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Jeff Celentano is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 24 may 1960 at Pemberton (USA)
Jeff Celentano (born May 24, 1960), also credited as Jeff Weston, is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. As a character actor, Celentano has starred in such films as American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, Puppet Master II, and Demonic Toys. In 1994, he turned to directing with his first short film, Dickwad. He also directed Under the Hula Moon, Gunshy, and most recently Moscow Heat. Celentano is an acting teacher and is the Executive Director of Drama at The Performer's Academy in Laguna Woods, California. Celentano was born and raised in Pemberton, New Jersey. He has been married to the actress Musetta Vander since 1988.
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Say It in Russian (2007)
Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Steven Brand, Jeff Celentano, Rade Šerbedžija, Faye Dunaway, Musetta Vander, Alex Nesic
Rating58%
Andrew (Steven Brand) meets a young Russian girl, Daria, while on vacation in Europe and falls in love. He goes to Moscow, where he meets Daria's father (Rade Sherbedgia), a rich Russian mafia oligarch, and becomes entwined with his situation, which places them both in grave danger.
Moscow Heat (2004)
, 1h40Directed by Jeff Celentano
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Michael York, Richard Tyson, Andrew Divoff, Alexander Nevsky, Joanna Pacuła, Adrian Paul
Roles Denis
Rating25%
Un diplomate à la retraite et d'un détective NYPD en quête de justice, poursuivre un meurtrier psychotique à Moscou. Lorsque le détective est blessé et Diplomat est arrêté, ils sont affectés à être expulsé par un capitaine de police russe, qui devient un complice peu probable dans leur revanche sur un nucléaire courtier international sur le marché noir des armes.
Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
, 1h23Directed by Sam Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Western
Themes Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Andrew Divoff, George Takei, Jackie Swanson, Julie Newmar, Isaac Hayes, Musetta Vander
Roles Crowley
Rating49%
In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charges, including murder. Lash, who just "inherited" a mine of Derconium (the most valuable mineral in the universe) from Crowley in a game of cards, meets up with Redeye's brother, Jaggar, who wants the mine for himself to rule the galaxy. It's a fight over Lash between the sheriff of Oblivion, Jaggar, and Sweeney. But who will emerge victorious?
The New Age (1994)
, 1h52Directed by Michael Tolkin
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Patrick Bauchau, Adam West, Paula Marshall, Corbin Bernsen
Roles Tab
Rating57%
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.
The Player (1992)
, 2h4Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about films, Musical films
Actors Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James
Roles Rocco
Rating74%
Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson). He hears story pitches from screenwriters and decides which have the potential to be made into films, green-lighting only 12 out of 50,000 submissions every year. His job is threatened when up-and-coming story executive Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher) begins working at the studio. Mill has also been receiving death threat postcards, assumed to be from a screenwriter whose pitch he rejected.
Demonic Toys (1992)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about toys
Actors Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum, Richard Speight Jr., Jeff Celentano, Daniel Cerny, Barry J. Lynch
Roles Matt Cable
Rating52%
Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins) and Matt Cable (Jeff Weston)—two police officers who are dating—wait at the Toyland Warehouse to arrest illegal gun dealers Lincoln and Guy Hesse (Barry Lynch). Judith tells Matt about a strange dream she has been having: Two boys—one good, one bad—playing war. She also reveals that she is pregnant. The confrontation with the gun dealers ends with Matt shooting Hesse, and Lincoln killing Matt. Lincoln and Hesse hide inside the Toyland Warehouse and split up; Judith goes after Lincoln.
Puppet Master II (1990)
, 1h28Directed by David Allen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about toys
Actors Jeff Celentano, George Buck Flower, Nita Talbot
Roles Lance (as Jeff Weston)
Rating55%
The film begins in 1991, when Shady Oaks, a cemetery in the backyard of the Bodega Bay Inn. We see Pinhead digging Andre Toulon's grave. Pinhead opens up the coffin, climbs out, and pours a vial of the potion on the skeleton, with Tunneler, Leech Woman, Blade and Jester watching. After pouring the formula, the skeleton raises its arms, indicating that Andre Toulon is alive again. A few months later, a group of parapsychologists, led by Carolyn Bramwell (Elizabeth Maclellan), are sent to the hotel to investigate the strange murder of Megan Gallagher and the lunatic ravings of a now insane Alex Whitaker. It is explained that Megan's brain was extracted through her nose (by Blade), and Alex, suspected of the murder, is now locked up in an asylum. While at the asylum, he begins to experience terrible seizures and premonitions.
Alien from L.A. (1988)
, 1h27Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Kathy Ireland, William R. Moses, Don Michael Paul, Deep Roy, Thom Mathews, Linda Kerridge
Roles Tola (as Jeff Weston)
Rating32%
Wanda Saknussemm (Ireland) is a nerdy social misfit with large glasses and a squeaky voice who lives in Los Angeles and works at a diner. After being dumped by her boyfriend for "not having a sense of adventure", Wanda is informed by a letter that her father, an archaeologist, has died. She flies to northern Africa and while going through her father's belongings, she finds his notes about Atlantis, apparently an alien ship that crashed millennia ago and sank into the center of the Earth. Wanda comes across a chamber beneath her father's apartment and accidentally sets off a chain of events that ultimately cause her to fall into a deep hole.
Directed by Albert Pyun, Rusty Lemorande
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Emo Philips, Nicola Cowper, Kathy Ireland, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Jeff Celentano
Roles Tola
Rating25%
A group of young people get lost in an underground cavern while exploring a volcano. Eventually they find their way to the lost city of Atlantis, at the center of the Earth.
, 1h30Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Michael Dudikoffi, Steve James, Jeff Celentano, Gary Conway, Larry Poindexter, Mike Stone
Roles Capt. 'Wild Bill' Woodward
Rating49%
Now promoted to Army Rangers, Joe Armstrong (Michael Dudikoff) and Curtis Jackson (Steve James) are sent to a remote Caribbean island to aid the Marine Corps in investigating the disappearance of many of its soldiers. The commanding officer, "Wild Bill" Woodward (Jeff Weston) briefs them on the situation: four marines were captured, but he doesn't know who or what they are since terrorism is out of the question. A boy named Toto (Elmo Fillis) is the only witness when he saw two soldiers get beat up by a gang and then taken by a group of men in black suits. Both men look at each other, realizing that they've been in this situation before.
Zebra Force (1976)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Mike Lane, Richard X. Slattery, Lindsay Crosby, Rockne Tarkington, George Buck Flower, Timothy Brown
Rating46%
The film opens with a raid on an illegal casino performed by a group of blacks with automatic weapons. The audience discovers the perpetrators are white disguised as blacks. The story moves to a Vietnam War flashbacks with a patrol being ambushed by the Vietcong, and the resulting firefight. The leader of the vigilante veterans is a man known simply as the Lieutenant who was their platoon leader and disfigured in the action. Recuperating in a hospital he regroups the survivors for a series of escalating raids to not only to enrich themselves, but to wipe out organised criminal gangs involved in illegal gambling and narcotics distribution.
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Breaking Point (2009)
, 1h37Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Tom Berenger, Armand Assante, Busta Rhymes, Sticky Fingaz, Musetta Vander, Frankie Faison
Rating48%
Steven Luisi, ex avocat de la défense de criminels tente de reprendre son métier après avoir lutté contre son addiction à la drogue et après avoir souffert d'une tragédie familiale.
Say It in Russian (2007)
Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Steven Brand, Jeff Celentano, Rade Šerbedžija, Faye Dunaway, Musetta Vander, Alex Nesic
Rating58%
Andrew (Steven Brand) meets a young Russian girl, Daria, while on vacation in Europe and falls in love. He goes to Moscow, where he meets Daria's father (Rade Sherbedgia), a rich Russian mafia oligarch, and becomes entwined with his situation, which places them both in grave danger.
Moscow Heat (2004)
, 1h40Directed by Jeff Celentano
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Michael York, Richard Tyson, Andrew Divoff, Alexander Nevsky, Joanna Pacuła, Adrian Paul
Rating25%
Un diplomate à la retraite et d'un détective NYPD en quête de justice, poursuivre un meurtrier psychotique à Moscou. Lorsque le détective est blessé et Diplomat est arrêté, ils sont affectés à être expulsé par un capitaine de police russe, qui devient un complice peu probable dans leur revanche sur un nucléaire courtier international sur le marché noir des armes.
Primary Suspect (2000)
, 1h31Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors William Baldwin, Brigitte Bako, Lee Majors, John Fleck, Audra Lea Keener
Rating47%
While on an undercover infiltration mission, Denver police detective Christian Box played by William Baldwin has to use some drugs, and is believed by many to have become an addict; it goes wrong, and his wife, also on the operation, is killed and Christian Box gets blamed. Thanks to Lieutenant Blake played by Lee Majors, Box is not officially charged, but instead is demoted to desk work. Two years later he grabs a unique opportunity to mount a new, Box goes on a personal mission to destroy his wife's killer.