Cleaver (The Sopranos) Cleaver (The Sopranos) Cleaver is a metafictional film within a TV-series that serves as an important plot element toward the end of the HBO television drama series "The Sopranos". Although very little film material is actually shown in the series, its planning and development are discussed at large throughout multiple seasons of the show. The extent to which Sopranos character Christopher Moltisanti mixes confidential and personal information about the Soprano mob family into the story elements of Cleaver is the focal point throughout its development. After the project eventually materializes, Cleaver can be categorized as a direct-to-DVD mafia-slasher film, described
In the Gloaming (film) Special". In the Gloaming (film) In the Gloaming is a 1997 American made-for-television drama film based on a story written by Alice Elliott Dark. Directed by Christopher Reeve, it stars Glenn Close, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg and Robert Sean Leonard. The film originally premiered on HBO on April 20, 1997. Danny is dying of AIDS and returns home to spend his final months. He shares moments of closeness with his mother that tend to shut out his father and sister. The film won four Cable Ace Awards, and was nominated for five Emmy Awards including "Outstanding Director for a Miniseries