Peter Maas


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Marie: A True Story (1985) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Good Kid Given a tour of the Tennessee state penitentiary (shot on location in Nashville, Bill McIntyre the guard), Sissy Spacek (title character) gets another exciting offer from her boss in the governor’s office (Jeff Daniels as Eddie Sisk), then the first suggestion that he’s corrupt, then meets Morgan Freeman as the head of the parole board, in Marie: A True Story, 1985.
Marie: A True Story (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Bring Us Some More Beer The violent opening by director Roger Donaldson, from John Briley’s screenplay from Peter Maas’ book based on the real life of the title character Marie Ragghianti, played by Sissy Spacek, Vincent Irizarry her husband, in Marie: A True Story, 1985, also starring Jeff Daniels, Morgan Freeman, and then-lawyer Fred Thompson “as himself.”
Marie: A True Story (1985) -- (Movie Clip) Women In Important Positions In Nashville, ca. 1976 Sissy Spacek as the title character, a new Vanderbilt graduate, meets Keith Szarabajka as political staffer Kevin, then co-star Jeff Daniels, as college friend Eddie Sisk, aide to the new governor (Ray Blanton), who offers her a job, then congrats from friend Toni (Lisa Banes) and her kids, in director Roger Donaldson’s Marie: A True Story, 1985.
Serpico (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Guess Who Got Shot Opening sequence which ends with a flashback, Al Pacino (title character) first in an ambulance then back in the police academy, from Sidney Lumet's film based on the real-life story, Serpico, 1973.
Serpico (1973) -- (Movie Cilp) Don't Be So Fussy In director Sidney Lumet's montage from the graduation ceremony, new cop Frank (Al Pacino) with partner Sidney Green (John Randolph), first day on the job, in Serpico, 1973.
Serpico (1973) -- (Movie Cilp) Everybody Loves You! Witty and charming Frank (Al Pacino), at a party with Leslie (Cornelia Sharpe) on their first date, makes a hit with her friends, in Sidney Lumet's Serpico, 1973.
Serpico (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Not My Kind Of Fun After watching a colleague pummel a suspect (Damien Leake), the title character (Al Pacino), still a uniformed officer, tries gentler methods, early in Sidney Lumet's Serpico, 1973.

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