Michael Hitchcock
Also Known As: Fritz Gordon
Biography: Michael Hitchcock (born July 28, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and television producer. As an actor, he has appeared in several of Christopher Guest's critically acclaimed movies, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). Best in Show earned a Golden Globe Awards nomination for “Best Comedy” and won “Funniest Motion Picture” by the American Comedy Awards and British Comedy Awards. Hitchcock and his co-actors from A Mighty Wind were awarded “Best Ensemble Cast” by Florida Film Critics Circle and were nominated for “Best Ensemble Acting” by the Phoenix Film Critics Society. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hitchcock , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Defiance, Ohio, USA
Birthday: July 28, 1958
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Gender: Male
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House Arrest
Overview: High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-14
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Heartbreakers
Overview: Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-23
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Sol Goode
Overview: Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run out; faced with eviction from his hipster apartment, totaling his car, and the threat of having to find a real job, Sol realizes that maybe the life he's been leading is no longer making him happy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-11
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Best in Show
Overview: The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-29
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Operation: Endgame
Overview: A battle ensues among two government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-20
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Pretty Persuasion
Overview: A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-22
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Your Hands
Overview: Letting go can be a trip.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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For Your Consideration
Overview: The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-17
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Jackpot!
Overview: In the near future, a 'Grand Lottery' has been established - the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. When Katie Kim mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket, she reluctantly joins forces with amateur lottery protection agent Noel Cassidy who must get her to sundown in exchange for a piece of her prize.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-13
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Serenity
Overview: When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But... the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-25
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Waiting for Guffman
Overview: Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-21
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Bridesmaids
Overview: Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-13
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Puppy Love
Overview: After a disastrous first date, wild-child Nicole and socially-anxious Max vow to lose each other’s numbers until they learn that their dogs found a love match, and now puppies are on the way! The hilariously mismatched Nicole and Max are forced to become responsible co-parents, but may end up finding love themselves.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-22
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The Badge
Overview: A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-07
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For Christ's Sake
Overview: Robert, a small town priest, finds out his estranged brother desperately needs a loan for cancer treatment and secretly borrows money from the church's emergency fund to help. He finds out later that his brother has used the money to finance a porn movie with Robert as the unwitting producer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-12
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Super 8
Overview: In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-08
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EXmas
Overview: When Graham decides to surprise his family by traveling home for Christmas, he is shocked to discover them already celebrating with an unexpected guest of honor, his ex-fiancée, Ali. The two exes battle it out to see who the family will pick to stay through Christmas Day and who must go.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-17
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It's Over
Overview: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It’s Over” is a peek behind the curtain as the team behind the award-winning comedy series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” wraps up its final season. We watch as co-creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna and their many talented collaborators steer the show through its final episode. The film highlights their unique process as they juggle writing, songwriting, choreography on a spinning turntable, last minute big ideas and emergencies, and the “impossible task” of creating a smart, feminist, musical comedy show that’s a process unlike any other show ever to air on network TV.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-05
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Thick as Thieves
Overview: Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-09
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Greener Mountains
Overview: Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-25
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The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Overview: A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-23
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Addicted to Fresno
Overview: Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-02
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Just Add Water
Overview: An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, CA. After encouragement from a stranger whom he happens upon, Ray begins to dream again. He sheds the parasites in his life, musters the nerve to pursue his childhood love, and finally takes back his community by toppling the local teenage Meth-baron.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-18
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Mascots
Overview: Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-11
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Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Overview: The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a villain’s evil plot to kill everyone in town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-29
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Pete Smalls Is Dead
Overview: Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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A Mighty Wind
Overview: Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-16
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Smiley Face
Overview: Jane, a struggling but perpetually stoned actress, has a busy day ahead. She has several important tasks on her list, including buying more marijuana. Even though she already has a good start on the day's planned drug use, she eats her roommate's pot-laced cupcakes and embarks on a series of misadventures all over Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-16
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Wild Hogs
Overview: Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-02
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Happy, Texas
Overview: Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-03
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Reunion
Overview: Centers on a murder that takes place at a high school reunion, unfolding during a snowstorm that leaves guests trapped in an isolated mansion.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-13
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Young Person's Guide to History
Overview: A two-part special from the creators of Saul of the Mole Men.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-26
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Let's Go to Prison
Overview: When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-17
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Dill Scallion
Overview: School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his heart and makes up his own dance, the 'Scallion Shuffle'. But fame is fickle and Dill falls from the spotlight faster than he rose to stardom — all in one summer.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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