Tag Archives: marvin hamlisch

Three Men and a Baby (1987)

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Leonard Nimoy Writers: James Orr & Jim Cruickshank (Based on the screenplay for “Trois Hommes et un Couffin” by Colin Serreau) A light 1980s comedy so of course the plot is based around heroin smuggling.

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1987, 3 men and a baby, actor, adam greenberg, adaptation, alexandra amini, apartment, architect, baby, cartoonist, colin quinn, coline serreau, comedy, cop, cops, dave foley, detective, drama, drugs, heroin, james orr, jim cruickshank, leonard nimoy, manhattan, margaret colin, marvin hamlisch, michael a. stevenson, nancy travis, new york, new york city, nyc, paul guilfoyle, philip bosco, police, remake, robert w. cort, steve guttenberg, ted danson, ted field, three men and a baby, tom selleck, trois hommes et un couffin | Leave a comment

Gilda Live (1980)

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Anne Beatts & Lorne Michaels & Marilyn Suzanne Miller & Don Novello & Michael O’Donoghue & Gilda Radner & Paul Shaffer & Rosie Shuster & Alan Zweibel

Posted in Comedy, Documentary | Tagged 1980, alan zweibel, anne beatts, broadway, cheryl hardwick, comedian, comedy, documentary, ellen hovde, father guido sarducci, gilda live, gilda radner, howard shore, lorne michaels, lynzee klingman, marilyn suzanne miller, marvin hamlisch, michael o'donoghue, mike nichols, muffin meyer, paul shaffer, performance, ron delsener, rosie shuster, saturday night live, snl, stasge, ted churchill, theater, theatre, variety show | Leave a comment

Howard (2020)

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Don Hahn Writer: Don Hahn

Posted in Documentary, Musical | Tagged aids, aladdin, alan menken, angela lansbury, beaty and the beast, behind the scenes, broadway, disney, documentary, don hahn, gay, glen keane, hiv, homosexual, homosexuality, howard, howard ashman, jeffrey katzenberg, jerry orbach, jodi benson, jonathan polenz, little shop of horrors, lori korngiebel, marvin hamlisch, music, musical, new york, new york city, nyc, rob mikoff, songwriter, the little mermaid, theater, theatre, walt disney, writer | Leave a comment

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lewis Gilbert Writers: Christopher Wood and Richard Maibaum (Based on the novel by Ian Fleming)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller | Tagged 1977, action, adaptation, adventure, Albert R. Broccoli, barbara bach, bernard lee, carly simon, carole bayer sager, caroline munro, christopher wood, curd jurgens, desmond llewelyn, egypt, ian fleming, italy, james bond, jaws, kgb, lewis gilbert, lois maxwell, marvin hamlisch, nobody does it better, nuclear weapon, nuke, richard kiel, richard maibaum, roger moore, secret agent, sequel, spy, submarine, the spy who loved me, thriller, warhead | Leave a comment

The Swimmer (1968)

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Frank Perry Writer: Eleanor Perry (Based on the short story by John Cheever)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1968, adaptation, burt lancaster, drama, eleanor perry, frank perry, janet landgard, janice rule, joan rivers, john cheever, marge champion, marvin hamlisch, pool, short story, suburban, suburbs, summer, swim, swimmer, swimming, sydney pollack, the swimmer | Leave a comment

The Informant! (2009)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Scott Z. Burns (Based on a book by Kurt Eichenwald) Love this movie. Haven’t seen it since it was in the theatres. Damon gives a fantastic performance. He is totally underrated as a comedic actor. Really … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged ADM, ann dowd, corporation, fbi, george clooney, investigaion, jail, joel mchale, kurt eichenwald, lucas mchugh carroll, mark whitacre, marvin hamlisch, matt damon, melanie lynskey, patton oswalt, paul f. tompkins, price fixing, rick overton, scott adsit, scott bakula, scott z. burns, steven soderbergh, the informant, thomas wilson, tom papa, tom wilson, tony hale, true story, whistleblower | Leave a comment