Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)
Biographic movie of the witty, overachieving, hot-tempered Rudy Giuliani, spanning from his rising days as a New York district attorney in the early 1980s to his marriage to part-time actress Donna Hanover, to his candidacy for mayor of New York City and his controversial methods to tackle the city's crime and urban problems, as well as his romance with his assistant Cristyne Lategano which lead to the failure of his marriage, to his battle with prostate cancer, all leading up to the terrible day of September 11, 2001 which Guiliani himself narrowly escaped death after suicide terrorists hijacked and crashed two passenger airliners into the twin World Trade Center towers leading to their collapse in which Guiliani's toughness and spirited personality help calm the city's residents to face the chaos on that day which made him a national hero.
Director: Robert Dornhelm
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James Woods as Rudy Giuliani |
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Penelope Ann Miller as Donna Hanover |
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Michelle Nolden as Cristyne Lategano |
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John Bourgeois as Peter Powers |
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Kirsten Bishop as Judith Nathan |
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Mark Camacho as Tony Carbonetti |
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Maxim Roy as Beth Petrone |
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Mariah Inger as Carrie Foster |
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Sam Stone as Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik |
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Brian Wrench as Bill Simon |
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Alan Fawcett as FDNY Commissioner Peter Gand |
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Alan Fawcett as FDNY Chief Peter Gand |
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Philip Pretten as FDNY Commissioner Thomas Van Essen |
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Philip Spensley as Howard Safir |
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Francis X. McCarthy as Jim Kossler |
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Jack Langedijk as Chief Bratton |
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Vlasta Vrana as Ray Harding |
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Ted Whittall as Gavin |
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Jesse Camacho as Andrew Giuliani |
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Tim Post as Hitchens |
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Arthur Grosser as Jack Newfield |
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Tony Robinow as Elliot |
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Steve Adams as Bodyguard |
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Tony Calabretta as Prosecutor |
| Directing | Robert Dornhelm | Director |
| Production | Mark Winemaker | Producer |
| Writing | Wayne Barrett | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Louis Craig | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Harald Kloser | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Victor Du Bois | Editor |
| Production | Randi Wells | Casting |
| Production | Victoria Burrows | Casting |
| Production | Andrea Kenyon | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Mario Rachiele | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Stan Sakellaropoulos | Music Editor |
| Writing | Stanley Weiser | Writer |
| Art | Jean-Baptiste Tard | Production Design |
| Production | Linda S. Ross | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gary Goldberger | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stephen Davis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Braham | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jody Brockway | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jane Walmsley | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Serge Ladouceur | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariane Carter | Costume Design |
| Art | Marie-Claude Gosselin | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Pritchett | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jocelyne Bellemare | Key Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Robert Stecko | "A" Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Charles Beetz | Gaffer |
| Crew | Louis Craig | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Mario Rachiele | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Michael Gurman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Peter Pastorelli | Assistant Location Manager |