List of the best Diahnne Abbott movies: Jonas in the Desert(1994), Love Streams(1984), The King of Comedy(1983), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling(1986) ... ...
Documentary
Germany
1994
123 Minutes
Diahnne Abbott Jochen Arbeit Stanley Bard Karen Black Eileen Bowser Stan Brakhage Nick Cave Merce Cunningham Henry Geldzahler Allen Ginsberg George Gund
Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of independent U.S. movies; founder and director of the New York Anthology Film Archive.
Drama
USA
1984
136 Minutes
Susan
Gena Rowlands John Cassavetes Diahnne Abbott Seymour Cassel Margaret Abbott Eddy Donno Joan Foley Jakob Shaw
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls reunite after years apart.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1983
101 Minutes
Rita Keane
Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhard Diahnne Abbott Shelley Hack Lou Brown Margo Winkler
comedian stalker talk show host mother friend offbeat amusing wild basement new york city country house celebrity obsession stalking kidnapping determination ambition quest underdog rise
Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
97 Minutes
Mother
Richard Pryor Debbie Allen Carmen McRae Art Evans Fay Hauser Barbara Williams Paula Kelly Diahnne Abbott Scoey Mitchell Billy Eckstine Wings Hauser
comedian young boy mother grandmother father emotional moving illinois city stage los angeles hospital stand-up comedy fame drug addiction self-destruction coma near-death experience wretched excess discovery
After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.