The life and career of Joe Spinell. A great man. A great actor. Friend and all!The life and career of Joe Spinell. A great man. A great actor. Friend and all!The life and career of Joe Spinell. A great man. A great actor. Friend and all!
Joe Spinell
- Self
- (archive footage)
William James Kennedy
- Self
- (as William Kennedy)
William Lustig
- Self
- (as Bill Lustig)
John Scott
- Self
- (as John C. Scott)
Thomas C. Rainone
- Self
- (as Tom Rainone)
Steven Spielberg
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal interview with Jason Miller before his death in 2001.
- Quotes
William James Kennedy: Joe was the most versatile of the stereotypical Italian wise guy actors. Joe actually broke through that typecasting, and not many others have. For example, the actors you see today such as Joe Pesci, or James Giandolfini, in the Goodfellas, or the Sopranos-type guys, that's all they're ever going to do. Play tough mafia type. But Joe played all kinds of roles. He played priests, Southern-accented coal miners, Western-accented prison guards.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Making 'the Undertaker' (2016)
Featured review
Fascinating piece on an underrated actor
This 49 minute documentary on the late great actor Joe Spinell, found as an extra on the Special Edition of "Maniac", is pretty comprehensive and very informative. Featuring interviews with those that were close to him in life, I found all the stories that were told in this documentary to be fascinating and it's very much worth watching. I've reviewed a good many documentaries made for Special Edition DVDs of various films and have found that the some of the best ones were all directed by David Gregory and somehow when reviews all of those previous documentaries I've always neglected to give him props for them. Well I wish to remedy that oversight here and now. David, you make great docs and mad thanks to you for that.
My Grade: A
My Grade: A
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- movieman_kev
- May 5, 2006
Details
- Runtime49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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