MOVIES
PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY
Nominated for 5 Emmys, WGA and DGA awards, TNT’s hit film captures the joyful madness of the early days of the computer wars between a young Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
DIRECTOR, WRITER
TOP SECRET!
The cult classic that parodies spy movies of World War II, co-written with Zucker Abrahams and Zucker -- the team behind Airplane, Naked Gun and Ruthless People. Named by the BBC as one of the top 100 comedies of all time.
CO-WRITER
ANIMAL FARM
George Orwell's classic tale of farm animals rising up against their human owners only to establish a totalitarian regime as brutal and corrupt as any human society. Manor Farm becomes a world where all animals are equal -- but some are more equal than others.
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AVENGING ANGELO
A socialite (Madeleine Stowe) who has just discovered she is the daughter of a murdered Mafia chieftain (Anthony Quinn) seeks revenge, aided by her father's faithful bodyguard (Sylvester Stallone).
DIRECTOR
THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
James Earl Jones and Dennis Leary head an all-star cast in this biting HBO political satire. When it is announced that millions of orphans from Pakistan are going to live in Idaho, the Governor declares that the state will withdraw from the rest of the country.
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POWERPLAY
Originally filmed as Coup d’Etat starring Peter O’Toole and David Hemmings. This riveting look at the political perils of staging a Coup is based on the classic book by Edward Luttwak. A group of army officers angered by the corrupt brutality of the current government, finally decide that for the good of the country they must overthrow the regime.
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