The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

Overview

Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 15, 1976

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Tim Thomerson,Lisle Wilson,Vincent Schiavelli,Ava Megna Bonamy,Corky Pigeon,Janet Rotblatt,Mary Linda Phillips,Harvey Miller,Joan Darling,Danny DeVitoand 10 more

Director

Danny DeVito

Writer

Michael Barrie,Jim Mulholland

Producer

David Jablin

Cinematography

Irv Goodnoff

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0254766