Elaine May

Elaine May Trailers

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Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actress. She has received numerous awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. She made her initial impact in the 1950s with her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols, performing as Nichols and May.

Most Popular Elaine May Trailers

Total trailers found: 25

The Graduate Trailer (1967)

21 December 1967

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

Mike Nichols: An American Master Trailer (2016)

29 January 2016

With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.

A New Leaf Trailer (1971)

11 March 1971

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

Tootsie Trailer (1982)

17 December 1982

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

The Heartbreak Kid Trailer (1972)

17 December 1972

Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly.

The Birdcage Trailer (1996)

08 March 1996

Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son.

Such Good Friends Trailer (1971)

16 December 1971

Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos.

Enter Laughing Trailer (1967)

25 February 1967

A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production directed by broken-down ham Marlowe.

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Trailer (1970)

24 March 1970

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement.

Wolf Trailer (1994)

17 June 1994

Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose.

Luv Trailer (1967)

26 July 1967

Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge.

Calling the Shots Trailer (1988)

08 September 1988

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

The Same Storm Trailer (2022)

14 October 2022

Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Primary Colors Trailer (1998)

20 March 1998

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton.

In the Spirit Trailer (1990)

06 April 1990

After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her apartment, and they end up being pursued by a crazed killer.

Small Time Crooks Trailer (2000)

19 May 2000

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

Reds Trailer (1981)

25 December 1981

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Ishtar Trailer (1987)

15 May 1987

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Heaven Can Wait Trailer (1978)

28 June 1978

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident.

Nichols and May: Take Two Trailer (1996)

22 May 1996

A documentary made for the PBS program American Masters about the comedy team Nichols and May.

California Suite Trailer (1978)

15 December 1978

The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The Fabulous Fifties Trailer (1960)

22 January 1960

The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived.

Bach to Bach Trailer (1967)

23 September 1967

A Bach recording plays in a New York apartment, while off-screen a man and a woman in bed together for the first time engage in pseudo-intellectual conversation.

All the Difference Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

From many distinguished American poets comes the connecting narrative for this gorgeously photographed treatise on America the Beautiful and America the Increasingly Ugly.

Mikey and Nicky Trailer (1976)

21 December 1976

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed.