Ben Gazzara was an American actor and director. He was best known for starring as ‘Paul Bryan’ in the TV series ‘Run for Your Life’ (1965–1968), for which he earned three ‘Golden Globe’ nominations and won two ‘Emmy Awards.’ He started as a guest-star on shows such as ‘Treasury Men in Action’ (1950-51), ‘Danger’ (1951-1955), and ‘Medallion Theatre’ (1953-54), before tasting ‘Broadway’ success in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ (1955–56). He made his film debut in the noir film ‘The Strange One’ (1957). He achieved massive success in his second film, ‘Anatomy of a Murder’ (1959). His other popular films are ‘The Captive City’ (1962), ‘A Rage to Live’ (1965), ‘Capone’ (1975), ‘Saint Jack’ (1979), ‘The Big Lebowski’ (1998), and ‘Dogville’ (2003). His final film role came in the 2011 film ‘Ristabbànna.’ Some of his TV shows include ‘Justice’ (1954) and ‘Arrest and Trial’ (1963-64).
This courtroom-drama film revolves around a Michigan lawyer, Paul Biegler, who takes the case of Army Lt. Manion who murders a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he had raped her.
A young woman is killed during an accident while trying to meet Myrtle Gordon, her favorite actress. Therefore, Myrtle feels responsible for the death, which leads her to an emotional crisis and a mental breakdown. This starts affecting her professional life as well.
When a middle-aged bachelor, Jeffrey The Dude Lebowski, is attacked due to mistaken identity, he seeks compensation from the other Jeffrey The Big Lebowski who is a millionaire. Soon the latter wants Dude to deliver a ransom to secure the release of his wife Bunny; however, Dude’s friend Walter plans to keep the money.
Grace Mulligan is given refuge from gangsters by the people of Dogville, an American town, in exchange for doing small chores. But things take a darker turn when chores turn into torture and rape. When Grace finally accepts her identity of being the gang leader’s daughter she burns the town and its people to the ground.
The Strange One is a 1957 drama film, which revolves around a cadet leader in a Southern military academy, who misuses the authority of his rank, as well as his father’s connections.
The movie tells the story of the three dysfunctional Jordan sisters. Trish, the eldest sister, is a housewife, who doesn’t know her psychiatrist husband Bill is a pedophile rapist. Middle sister Helen, is a successful author who lacks genuine affection. The youngest, Joy, is a confused over sensitive teacher having an affair with her married Russian student.
Joe Ross is a corporate engineer who has recently invented a potentially lucrative financial process. While vacationing in an island, he soon meets a mysterious and wealthy stranger named Jimmy Dell, who offers to help him protect his business process invention. However, everything changes when Ross finds himself falsely accused of murder.
After serving a 5-year prison sentence, Billy Brown has to meet his parents, to whom he has lied that he is a married man working out of town. Desperate, he kidnaps a young tap dancer, Layla, and forces her to pretend to be his wife. Though Billy is trying to use her for his plans, Layla truly falls in love with him.
Sentenced to death for killing a shopkeeper over a teddy which he couldn’t afford for his daughter, John Resko receives last-minute reprieve and is transferred to Dannemora. After initial difficulties with inmates and news from family, a principal keeper helps him discover his talent for art that fetches appreciation. Released after 18 years, he reunites with his grown-up daughter.
When Dr. David Coleman joins as an assistant pathologist at a country hospital, department head Dr. Pearson perceives him as a rival. Both doctors clash over many issues as Pearson insists on running his laboratory exactly the same way he always had, and tries to override Coleman’s suggestions. But following complications in two critical cases, both pathologists try to assess their judgments.
Also known as Paris, I love You, it is an anthology film comprising of eighteen short films which are set in the different arrondissements of Paris. Directed by visionary directors from all around the world, these eighteen short films are incredibly humane depictions of life in Paris, which resonate universal themes of love, life, and loss.
Dino is a comic book illustrator who witnesses a beautiful young woman being rescued after she tries to kill herself by drowning near his seaside house. They soon develop a unique relationship, and they begin to meet occasionally. Eventually, he learns that she is actually a patient in a psychiatric hospital, who is in no state for a stable relationship or marriage. Despite this, he is unable to forget her.
Based on the 1949 novel of the same name, A Rage to Live is an American drama film, which tells the story of Grace Tate, a woman from a wealthy family, who gets married after falling in love with a real-estate broker. However, eventually, she finds her sexual compulsions threatening her marriage.
Seeking thrills, billionaire Thomas Crown steals a Monet painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, when he donates a Pissarro to fill the empty space of the Monet, he falls under the suspicion of investigator Catherine Banning. While investigating him, the two begin a passionate affair, and loyalties are put to test.
James Dalton is a professional bouncer, who has been lured away from his job in New York City to take over the security of Double Deuce, a club-cum-bar in Missouri. There he meets Brad Wesley, a local business, who seems to have a strong hold on the town. Trouble starts when Dalton refuses Wesley’s offer to work for him.
During the summer of 1977, New York City is terrorized by a serial killer who is known as Son of Sam. When a philandering man named Vinny almost becomes a victim, he teams up with numerous people, including his wife and his friend, to figure out who the killer is, before it is too late.
In a third world country, rebel forces kidnap Andersen, the CEO of a corporation, who is known for being selfish and exploiting the workers of their country. Meanwhile, Andersen’s right-hand man Martel tries to track down his boss, for which he hires two mercenaries. However, he doesn’t want Andersen brought back alive.
Vince overhears a man talking about quick paying job before he dies of drug overdose. Vince, who is in dire need of money, takes on his identity and travels to New York without any idea about the job. Inadvertently, he walks into concealed world of wealthy gamblers who played a high-stakes Russian roulette game, placing bets on who’ll survive. Vince has #13.
This war drama film takes us to Athens during the end of the Second World War. A small group of men and women find themselves trapped in a hotel after a group of rebels arrive, in order to find the Nazi armaments that are located somewhere in the basement.
An underwater earthquake rips a submerged marine laboratory from its moorings and the lab tumbles down a deep unexplored ocean trench. Captain Adrian Blake and his experimental submarine are recruited to rescue the scientists trapped in the lab whose oxygen supply is dwindling but he has to contend with monstrous oversized eels.
Shadow Conspiracy is a political thriller film which tells the story of Bobby, a special assistant to the US President, who finds himself in the middle of a huge conspiracy in the White House. He tries to get to the bottom of it and find the traitor, before things get ugly.
Based on the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War of 1950, this is dramatized version of the battle. In September 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Commander of the UN forces, led an amphibious invasion with 200 UN ships and 70,000 military men on the pre-decided beaches. This war also had its repercussions on the relationship of Major Hallsworth and his wife, Barbara.
Ben Gazzara Awards
| Hysterical Blindness | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | 2003 |
