Bruce Weitz
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American actor. He is perhaps best-known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Weitz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
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Birthday: May 27, 1943
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Overview: Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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Dinocroc
Overview: After an African dinosaur ancestor of the crocodile is found, Dr. Campbell uses its DNA to create prototypes at Paula Kennedy's Gereco lab.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-20
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El Cortez
Overview: A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-05
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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story
Overview: Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the police department for failing to protect her.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-02
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Triloquist
Overview: In 1993, in Hollywood, California, a decadent ventriloquist overdoses and dies, leaving her two children to be sent to a foster house with their dummy. Their lives become a nightmare of abuse and murder, to be avenged by a wrathful dummy.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-15
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Imps*
Overview: Once Upon a Time in a mythical place called Hollywood, a long, long, long time ago in a galaxy not so very far away, a witty group of actors with 38 EMMY Nominations, 3 Academy Award nominations, and 8 Golden Globe nominations, along with 4 Playmates and a Penthouse Pet, came together in a burst of comic frenzy and created imps*.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-12
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The Landlady
Overview: Melanie decides that one of her tenants would be perfect as her husband and decides to eliminate everyone who might interfere in her plans.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-10
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One Hell of a Guy
Overview: When the Devil's favourite demon, Nick (Rob Lowe), is sent to corrupt the soul of Cassie Springer (Alexandra Powers), the last thing he expected was to fall in love. But Cassie's purity was enough to save the town of Fairfield from the Devil's clutches and it might be enough to make this handsome devil... a real life Romeo. Now, the battle between good and evil gets personal.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-25
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The Dukes
Overview: The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool would attempt, which leaves them even more desperate. When all seems lost, they find themselves.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-23
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Gut Feeling
Overview: A young advertising executive creates the world's hottest ad campaign, only to find himself fired a week later.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Legend of the Ruby Silver
Overview: A con man mining promoter (John Schnieder, a drunk, has-been miner (Bruce Weitz), a lovely widow (Rebecca Jenkins) and her troubled son (Jonathon Jackson) head off into the mountains to find the long dead Ruby Silver mine. Along the way, they find themselves.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-13
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Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean
Overview: Spanning years of both Harry and Leona Helmsley's cutthroat control of their eponymonous empire, this made-for-TV movie chronicles both the high and low points of the couple's life together.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-23
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No Place Like Home
Overview: Mel and Mac are looking for an asteroid to show as a science project. It's hard to do science when they are fighting all the time as (younger) brother and (older) sister. When they are walking through the woods, they see something, but it doesn't turn out to be a rock or meteor. Mel sees footprints and pretty soon, they are taken to a strange and socially awkward grown man. Mel and Mac must work together to do the difficult task of keeping Moses away from trouble, as they try and get Moses to where he came from - something that is more difficult than they thought as he turns out to be from far, far away.
Genres: Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-03
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Justice for Annie
Overview: A woman discovers that the accidental death of her daughter was tied to an insurance scam in this fact-based movie.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-15
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WindRunner
Overview: A young man in high school moves in with his Mother to a town in the U.S. Southwest where his father is serving time in prison.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-01
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My Apocalypse
Overview: In an apocalyptic future, a serial killer holds his family and another family hostage in an attempt to change his life.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-21
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Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Overview: The life and tragic death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-01
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Fool's Gold
Overview: Flimp and Sam are both outcasts in the Oklahoma town of Oiltown, but Jewish Sam idolises macho Latino Flimp. When they hear that a wealthy man has moved into a local house, they decide to check it out. Things go wrong, and soon they are on the run from the FBI...
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-02
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Half Past Dead 2
Overview: Long time inmate Twitch (Kurupt) gets himself transfered to a tougher prison than the re-opened Alcatraz. He claims it's to be closer to his lady but his real motives are a bit more grandiose. There he crosses paths with Burke (Bill Goldberg) a bulky prisoner who can take care of himself. Twitch, despite being less muscular, is just as mouthy and is pretty much the same. But there is a gang war brewing between the black and hispanic inmates that explodes into a hostile takeover of the prison when the black's gang leader is shot dead and the finger points at Burke. But the sh!t really hits the fan when the real killer and leader of the hispanics, Cortez (Robert Madrid) takes Twitch's girlfriend and Burke's daughter hostage.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-11
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No Place to Hide
Overview: Detective Joe Garvey is called in to a mysterious case: a ballerina has been slayed on stage during a performance, it seems she didn't even fight. At her house Garvey finds her 14 years old precocious sister Tinsel. She's not very cooperative, so he arranges to have her sent to the orphanage -- until she's attacked too. He takes her under his wings, and soon both get the attention of a secret organization.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-06
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Babe Ruth
Overview: A film based on the home-run legend's life.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-06
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Coyote Summer
Overview: Teenage Callie has a wild streak. When her mother goes to London on business, she sends Callie to her sister's ranch for a dose of hard work and responsibility. Callie is sullen, at first, naturally, but perks up at the sight of a beautiful but wild black horse. When she overhears of the horse's destruction, due to his inability to be tamed, she arranges to steal the horse with a fellow ranch hand named Rafe. In hiding, the two begin to calm the horse and start his training. It works. But, will their hideaway be discovered?
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Her Hidden Truth
Overview: A young Billie Calhoun is accused of killing her mother and sister in a house fire. she is taken to a juvenile detention center. When she reaches 18 she requests an early release, but it is denied. so she escapes to find the real killer of her mother and sister. Eventually she seeks the aid of a cop, Matt Samoni.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-12
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The Liars' Club
Overview: The loyalty of a tight group of friends is put to the test when there's a date rape within the circle.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-11
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Mach 2
Overview: A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde. Written by Leigh Roche
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Velocity Trap
Overview: In a desolate and treachorous region of space known as the Velocity Run, a heavily armored ship passes every six months. It carries billions of Universal Dollars between the colonies and the Central Bank on Earth. Hard currency has returned due to rampant electronic crime. Now a team of highly trained mercenaries are about to commit the perfect crime in a place where evidence and witnesses have no chance of survival. In this deadly corridor of space, a single man must stop them.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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Facing the Enemy
Overview: Griff McCleary is a cop, now his son shot himself with Griff's gun. A year later both he and his wife are still reeling from it. Griff feeling shut out by his wife Olivia, decides to move out. Now he is investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide. He believes that there was no suicide. His investigation leads him to a girl named Nikki.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-09
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Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
Overview: Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-19
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A Deadly Silence
Overview: The father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental emotions in the neighbourhood because the people know nothing about his dark past.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-16
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Half Past Dead
Overview: A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-15
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Mixed Blessings
Overview: Three couples are followed as they struggle to have children. Pilar and Brad Coleman are both very mature, Brad already has grown up a daughter and Pilar wants to have a baby of her own. Diana and Andy Douglas are a newlywed couple with great careers. It would be difficult for Diana to conceive, so they explore other options, like surrogacy and adoption. Charlie Winwood is an orphan who, like Diana, always wanted to have children. He is married to Barbie, an aspiring actress who isn't too enthusiastic to become a mother.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-11
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Shattered Illusions
Overview: A Psycho stalks a talk radio personality and her mentally challenged sister.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-01
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Rainbow Drive
Overview: A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Molly and Gina
Overview: Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Together, they set out to bring the culprits to justice.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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The O.J. Simpson Story
Overview: Dramatizes some of the more tawdry events in the relationship between O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown, up to and including his arrest for Brown's murder.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-31
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Cops n Roberts
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Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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A Reason to Live
Overview: When Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking about committing suicide. His 14-year-old son Alex notices this and desperately tries to prevent him from doing so and to give his father a reason to live.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-07
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Though None Go with Me
Overview: Elizabeth Leroy devotes her life to serving God but her faith is tested over the years as she has to overcome many hardships and sorrows.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-08
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Focus
Overview: Rob, an ambitious photographer trying to boost his career, hooks up with a gang in an attempt to document life in the hood. He, however, realizes he is in too deep as bodies start to drop.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-03
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Deep Impact
Overview: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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The Earth Day Special
Overview: The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island
Overview: The plot features Ronald and the gang out on a journey to Grimace Island where Grimace's species is discovered. Grimace previously received a letter which was actually written by the pirate captain One-Eyed Sally and her first mate Blather. The two pirates follow them to capture the treasure on the island.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Overview: The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-01
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