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Rick Rosenthal

Rick Rosenthal

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Richard L. "Rick" Rosenthal, Jr. (born June 15, 1949) is an American film and television director. He is also a producer, actor, and writer.

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Movies Made By Rick Rosenthal (62)

The Shepherd and the Bear (2025)

High in the French Pyrenees, the reintroduction of wild bears in a traditional shepherding community provokes deep conflict. An aging shepherd struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy becomes obsessed with tracking the be ...

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Move Ya Body: The Birth of House (2025)

Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement. ...

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I Hate Myself and Want to Die (2024)

A depressed young guy is trying to kill himself but he keeps getting interrupted by his unsuspecting family and friends. ...

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Food and Country (2024)

America's policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent farmers, ranchers, and chefs. Worried for their survival, trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches out across political and social divides to uncover the country's ...

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The Grab (2024)

An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert land grabs by some of the world's most powerful countries. ...

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Alien Contact (2024)

Emmy award-winning filmmaker and marine biologist Rick Rosenthal teams up with science fiction writer Chris Carter on an investigative journey to explore evidence of intelligent life, not in space, but in the sea – specifically, manta rays. Might these a ...

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Invisible Beauty (2023)

Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity. ...

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Stay Awake (2023)

Set against the backdrop of the prescription drug and opioid crisis in the USA, Jamie Sisley depicts the individual consequences of a societal tragedy, while taking an unflinching yet gentle look at a complicated web of relationships. ...

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The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future (2023)

A Chilean family is shaken by the sudden return of a long-dead matriarch. ...

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Art for Everybody (2023)

Thomas Kinkade's pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America. ...

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Citizen Ashe (2021)

Follows the life and career of Arthur Ashe. ...

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Small Engine Repair (2021)

The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young yuppie. ...

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Rebel Hearts (2021)

A group of pioneering nuns bravely stand up to the Catholic Church patriarchy, fighting for their livelihoods, convictions and equality against an all-powerful Cardinal. From marching in Selma in 1965 to the Women's March in 2018, these women have reshaped ...

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Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) (2021)

A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present. ...

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Love & Stuff (2020)

Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, filmmaker Judith Helfand becomes a "new old" single mother at 50. Overnight, she's pushed to deal with her stuff: 63 boxes of her parent's heirlooms overwhelmi ...

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The Boy Behind the Door (2020)

Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school. ...

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Feels Good Man (2020)

When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide. ...

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Standing Up, Falling Down (2020)

An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist. Discoveri ...

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Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues. ...

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Dark Money (2018)

'Dark money' contributions, made possible by the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, flood modern American elections — but Montana is showing Washington D.C. how to solve the problem of unlimited anonymous money in politics. ...

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Halfway There (2017)

Jimmy Bishop runs a sober living facility and is forced to take in his wealthy alcoholic mother as a client. ...

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Saving Capitalism (2017)

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he chronicles a seismic shift in the nation's economy. ...

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Punching Henry (2017)

Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them. ...

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Bending the Arc (2017)

About the extraordinary doctors and activists—including Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Ophelia Dahl—whose work 30 years ago to save lives in a rural Haitian village grew into a global battle in the halls of power for the right to health for all. ...

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First Girl I Loved (2016)

Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her L.A. public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend, Clifton—who has always harbored a secret crush on her—he does his best to get in the way. ...

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Band of Robbers (2016)

A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day. ...

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Aram, Aram (2015)

The first American independent drama to take viewers inside the Armenian Community of Los Angeles: Suddenly uprooted from his home, 12 year-old Armenian boy, Aram, is sent to live with his Grandfather in America where he struggles to navigate the clash bet ...

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King Jack (2015)

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old di ...

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7 Minutes (2014)

When three young criminals lose a stash of drugs, they end up owing money to a ruthless drug lord. With time running out, they plan a daring robbery to raise the cash to settle the debt. ...

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Match (2014)

A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is called into ...

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Big Men (2014)

For her latest industrial exposé, Rachel Boynton (Our Brand Is Crisis) gained unprecedented access to Africa's oil companies. The result is a gripping account of the costly personal tolls levied when American corporate interests pursue oil in places like ...

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Big in Japan (2014)

Big in Japan is a comedic rock-and-roll road movie about struggling Seattle rock band, Tennis Pro, who decide to sell their tour-van and head to Tokyo for one last shot at acceptance ...

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Drones (2013)

Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too aware o ...

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Cold Comes the Night (2013)

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop. ...

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Afternoon Delight (2013)

Rachel is a quick-witted and lovable stay-at-home mom, frustrated with the responsibilities of her son's preschool, a lacklustre sex life and a career that's gone kaput. One night, intent on spicing up their marriage, she visits an LA strip club with her h ...

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Open Heart (2013)

Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to embark on a life-or-death journey seeking high-risk heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treatable disease from childhood strep throat, they have only months left to live. Open Heart reveal ...

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California Solo (2012)

Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described "lazy Scotsman" and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor ...

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Fat Kid Rules The World (2012)

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band. ...

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The Procession (2012)

A mother and son attend a funeral for someone they really don't know, and intend to leave right after, but end up leading the procession to the burial. ...

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Arcadia (2012)

Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom. ...

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On the Ice (2011)

In Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong. ...

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According to Greta (2009)

Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually, a romance helps Greta face down her demons. ...

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Kabluey (2007)

Leslie is left with few options when her husband is sent back to war in the Middle East. A modest amount of help arrives in the form of his brother, Salman, who is less than prepared to care for the couple's two preadolescent boys. When Leslie still can't ...

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Nearing Grace (2006)

Having recently lost his mother, teenager Henry Nearing develops a crush on seductive classmate Grace, who toys with him. Though he has been friends with Merna for a long time, he fails to see her sincere attraction to him, and instead wastes time with the ...

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Mean Creek (2004)

Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions. ...

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Halloween: Resurrection - WebCam Special (2002)

Alternate cut of Rick Rosenthal's "Halloween: Resurrection" that solely consists of webcam footage including alternate scenes and dialogue. ...

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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Reality programmers at DangerTainment select a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Myers. Their planned live broadcast turns deadly when Michael decides to crash the party. ...

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Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999)

A young married couple faces a serious break-up when the husband is caught committing adultery with a prostitute. ...

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The Birds II: Land's End (1994)

Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn't seem more picturesque about their new, seaside home… that is, except for the increasing number of aggressively be ...

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Devlin (1992)

A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss. ...

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The Witches of Eastwick (1992)

An unsold TV series pilot about three single witches living together who try to conjure up their idea of the "perfect man." One day, their wish comes true when a seemingly perfect man named Darryl Van Horne moves into town and sweeps them off their feet by ...

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Nasty Boys (1989)

When a narcotics team sent to bust some drug dealers are massacred. The police department form a special unit of undercover cops whose identities are withheld from the brass, and are only accountable to the leader, a Lieutenant. While they try to bust the ...

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Distant Thunder (1988)

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and whe ...

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Russkies (1987)

A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and will bring them no danger and thus go against the ideas of their parents, as well as the government. ...

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Code of Vengeance (1985)

A Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter helps a young, single mother avenge her brother's murder and finds himself the target of a gang of dope smugglers on the Mexican border. ...

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American Dreamer (1984)

American housewife Cathy Palmer loses her memory on a trip to Paris after being hit by a car. She wakes up in the hospital believing she's the fictional international spy, Rebecca Ryan. ...

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Best Revenge (1984)

When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco. ...

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Bad Boys (1983)

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage ...

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Fire on the Mountain (1981)

A young real estate developer returns to his hometown to make a land killing but soon takes up the cause of a crusty old-timer in his struggles with the government which wants his ranch for an Army missile base. ...

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Halloween II (1981)

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institu ...

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Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977)

Television special in which Lindsay Wagner sings, re-enacts her wedding day, plays in a silent-comedy spoof, meets Paul Anka, swims a la Esther Williams and plays Guinevere to Michael Brandon's Lancelot. ...

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Video Vixens! (1975)

Video Vixens purports to be a satire of the phony liberalism that resulted in the permissiveness of the 1980s. A libidinous TV executive decides to stage an awards show. But not just any awards show: this one will honor the finest achievements in the world ...

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Movies Starring Rick Rosenthal (8)

Alien Contact (2024)

Emmy award-winning filmmaker and marine biologist Rick Rosenthal teams up with science fiction writer Chris Carter on an investigative journey to explore evidence of intelligent life, not in space, but in the sea – specifically, manta rays. Might these a ...

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Lost After Dark (2014)

A group of teens sneak out of their high school dance to cruise around and have some unsupervised fun. When their car runs out of gas on a deserted road, they discover an old farmhouse and the cannibal killer living inside. ...

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The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II (2012)

Retrospective documentary about the making of "Halloween II. ...

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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

Reality programmers at DangerTainment select a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Myers. Their planned live broadcast turns deadly when Michael decides to crash the party. ...

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Better Off Dead... (1985)

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose ...

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Johnny Dangerously (1984)

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills. ...

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Bad Boys (1983)

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage ...

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Video Vixens! (1975)

Video Vixens purports to be a satire of the phony liberalism that resulted in the permissiveness of the 1980s. A libidinous TV executive decides to stage an awards show. But not just any awards show: this one will honor the finest achievements in the world ...

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