TV Guide: Michael Moriarty

Listing: 12 Hours to Live

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Sat Dec 6 08:00 AM LMN

Listing: Law & Order

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 1 02:00 PM TNT

Listing: Bang the Drum Slowly

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:15:00 -0500

Sun Nov 23 06:15 PM TCM

Listing: Santa Baby

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:00:00 -0500

Sun Nov 23 06:00 PM ABCFAM

Listing: Courage Under Fire

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:00:00 -0500

Sun Nov 23 01:00 PM CINEMAX

Video: Final Appeal, Part 1

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:06:33 -0500

It is the year 2076 and Dr. Theresa Givens (Amanda Plummer), a time-traveler from the 20th Century has been sentenced to death. Her crime - violating severe anti-technology laws passed in the wake of the nuclear holocaust 20 years earlier, an event that destroyed most of the world and prompted those who survived to return to the bucolic world that existed before the Industrial Revolution. Theresa has one last chance for a reprieve. Her lawyer, Nicole Whitley (Kelly McGillis) has won leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, a body headed by Chief Justice Haden Wainwright (Charlton Heston). The balance of the court is divided evenly between conservatives like Oliver Harbison (Hal Holbrook) and Gretchen Parkhurst (Cecily Tyson) who support the ban on technology and liberals like Earl Clayton (Robert Loggia) and Kendall Woods (Swoozie Kurtz) who favor a review. In light of the importance of the case, the government has sent Solicitor General Wallace Gannon (Michael Moriarty), a fierce defender of the law, to argue i

Video: Pale Rider

iTunes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:27:01 -0500

Superstar boxoffice champ and Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood ("Unforgiven," "Million Dollar Baby") is back in the saddle again in one of the biggest hits of 1985. In the tradition of "The Outlaw Josey Wales," Eastwood stars as the nameless stranger who saves a California gold-rush community from a merciless mining tycoon. An action-packed adventure climaxing in one of the most exciting showdowns ever filmed. Co-starring Emmy Award-winners Michael Moriarty ("Law & Order") and Richard Dysart ("L.A. Law"), Christopher Penn ("Mulholland Falls") and Carrie Snodgress ("Diary of a Mad Housewife").

Video: Final Appeal, Pt. 2

iTunes — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:16:04 -0500

Video: Final Appeal, Pt. 1

iTunes — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:16:01 -0500

Video: Glass Menagerie

Amazon Video on Demand — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:53:53 -0500

After what producer David Susskind called "the longest wooing for a part in a lifetime of dealing with stars," four-time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn (On Golden Pond) made her television dramatic debut as the indomitable, overbearing matriarch, Amanda Wingfield, in Tennessee Williams' poignant 1945 memory play, which reteamed her with director Anthony Harvey (The Lion in Winter). "The Glass Menagerie" portrays a mother whose preoccupation with her past as a Southern belle and her unrealistic dreams for her children's futures threaten to smother her painfully shy daughter (Joanna Miles) and her aspiring writer son ("The Killing Fields'" Sam Waterston). Michael Moriarty plays the gentleman caller whose visit offers false hope and disrupts the family's precarious balance. 1973-74 Emmy Awards - Best Supporting Actor, Michael Moriarty; Best Supporting Actress, Joanna Miles.

Video: Courage Under Fire

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:54:24 -0500

A soldier discovers how elusive the truth can be in this first major film about America's role in the Gulf War. Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) was the commander of a unit during Operation Desert Storm who mistakenly ordered the destruction of what he believed to be an enemy tank, only to discover that it actually held U.S. soldiers, including a close friend. Since then, Serling has been an emotional wreck, drinking heavily and allowing his marriage to teeter on the brink of collapse. As a means of redeeming himself, Serling is given a new assignment by his superior, Gen. Hershberg (Michael Moriarty). Capt. Karen Walden (Meg Ryan) was a helicopter pilot who died in battle during the Iraqi conflict, and the White House has proposed that Walden be posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Serling is asked to investigate Walden's actions on the field of battle, but he quickly discovers that no two stories about her are quite the same; Ilario (Matt Damon) says Walden acted heroically a

Video: Along Came A Spider

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:43:44 -0500

Morgan Freeman returns as forensic psychologist Dr. Alex Cross in this thriller based on the novel by James Patterson (whose work also formed the basis of the hit Kiss the Girls). Gary Soneji (Michael Wincott) is a brilliant but remorseless psychopath who has landed a teaching position at an exclusive private school in Washington, D.C. Using his extensive knowledge of kidnapping (he's taught a class on Charles Lindbergh), Soneji abducts one of his students - Megan (Mika Boorem), whose father Hank Rose (Michael Moriarty) is a United States senator. Ollie MacArthur (Dylan Baker), the detective investigating the case, has strong words for Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), the Secret Service agent who mistakenly let Megan slip through her fingers. But when the kidnapper contacts Dr. Cross, the psychologist is brought in on the case, and Cross seeks out Flannigan, who he believes might have a valuable insight into the case. Soon, Cross and Flannigan come to the terrible realization that this crime only represents

Video: Calm At Sunset

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:05:21 -0500

Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, the made-for-TV Calm at Sunset is a generation-gap story with an unusual twist. Instead of causing his family heartbreak by refusing to follow in his dad's footsteps, the protagonist disappoints his family by insisting on being just like his dad. Fisherman Russell Pfeiffer (Michael Moriarty) has always dreamed of a better and more prosperous life for his sons, and to that end bankrolls their college education. But while older son Joseph (Christopher Orr) is willing to seek employment outside the family's sphere of influence, 18-year-old James (Peter Facinelli) drops out of law school during his first year, intending to follow his dream of owning his own fishing boat. This dream is not only a source of grief for hard-working Russell and his wife, Margaret (Kate Nelligan), but may also prove so dangerous that James will never make it to age nineteen. Add to this a shocking family secret, and you have all the ingredients for a solid and entertaining Hallmark Hall of Fame presen

Video: James Dean: The Rebel Lives

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:16:26 -0500

During his all-too-short career (three starring roles in two years), James Dean helped to radically redefine the way teenagers were portrayed onscreen (and in popular culture in general), and the expressive naturalism of his performances did more to establish the method school of acting in the public mind than any other actor outside of Marlon Brando. James Dean is a made-for-cable biography that looks at the star's short but troubled life, his years of struggle before his sudden rise to fame, and the car crash that took his life at the age of 24. James Franco stars as James Dean, with Michael Moriarty as Winton Dean and Valentina Cervi as Pier Angeli, the actress Dean loved. Produced for the TNT cable network, James Dean first aired on August 4, 2001. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Pale Rider

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:44:22 -0500

A mysterious and possibly otherworldly stranger comes to the rescue of a frontier town in this Western, which was strongly influenced by the George Stevens classic, Shane. The peace of a small mining community is shattered when Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart), the ruthless proprietor of a powerful strip-mining company, arrives in town with his son Josh (Christopher Penn) and a posse of hired guns to drive out the townspeople and take control of the territory. Megan (Sydney Penny), a young girl whose pet was killed in the melee, prays to God for someone to defend the village from the marauders; soon, the Preacher (Clint Eastwood) arrives on a pale horse, and joins forces with Hull Barrett (Michael Moriarty), the unofficial leader of the miners and one of the few who attempts to defend himself, to take a stand against LaHood and his men. As the Preacher and Barrett try to organize the miners to fight the invaders, both Megan and her mother Sarah (Carrie Snodgrass) find they're drawn to the Preacher, who keeps to hi

Video: Good Day To Die, A

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:40:57 -0500

A Native American struggles to find himself and maintain his cultural identity growing up with a White family in the Old West in this drama, originally produced as a TV miniseries. Gypsy Smith (Sidney Poitier), an African-American bounty hunter, helps lead a platoon of U.S. Cavalry soldiers on a raid of a Cheyenne Indian camp. Among the Cheyenne, one of the few survivors is a boy named White Wolf. Smith takes pity on the child and takes him home to live with a family of white settlers he works with, John and Nora Maxwell (Michael Moriarty and Farrah Fawcett). As he grows to adulthood, White Wolf is renamed Corby (Billy Wirth), and he falls in love with John and Nora's daughter, Rachel (Joanna Going). However, the Maxwells object to Rachel and Corby's romance, and they send her away to study in St. Louis. Corby feels that he doesn't belong in the White man's world and returns to live with the Cheyanne; meanwhile, Smith has become the Marshall of Freedom, a Black settlement in the Oklahoma territory. Shelby Hor

Video: Art Of Murder, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:30:53 -0500

In this thriller, Elizabeth (Joanna Pacula) is married to Cole (Michael Moriarty), a wealthy man who allows her to live a life of luxury. However, Elizabeth isn't happy with Cole, and she falls into an affair with the young and handsome Tony (Boyd Kestner). Elizabeth's double life is threatened when a blackmailer named Willie (Peter Onorati) approaches her with photographic evidence of her infidelity, and soon Elizabeth finds herself up to her ears in danger and deception as she tries to satisfy Willie's demands while keeping her dalliances a secret from her husband. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.

Video: Full Fathom Five

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:07:36 -0500

In this action film, when Panama is threatened by an invasion of U. S. Troops, a group of radical Panamanians capture a nuclear sub from the Russians and station themselves outside of Houston, threatening to blow the city up unless the Americans meet their demands. It is up to American submarine commander McKenzie (Michael Moriarty) to stop the Panamanians and save Houston from annihilation. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide.

Video: Stuff, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:07:55 -0500

When a group of miners discovers a mysterious but delicious white substance bubbling up from the earth, a conglomerate markets the gooey, addictive fluff as a dessert in this tongue-in-cheek horror spoof from former NBC scriptwriter Larry Cohen. When a new product called The Stuff begins eating into the market share of traditional frozen desserts, the dairy industry hires former FBI agent Moe Rutherford (Michael Moriarty) to investigate the competition. With the assistance of deposed ice-cream magnate Chocolate Chip Charlie (Garrett Morris), Rutherford discovers that the substance is actually a sentient entity that takes over its victims' minds while eating away at their bodies from the inside. Meanwhile, young Jason (Scott Bloom) realizes that his family's strange behavior has something to do with the dessert product in their refrigerator that refuses to stay in its carton, and he launches a campaign to destroy the threatening confection. Soon Rutherford and Jason must team up with Nicole Kendall (Andrea Mar

Video: Cowboys Run

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:55:04 -0500

Accused of a bingo heist they didn't commit and tracked by a determined lawman who makes it his mission in lie to bring them to justice, a pair of bickering westerners set out to prove their innocence and stay one step ahead of the law in an action packed adventure starring David Hasselhoff, Gordon Tootoosis, and Michael Moriarty. Upon meeting at the birthday party of Dan John Fighting Bear (Tootoosis)' granddaughter, the stubborn Native-American and cowboy Clint Northern (Hasselhoff) take an instant disliking to one another. Unfortunately for Clint and Fighting Bear, however, the pair just so happen to fit the exact description of two ruthless robbers who have recently made off with a fortune in bingo money. Now trailed by a wild-eyed cop and a casino security guard with a grudge, Clint and Fighting Bear must find the real robbers and bring them to justice before they take the fall for a crime they didn't commit. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Video: Masters Of Horror: Pick Me Up

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:48:24 -0500

Q: The Winged Serpent and It's Alive! director Larry Cohen returns to the horror genre with this installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series concerning the collision of two bone-chilling urban myths. Tough-minded Stacia (Fairuza Balk) is caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse between deceptively friendly trucker Wheeler (Michael Moriarty), who spices up long stretches of road by ruthlessly slaughtering hitchhikers, and charming hitchhiker Walker (Warren Kole), who has a murderous habit of dispatching with anyone who stops to give him a lift. Though all hope may not yet be lost for the street-smart girl with a killer sense of survival instinct, the most terrifying twist of all may still be yet to come. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.

Video: Glass Menagerie

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:56:43 -0500

Video: Shiloh

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:21 -0500

From the Newbery Award-winning book comes this inspirational story of a boy's love for a dog. Shiloh, an adorable beagle, runs away from his abusive owner and is found by a young boy named Marty. Marty knows that Shiloh belongs to someone else, but is determined to save him from more mistreatment. Against the wishes of the dog's owner and his own father, Marty risks everything to make the dog his own. A story of determination and triumph. "Two thumbs up" from Siskel and Ebert. Co-starring Golden Globe-winner Michael Moriarty (TV's "Law & Order," "Pale Rider"). Followed by the sequel "Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season."

Video: Shiloh

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:13 -0500

Photo: The 4400 - Michael Moriarty as "Orson Bailey"

courtesy Alan Zenuk/USA

The 4400, Michael Moriarty

Photo: The 4400 - cast

courtesy Anthony Mandler/USA

The 4400, Mahershalahashbaz Ali, Laura Allen, Billy Campbell, Chad Faust, Joel Gretsch, Patrick Flueger, Billy Campbell, Jaqueline McKenzie, Laura Allen, Conchita Campbell