Films with: Cassavetes, John

Decade under the influence

A cast of pioneering writers, directors, and actors talk about the 70's, their films and their colleagues.

DVD 2881

Dirty dozen

A World War II drama in which an army major selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines.

DVD 392

Edge of the city

If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces against a corrupt New York waterfront union official. The two share a bond that cuts across society's black/white divide.

DVD 6332

Ernest Hemingway's The killers

Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two hit men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill.

DVD 3050

Faces

Drama noted for its starkly realistic depiction of marital disintegration and infidelity and its portrayal of the everyday banality and emptiness of upper-middle-class life.

DVD 194

Gloria

An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.

DVD 3279

Hollywood mavericks

How the word 'maverick' became a synonym of an independent filmmaker, a smuggler of ideas, a healthy subversive in the film industry. Interviews with the most prominent film directors who rebelled against the studios' power, trying to maintain their independence and distinctive voices.

DVD 11208

John Cassavetes.

"Shadows": Explores interracial friendships and relationships in the 1950's Beat-era New York City. "Faces": Richard and Maria are attempting to escape the anguish of their dissolving marriage by falling in the arms of others. "A woman under the influence": Mabel, is loved by her husband Nick, but her madness proves to be a problem in their marriage. "The killing of a Chinese bookie": To clear his debt, a strip club owner grapples with his own conscience as he must kill a Chinese bookie. "Opening night": A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress after a play.

DVD 3107

Rosemary's baby

After unwittingly becoming friendly with a coven of witches and warlocks, a young wife is impregnated by the Devil.

DVD 3430

Shadows

John Cassavetes' first film tells a gripping story of racism set against a New York background in the 1950s. Lelia, a light-skinned black woman living in New York with her two brothers, has an affair with a white man. But when her lover meets one of Lelia's brothers and discovers she is black, a painful and emotional eruption occurs.

DVD 506

Two-minute warning

A police captain leads the fight to stop a lone gunman who sets his sights on a sell-out crowd at football game.

DVD 577

Whose life is it anyway?

Ken Harrison is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In the hospital he makes friends with the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.

DVD 4728