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Anthony Holland (March 3, 1928 - July 9, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his comic performances in theatre, film and television.
Holland graduated from the University of Chicago and studied acting with Lee Strasberg during the 1960s. He was one of the original members of the Second City improvisational comedy group.
In 1987 he appeared in Martha Clarke's 1987 adaptation of several stories by Franz Kafka, The Hunger Artist, for which his performance was praised by the New York Times' theatre critic Frank Rich.
His film appearances included the 1979 Bob Fosse film All That Jazz, the original 1970 version of the Neil Simon-penned The Out-of-Towners, Sidney Lumet's Bye, Bye Braverman, Alan J. Pakula's Klute and Paul Mazursky's 1982 film The Tempest. He also appeared in television series including Columbo, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues and Cagney and Lacey.
Holland committed suicide in 1988, aged 60, following a long illness with HIV/AIDS.
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Anthony Holland (March 3, 1928 - July 9, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his comic performances in theatre, film and television.
Holland graduated from the University of Chicago and studied acting with Lee Strasberg during the 1960s. He was one of the original members of the Second City improvisational comedy group.
In 1987 he appeared in Martha Clarke's 1987 adaptation of several stories by Franz Kafka, The Hunger Artist, for which his performance was praised by the New York Times' theatre critic Frank Rich.
His film appearances included the 1979 Bob Fosse film All That Jazz, the original 1970 version of the Neil Simon-penned The Out-of-Towners, Sidney Lumet's Bye, Bye Braverman, Alan J. Pakula's Klute and Paul Mazursky's 1982 film The Tempest. He also appeared in television series including Columbo, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues and Cagney and Lacey.
Holland committed suicide in 1988, aged 60, following a long illness with HIV/AIDS.
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Wise Guys (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Patti LuPone
Roles Karl the Desk Clerk
Rating55%
Italian American Harry Valentini and his Jewish friend and next-door neighbor Moe Dickstein occupy the bottom rung of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo's gang. Making a living by doing Castelo's lowest jobs (such as looking after his goldfish, testing out bullet-proof jackets, or checking the boss's car for bombs) the two men dream of opening the world's first Jewish-Italian delicatessen. However, they get little to no respect from their boss or his subordinates, who frequently ridicule them.
The Lonely Lady (1983)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Sasdy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Bibi Besch, Joseph Cali, Jared Martin, Anthony Holland
Roles Guy Jackson
Rating31%
Jerilee Randall (Pia Zadora) is an innocent schoolgirl living in the San Fernando Valley area of California with dreams of becoming a famous screenwriter. Shortly after winning a trophy for her creative writing, she meets Walt (Kerry Shale), the son of famous screenwriter Walter Thornton (Lloyd Bochner), at a party. She goes home with him, along with some other friends, and during a late evening pool party, one of Jerilee's friends (played by Ray Liotta in one of his first roles) beats her, slaps her and then sexually assaults her with a garden hose nozzle.
Tempest (1982)
, 2h20Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald
Roles Sebastian
Rating63%
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
, 1h34Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota, Howard Duff, Conrad Janis
Roles Dr. Jerome Newell
Rating53%
In this sequel, God asks the help of 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne Sirota) to help promote Himself. Tracy creates the slogan "Think God" and soon has her friends spreading the message by posters, graffiti and other ways. But Tracy's parents and psychiatrists think the young girl is just insane. God is the only one that can straighten out the situation. One of the memorable scenes showed God riding a motorcycle, with Tracy riding in the sidecar, where there were scenes that showed nobody on the motorcycle, which baffled the two policemen.
All That Jazz (1979)
, 2hDirected by Bob Fosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about angels, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Max Wright, Gwen Verdon
Roles Paul Dann
Rating77%
Joe Gideon is a theater director and choreographer trying to balance work on his latest Broadway musical with editing a Hollywood film he has directed. He is a workaholic who chain-smokes cigarettes, and without a daily dose of Vivaldi, Visine, Alka-Seltzer, Dexedrine, and sex, he wouldn't have the energy to keep up the biggest "show" of all — his life. His girlfriend Katie Jagger, his ex-wife Audrey Paris, and daughter Michelle try to pull him back from the brink, but it is too late for his exhausted body and stress-ravaged heart. In his imagination, he flirts with an angel of death named Angelique.
Rush It (1978)
, 1h18Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Tom Berenger, Jill Eikenberry, John Heard, Anthony Holland, Judith Kahan, Charles Levin
Roles Lewis & Lewis
Rating63%
A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City.
House Calls (1978)
, 1h38Directed by Howard Zieff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Dick O'Neill, Candice Azzara
Rating65%
Charles Nichols is a respected doctor. He is also a new widower, and as soon as he returns to Los Angeles from a tropical vacation and period of mourning, he finds himself propositioned by a number of women.
King of the Gypsies (1978)
, 1h52Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole
Roles Mr. Tomlin
Rating61%
The film deals with the criminal ways and violent lives of a group of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City. Whilst on his deathbed their "king", Zharko Stepanowicz (Sterling Hayden), passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave (Eric Roberts). In spite of Dave's reluctance to become the Gypsies' new leader, Dave's father, Groffo (Judd Hirsch), is sufficiently insecure and resentful over not winning the title himself that he attempts to have his own son killed. This leads to a major confrontation, and the film ends with the implication that Dave may finally accept his legacy with his voiceover musings about somehow bringing the rest of the tradition-bound Gypsies forward in time into the world of 20th Century customs and lifestyles.
Hearts of the West (1975)
, 1h42Directed by Howard Zieff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Films about television
Actors Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner, Alan Arkin, Richard B. Shull
Roles Guest at Beach Party
Rating64%
Lewis Tater (Jeff Bridges), a 1930s-era aspiring novelist who harbors dreams of becoming the next Zane Grey, decides to leave his family home in Iowa to go to the University of Titan in Nevada so he can soak up the western atmosphere. He arrives to find that there is no university, only a mail order correspondence course scam run by two crooks out of the local hotel. He tries to spend the night at the hotel, and is attacked by one of the men. He escapes his attacker and steals their car, pulling over when it runs out of gas.
Lucky Lady (1975)
, 1h58Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, John Hillerman, Robby Benson
Roles Mr. Tully
Rating53%
During the Prohibition era, a young widow, Claire, gets involved in liquor smuggling and romance with two men, Walker and Kibby, off the San Diego coast. Organized crime controls bootlegging back east and wants to do the same here, so a hit man named McTeague is sent to deal with these amateur crooks, as is the Coast Guard, leading to various battles at sea.
Lucky Lady (1975)
, 1h58Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Gangster films
Actors Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, John Hillerman
Roles Mr. Tully
Rating53%
En pleine prohibition, Claire, une jeune veuve, tente de reprendre les affaires de son compagnon avec la complicité de Walker. Une opération de trafic de travailleurs clandestins à la frontière mexicaine échoue lamentablement. Un américain, Kibby propose au couple une association et le trio se lance dans la contrebande d'alcool. Ils utiliseront pour ce faire un bateau voguant dans la baie de San-Francisco, le Lucky Lady. L'affaire n'est pas si simple puisqu'il faut compter avec la mafia dirigée par l'inquiétant McTeague et aussi par des gardes côtes incorruptibles. La première opération réussit, le trio dépense son argent dans un hôtel de luxe. Les relations entre les trois personnages tournent vite au ménage à trois. Mais Claire pense à son avenir, et sait qu'une fois l'argent dépensé, ils n'auront plus rien, il leur faut donc refaire une nouvelle grosse opération, mais cette fois McTeague n'est pas décidé à se laisser faire et compte bien éliminer ce trio qui le gène dans son propre trafic. On va donc vers une confrontation majeure où tous les moyens vont être bons pour éliminer l'adversaire.
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
, 1h48Directed by Peter Ustinov
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, George Raft, Leon Ames
Roles Oldham
Rating53%
Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges) is an orderly at a Texas psychiatric hospital. He simultaneously falls under the spell of two people: a blonde waitress at a local diner named Jimmie Jean Jackson (Elizabeth Taylor) and an allegedly sociopathic hospital patient named Hammersmith (Richard Burton), who is restrained in a straitjacket within a locked cell.
Klute (1971)
, 1h54Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Rita Gam, Nathan George
Roles Actor's Agent
Rating70%
The film begins with the disappearance of Pennsylvania executive Tom Gruneman (played by Robert Milli). The police reveal that an obscene letter was found in Gruneman's office, addressed to a prostitute in New York City named Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda), who had received several similar letters from him. After six months of fruitless police work, Peter Cable (Charles Cioffi), an executive at Gruneman's company, hires family friend and detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) to investigate Gruneman's disappearance.
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
, 1h39Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, Ralph Meeker, Christopher Walken
Roles Psychologist
Rating63%
Burglar John "Duke" Anderson (Sean Connery) is released after ten years in prison. He renews his relationship with his old girlfriend, Ingrid (Dyan Cannon). She lives in a high-class apartment block (1 East 91st Street) in New York City and Anderson, almost instantly, decides to burgle the entire building in a single sweep — filling a furniture van with the proceeds. He gains financing from a nostalgic Mafia boss and gathers his four-man crew. Also included is an old ex-con drunk, "Pop" (Stan Gottlieb), whom Anderson met in jail, and who is to play concierge while the real one is bound and gagged in the cellar.
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
, 1h44Directed by Cy Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Beatrice Arthur, Richard S. Castellano, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Cloris Leachman, Bob Dishy
Roles Donaldson
Rating64%
Lovers and Other Strangers revolves around the wedding of Mike (Michael Brandon) and Susan (Bonnie Bedelia), intercutting their story with those of other couples among their families and friends. As the movie opens, Mike wants to call off the wedding, arguing that it would be hypocritical for them to get married when they've already been living together for a year and a half. He only relents when Susan's father Hal (Gig Young) tells him that Susan went to her first Halloween party dressed as a bride.