Wyatt Knight Movies
Many know Wyatt Knight for his role as Tommy Turner in the 1982 sex comedy Porky's. The young actor was still a relative newcomer to the acting scene at the time, and he soon found more roles coming his way, reprising Tommy for two Porky's sequels and appearing projects like the TV movies Promised a Miracle and Those She Left Behind. In 1998, he appeared in the comedy Baby Geniuses, and in 2003 he played the title role in the made-for-cable kid's movie Maniac Magee. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide- 1993
This made-for-cable version of Arthur Miller's play The American Clock was adapted for television by Frank Galati. Inspired partly by Studs Terkel's oral history Hard Times, and partly by Miller's own recollections, the film is set at the beginning of the Depression. When the stock market crashes, the well-to-do Baumler family (John Rubinstein, Mary McDonnell, Loren Dean) loses everything. The Baumlers are forced to move from their plush penthouse apartment to the less-attractive Brooklyn digs of Mrs. Baumler's sister (Joanna Miles). Twelve-year-old Lee Baumler (Dean), the Arthur Miller counterpart, hits the road to find out how others are coping with the Long National Nightmare. The alternately depressing and uplifting storyline moves along briskly to a surprisingly abrupt climax. Kelly Preston, David Strathairn, Eddie Bracken, Darren McGavin, and Estelle Parson co-star in The American Clock, which premiered over the TNT Cable Network on August 23, 1993. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
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The true story of American turncoat John Walker, Jr. is related blow-by-blow in this made-for-TV movie. Powers Boothe stars as Walker, a Navy petty officer who spends half of his career selling secrets to the Soviets. At first the soul of discretion, the hard-drinking, philandering Walker eventually becomes careless enough in his activities to arouse the suspicions of his in-the-dark wife Barbara (Lesley Ann Warren). With the skill and aplomb of the true sociopath, Walker also manages to convince his own son (Andrew Lowry) to join the "family business." The spy ring is ultimately smashed through the joint efforts of the FBI and Walker's embittered ex-wife. Based on the books Family of Spies by Pete Earley and I Pledge Allegiance by Howard Blum, Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring was originally telecast in two parts on February 4 and 6, 1990. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
Hoping to qualify for Starfleet Academy, Wesley Crusher takes a backbreaking entrance examination. His chances for success or failure may be important to him, but are minor compared to the challenge facing Captain Picard, who must defend himself against accusations of violating the Prime Directive. During his testimony, Picard flashes back to short film clips from previous Next Generation episodes. Written by Sandy Fries, "Coming of Age" originally aired March 19, 1988; the episode went on to earn an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Makeup Achievement. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
This fact-based TV drama recounts the trial of a California couple (Judge Reinhold and Rosanna Arquette) charged with manslaughter after their diabetic son died because they withheld his insulin due to their belief that a miracle from God would save him. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- 1985
- R
In this third entry in the raunchy, sophomoric comedy series, the riotous students of Angel Beach High endeavor to get even with their old nemesis Porky who is trying to force the basketball coach into throwing the championship game. It seems Coach has been on a losing streak at Porky's newest establishment, a riverboat converted into a casino. Plenty of slapstick mayhem ensues when his team rallies to save him and the big game. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, (more)
Love it or loathe it (and there are a goodly number of people on either side), Porky's was one of the most successful comedies of its day, spawning two direct sequels and inspiring an incalculable number of lowbrow teen comedies, most recently including American Pie (1999). Pee Wee (Dan Monahan), Billy (Mark Herrier), Tommy (Wyatt Knight), and Mickey (Roger Wilson) are four painfully horny high school kids growing up in South Florida in the 1950's. Desperate to rid themselves of their cumbersome virginity, they head out to a sleazy bar near the swamps called Porky's, where local legend has it that the owner will fix you up with a prostitute for a reasonable fee. After Porky takes their money and dumps them in the swamp, the guys vow to get revenge. Meanwhile, Pee Wee has to deal with his shrinking penis, someone drills a hole in the wall of the girl's shower, the guys encounter a prostitute named Cherry Forever, and anti-Semitism rears its ugly head. Cheerfully rude in a manner few mainstream films had achieved at that time, Porky's, for better or worse, changed the standard of what was acceptable in a screen comedy. Remarkably enough, two years later director Bob Clark made the holiday favorite A Christmas Story, which displayed his considerable range, if nothing else. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, (more)
- 1979
John (Ralph Waite) discovers that the new owner of the Dew Drop Inn is his former sweetheart Callie May Jordan (Dorothy Tristan). Once everyone else finds this out, they begin to worry that John might "forget himself" with Callie May in the absence of his wife Olivia -- which, as it turns out, is just what Callie May is hoping for. Despite his preoccupation with converting his pool emporium into a canteen for soldiers, Ike Godsey (Joe Conley) takes it upon himself to explain the facts of life (so to speak) to the amorous Callie May. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
