Steve Friedman Movies
- 1986
An exciting climax at a gymnastics competition highlights this sports-themed drama. Steve (Olympic champion Mitch Gaylord) finds his hopes for a successful career are in doubt when his family relationships suddenly fall apart. He and his father are continually at odds while his younger brother and mother can do nothing about it. Gymnast Julie Lloyd (Janet Jones) arrives on the scene and a romantic liaison with Steve is in the works. A big championship competition looms ahead on the horizon as both Steve and Julie prepare for a final challenge. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mitch Gaylord, Janet Jones, (more)
- 1976
- R
In this satire, the events leading up to and following the famous Watergate scandal are recreated. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- 1976
In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts movement, the better-known of whom are William Burroughs (who says nothing for the camera), Andy Warhol (seen in the distance) and Fernando Arrabal (who is interviewed in Spanish). The emigrants named in the title are notable Germans who left the country before World War II, such as Greta Keller and Grete Mosheim. Reviewers at the time of the film's release considered it to have been a sort of paid vacation for the filmmaker rather than a serious effort. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- William S. Burroughs
Funnyman Steve Friedman stars in this satiric comedy that pokes not-so-gentle fun at the political and personal foibles of Richard M. Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Nixon finds his administration crumbling around him, his allies turning against him, the courts beginning to hound him, and an exorcist is even called in to drive the demons from his soul -- all to no avail. White House Madness wasn't director Mark L. Lester's first onscreen stab at Nixon; in 1972, he made a short comedy, Tricia's Wedding, spoofing the nuptials of the then-president's daughter which starred the notorious San Francisco drag troupe The Cockettes. White House Madness also generated controversy of its own some years later when it was discovered that one of the investors was Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who had originally put money into another of Lester's productions (a comedy poking fun at beauty pageants), only to have those funds rolled into the Nixon satire when the other project collapsed. Al Lewis and Patti Jerome highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Friedman
