Howard Ryshpan

Howard Ryshpan


in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Movies for Howard Ryshpan...

The Greatest Game Ever Played
Title: The Greatest Game Ever Played
Character: Gallery Member
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Movie
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
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Pinocchio 3000
Title: Pinocchio 3000
Character: Geppetto (voice)
Released: May 14, 2004
Type: Movie
This is the story of a little robot known as Pinocchio 3000 whose greatest wish is to become a real boy. The year is 3000. Geppetto, with the help of his faithful assistant, Spencer the cyber penguin, and by the holographic fairy Cyberina, creates Pinocchio, a prototype superrobot equipped for emotions. But before he can be given a heart and become a real boy, Cyberina insists that Pinocchio learn the difference between right and wrong.
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To Be
Title: To Be
Character: Scientist (voice)
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Blending fantasy and reality, this animated short is a bold inquiry into an as yet unresolved problem - the nature of human identity. When a scientist creates a machine that can make copies of physical objects, including humans, a number of ethical questions arise. Is the technique moral? What of its safety? A film by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Weldon (who also wrote the catchy banjo tune that punctuates the story's changing moods).
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The Phone Call
Title: The Phone Call
Character: Harold
Released: December 30, 1989
Type: Movie
A married man calls the wrong number for phone-sex and winds up being stalked by a psychotic man.
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Charles and François
Title: Charles and François
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A touching story of the friendship between a grandfather and his grandson, this is a film about aging and death. Award-winning animator Co Hoedeman combines 3-D and cut-out animation techniques to create a very dramatic and moving film. The story follows Charles and François through the different stages of their lives. With time, they become closer, common experiences having diminished the difference in age. By the end of the film, time appears to stand still; both are over one hundred years old and they are almost indistinguishable.
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The Tin Flute
Title: The Tin Flute
Character: Docteur Katz
Released: August 28, 1983
Type: Movie
In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family, looking for love. She meets two suitable men, a nice soldier from a good and wealthy family, and an ambitious self-centered engineer. She must decide whether she wants to follow her head or her heart...
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Canada Vignettes: Ice
Title: Canada Vignettes: Ice
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Ice cutting on the St. Lawrence River in the 1860s is illustrated in song and animated graphics.
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Title: Ulysses 31
Character: (voice)
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: TV
Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.
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Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Title: Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Character: Toy Store Owner
Released: December 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Nobody ever listens to Jacob, so he always has to repeat himself. A trip to the grocery store leads to a misunderstanding and Jacob falls asleep hiding in a park. When he wakes up, he discovers that he is in trouble for insulting the store clerk. He is sent to a prison for children that is located on Slimer's Island and is run by the Hooded Fang, an ex-wrestler who outwardly hates children. Meanwhile, Child Power representatives the Intrepid Shapiro and Fearless O'Toole try to find the prison's hidden location to help free the children.
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Blood Relatives
Title: Blood Relatives
Character: Doctor
Released: February 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.
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Rabid
Title: Rabid
Character: Dr. Dan Keloid
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood—the only nourishment that will now sustain her.
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The Street
Title: The Street
Character: (Voice)
Released: August 10, 1976
Type: Movie
This film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.
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Lies My Father Told Me
Title: Lies My Father Told Me
Released: September 26, 1975
Type: Movie
A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.
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The Happy Prince
Title: The Happy Prince
Character: Additional Voices
Released: December 2, 1974
Type: Movie
A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow.