Movies by Peter Friedman
As part of the cast:
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Harvest (2010)
Cast: Robert Loggia, Jack Carpenter, Victoria Clark …
Directed by: Marc Meyers
When college student Josh (Jack Carpenter) returns to his Connecticut home for a weekend visit, his mother, Anna (Victoria Clark), convinces him to stay for the summer to spend time with his…
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Breaking Upwards (2009)
Cast: Zoe Lister Jones, Daryl Wein, Julie White …
Directed by: Daryl Wein
Breaking up is painful -- but does it have to be? Subdued individually by their relationship yet afraid of life apart, Zoe Lister Jones and Daryl Wein set out to meticulously orchestrate and…
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
After his painter wife (Catherine Keener) leaves him and takes their daughter to Berlin, theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) stages an autobiographical play in a massive…
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The Savages (2007)
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco …
Directed by: Tamara Jenkins
Carrying the scars of an abusive childhood, Savage siblings Wendy (Laura Linney, in an Oscar-nominated role) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) -- a long-aspiring playwright and a drama…
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Unconscious (2006)
Cast: Adam LeFevre, John Speredakos, Peter Friedman …
Directed by: Bradley Wigor
When an unidentified man lands in the hospital with burns all over his body, the police try to determine exactly who he is. His profile matches several missing person reports, which attracts…
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King of the Corner (2004)
Cast: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Eli Wallach …
Directed by: Peter Riegert
Middle-aged Leo (Peter Riegert, who also directs) is facing a brick wall; his marriage is failing, his daughter is dating a boy he doesn't know, and his job is a snooze. Midlife crisis,…
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Paycheck (2003)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman …
Directed by: John Woo
Paid big money by high-tech firms for working on hush-hush projects, computer ace Michael Jennings then has his memory erased for security purposes -- which explains why he can't figure…
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Power and Beauty (2002)
Cast: Natasha Henstridge, Kevin Anderson, Peter Friedman …
Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Power and Beauty is the semi-sordid tale of Judith Exner (Natasha Henstridge), who claimed to have dated Frank Sinatra (John Ralston) and to have been the mistress of Jack Kennedy (Kevin…
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Two Against Time (2002)
Cast: Marlo Thomas, Ellen Muth, Peter Friedman …
Directed by: David Anspaugh
While trying to contend with her worthless ex-husband and a budding new romance with a lobster fisherman, divorced mother of two Julie Portman learns that her headstrong teenage daughter has…
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Someone Like You (2001)
Cast: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman …
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Jane has it made: She's the talent booker for a popular talk show and has started dating the show's studly producer. But when she gets summarily dumped, the now-bitter Jane is…
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000)
Cast: Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Ronny Cox …
Directed by: Lawrence Schiller
This television miniseries posits what may have happened in the unsolved JonBenet Ramsey murder case. Director Lawrence Schiller spent more than a year in Boulder, Colorado, researching the…
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Charles Dance, Elina Löwensohn …
Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver
In this remake of Rod Serling's somber drama set in the Warsaw Ghetto of World War II, Rabbi Heller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) is struggling to continue his peaceful way of life in the face…
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Cast: Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton …
Directed by: Mary Harron
In 1968, radical feminist Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) shot pop-art icon Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) when he ignored the screenplay she wrote. This film traces Solanas's life up to that…
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Safe (1995)
Cast: Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley …
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Julianne Moore gives an astonishing performance as Carol White, a suburban housewife whose affluent environment suddenly turns against her. All seems well until the day Carol claims everyday…
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Blink (1994)
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Blind since she was a child, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) gets the gift of sight when a dead woman's eyes are donated to her. But her vision is still a bit blurry right after the…
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Single White Female (1992)
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber …
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
When up-and-coming fashion designer Allison Jones places a classified ad to find a new roomie, mousy Hedy Carlson seems to fill the bill ... until her envy turns her into the roommate from…
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Presumed Guilty (1991)
Cast: Martin Sheen, Caroline Kava, Brendan Fraser …
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
When troubled young Bobby (Brendan Fraser) is falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of murder, even his family has doubts about his innocence. But Bobby's father (Martin Sheen) is…
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The Seventh Sign (1988)
Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Peter Friedman …
Directed by: Carl Schultz
Demi Moore plays Abby, a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers,…
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Christmas Evil (1980)
Cast: Brandon Maggart, Dianne Hull, Scott McKay …
Directed by: Lewis Jackson
The winter weather isn't the only thing that's frightful about this unconventional holiday offering about a toy maker whose obsession with Christmas spirals dangerously out of…
As a director:
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Mana: Beyond Belief (2004)
Cast: Te Warihi Heteraka, Malcolm Peri, Danny Jim Hatahlie …
Directed by: Peter Friedman, Roger Manley
The belief in &NFi;mana&NFi_; -- the Polynesian term for the power that resides in things -- is a commonality across cultures. People worldwide imbue objects with meaning, honoring these…
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Death by Design: The Life and Times of Life and Times (1995)
Cast: Polly Matzinger, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Pierre Golstein …
Directed by: Jean-Francois Brunet, Peter Friedman
Peter Friedman and Jean-Francois Brunet's unusual 1995 documentary, which has won accolades the world over at various film festivals, attempts to demystify cell structure. Aided by…
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Silverlake Life: The View from Here: 10th Anniversary Edition (1993)
Cast: Tom Joslin, Mark Massi
Directed by: Tom Joslin, Peter Friedman
Tom Joslin and Mark Massi, a couple for more than two decades, created this powerful video journal of their struggle with AIDS, following both their day-to-day travails and more significant…