Buck Henry
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1930-12-09
Locus Natus: New York City, New York, USA
Et ut: Henry Zuckerman, Buck Henry Zuckerman, 巴克·亨利
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his...
release : 1976.03.18popularis : 12.57
Short Cuts
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a...
release : 1993.09.05popularis : 13.062
Catch-22
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a...
release : 1970.06.24popularis : 16.35
The Player
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
release : 1992.04.03popularis : 16.596
Gloria
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the...
release : 1980.10.01popularis : 12.45
The Absent-Minded Waiter
Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats...
release : 1977.07.13popularis : 2.385
Grumpy Old Men
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in...
release : 1993.12.25popularis : 20.75
Playboy: The Story of X
The Story Of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through...
release : 1998.01.01popularis : 7.256
Rude Awakening
In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle...
release : 1989.08.16popularis : 3.931
Heaven Can Wait
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him...
release : 1978.06.28popularis : 9.974
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.
release : 1994.05.13popularis : 9.722
Eating Raoul
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
release : 1982.03.24popularis : 8.952
The Real Blonde
An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.
release : 1998.02.27popularis : 4.382
Serendipity
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but...
release : 2001.10.05popularis : 18.2
Strong Medicine
Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...
release : 1981.11.25popularis : 1.309
The Graduate
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
release : 1967.12.21popularis : 16.775
Casting By
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the...
release : 2012.11.01popularis : 5.27
Aria
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each...
release : 1987.09.15popularis : 9.387
A Bird of the Air
A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic...
release : 2011.09.23popularis : 4.69
Taking Off
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose...
release : 1971.03.28popularis : 5.852
First Family
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
release : 1980.12.25popularis : 5.154
1999
On New Year's Eve 1999, as a group of neurotic characters gather at a Greenwich Village apartment, everyone struggles to come to terms with their...
release : 1997.09.01popularis : 2.898
Steve Martin: Homage to Steve
This video contains three segments: First, the Oscar-nominated short The absent-minded waiter (1977), then a fake interview with Steve Martin about...
release : 1984.09.06popularis : 3.293
The Troublemaker
A naive chicken farmer from New Jersey moves to Greenwich Village to open a coffee house.
release : 1964.06.22popularis : 1.844
Is There Sex After Death?
Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the...
release : 1971.10.24popularis : 2.104
The Republic Pictures Story
A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.
release : 1991.03.15popularis : 1.79
Candy
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
release : 1968.12.17popularis : 12.399
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.
release : 1979.05.07popularis : 1.985
I Miss Sonia Henie
One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original...
release : 1971.01.20popularis : 11.698
The Day of the Dolphin
Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand...
release : 1973.12.19popularis : 4.306
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.511
The Linguini Incident
A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob the New York restaurant where two of them work.
release : 1991.05.01popularis : 5.652
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your...
release : 2013.05.20popularis : 2.977
Defending Your Life
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way...
release : 1991.03.22popularis : 13.789
Harrison Bergeron
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt...
release : 1995.08.13popularis : 4.839
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
A nice guy discovers his dark side when his girlfriend reveals her secret weakness.
release : 2015.03.13popularis : 1.287
American Swing
Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
release : 2009.10.17popularis : 10.883
Keep the Change
A struggling artist visits his family on their Montana ranch and finds that his former flame, daughter of a family foe, is now married to an old...
release : 1992.06.09popularis : 0.702
The Last Shot
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent...
release : 2004.09.24popularis : 8.796
Old Boyfriends
When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.
release : 1979.03.22popularis : 3.99
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts...
release : 1989.09.24popularis : 4.615
Passion for Snow
What do Daniel Webster, Dr. Seuss, C. Everett Koop, Robert Frost and 100+ Winter Olympians have in common? They all spent time at Dartmouth College,...
release : 2013.02.09popularis : 1.439
Mastergate
A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate...
release : 1992.11.01popularis : 1.587
'The Graduate' at 25
A 1992 featurette on the making of "The Graduate."
release : 1992.01.01popularis : 0.773
Students of 'The Graduate'
This short documentary from 2007 features filmmakers, critics and historians discussing the cinematic achievement and ongoing influence of "The...
release : 2007.09.11popularis : 0.529
To Die For
Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she...
release : 1995.09.22popularis : 14.27
It Came from Kuchar
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike...
release : 2009.09.22popularis : 3.809
Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", re-imagined in a child's vision of Hell. "Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space" is a festive yarn, comprised...
release : 1996.01.01popularis : 0.318
Town & Country
Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his...
release : 2001.04.27popularis : 7.769
The Lounge People
Louis and Cynthia Lewis are an insanely rich couple suffering from an acute case of boredom on their private island estate. Louis produces his own...
release : 1992.01.01popularis : 1.502
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent...
release : 2014.12.12popularis : 7.1
Shotgun Freeway
Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own...
release : 1995.03.01popularis : 6.866
A Fuller Life
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only...
release : 2013.08.28popularis : 3.894
Breakfast of Champions
An unhappy car dealer believes that a dime-store philosopher has the answers to life's important questions.
release : 1999.02.18popularis : 7.827
Lisa Picard Is Famous
A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to...
release : 2000.05.14popularis : 1.842
Segal
A documentary focusing on the life and career of actor George Segal.
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 1.82
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take...
release : 1968.02.29popularis : 8.818
Curtain Call
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts...
release : 1998.12.05popularis : 4.039
The Owl and the Pussycat
Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him....
release : 1970.11.03popularis : 3.845
Tune in Tomorrow...
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt...
release : 1990.10.26popularis : 2.788