Joe Lavine

Playing for the Mob (2014)

The story of how mobster Henry Hill - played by Ray Liotta in Martin Scorsese 1990 classic, Goodfellas - helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 1978-79 season. The details of that point-shaving scandal are revealed for the first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cayman Grant  •  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Ray Liotta  •  Henry Hill  •  Jim Sweeney  •  Rick Kuhn

The story of how mobster Henry Hill - played by Ray Liotta in Martin Scorsese 1990 classic, Goodfellas - helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 1978-79 season. The details of that point-shaving scandal are revealed for the first ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cayman Grant  •  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Ray Liotta  •  Henry Hill  •  Jim Sweeney  •  Rick Kuhn

A Lifetime of Sundays (2019)

Celebrating the league's 100th season and championing the women who have played an integral role in its history, NFL Films presents an unprecedented look at the history of professional football through the eyes of four iconic female owners: Chicago Bears' Virginia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Regina King

Celebrating the league's 100th season and championing the women who have played an integral role in its history, NFL Films presents an unprecedented look at the history of professional football through the eyes of four iconic female owners: Chicago Bears' Virginia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Regina King

By Grantland Rice (2018)

In the annals of sports writing, there is no more hallowed figure than Vanderbilt graduate Grantland Rice. By his own estimate, over his half-century career, Rice wrote more than 22,000 columns, 7,000 sets of verse, and over a thousand magazine articles. But his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  John Florio  •  Jack Plowe

In the annals of sports writing, there is no more hallowed figure than Vanderbilt graduate Grantland Rice. By his own estimate, over his half-century career, Rice wrote more than 22,000 columns, 7,000 sets of verse, and over a thousand magazine articles. But his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  John Florio  •  Jack Plowe

In Search of Derrick Thomas (2015)

Life was never easy for Derrick Thomas. He ran afoul of the law and found himself in front of a judge who would give him a second chance. He went on to an outstanding career as a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs, and in 1993, he was named the NFL's Man of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST: 

Life was never easy for Derrick Thomas. He ran afoul of the law and found himself in front of a judge who would give him a second chance. He went on to an outstanding career as a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs, and in 1993, he was named the NFL's Man of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
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Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (2021)

Focuses on "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who is universally considered one of WWE's greatest villains. During his Hall of Fame career, he played the role of the antagonist against a who's who of WWE greats, while amassing more than 30 championships.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Roddy Piper  •  Vince McMahon  •  Hulk Hogan  •  Salvador Guerrero III

Focuses on "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, who is universally considered one of WWE's greatest villains. During his Hall of Fame career, he played the role of the antagonist against a who's who of WWE greats, while amassing more than 30 championships.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Roddy Piper  •  Vince McMahon  •  Hulk Hogan  •  Salvador Guerrero III

Biography: “Macho Man” Randy Savage (2021)

Tells the larger-than-life story of one of the most colorful and charismatic Superstars to ever step foot inside the ring. With two WWE Championships, four WCW® World Championships and a 14-month reign as Intercontinental Champion, Savage became known for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Randy Savage  •  Hulk Hogan  •  Bruce Prichard  •  Jerry Lawler

Tells the larger-than-life story of one of the most colorful and charismatic Superstars to ever step foot inside the ring. With two WWE Championships, four WCW® World Championships and a 14-month reign as Intercontinental Champion, Savage became known for his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Randy Savage  •  Hulk Hogan  •  Bruce Prichard  •  Jerry Lawler

Biography: Shawn Michaels (2021)

Chronicles the wild life of one of WWE's greatest performers and most enduring villains. After drug addiction nearly cost him his life, Shawn Michaels, aka "The Heartbreak Kid," made one of the most improbable late-career comebacks in WWE history. He was inducted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Michael Hickenbottom  •  Paul Michael Lévesque  •  Vince McMahon  •  Bret Hart

Chronicles the wild life of one of WWE's greatest performers and most enduring villains. After drug addiction nearly cost him his life, Shawn Michaels, aka "The Heartbreak Kid," made one of the most improbable late-career comebacks in WWE history. He was inducted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Michael Hickenbottom  •  Paul Michael Lévesque  •  Vince McMahon  •  Bret Hart

Extra Innings from 9/11: 20 Years Later (2021)

A look back at how America's national pastime, Major League Baseball, brought the victims' families, New York City, the fans, and the entire country back to some sense of normalcy after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. Manager of the New ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross Greenburg  •  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Joe Torre  •  Bobby Valentine

A look back at how America's national pastime, Major League Baseball, brought the victims' families, New York City, the fans, and the entire country back to some sense of normalcy after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. Manager of the New ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ross Greenburg  •  Joe Lavine
CAST:  Joe Torre  •  Bobby Valentine