisterly bond and offer her own brand of support. What ensues is a nakedly honest and subversively funny look at family dynamics.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-16
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An Unmarried Woman
Overview: A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-24
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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Overview: Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-28
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Bittersweet Place
Overview: The story of the Schaffer family, made up of terminally ill father Jack and his two daughters, bipolar Pappy, and Susannah, who tries to keep the family together despite it taking a strain on her romantic life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-26
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Second Best
Overview: Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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City Island
Overview: The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-06
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People Soup
Overview: People Soup is a 1969 short film written and directed by Alan Arkin, with Adam Arkin and Matthew Arkin. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Veronica Mars
Overview: Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-13
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Death to Smoochy
Overview: Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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North
Overview: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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Street Corner Kids
Overview: A group of neighborhood kids decide to form a second family, banding together and standing up for each other no matter what the consequences. But their pact is put to the ultimate test when one friend awaits sentencing for murder.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-05
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Raising Flagg
Overview: A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton.)
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Liar Liar
Overview: Fletcher Reed, a fast-talking, habitual liar, divorced father, is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He is used to giving priority to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher often lets Max down, by missing his son's birthday party. But even then at 8:15 Max decides to make him an honest man as he wishes for a whole day where his father can't lie. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday, he only has one wish - for his father to stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest obstacle
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-21
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The Curse
Overview: "The Curse" stars Amy Laughlin ("Class of '02") as Frida, a shy, single New York City woman who suffers a mysterious dog bite during a lingerie sale. Soon after, Frida begins to change with the cycle of the moon, becoming more confident, assertive, beautiful...and dangerous. When she wakes up with her sheets soaked in blood, Frida assumes that she has been suffering from a wicked case of PMS. But when the men she dates start dying horrible deaths, Frida must face the possibility she's becoming...a werewolf! There's a reason they call it THE CURSE.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Flying Scissors
Overview: An irreverent look inside the world of competitive "Rock, Paper, Scissors." Follow a stay-at-home Dad, a professional trash-talker and many others who vie for the title of champion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Monitors
Overview: Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-08
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The Orphan Killer
Overview: The Orphan Killer is a tour de force murder flick that defies classification. It goes far beyond current trends in gore and breaks open a new suffering genre of horror. Marcus Miller is a serial murderer hellbent on teaching his estranged sister Audrey what it means to have family loyalty. His lessons are taught in massive doses of vulgar and unimaginable pain. Throughout her brutal torture we learn that Marcus is not the only Miller with Killer in the bloodline as Audrey proves to be a formidable adversary.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-01
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National Lampoon's Snatched
Overview: A nice guy goes into the hospital for surgery and through a series of mishaps suffers every man's worst nightmare.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Spaceman
Overview: Story of former major league baseball pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee following his release by the Montreal Expos.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-19
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