Barry Friedman Movies
- 1990
This detective movie is set in Hollywood, circa 1949. Hard-bitten detective Dan Turner gets entangled with an extortionist after he begins looking into the life of a movie mogul's beautiful wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1989
- PG13
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UHF is the film debut of comedy rock satirist Weird Al Yankovic, who also co-wrote the screenplay. George Newman (Yankovic) and his friend Bob (David Bowe from The Cable Guy) are fired from their jobs at Burger World. So George decides to take over Channel 62, a failing local TV station that his uncle Harvey (Stanley Brock) won in a poker game. George turns it around into an overnight success after letting the janitor, Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards from Seinfeld), host a kid's show. George then fills the broadcast day with bizarre programming, bringing the ratings up and saving the station. Soon, rival station CEO R.J. Fletcher (Kevin McCarthy) of Channel 8 threatens to sabotage the successful station, and George must come up with a way to save it. Only loosely constructed around this storyline, UHF is mostly a series of TV, movie, and music parodies strung together and played for cheap laughs. UHF also stars Victoria Jackson, Emo Philips, and Fran Drescher. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards, (more)
- 1989
- R
The title is the story so far as Bounty Hunter is concerned. Doubling as star and director, Robert Ginty plays a soldier of fortune who hires on to catch a killer. Ginty is not as mercenary as he seems: the fugitive has murdered his best friend. Bo Hopkins costars as a crooked sheriff who impedes Ginty's mission. This direct-to-video effort is available in both R-rated and unrated versions. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Ginty, Bo Hopkins, (more)
