Freddie Roman

The Comedian (2016)

An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taylor Hackford
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Leslie Mann  •  Danny DeVito  •  Edie Falco

An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taylor Hackford
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Leslie Mann  •  Danny DeVito  •  Edie Falco

Sweet Lorraine (1987)

Serio-comic look at the residents and staff of a Catskill Mountains resort during its final days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Gomer
CAST:  Maureen Stapleton  •  Trini Alvarado  •  Lee Richardson  •  John Bedford Lloyd

Serio-comic look at the residents and staff of a Catskill Mountains resort during its final days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Gomer
CAST:  Maureen Stapleton  •  Trini Alvarado  •  Lee Richardson  •  John Bedford Lloyd

Finding North (1998)

Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Mistaking him for her perfect man, she stalks him all the way to Danton, Texas. Along the way she slowly comes to realize he is gay and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tanya Wexler
CAST:  Wendy Makkena  •  John Benjamin Hickey  •  Anne Bobby  •  Rebecca Creskoff

Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Mistaking him for her perfect man, she stalks him all the way to Danton, Texas. Along the way she slowly comes to realize he is gay and is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tanya Wexler
CAST:  Wendy Makkena  •  John Benjamin Hickey  •  Anne Bobby  •  Rebecca Creskoff

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner (2001)

The Comedy Central Roasts are a series of celebrity roast specials which air on the Comedy Central cable network. This one is for Hugh Hefner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Miller
CAST:  Hugh Hefner  •  Jimmy Kimmel  •  Alan King  •  Drew Carey

The Comedy Central Roasts are a series of celebrity roast specials which air on the Comedy Central cable network. This one is for Hugh Hefner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Miller
CAST:  Hugh Hefner  •  Jimmy Kimmel  •  Alan King  •  Drew Carey

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller (1999)

The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment. The roastee being honored is Jerry Stiller, who played Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom King of Queens. Attendees included two at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Miller
CAST:  Jerry Stiller  •  Jason Alexander  •  Ben Stiller  •  Susie Essman

The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment. The roastee being honored is Jerry Stiller, who played Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom King of Queens. Attendees included two at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Miller
CAST:  Jerry Stiller  •  Jason Alexander  •  Ben Stiller  •  Susie Essman

Bittersweet Place (2005)

The story of the Schaffer family, made up of terminally ill father Jack and his two daughters, bipolar Pappy, and Susannah, who tries to keep the family together despite it taking a strain on her romantic life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandra Brodsky
CAST:  Seymour Cassel  •  Elisabeth Moss  •  Michael Esper  •  Glenn Fitzgerald

The story of the Schaffer family, made up of terminally ill father Jack and his two daughters, bipolar Pappy, and Susannah, who tries to keep the family together despite it taking a strain on her romantic life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandra Brodsky
CAST:  Seymour Cassel  •  Elisabeth Moss  •  Michael Esper  •  Glenn Fitzgerald