Posts Tagged ‘tv-show-in-film’

Annie Hall (1977)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Diane Keaton | Tony Roberts | Carol Kane | Paul Simon | Shelley Duvall | Janet Margolin | Colleen Dewhurst | Christopher Walken | Donald Symington | Helen Ludlam | Mordecai Lawner | Joan Neuman | Jonathan Munk | Ruth Volner
Directors: Woody Allen
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After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples’ stories, and even using animation.

The Truman Show (1998)

Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Carrey | Laura Linney | Noah Emmerich | Natascha McElhone | Holland Taylor | Brian Delate | Blair Slater | Peter Krause | Heidi Schanz | Ron Taylor | Don Taylor | Ted Raymond | Judy Clayton
Directors: Peter Weir
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He’s the star of the show—but he doesn’t know. Truman Burbank is a man whose life is a nonstop TV show. Truman doesn’t realize that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator, that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors, that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering.

Lucky Numbers (2000)

Monday, April 27th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Crime
Countries: France | USA
Actors: John Travolta | Lisa Kudrow | Tim Roth | Ed O'Neill | Michael Rapaport | Daryl Mitchell | Bill Pullman | Richard Schiff | Michael Moore | Sam McMurray | Michael Weston | Maria Bamford | Caroline Aaron | John F. O'Donohue | Colin Mochrie
Directors: Nora Ephron
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Winter, 1988: Harrisburg PA’s celebrity weatherman, Russ Richards, is broke: he’s borrowed heavily to open a snowmobile dealership, and it’s still unseasonably warm. Gig, his seedy pal, advises him to run an insurance scam; when it goes awry, Russ is out another $10,000 and in trouble with Dale, a bat-wielding thug. Gig convinces Russ to rig the state lottery with the help of Crystal, a gold-digging ditz with a heart of tin. They have to find a beard to buy the ticket, and then they have to cash it. Soon, murder and various double-crosses add to Russ’s nightmare. A lazy cop zeroes in. Jail is closer than riches. Will Russ have to choose between his money and his life?

Material Girls (2006)

Friday, March 6th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hilary Duff | Haylie Duff | Maria Conchita Alonso | Anjelica Huston | Brent Spiner | Lukas Haas | Marcus Coloma | Ty Hodges | Reagan Dale Neis | Obba Babatundé | Henry Cho | Misti Traya | Christina R. Copeland | Brandon Beemer | Colleen Camp
Directors: Martha Coolidge
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Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family’s cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.

My Favorite Year (1982)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter O'Toole | Mark Linn-Baker | Jessica Harper | Joseph Bologna | Bill Macy | Lainie Kazan | Anne De Salvo | Basil Hoffman | Lou Jacobi | Adolph Green | Tony DiBenedetto | George Wyner | Selma Diamond | Cameron Mitchell | Jenny Neumann
Directors: Richard Benjamin
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It’s 1950’s New York and the age of live television. Benjy Stone is a young writer on a major comedy-variety show. He is assigned to chaperon that week’s guest Alan Swann, a faded movie-star and renowned womanizer and drinker. Benjy’s job is to try and keep Swann sober and above all else, make sure he shows up for the live broadcast on Saturday evening. Benjy and Swann have a number of adventures throughout the week, including dinner with Benjy’s somewhat eccentric family. In the end, both learn lessons in life from the other.

Scrooged (1988)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bill Murray | Karen Allen | John Forsythe | John Glover | Bob Goldthwait | David Johansen | Carol Kane | Robert Mitchum | Nicholas Phillips | Michael J. Pollard | Alfre Woodard | Mabel King | Joel Murray | Jamie Farr | Robert Goulet
Directors: Richard Donner
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Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas Carol. Frank’s childhood wasn’t a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn’t really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

Lost in Translation (2003)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Scarlett Johansson | Bill Murray | Akiko Takeshita | Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe | Kazuko Shibata | Take | Ryuichiro Baba | Akira Yamaguchi | Catherine Lambert | Fran?ois du Bois | Tim Leffman | Gregory Pekar | Richard Allen | Giovanni Ribisi | Diamond Yukai
Directors: Sofia Coppola
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Bob Harris is an American film actor, far past his prime. He visits Tokyo to appear in commercials, and he meets Charlotte, the young wife of a visiting photographer. Bored and weary, Bob and Charlotte make ideal if improbable traveling companions. Charlotte is looking for “her place in life,” and Bob is tolerating a mediocre stateside marriage. Both separately and together, they live the experience of the American in Tokyo. Bob and Charlotte suffer both confusion and hilarity due to the cultural and language differences between themselves and the Japanese. As the relationship between Bob and Charlotte deepens, they come to the realization that their visits to Japan, and one another, must soon end. Or must they?

Little Manhattan (2005)

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Josh Hutcherson | Charlie Ray | Bradley Whitford | Cynthia Nixon | Willie Garson | Tonye Patano | J. Kyle Manzay | Josh Pais | John Dossett | Talia Balsam | Jonah Meyerson | Michael Bush | Brian W. Aguiar | Nick Cubbler | Anthony Laflamme
Directors: Mark Levin
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Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan, untill Rosemary Telesco walked into his life actually into his karate class. But, before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not being going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life,love and girls.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jason Segel | Russell Brand | Bill Hader | Jack McBrayer | Taylor Wily | Davon McDonald | Steve Landesberg | Jonah Hill | Paul Rudd | Kala Alexander | Kalani Robb | Branscombe Richmond | Billy Green Bush | William Baldwin | Jason Bateman
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Devastated Peter takes a Hawaii vacation in order to deal with recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know Sarah’s traveling to the same resort as her ex … and she’s bringing along her new boyfriend.

Videodrome (1983)

Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: James Woods | Sonja Smits | Deborah Harry | Peter Dvorsky | Leslie Carlson | Jack Creley | Lynne Gorman | Julie Khaner | Reiner Schwartz | David Bolt | Lally Cadeau | Henry Gomez | Harvey Chao | David Tsub?chi | Kay Hawtrey
Directors: David Cronenberg
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Max runs a TV channel, and is looking for new material to show…he discovers - Videodrome. His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for Videodrome, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot which uses Videodrome as its front.