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Jon Polito is a Actor American born on 29 december 1950 at Philadelphia (USA)
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Monster Trucks (2016)
, 1h44Directed by Chris Wedge
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Children's films
Actors Jane Levy, Lucas Till, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Frank Whaley, Danny Glover
Roles Thelonious
Rating57%
Tripp, un lycéen, s'ennuie profondément dans sa ville natale. Il décide de construire un monster truck avec des pièces détachées trouvées dans une casse. Après un accident aux abords d’un site de forage pétrolier, il fait la rencontre d'une créature étrange souterraine. Tripp découvre par ailleurs que ce « monstre » a le goût et un talent certain pour la vitesse.
Locker 13 (2014)
Directed by Jason Marsden, Bruce Dellis, George Huang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Krista Allen, Tatyana Ali, Jason Marsden, George Newbern, Rick Schroder, Jon Gries
Roles Don Dillon
Rating48%
Skip (Brad Raider) works at an Old West theme park and is told several stories by his supervisor Archie (Jon Gries). Each story contains not only a strange locker with the number 13 on it, and each story contains a theme about making the right choice and the consequences of not doing so. The stories range from an aging boxer faced with a big choice to a young man desperate to commit suicide.
Big Eyes (2014)
, 1h45Directed by Tim Burton, Larry Karaszewski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Peinture, Political films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Reese Witherspoon, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston
Roles Enrico Banducci
Rating69%
In 1958, Margaret leaves her husband and takes her young daughter Jane to North Beach, San Francisco. Supporting her daughter alone, Margaret gets a job painting illustrations at a furniture factory. While creating portraits at an outdoor art show, Margaret meets Walter Keane, who is selling his Parisian street scene paintings. Soon, Walter proposes to her and they marry.
Gangster Squad (2013)
, 1h53Directed by Ruben Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie
Roles Dragna
Rating66%
In 1949 Los Angeles, gangster Mickey Cohen wants to control all organized crime and argues with local mobster Jack Dragna that they should not allow the East coast mafia to run the town. Meanwhile, LAPD Detective Sergeant John "Sarge" O'Mara raids a Cohen-owned brothel to save a woman from being raped, gaining the attention of Police Chief Bill Parker. Parker believes that more drastic measures need to be taken against men like Cohen, and tasks O'Mara to begin waging a guerrilla campaign against the mobsters. He tells O'Mara (a former OSS commando during World War II) to use his special operations training, learned at Camp X during World War II, and to select a small team that will work without badges or official support from the police.
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
, 1h37Directed by Paul Johansson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Graham Beckel, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia
Roles Orren Boyle
Rating55%
It is 2016 and the United States is in a sustained economic depression. Industrial disasters, resource shortages, and gasoline at $37/gallon have made railroads the primary mode of transportation, but even they are in disrepair. After a major accident on the Rio Norte line of the Taggart Transcontinental railroad, CEO James Taggart shirks responsibility. His sister Dagny Taggart, Vice-President in Charge of Operation, defies him by replacing the aging track with new rails made of Rearden Metal, which is claimed to be lighter yet stronger than steel. Dagny meets with its inventor, Hank Rearden, and they negotiate a deal they both admit serves their respective self-interests.
Batman: Year One (2011)
, 1h4Directed by Lauren Montgomery
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about sexuality, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Benjamin McKenzie, Bryan Cranston, Eliza Dushku, Katee Sackhoff, Alex Rocco, Jon Polito
Roles Commissioner Loeb (voice)
Rating73%
Bruce Wayne returns home to Gotham City after 12 years abroad, and Lieutenant James Gordon moves to Gotham with his pregnant wife, Barbara, after a transfer from Chicago. Both are swiftly acquainted with the corruption and violence of Gotham City, with Gordon witnessing his partner Detective Arnold Flass assaulting a teen for fun.
Son of Morning (2011)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Disaster films
Actors Joseph Cross, Heather Graham, Lorraine Bracco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Danny Glover, Bob Odenkirk
Roles Mr. Bordasche
Rating39%
La fin du monde est proche. L'ensemble de la population est désespérée et n'a plus aucun espoir. Philip Katz, un homme ordinaire, est frappé lors d'une cérémonie par un stigmate en pleurant du sang. Josephine Tuttle, journaliste qui a assisté à la scène, s'empare de l'affaire et le proclame comme le « messie » que la population attendait.
Burning Palms (2010)
Directed by Christopher Landon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dylan McDermott, Shannen Doherty, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Chung, Lake Bell, Nick Stahl
Roles The Phamacist
Rating53%
The Green Eyed Monster Dedra Davenport (Rosamund Pike) meets the 15-year-old daughter (Emily Meade) of her fiancé (Dylan McDermott) for the very first time. However, she is soon disturbed by how unhealthy and bordering on incestuous the relationship between the two is.
DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010)
, 12minutesGenres Fantasy, Crime, Animation
Themes Superhero films
Actors Gary Cole, Alyssa Milano, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Jon Polito
Roles Police Captain (voice)
Rating70%
Foster Brenner, a successful film producer, is killed by a bomb hidden underneath the diving board of his swimming pool. Los Angeles Police Department Detective Jim Corrigan, who was having a relationship with Foster's daughter Aimee, starts investigating despite the case having been assigned to another officer. Jim interviews Flemming, Brenner's butler, who shows him security footage of two men in ski masks entering the complex and placing the bomb. Jim asks if Brenner had any enemies and Flemming replies that any man so wealthy and powerful has many enemies. Flemming tells Corrigan that several of Brenner's longtime collaborators were excluded in his latest films and were very unhappy about it.
The Last Godfather (2010)
, 1h43Directed by Shim Hyung-rae
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Blake Clark, Jason Mewes, Jocelin Donahue, Harvey Keitel, Jon Polito, Shim Hyung-rae
Roles Don Bonfante
Rating35%
Yong-gu (Shim Hyung-rae) is the illegitimate child of the infamous mafia boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel), who operates out of New York. Carini shocks everyone by stating that he wants Yong-gu to take over the operation, something that seems to be a poor choice when the man in question shows himself to be a poor candidate to be a mafia don.
Super Capers (2009)
, 1h38Directed by Ray Griggs
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Justin Whalin, Danielle Harris, Sam Lloyd, Tom Lister, Jr., Ryan McPartlin, Michael Rooker
Roles Captain Sludge
Rating32%
Un jeune homme très ordinaire et sans histoire, Ed Gruberman, rejoint un groupe de super-héros, les Super Capers, pour affronter un ennemi redoutable…
Citizen Jane (2009)
, 1h29Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Ally Sheedy, Meat Loaf, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nia Peeples, Patty McCormack, Chuck McCann
Roles détective Romer
Rating56%
Jane Alexander was a sheltered, attractive widow living with her family in San Francisco. For six years, she had been living with Tom O'Donnell, her charismatic and handsome boyfriend. He had used wit, charm, and tales of adventure to borrow money for extensive home business operations and investing.
Bart Got a Room (2008)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors William H. Macy, Ashley Benson, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat, Brandon Hardesty, Kate Micucci
Roles Bob
Rating57%
The film chronicles nerdy high school senior Danny Stein (Steven Kaplan) and his unsuccessful attempts to secure a prom date while his divorced father and mother (played by William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines respectively) are on their own unsuccessful quests to find love. The film's name comes from the fact that the most unpopular kid in school, Bart Beeber (Chad Jamian Williams), not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room after as well. This is a source of great anxiety for both Danny and his family.
Rock Monster (2008)
Directed by Declan O'Brien
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Jon Polito, Chad Michael Collins, Natalie Denise Sperl, Alicia Lagano
Roles The Colonel
Rating32%
A group of traveling college students arrive at an Eastern European village. One of the students, named Jason pulls a sword from a stone, unwittingly reviving a giant monster whose body is composed of rock. Soon, Jason learns that an ancestor of his had slain a similar monster before, using the same sword.
American Gangster (2007)
, 2h37Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mob film, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about racism, Hip hop films, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Ted Levine, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, RZA
Roles Rossi
Rating77%
In 1968, Frank Lucas, the limo driver-turned-right-hand man of Harlem gangster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, inherits Johnson's gang when Johnson dies of a heart attack. Disliking the new, flashy gangsters of the neighborhood, Lucas decides to take control of Harlem's crime scene.