Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Danny DeVito
Written : Michael Barrie Jim Mulholland
Stars : Rhea Perlman Danny DeVito Frank Sivero Vincent Schiavelli
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1983
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Filming locations : Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : Imagination Productions
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1983
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Filming locations : Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : Imagination Productions
