Buddy Giovinazzo
Director · b. 1957 · New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Buddy Giovinazzo is an independent filmmaker and author who is known for his gritty-low budget debut film, Combat Shock, and his collection of harrowing short stories of low urban life in his 1993 novel, Life is Hot in Cracktown. Born May 5, 1957 in New York City, Buddy grew up in Staten Island. He went to the College of Staten Island where he graduated with a Masters in Cinema, later teaching film there as well. He is the brother of Rick Giovinazzo (Ricky) who is a composer, orchestrator, and the star of his premier film, Combat Shock. His cousin is television and film star, Carmine Giovinazzo. A Buddy Giovinazzo website is Currently under construction. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buddy Giovinazzo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movie6.4WarDramaA dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.
Combat Shock
1986 · 83 votes
Movie6.2DramaAn ex-con's future is threatened by his brother's involvement with drugs.
No Way Home
1997 · 30 votes
Movie4.0RomanceMysteryAugust 2019. Frank recognizes his own story of twenty years ago in a recently published book. He remembers Marie, with whom he had a relationship before she moved to the United States and disappeared from his life. Frank sets out in search of her and finds himself in a USA petrified by a heat wave and lost in suspicion and political paranoia. He heads into the desert in pursuit of Marie.
A Thought of Ecstasy
2018 · 35 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryHistoryA detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
Tales of the Uncanny
2020 · 12 votes
MovieComedyA travelogue that follows the events of I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS. Cynical International rockstar Bené and his loyal sidekick Beefy traverse Europe, from Helsinki to Paris. As Bené recounts the adventure to some shady government agents in search of the child assassin that once saved the rockstar's life, a repressed secret from Bené and Beefy's past is gradually brought to light.
Tango Europa
2016
Movie7.8DocumentaryThe story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.
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Asylum inmate dreams of freedom before medial reality steps in.
The Lobotomy
1980
Movie5.3DocumentaryThe Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable roles were as mafioso Willi Cicci in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, and as loan shark Tony Gazzo in Rocky and Rocky II. Although primarily known as a character actor, Spinell co-wrote and starred as a serial killer in the 1980 film, Maniac.
The Joe Spinell Story
2001 · 9 votes
Movie7.4DocumentaryCelluloid Horror explores Kier-La Janisse's tireless crusade to bring obscure cult horror film to the masses through her independently run international film festival.
Celluloid Horror
2004 · 7 votes
MovieDocumentaryThe Meltdown Memoirs depicts the production of the movie Street Trash along with cast and crew interviews 20 years later.
MovieDocumentaryHorrorA documentary which covers Splatterfest ’90, the notorious all-night horror festival held at London’s legendary Scala Cinema.