Movies with Peter MacNicol
Movies found: 19, viewing from 1 to 19
Game Change
Genres: Drama, History, Biography
Starring: Brian Howe, Woody Harrelson, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, Bruce Altman, Ron Livingston, Peter MacNicol
Directors: Jay Roach
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
Summer, 2008: John McCain secures the nomination, but polls behind Barack Obama. Strategist Steve Schmidt suggests a game changer: picking a conservative female with media savvy, unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin, as vice president. She's an immediate hit and a quick study - the gap closes. Then, Tina Fey's impersonation, a raft of criticism, and missing her family send Palin into a near-catatonic state: she doesn't prepare for her Katie Couric interview and bombs. Schmidt searches for an answer: don't expect her to learn the issues, but give her a script. Palin does well in the debate with Biden; she finds her voice, goes off script, and g...
Battleship
Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Starring: Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Peter MacNicol, Louis Lombardi, Adam Godley, Alexander Skarsgård, Hamish Linklater
Directors: Peter Berg
Country: USA
Year: 2012
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def
Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada whilst on a Naval war games exercise. An intense battle ensues over sea, land and air. What do they aliens - known as 'The Regents' - want?
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Genres: Comedy, Family, Animation
Starring: Joe Pantoliano, Billy West, Drew Barrymore, Tim Meadows, Tress MacNeille, David Herman, Peter MacNicol
Directors: Steve Moore
Country: USA
Year: 1999
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman who's tired of handling all the extra Christmas mail. Will Martini the penguin be able to help Olive realize her dream?
Addams Family Values
Genres: Comedy, Thriller, Family
Starring: Anjelica Huston, David Krumholtz, Christopher Lloyd, Dana Ivey, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, Peter MacNicol
Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld
Country: USA
Year: 1993
On any day of the week, you could expect a newborn baby to be nurtured and loved by his older sister. Except, of course, if it's Wednesday. Pubert is the latest addition to the Addams family and, to prevent sibling rivalry escalating to fratricide, Wednesday and Pugsley are shipped off to summer camp and a nanny is hired. Debby Jellinsky is great with wrinkling baldies, which makes her the perfect nanny for Pubert and the unlikely wife of Uncle Fester. The question is..."Is she grave-digging or gold-digging?"
Bean
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Peter Capaldi, Harris Yulin, Pamela Reed, Peter Egan, Peter MacNicol, Rowan Atkinson
Directors: Mel Smith
Country: USA, UK
Year: 1997
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Bean works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time, but can't because the chairman of the gallery's board defends him. They send him to USA, to the small Los Angeles art gallery instead, where he'll have to officiate at the opening of the greatest US picture ever (called "Whistler's Mother").
Ghostbusters II
Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Harris Yulin, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
Directors: Ivan Reitman
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Five years after the events of the first film, the Ghostbusters have been plagued by lawsuits and court orders, and their once-lucrative business is bankrupt. However, when Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement only to be promptly arrested. The Ghostbusters discover that New York is once again headed for supernatural doom, with a river of ectoplasmic slime bubbling beneath the city and an ancient sorcerer attempting to possess Dana's baby and be born anew. Can the Ghostbusters quell the negative emotions feeding the otherworldly threat and stop the world from being slimed?
Recess: School's Out
Genres: Comedy, Family, Mystery
Starring: Jason Davis, Allyce Beasley, Robert Goulet, Peter MacNicol, Diedrich Bader, James Woods, April Winchell
Directors: Chuck Sheetz
Country: USA
Year: 2001
It's the most exciting time of year at Third Street Elementary-- the end of the School Year! But boredom quickly sets in for protagonist TJ Detweiler, as his friends (the other 5 protagonist children) are headed for Summer Camp. One day, while passing by the school on his bike, he notices a green glow coming from the school's auditorium. This is the work of the insidious ex-principal of Third Street, Phillium Benedict and his gang of ninjas and secret service look-alikes! Benedict is planning to get rid of Summer Vacation using his newly-acquired Tractor Beam, which he stole from the US Military Base in an effort to raise US Test Scores, and ...
Ally McBeal - Season One
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Greg Germann
Directors: David E. Kelley
Country: USA
Year: 1997
original music collected and presented as originally broadcast. What a treat! David E. Kelley presents a legal series set in Boston (two of his favorite subjects) with a believable heroine reportedly loosely based on his lovely actress wife, Michelle Pfeiffer. As played by Flockhart, Ally is an intellectual, a brilliant legal mind--and one of the most neurotic young heroines ever to grace TV screens. It's not that Ally isn't confident--given a thorny legal issue or complex case, she's one of the best. But Ally's rocky love life, and vivid imaginations that materialize right in the middle of a scene, make her believable, slightly annoying, and...
Ally McBeal - Season Two
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Portia de Rossi, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Calista Flockhart
Directors: David E. Kelley
Country: USA
Year: 1998
This was one of those quirky little shows set in a law firm. It uses its cases to set the mood for each episode but also relies on the peccadillos of its main characters to anchor the show. We have the wattle man, the Barbie doll, the nose noise man; even the unisex bathroom almost becomes a character.
Ally McBeal - Season Three
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Portia de Rossi, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Calista Flockhart
Directors: David E. Kelley
Country: USA
Year: 1999
The private and work lives of Ally and crew become inextricably linked, with even more tantrums, tears, dramas and laughs. Ally's group of misfits are working their way through affairs, lesbianism, relationships, breakdowns, sexism, infatuation, and "fluffers" not to mention the PVC clad assistants!
Ally McBeal - Season Four
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Portia de Rossi, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Calista Flockhart
Directors: David E. Kelley
Country: USA
Year: 2000
Ally McBeal is back... get ready for more quirky comedy and outrageous fun. Ally returns in Season 4, this time she has a double love interest with a father and a son, Elaine is sued for sexual harassment, Mark dates a woman who is a man, Nelle's father believes he's Santa Claus and Richard and John join a couples therapy class! Ally McBeal Season 4 is packed with hilarious and touching antics, and with the arrival Larry Paul (Robert Downey Jr.), could Ally FINALLY find her true love?
Ally McBeal - Season Five
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Starring: Peter MacNicol, Portia de Rossi, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Calista Flockhart
Directors: David E. Kelley
Country: USA
Year: 2001
Are you ready to say goodbye? In the fifth and final season Ally McBeal is as unpredictable as ever and goes out with a bang and a whole host of Ally surprises! The most exciting introduction to the show is Maddie, Ally's long lost daughter! With guest stars including Elton John, Matthew Perry, Heather Locklear and the soul legend Barry White. We also meet new members of the firm including Christina Ricci as fiery lawyer Liza. We get a surprise visit from Dame Edna Everage who starts to mother the whole firm! And Jon Bon Jovi stars as Ally's new love interest - but will he win the heart of Miss McBeal?
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Genres: Comedy, Horror
Starring: Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen, Harvey Korman, Clive Revill, Megan Cavanagh, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber
Directors: Mel Brooks
Country: USA, France
Year: 1995
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
A comic reinvention of the Bela Lugosi classic about a Transylvanian vampire who works his evil spell on a perplexed group of Londoners. Mel Brooks's Count is a pratfalling evil prince of a guy who believes in long relationships. Brooks portrays vampire hunter Van Helsing, who won't give a bloodsucker an even break.
24: Redemption
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Bob Gunton, Gil Bellows, Robert Carlyle, Colm Feore, Kiefer Sutherland, Jon Voight, Kris Lemche
Directors: Jon Cassar
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Set 18 months where Season 6 of '24' left off, former government agent Jack Bauer is in a self-imposed exile in the fictitious African country of Sangala where he hopes to escape from a U.S. investigation of him for his past methods, and to run from his past. Bauer works at a mission school for orphaned children run by his friend Carl Benton. The country is at the mercy of a rogue warlord general named Juma who is plotting a coup to overthrow the government and his right-hand man Colonel Dubaku, is abducting orphan boys and forcibly recruiting them into Juma's army. Bauer and Benton must work together to save the dozen or so boys and try to g...
Dragonslayer
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Sydney Bromley, Albert Salmi, Ralph Richardson, Peter MacNicol, Ian McDiarmid, John Hallam, Caitlin Clarke
Directors: Matthew Robbins
Country: USA
Year: 1981
A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line - the Kings own daughter.
Breakin' All the Rules
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Esposito, Morris Chestnut, Octavia Spencer, Tate Taylor, Peter MacNicol, Jamie Foxx
Directors: Daniel Taplitz
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Qunicy Watson, after being unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée, pens a "how to" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate, he gives them advice on dumping their mates. A comedy of errors ensues.
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Virginia Madsen, Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Nathan Lane, Tom Kenny, Peter MacNicol
Directors: Audu Paden
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Stuart Little's back in an all-new, adventure! School's out for the summer and the Little Family is spending their big vacation at a beautiful lakeside cabin near Lake Garland. But meanwhile, there is something lurking in the forest who could spoil all the fun: the Beast; a mean and isolated forest terror who rules the local animals with an iron paw. When Snowbell is taken prisoner, a Little bravery goes a long way as Stuart, along with his new skunk friend, named, Reeko, who heroically rescues Snowbell, frees the other woodland creatures and outwits the wily Beast.
Sophie's Choice
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Josh Mostel, Meryl Streep, Eugene Lipinski, David Wohl, Peter MacNicol, Kevin Kline, Rita Karin
Directors: Alan J. Pakula
Country: USA, UK
Year: 1982
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.
HouseSitter
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Steve Martin, Richard B. Shull, Donald Moffat, Julie Harris, Goldie Hawn, Peter MacNicol, Cherry Jones
Directors: Frank Oz
Country: USA
Year: 1992
Davis builds his dream house and presents it to Becky with a proposal of marriage. She turns him down. He leaves the house, still with a ribbon running around it and returns to the city, terribly smitten with Becky. He meets Gwen who has an interesting relationship with the truth. He spends the night with her, but leaves while she is sleeping. She takes his description of the house, searches it out, and moves in. The residents of Davis' home town become curious and she invents a marriage, a courtship, and and an entire history. Davis' parents meet Gwen and are immediately taken with her. By the time Davis finds out what has happened, 2 things...