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Philip Bosco
Actor 1930 - 2018

Philip Bosco

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of Lend Me a Tenor, and for his starring roles in many movies like My Best Friend's Wedding, The... Read full bio →

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The Savages

The Savages

Tamara Jenkins 2007 1h 54m 7.6

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Freedomland

Freedomland

Joe Roth 2006 1h 53m 5.5

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Hitch

Hitch

Andy Tennant 2005 1h 58m 6.0

While helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams, a professional "date doctor" finds his game doesn't quite work on the gossip columnist with whom he's smitten.

Abandon

Abandon

Stephen Gaghan 2002 1h 39m 4.3

A senior at an elite college, already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job, must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend, after his two year, unexplained absence...

Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold

James Mangold 2001 1h 58m 6.1

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him.

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

Curtis Hanson 2000 1h 47m 7.0

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.

Shaft

Shaft

John Singleton 2000 1h 39m 5.9

A remake of the 1971 Blaxploitation classic. Samuel L. Jackson played in Richard Roundtree’s roll as John Shaft – the dark-skinned super-cop Afro-American hero who only follows his own rules.

Cupid & Cate

Cupid & Cate

Brent Shields 2000 1h 40m 5.0

Cate has a vintage clothing store. She attends her nasty dad's birthday party/family gathering where she meets Harry. She's dating Philip but he's dull - contrary to Harry.

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Michel Poulette 1999 2h 50m 5.0

The true life story of mafia boss Joseph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginnings in Italy, to his conquests in America.

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

P.J. Hogan 1997 1h 45m 5.9

When a woman's long-time friend says he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself... and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

Woody Allen 1997 1h 36m 7.1

This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Critical Care

Critical Care

Sidney Lumet 1997 1h 47m

A hospital resident is put in the middle of a legal battle between two half-sisters on whether to pull their comatose dad's life support. But more seems to be at stake than dad's life - his inheritance.

The First Wives Club

The First Wives Club

Hugh Wilson 1996 1h 42m 6.2

Three friends get dumped by their husbands. All husbands leave their wive for a younger woman. The friends swere to take revenge and form the first wives club.

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

Andy Tennant 1995 1h 41m 4.3

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

Robert Benton 1994 1h 50m 7.7

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.

Milk Money

Milk Money

Richard Benjamin 1994 1h 48m 3.4

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings, bicycle to the nearby Big City, and hire some woman of the streets to strip for them. Things do not work out that simply, but they do meet V, a Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, who ends up giving them a ride home

Straight Talk

Straight Talk

Barnet Kellman 1992 1h 31m 6.0

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth.

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

Joshua Waletzky 1992 58m

Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese.

True Colors

True Colors

Herbert Ross 1991 1h 51m

Best friends from law school to election night, their friendship is sorely tested when one learns of another's betrayal.

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

Woody Allen 1991 1h 25m 7.6

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion

F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion

Richard Franklin 1991 1h 48m 4.6

Sequel to the special effcts movie FX. Rollie is asked to help find a killer, all is well until both the killer and the cop who asked him to help are both killed.........

The Civil War

The Civil War

1990 1h 16m

A comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.

Quick Change

Quick Change

Bill Murray, Howard Franklin 1990 1h 29m 7.3

Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.

Blue Steel

Blue Steel

Kathryn Bigelow 1990 1h 42m 5.3

A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.

The Dream Team

The Dream Team

Howard Zieff 1989 1h 53m 6.0

This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they're lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy.

Working Girl

Working Girl

Mike Nichols 1988 1h 54m 6.5

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.

Another Woman

Another Woman

Woody Allen 1988 1h 24m 6.7

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office.

Suspect

Suspect

Peter Yates 1987 2h 1m 5.8

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent.

3 Men and a Baby

3 Men and a Baby

Leonard Nimoy 1987 1h 42m 5.4

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

The Money Pit

The Money Pit

Richard Benjamin 1986 1h 31m 6.3

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

Randa Haines 1986 1h 59m 7.6

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Stuart Rosenberg 1984 2h 1m

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

Trading Places

Trading Places

John Landis 1983 1h 56m 7.5

A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

A Lovely Way to Die

A Lovely Way to Die

David Lowell Rich 1968 1h 43m 6.0

A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.

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