Henry Wiggen (Author to his friends) and Bruce Pearson are members of the New York Mammoths major league baseball team Read More »
Tag Archives: Robert De Niro
Guilty by Suspicion (1991) Irwin Winkler, Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt
David Merrill (Robert De Niro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood Director Read More »
Jacknife (1989) David Hugh Jones, Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister Read More »
1900 (1976) Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men Read More »
Ronin (1998) John Frankenheimer, Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone
A group of five experts is assembled to retrieve a mysterious briefcase from an equally mysterious group of criminals. Read More »
Greetings (1968) Brian De Palma, Jonathan Warden, Robert De Niro, Gerrit Graham
An offbeat, episodic film about three friends, Paul, a shy love-seeker, Lloyd, a vibrant conspiracy nut, and Jon, an aspiring filmmaker and peeping tom. Read More »
The Mission (1986) Roland Joffé, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Adventure, Drama
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Read More »
A Bronx Tale (1993) Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Crime, Drama
Gangster Sonny is the big man in the Bronx neighborhood of an Italian small boy named Calogero. Read More »
New York, New York (1977) Martin Scorsese, Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Drama, Musical
The day WWII ends, Jimmy, a selfish and smooth-talking musician, meets Francine, a lounge singer. Read More »
Night and the City (1992) Irwin Winkler, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Robert DeNiro and Jessica Lange are the most impossible couple. He’s a failed lawyer. She’s a common waitress. Read More »
Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Biography, Drama, Sport
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment.
Read More »
Stanley & Iris (1990) Martin Ritt, Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Drama, Romance
Stanley Cox is a shy, illiterate short-order cook who has never taken a chance at love. Iris King is a newly widowed factory worker who has vowed never to love again. But as their friendship slowly blossoms and Iris helps Stanley learn to read, his strong yet gentle kindness helps mend her broken heart. And where two lonely strangers stood trapped within the past, Stanley and Iris can now begin a new chapter of their lives – together.
Read More »
Cape Fear (1991) Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Crime, Thriller
Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having been imprisoned for 14 years because of the lawyer’s purposefully faulty defense tactics, prejudicing the accused. It received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (Robert De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis). The two were also nominated for Golden Globe Awards.
Read More »
Backdraft (1991) Ron Howard, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Action, Crime, Drama
A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. This detailed look into the duties and private lives of firemen naturally features widespread pyrotechnics and special effects.
Read More »
True Confessions (1981) Ulu Grosbard, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Crime, Drama
De Niro (a Catholic Priest) and Duvall (a Homicide Detective) play brothers drawn together after many years apart, in the aftermath of the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
Read More »