Harvey Wang Movies
- 2007
Domonic Chianese and Dick Latessa star as a pair of aging, lifelong New Yorkers who realize they're a dying species as the city they love is slowly taken over by a more modern metropolis. The places that Lenny and Ruben frequent give them refuge from the changes swirling all around, but when their last holdouts start closing down, the two pals realize they're relics of a bygone era. When one of the friends realizes that his best days are behind him, he decides to take a shot at true love. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dominic Chianese, Dick Latessa, (more)
- 1998
Mary Tyler Moore is the host of this TV special, taped at Atlanta's Rialto Center for the Performing Arts before a live audience of dogs and people. Promoting the Pet Partners Project of the Delta Society, this mock awards show honors animals which have aided the disadvantaged, such as Frosty, a horse loved by kids with Downs Syndrome. The rabbit Dusty provides comfort for burn victims, and a boy born minus legs has turtle Mo for a companion. Natasha is a helpful hound for a wheelchair-bound girl, and the Vietnamese pig Harley D. Swine is the porker pal to several severe head-trauma patients attempting to regain speech-motor functions. Three cats -- Buster, Flashback, Flame -- are pets at a Miami nursing home. Stingray Splasha jumps out of the water to help a youth with cerebral palsy. This 40-minute family special aired June 28, 1998 on HBO. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mary Tyler Moore
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel), although most of the other characters are different. The store owner's frustrated wife Dot (Roseanne) is one of them, and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself) also put in appearances. Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances, oddball characters, improvisations, and raffish scenes. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Starring:
- Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, (more)
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