Byrne Piven

Being John Malkovich (1999)

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One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Jonze
CAST:  John Malkovich  •  John Cusack  •  Cameron Diaz  •  Mary Kay Place

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Jonze
CAST:  John Malkovich  •  John Cusack  •  Cameron Diaz  •  Mary Kay Place

Pyrates (1991)

As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem reminiscent of the Chicago Fire. But the course of true flaming lust never runs true, and as they try to handle their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noah Stern
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Kyra Sedgwick  •  Bruce Payne  •  Kristin Dattilo

As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem reminiscent of the Chicago Fire. But the course of true flaming lust never runs true, and as they try to handle their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noah Stern
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Kyra Sedgwick  •  Bruce Payne  •  Kristin Dattilo

E=mc2 (1996)

A physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistants. Meanwhile at home his under-sexed wife struggles under the assumption that he is hard at work with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Fry
CAST:  Jeremy Piven  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Kelli Williams  •  James Villiers

A physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistants. Meanwhile at home his under-sexed wife struggles under the assumption that he is hard at work with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Fry
CAST:  Jeremy Piven  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Kelli Williams  •  James Villiers

Temporary Girl (1998)

The dream of making it big as an actress is still alive for Jeanette (Lisa Kotin), a woman who's worked at a temp job for 14 years, using it as nothing more than a means to make a living while she hones her résumé and fixes her head shots. She's sure she'll be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Kotin
CAST:  Lisa Kotin  •  David Pasquesi  •  Byrne Piven  •  Amy Landecker

The dream of making it big as an actress is still alive for Jeanette (Lisa Kotin), a woman who's worked at a temp job for 14 years, using it as nothing more than a means to make a living while she hones her résumé and fixes her head shots. She's sure she'll be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Kotin
CAST:  Lisa Kotin  •  David Pasquesi  •  Byrne Piven  •  Amy Landecker

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)

Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adolfas Mekas
CAST:  Jeff Siggins  •  Greta Thyssen  •  Hurd Hatfield  •  Jerome Raphael

Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation owner in order to humiliate him. He mistreats his wife, but she stoically refuses to complain to her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adolfas Mekas
CAST:  Jeff Siggins  •  Greta Thyssen  •  Hurd Hatfield  •  Jerome Raphael

Creator (1985)

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Passer
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Mariel Hemingway  •  Vincent Spano  •  Virginia Madsen

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Passer
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Mariel Hemingway  •  Vincent Spano  •  Virginia Madsen

Shadow of the Blair Witch (2000)

In this true-crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for Joe Berlinger's "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Rock
CAST:  Tony Abatemarco  •  Andre Brooks  •  Mariclare Costello  •  Bill Dreggors

In this true-crime documentary, we delve into the murder spree that was the inspiration for Joe Berlinger's "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Rock
CAST:  Tony Abatemarco  •  Andre Brooks  •  Mariclare Costello  •  Bill Dreggors

Chicago Story (1981)

A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angles in this pilot to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London  •  Harvey S. Laidman
CAST:  Vincent Baggetta  •  Dennis Franz  •  Kene Holiday  •  Jack Kehoe

A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angles in this pilot to the short-lived series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry London  •  Harvey S. Laidman
CAST:  Vincent Baggetta  •  Dennis Franz  •  Kene Holiday  •  Jack Kehoe

Will: G. Gordon Liddy (1982)

Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Lieberman
CAST:  Robert Conrad  •  Katherine Cannon  •  Gary Bayer  •  Peter Ratray

Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Lieberman
CAST:  Robert Conrad  •  Katherine Cannon  •  Gary Bayer  •  Peter Ratray

Lover's Knot (1996)

A pair of lovers have no idea that their affair is overseen and orchestrated by an angel sent by Cupid to see that they remain together in this romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Shaner
CAST:  Billy Campbell  •  Jennifer Grey  •  Tim Curry  •  Adam Baldwin

A pair of lovers have no idea that their affair is overseen and orchestrated by an angel sent by Cupid to see that they remain together in this romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Shaner
CAST:  Billy Campbell  •  Jennifer Grey  •  Tim Curry  •  Adam Baldwin

Mario and the Mob (1992)

Mario Dante (Robert Conrad) is a crime boss in the mafia, He inherits a mob of his own, when his nephews and niece have to come and live with him. Along with Alice (Ann Jillian) his girlfriend, they stumble through mishaps and learn to love each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virgil W. Vogel
CAST:  Robert Conrad  •  Ann Jillian  •  Byrne Piven  •  Bo Kaprall

Mario Dante (Robert Conrad) is a crime boss in the mafia, He inherits a mob of his own, when his nephews and niece have to come and live with him. Along with Alice (Ann Jillian) his girlfriend, they stumble through mishaps and learn to love each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virgil W. Vogel
CAST:  Robert Conrad  •  Ann Jillian  •  Byrne Piven  •  Bo Kaprall

Desperate (1987)

In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Markle
CAST:  John Savage  •  Meg Foster  •  Chris Burke  •  Liane Langland

In this thinly-veiled, though uncredited, new version of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not," here a prospective series pilot, an ex-sailor living in Key West, chartering out boats and struggling to forget his past, is lured into a dangerous rendezvous with Cuban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Markle
CAST:  John Savage  •  Meg Foster  •  Chris Burke  •  Liane Langland