Movies Starring Dennis Farina
Bottle Shock
Based on a true story of love, victory and fermentation.
Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Dennis Farina, Eliza Dushku, Miguel Sandoval, Bradley Whitford, Joe Regalbuto, Hal B. Klein, Kirk Baily, Philippe Bergeron, Leslie Goodman, Frank Avila
DIRECTOR:The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
What Happens in Vegas
Get Lucky.
Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Jason Sudeikis, Treat Williams, Deirdre O'Connell, Michelle Krusiec, Dennis Farina, Zach Galifianakis, Queen Latifah, Krysten Ritter, Ricky Garcia, Andrew Daly, Benita Robledo
DIRECTOR:The clumsy and reckless Jack Fuller is fired by his boss and father and together with his friend and unsuccessful lawyer Hater, they decide to go to Las Vegas to have a good time. Meanwhile the fiancé of the workaholic stock broker Joy McNally breaks up their engagement because of her lack of attitude. Her friend and bartender Tipper convinces Joy to spend a couple of days also in Las Vegas. Due to a hotel management mistake, they are lodged in the same room and later they hang around together. During the night, they get completely wasted and on the next morning, Jack and Joy find that they got married. While discussing to briefly end their wedding, Jack borrows a coin from Joy to gamble in the jackpot machine and wins three million dollars. They question in court the ownership of the money and the conservative Judge R. D. Whopper freezes the money and sentence them to live together with Joy moving to Jack's house for six months and attending regular counseling sessions. Each one decides to make the life of the other hell on Earth to force to get out of the marriage.
Purple Violets
A second chance for a first love.
Selma Blair, Patrick Wilson, Edward Burns, Debra Messing, Dennis Farina, Max Baker, James Biberi, George Bryant II, Bill Hader, Peter Jacobson, Donal Logue, Jay Patterson, Joe Pistone, Dmitry Pomirchy, John Russo
DIRECTOR:Patti Petalson (Blair) struggles with the pressure of becoming the next important American writer.
Bag Boy
The greatest sports movie ever made... about grocery bagging!
Dennis Farina, Paul Campbell, Marika Dominczyk, Josh Dean, Robert Hoffman, Nick Lashaway, Wesley Jonathan, Bruce Altman, Lisa Darr, Larry Miller, Richard Kind, Rob Moran, Jeanette Puhich, Erin Hiatt, Carlos Lacamara
DIRECTOR:A teenager enters the competitive world of grocery store bagging.
You Kill Me
Love is always worth another shot
Mario Ballantyne, Cory Cassidy, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall, Scott Heindl, Aaron Hughes, Brian Kawakami, Ben Kingsley, Devin McCracken, Sean O'Brian, Bill Pullman, Marcus Thomas, Darren Wall, Luke Wilson, Warren Louis Wiltshire
DIRECTOR:A hit-man has made some terrible mistakes and his mob needs to get him back on track.
Stealing Harvard
Their intentions were honorable. Their methods were criminal.
Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Dennis Farina, Megan Mullally, John C. McGinley, Tammy Blanchard, Chris Penn, Richard Jenkins, Seymour Cassel, Zeus, Ken Magee, Martin Starr, Mary Gillis, Bruce McCulloch
DIRECTOR:Bruce McCulloch
A man turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's tuition for her first year at a prestigious university. His girlfriend also wants him to pay $30,000 for the down payment on a house; and his buddy is a bad influence on him.
Sidewalks of New York
In a city of 8 million people, what are the odds the perfect two will meet?
Penny Balfour, Edward Burns, Michael Leydon Campbell, Nadia Dajani, Rosario Dawson, Kathleen Doyle, Dennis Farina, Heather Graham, Leah Gray, Timothy Jerome, David Krumholtz, Libby Langdon, Alicia Meer, Brittany Murphy, Ted Neustadt
DIRECTOR:Six New Yorkers have an interrelated series of relationships. TV producer Tommy, who's just broken up with his girlfriend, has a short relationship with commitment-phobe Maria, who he meets in a video store, and also hooks up with married real-estate agent Annie, who he meets while apartment hunting. Annie is open to a relationship because her husband, Griffin, is cheating on her, which she slowly comes to realize through talking to her friend/co-worker who's gone through the same thing. Griffin, a 39-year-old dentist, is cheating with 19-year-old waitress Ashley, who he picked up in a park; she realizes she can do better when Ben, a hotel doorman and aspiring musician, tries to pick her up, in a belated attempt to recover from his divorce a year ago from schoolteacher Maria (the same Maria from the video store). Most of these relationships seem driven more by a desperate need to be in a relationship than actual love.
Reindeer Games
The trap is set. The game is on.
Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, Ben Affleck, Donal Logue, Dennis Farina, James Frain, Danny Trejo, Isaac Hayes, Gordon Tootoosis, Dana Stubblefield, Clarence Williams III, Mark Acheson, Tom Heaton, Michael Sunczyk, Douglas Arthurs
DIRECTOR:After being imprisoned for six years on a grand theft auto charge, Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) and his cellmate Nick (James Frain) are finally going to be paroled. After hearing endless stories during his incarceration of Nick's romantic correspondence to a woman named Ashley he has never met (Charlize Theron), Rudy is looking forward to returning to his family and having a fresh cup of hot chocolate. When Nick is killed during a prison riot, Rudy decides to assume Nick's identity upon release from prison and meet up with the unknown woman. Burdened with a base knowledge of Nick's Indian casino employment past, Rudy finds himself in too deep with Ashley's brother Gabriel (Gary Sinise) and is violently forced to cooperate with a casino robbery that Gabriel and his gang have been planning with Nick in mind.
Snatch.
Stealin' Stones and Breakin' Bones
Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Rade Serbedzija, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Vinnie Jones, Mike Reid, Jason Flemyng, Andy Beckwith, William Beck, Ewen Bremner
DIRECTOR:Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Pitt, a 'pikey' ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including 'Cousin Avi', 'Boris The Blade', 'Franky Four Fingers' and 'Bullet Tooth Tony'. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!
Out of Sight
Opposites attract.
George Clooney, Jim Robinson, Mike Malone, Donna Frenzel, Keith Hudson, Dennis Farina, Luis Guzmán, Paul Soileau, Isaiah Washington, Scott Allen, Catherine Keener, Ving Rhames, Susan Hatfield, Jennifer Lopez
DIRECTOR:George Clooney stars as Jack Foley, a bank robber who escapes from prison, attempts to rob a tycoon (Brooks), and seduces the female marshal (Lopez) out to capture him.
Saving Private Ryan
In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving... One.
Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Vin Diesel, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina, Joerg Stadler, Steven Martini, Dylan Bruno
DIRECTOR:Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...
That Old Feeling
It was the perfect wedding except for two things ...the bride's parents
Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady, David Rasche, James Denton, Danny Nucci, Blu Mankuma, Jayne Eastwood, Michael J. Reynolds, Joan Luchak, Mike Wilmot, Lula Franklin, George Hevenor, Arlene Meadows
DIRECTOR:When Molly's parents see each other for the first time in 14 years, Molly thought a shouting match at the reception was the worst thing that could happen. But as the spark of her parents love is rekindled in a car in the parking lot, things get much worse for the newlywed...
Get Shorty
Attitude Plays a Part.
James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Rene Russo, Dennis Farina, Danny DeVito, John Travolta, Delroy Lindo, Martin Ferrero, Miguel Sandoval, Jon Gries, Linda Hart
DIRECTOR:Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he's struck by lightning (not literally). Called a natural for the movie business, he's snagged up by a producer. The rest is history.
Another Stakeout
Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty, John Rubinstein, Miguel Ferrer, Sharon Maughan, Christopher Doyle, Sharon Schaffer, Jan Speck, Gene Ellison-Jones
DIRECTOR:Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina Garret from the DA's office and her pet rottweiler 'Archie'; their cover, husband and wife with son Bill.
Midnight Run
Robert De Niro has to get the FBI off his case, the mob off his trail, and Charles Grodin off his back!
Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Danielle DuClos, Philip Baker Hall, Tom McCleister, Mary Gillis, John Toles-Bey
DIRECTOR:Bounty hunter Jack Walsh is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas. The FBI have had no success it locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. In order to collect his $100,000 fee, Jack must take The Duke from New York to Los Angeles. However, the Mafia and the FBI have other ideas, as does Marvin, a rival bounty hunter. On their long cross-country trip to LA, the two get to know each other and they build up a strange friendship.
Manhunter
Enter the mind of a serial killer... you may never come back.
William L. Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Stephen Lang, David Seaman, Benjamin Hendrickson, Michael Talbott, Dan Butler, Michele Shay, Robin Moseley, Paul Perri, Patricia Charbonneau
DIRECTOR:Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal Lecter (Brian Cox) took a tremendous psychic toll on Graham, causing him to spent time in a mental hospital. With another madman on the loose, Graham has no choice but to return to duty, though he knows that it might cost him his family and his sanity. To get the old mind-set back, Graham visits Hannibal Lecter in his high-security jail cell. However, the manipulative Lecter plays both sides and warns the new killer that Graham is on his trail, telling him to destroy Graham's family to protect himself. In order to save his own family, Graham must risk everything to once again enter into the mind of the criminally insane. With MANHUNTER, Mann raises the bar for serial killer films, imbuing his killer with an almost sympathetic quality while keeping him extremely menacing and clearly dangerous. Based on the Thomas Harris novel RED DRAGON, which serves as the prequel to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, MANHUNTER is a masterpiece of gripping storytelling and psychological horror.
