Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection...
Acting
William Finley (September 20, 1940 – April 14, 2012) was an American actor who has appeared in the films Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters, and The Wedding Party. He had a long-running friendship and collaboration with director Brian De Palma, beginning with the student films Woton's Wake (1962) and Murder à la Mod (1968). Most recently, he contributed a small but effective cameo in De Palma's 2006 release The Black Dahlia. Under the name W. Franklin Finley, he wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film The First Time. He was also the co-author of the 1985 book Racewalking.
Finley graduated from Columbia University in 1963. He resided in New York City with his wife and son.
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In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection...
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a...
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and fa...
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's m...
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see...
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breto...
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When docto...
A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those who upset him or his b...
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her...
A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and tr...
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides th...
Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he...
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on...
Young Charlie begins to develop cold feet as his wedding looms nearer. Desperate to throw the plans off-track,...
Filmed stageplay based on the ancient greek play The Bacchae written by Euripides. This play is performed by me...
A woman visiting her father in Egypt becomes involved with the Marquis de Sade's descendant and his terrifying...
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection betwe...
This is the second volume of ultra-rare oddities, obscurities and jaw-droppers that may be among the best 85 mi...
Woton Wretchichevsky has a disfigured face, dresses in a cloak and mask, and stalks couples to burn them with a...
A 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian De Palma, producer Edward R. Pressma...
A documentary about the making of Brian De Palma's 1973 film "Sisters" including interviews with the cast and c...
Horror film director must plot to steal the negative of his film in order to save it from being destroyed in an...
Vaclav Zelenka, the notorious Czech avant-garde composer, comes to America to make his fame and fortune.
A short film written and directed by William Finley's son, Dashiell Finley.