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10 September 1998 |
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Overwiew :Robert Costanzo is one of those longtime character actors. Audiences instantly recognize him but they don't know his name. A veteran of small parts in more than 200 movies and television series, including SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, NYPD BLUE, FRIENDS, and THE FLAMINGO KID, Costanzo finally gets his chance to play the lead in Philip Frank Messina's WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE..., in which he stars as Johnny DiMartino, a longtime character actor who's finally up for the lead role in a major motion picture, Martin Scorsese's biopic of mobster Al Capone. Johnny is a happy family guy; WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE... opens as he and his wife, Hannah (Amy Madigan), are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, with best friends Armand Minetti (David Strathairn), Dorian Mastandrea (Jon Tenney), and Steve Hersh (Adam Arkin), his poker-playing buddies and fellow character actors. They all fawn over morose producer Maurice Melnick (Bill Murray), who is only there for the free food. As word starts to leak of the secret Scorsese audition, jealousy, paranoia, and betrayal threaten to ruin the men's relationships with each other as well as the women in their lives (Laura San Giacomo, Elle Macpherson, Lauren Tom, Beverly D'Angelo, and Frederika Kesten). |
Starring :
Adam Arkin, Mark Ruel, Michel Burns, Robert Costanzo, Deidre Fitzsimons
Directors :
Philip Frank Messina
Producers :
Robert Greenhut, Amy Lemisch, Penny Marshall
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www.filmcritic.com - : Hollywood farces are always hard to pull off, and this one-joke movie proves increasingly frustrating despite a few bright moments. Robert Costanzo stars as an out-of-work character actor in L.A. who gets the call to read for the part of Al Capone in an upcoming Scorsese film. Of course, he blabs to all his friends and soon enough, they're all up for the part. Most of the film's scenes are predicated by ''You gotta promise not to tell anyone...'' and of course they invariably do. But backstabbing has never been more repetitive. By the time Scorsese makes his cameo appearance, give yourself a point if you still care who gets the part. Watch for Bill Murray in a stellar yet miniscule role. more...
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