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Alan Alda
Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was viewed as the archetypal sympathetic male, though in recent years, he has appeared in roles that counter that...
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California Suite
California Suite is a 1976 play by Neil Simon. Similar in structure to his earlier Plaza Suite, the comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04, which consists of a living room and an adjoining bedroom with an ensuite bath, in The...
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon is a 1995 comedy film written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. It was the last film released to star John Candy, although it was filmed before Wagons East! It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes...
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) is a black comedy written, directed by and co-starring Woody Allen, alongside Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Alan Alda, Sam Waterston and Joanna Gleason. The film was met with critical...
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You is a (1996) musical film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film features many stars, including Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Gaby Hoffmann, Tim Roth, Goldie Hawn, and Natalie Portman.
Set in...
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) is a comedic murder mystery film directed by and starring Woody Allen and written by Marshall Brickman and Woody Allen. Although a commercial disappointment, it was a critical success, co-star Angelica Huston won a...
The Aviator
The Aviator is a 2004 American biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film, which centers on the life of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, draws largely upon a biography by Charles Higham. The film...
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What Women Want
What Women Want is a 2000 American romantic comedy film, directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. The movie achieved enormous success with a domestic gross of $182,811,707 and a worldwide gross of $374,111,707, against a...
Same Time, Next Year
Same Time, Next Year is 1975 comedy play by Bernard Slade. The plot focuses on two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two dozen years.
New Jersey accountant George and Oakland, California housewife Doris meet at...
Resurrecting the Champ
Resurrecting the Champ is a 2007 drama film directed by Rod Lurie and written by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett, based on the L.A. Times Magazine article by J.R. Moehringer. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, and Alan Alda, among others...
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
The Seduction of Joe Tynan is a 1979 political film drama made by Universal Pictures, directed by Jerry Schatzberg and produced by Martin Bregman. The screenplay was by Alan Alda, who also played the title role.
The film stars Alda, Barbara Harris,...
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons is a 1981 romantic comedy film starring Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Rita Moreno, Jack Weston and Bess Armstrong.
The story revolves around three couples who take vacations together during each of the seasons....
Jenny
Jenny is a 1970 film starring Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda, released by ABC Pictures. The film was rated "M" for "Mature Audiences." Singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson provided Jenny 's theme song, "Waiting".
Marlo Thomas plays the title role; a young...
California Suite
California Suite is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his play of the same title. Similar to his earlier Plaza Suite, the film focuses on the dilemmas of guests staying in a suite in a...
Sweet Liberty
Sweet Liberty (1986) is an American comedy film written and directed by Alan Alda, and starring Alda in the lead role, alongside Michael Caine and Michelle Pfeiffer, with support from Bob Hoskins and Lillian Gish.
College history professor Michael...
Mad City
Mad City is a 1997 drama and thriller film written by Tom Matthews and Eric Williams, directed by Costa Gavras, and starring John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, and Larry King.
The...
Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600 is a 1997 thriller film starring Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Dennis Miller, Ronny Cox, Daniel Benzali and Alan Alda. The 1600 in the title refers to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the address of the White House. The film is based on the...
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by...
Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But The Truth is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie. According to comments made by Lurie in The Truth Hurts, a bonus feature on the DVD release, his inspiration for the screenplay was the case of journalist Judith...
Diminished Capacity
Diminished Capacity is a comedy film directed by Terry Kinney and starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, and Alan Alda. It was released at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in July 2008. It was produced by Plum Pictures.
A...
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American occult-murder mystery themed horror film.
Famed classical pianist Duncan Ely discovers he is dying. He uses magic to transfer his soul into the body of music journalist Myles Clarkson so he can continue his...
Paper Lion
Paper Lion, published in 1966, is a non-fiction book by prominent American writer George Plimpton.
In 1960, Plimpton - not a professional athlete - arranged to pitch to a lineup of baseball stars in an All-Star exhibition, presumably to answer the...
Betsy's Wedding
(For the novel, see Betsy's Wedding (book).)
Betsy's Wedding is a 1990 comedy film written and directed by Alan Alda. It co-stars Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joey Bishop, Joe Pesci, Anthony LaPaglia, Burt Young and Catherine O'Hara....
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection is a 1998 romantic comedy and drama movie, adapted from the book of the same title by Stephen McCauley, and starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd. The story concerns a pregnant New York social worker who develops...
Same Time, Next Year
Same Time, Next Year is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his 1975 play of the same title.
The film opens in 1951 at an inn located on the Northern California coast. Doris (Ellen...
Whispers in the Dark
Whispers in the Dark is a 1992 thriller about a psychiatrist whose patient's lover may or may not be a serial killer. The film starred Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo and Anthony LaPaglia. The film was...
Flash of Genius
Flash of Genius is a 2008 American biographical film directed by Marc Abraham. The screenplay by Philip Railsback, based on a 1993 New Yorker article by John Seabrook, focuses on Robert Kearns and his legal battle against the Ford Motor Company when...
Flirting with Disaster
For the album by rock band Molly Hatchet, see Flirtin' with Disaster.
Flirting with Disaster is a 1996 American comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell about a young father's search for his biological parents. The film stars Ben Stiller...
