Michael Wright

All Movies of Michael Wright

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  8.7
  Oz (TV Series)
  TV Series (1997-2003). 6 Seasons. 56 Episodes. Oz is the name on the street for the Oswald State Penitentiary. Our wheelchair-bound narrator Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau Jr.) takes us through the wacky world of Emerald City, th...
   1997

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  7.0
  Piñero (Pinero)
  "Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for...
   2001

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  7.0
  V (TV Series)
  TV Series (1984-1985). 19 Episodes. V (also known as V: The Series) is a 60-minute (47 to 49 minutes without commercials) weekly television series that aired in the United States on NBC in 1984–85. It is a continuation of the V ...
   1984

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  7.0
  The Wanderers
  Tully High School seniors Richie, Joey and Perry run with a gang called the Wanderers in the Bronx. The time is fall 1963 but their experiences are universal: falling in love, surviving in school and defending turf against rivals ...
   1979

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  6.8
  Showrunners
  “Showrunners” is the first ever feature length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of US television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them. These are the people responsible for creating, writing ...
  Character: Self

   2014

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  6.3
  Streamers
  Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront thier prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is homosexual.
  Character: Carlyle

   1983

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  6.1
  The Interpreter
  In this suspense thriller Ms. Kidman plays a United Nations interpreter who overhears a death threat against an African head of state about to address the General Assembly, and Mr. Penn plays a federal agent assigned to protect he...
  Character: Marcus

   2005

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  6.0
  V (TV Miniseries)
  TV Mini-Series (1983). 2 Episodes. When aliens come to Earth to ask for our help, a few suspicious humans discover their horrific true intentions and prepare to resist.
   1983

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  5.2
  Downtown: A Street Tale
  Character: Rudy

   2004

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  4.9
  Before I Self Destruct
  A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically...
  Character: First Victim

   2009

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  4.4
  Point Blank
  Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many...
  Character: Sonny

   1998

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  Light and the Sufferer
  Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem's genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows two estranged brothers as they try to leave New York City for a new life in California only to find their plans--and lives--being fo...
   2007

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  Sugar Hill
   1994

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  The Principal
  An impulsive but determined white principal brings order and respect to a predominantly African-American and Latino high school in this comedy-drama from the director of Young Guns and That Was Then, This Is Now. Rick Latimer (Jam...
   1987

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  Lontano da dove
  Mario, who has just finished his military service, arrives in New York. Mario enthusiastically immerses himself in the life of the city and frequents a group of Italians including Daniela, Giacomini and Desideria. The path of disc...
   1983