List of the best Joseph Cali movies: Saturday Night Fever(1977), The Lonely Lady(1983), The Competition(1980), Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story(1992) ... ...
Drama, Music
USA
1977
119 Minutes
Joey
John Travolta Karen Lynn Gorney Barry Miller Joseph Cali Paul Pape Bruce Ornstein Donna Pescow Val Bisoglio Julie Bovasso Martin Shakar Nina Hansen
dancer brother father best friend clerk love interest uplifting gritty cool disco brooklyn, n.y. household dancing competition class distinctions racism social standing father/son relationship family dysfunction rise growing up
Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
Drama
USA
1983
92 Minutes
Vincent Dacosta
Pia Zadora Lloyd Bochner Bibi Besch Joseph Cali Anthony Holland Jared Martin Ray Liotta Carla Romanelli Olivier Pierre Kendal Kaldwell Lou Hirsch
Hoping to achieve success in Hollywood, a young aspiring screenwriter allows others to exploit her. She goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and have it produced.
Romance
USA
1980
126 Minutes
Jerry DiSalvo
Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Lee Remick Sam Wanamaker Joseph Cali Ty Henderson Vickie Kriegler Adam Stern Bea Silvern Philip Sterling Gloria Stroock
pianist love interest teacher mother father prodigy passionate melodramatic touching concert stage classroom house city piano competition conflict of interest music career romance love
Paul Dietrich, at almost 30 years old, is a fading piano prodigy. Heidi Schoonover is a talented young pianist with a promising future. When Paul hears of an upcoming competition that could make his career, he dedicates himself to winning.
Drama
1992
96 Minutes
Anna Maria Horsford Curtis McClarin Christopher Daniel Barnes Georg Stanford Brown Taurean Blacque Guy Killum Cuba Gooding Jr. Jay Underwood Carla Gugino Dakin Matthews Hari Rhodes
Based on Robert Sam Anson's book about the 1985 death of a black honor student at the hands of police.