Screenplay: Paul Mazursky
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Paul Mazursky. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 17
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Lenny Baker · Shelley Winters · Ellen Greene · Lois Smith
Synopsis An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953. He struggles to come to terms with his feelings about his mother's overbearing nature, while also...
6.9
152 votes
6.9
152 votes
Harry and Tonto
1974 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Art Carney · Ellen Burstyn · Chief Dan George · Geraldine Fitzgerald
Synopsis Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all his life. When the building he lives in is torn...
6.6
261 votes
6.6
261 votes
An Unmarried Woman
1978 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Jill Clayburgh · Alan Bates · Michael Murphy · Cliff Gorman
Synopsis Erica seemingly has the perfect life until her husband informs her he's leaving her for another woman. With help from a therapist and a supportive group of friends, she recovers and begins to build a life for herself. She even...
6.6
296 votes
6.6
296 votes
Blume in Love
1973 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast George Segal · Susan Anspach · Kris Kristofferson · Marsha Mason
Synopsis Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-wife.
6.4
23 votes
6.4
23 votes
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Natalie Wood · Robert Culp · Elliott Gould · Dyan Cannon
Synopsis Couples Bob & Carol Sanders and Ted & Alice Henderson are best friends. After attending a weekend self-help self-discovery session (Bob is planning on making a documentary film on the subject), Bob and Carol feel newly enlightened, and want their...
6.2
546 votes
6.2
546 votes
Tempest
1982 · Movie · 140 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast John Cassavetes · Gena Rowlands · Vittorio Gassman · Susan Sarandon
Synopsis A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life...
6.2
186 votes
6.2
186 votes
Enemies: a Love story
1989 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Ron Silver · Anjelica Huston · Lena Olin · Malgorzata Zajaczkowska
Synopsis A post-Holocaust Jew, living in Coney Island, can't choose between three women--his current wife (who hid him during the war), his tempestuous lover, and his reappearing pre-war wife he presumed dead. This dark comedy, adapted from Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel...
6.1
213 votes
6.1
213 votes
Scenes from a Mall
1991 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Woody Allen · Bette Midler · Bill Irwin · Daren Firestone
Synopsis The restaurants, cinemas and shops of a shopping mall serve as the backdrop against which Nick Fifer and his wife, Deborah, are preparing their 16th wedding anniversary. While shopping, Nick confesses his infidelity to Deborah, who immediately demands a divorce....
5.7
1K votes
5.7
1K votes
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Willie & Phil
1980 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Michael Ontkean · Margot Kidder · Ray Sharkey · Jan Miner
Synopsis A romantic-comedy directed by Paul Mazursky centering around the free-spirited-relationship's of three people through the un-conventional decade the 70's. Willie a jewish english teacher in New York meet's Phil italian-photographer at a screening of Jules et Jim and strike up...
5.6
44 votes
5.6
44 votes
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Hy Averback
Cast Peter Sellers · Leigh Taylor-Young · Jo Van Fleet · Joyce Van Patten
Synopsis Harold Fine (Peter Sellers) is a self-described square--a 35-year-old Los Angeles Lawyer who is not looking forward to middle age and his upcoming wedding. His life changes, however, when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful...
5.6
59 votes
5.6
59 votes
Moscow on the Hudson
1984 · Movie · 115 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Robin Williams · Maria Conchita Alonso · Cleavant Derricks · Alejandro Rey
Synopsis A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard...
5.4
672 votes
5.4
672 votes
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Nick Nolte · Bette Midler · Richard Dreyfuss · Little Richard
Synopsis This hilarious Hollywood retelling of the classic Jean Renoir French farce Boudu Saved from Drowning emerges as a wry commentary on society's excess and has distinguished itself as an instant classic. Paul Mazursky (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)...
5.2
933 votes
5.2
933 votes
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Alex in Wonderland
1970 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Donald Sutherland · Ellen Burstyn · Meg Mazursky · Glenna Sargent
Synopsis After his first film is a hit, a young director is caught in the classic bind between art and commerce--he wants to make a film that challenges the audience and makes them think, and the studio wants something simple that...
5.2
68 votes
5.2
68 votes
Moon over Parador
1988 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Sônia Braga · Raul Julia · Fernando Rey
Synopsis Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills...
4.2
802 votes
4.2
802 votes
The Pickle
1993 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Danny Aiello · Dyan Cannon · Clotilde Courau · Shelley Winters
Synopsis Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and finacial ruin from back taxes, he is forced to take on a very commercial...
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Yippee
2006 · Documentary · 74 min. · United States
Direction Paul Mazursky
Cast Paul Mazursky
Synopsis Producer, director and actor Paul Mazursky travels to a small town in the Ukriane, to witness and participate in a three day celebration by over 25,000 singing, dancing, praying, and emotionally elevated Chassidic Jews. Directed by award-winning American filmmaker, actor,...
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The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Robert Scheerer
Cast Danny Kaye · Harvey Korman · Joyce Van Patten · Howard Morris
Synopsis TV Series (1963-1967). 4 seasons. 120 episodes. Primary focus on the multi-talented Kaye - singing and dancing his way through comedy skits and monologues - assisted by semi-regular guests, singers, dancers and orchestra.
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