Movies by Leo Burmester
As part of the cast:
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Aftermath (2008)
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Chris Penn, Jamie Harrold …
Directed by: Thomas Farone
At a construction site run by Tom "Boss" Fiorini (Anthony Michael Hall), charismatic newcomer Tony (Chris Penn, in his final film role) gets in a fight with veteran foreman Matt (Jamie…
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America Brown (2005)
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Michael Rapaport, Élodie Bouchez …
Directed by: Paul Black
Although his real name is America, high school football star Ricky Brown (Ryan Kwanten) knows nothing about the world but the gridiron and small-town Texas, a lack he hopes to change by…
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Carry Me Home (2004)
Cast: Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Anderson, David Alan Basche …
Directed by: Jace Alexander
From director Jace Alexander, this Showtime original feature tells the story of Carrie (Ashley Rose Orr) and the heartbreak she faces following her father's death during World War II.…
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Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Cast: John Turturro, John Heard, Kevin Anderson …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
This fascinating look at the birth of the nationwide phenomenon known as "Monday Night Football" stars John Turturro as Howard Cosell -- the reviled, revered and legendary sportscaster who…
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Limbo (1999)
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez …
Directed by: John Sayles
"Surprising, intelligent and richly textured," says Leonard Maltin of director John Sayles' poetic drama. Joe (David Strathairn) is a fishing-boat skipper with a tragic past. Donna (Mary…
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Dumbarton Bridge (1999)
Cast: Tom Wright, Esperanza Catubig, Daphne Ashbrook …
Directed by: Charles Koppelman
John Shed (Tom Wright) is a black Vietnam vet scraping out a living in the San Francisco Bay Area with his Caucasian girlfriend Belinda (Daphne Ashbrook), when his life is turned upside down…
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Speed of Life (1999)
Cast: Scott Caan, Mia Kirshner, Leo Burmester …
Directed by: Rob Schmidt
In this drama directed by Rob Schmidt, Drew (Scott Caan) is a young man saddled with the responsibility of caring for a terminally ill father (Leo Burmester). His life takes a darker turn…
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Eye of the Storm (1998)
Cast: Blythe Danner, Katherine Kendall, Jennifer Griffin Chambers …
Directed by: Marcus Spiegel
Secrets, lies and tragedy make an already dysfunctional family combustible under the pressure of waiting out a horrific storm. Blythe Danner (Meet the Parents) is a Midwestern mom who…
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River Red (1998)
Cast: Tom Everett Scott, David Moscow, Cara Buono …
Directed by: Eric Drilling
Tom Everett Scott stars as Dave Holden, a young man who kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom (David Moscow) confesses to the…
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First Do No Harm (1997)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins …
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Meryl Streep stars as a mother who goes to extraordinary lengths to help find treatment for her epileptic son. When insurance coverage runs out, she immerses herself in medical research in a…
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Mistrial (1996)
Cast: Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Heywood Gould
Police detective Steve Donohue (Bill Pullman) plays judge, jury and possibly executioner when he takes court officers and a murder defendant hostage. After an accused cop killer -- whom…
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Neon Bible (1995)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Denis Leary, Diana Scarwid …
Directed by: Terence Davies
Academy Award nominee Gena Rowlands stars in director Terence Davies's bittersweet trip into the American South of the 1940s, based on the book by John Kennedy Toole. David (jointly…
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Truman (1995)
Cast: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
Gary Sinise owns the screen with his performance as U.S. president Harry S. Truman. Coming to power in the shadow of the legendary Franklin Roosevelt, Truman survived near-certain defeat in…
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The Great Elephant Escape (1995)
Cast: Stephanie Zimbalist, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Burmester …
Directed by: George Miller
Beverly (Stephanie Zimbalist) takes her 13-year-old son Matt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to Kenya for a safari, where he befriends local boy Jomo (Adetokumboh M'Cormack). When the boys…
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A Perfect World (1993)
Cast: Kevin Costner, T.J. Lowther, Keith Szarabajka …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Film icons from two generations meet when fugitive Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) takes a young boy hostage and goes on the lam across the Lone Star state, hotly pursued by police chief Red…
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Passion Fish (1992)
Cast: Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Lenore Banks …
Directed by: John Sayles
May-Alice Culhane (Mary McDonnell) is a soap opera star who's left paralyzed after a car accident and, left with few other options, returns to her Louisiana home. Her heavy drinking and…
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Article 99 (1992)
Cast: Ray Liotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker …
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Ray Liotta and Kiefer Sutherland star in this medical thriller about a band of renegade doctors at Kansas City's Veteran's Administration Hospital who decide to circumvent the…
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The Abyss (1989)
Cast: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn …
Directed by: James Cameron
When a nuclear submarine sinks, a team of divers descends the depths to determine the cause in this sci-fi thriller from writer-director James Cameron. But during the investigation, it…
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Odd Jobs (1986)
Cast: Paul Reiser, Robert Townsend, Scott McGinnis …
Directed by: Mark Story
Max (Paul Reiser), Dwight (Robert Townsend), Woody (Scott McGinnis), Roy (Rick Overton) and Byron (Paul Provenza) are tired of working the same old summer jobs -- and even if they…