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The dramatic interplay evokes the stage work of David Mamet and a blurred, spectral version of Robert Longo.

While Levitz and Shooter may have learned at the metaphorical feet of Lee and Thomas, Bendis learned from the scripts of David Mamet, the historical epics of Warren Beatty, and hundreds of other movies, both good and bad.

The film version of David Mamet's Pulitzer - winning play, «Glengarry Glen Ross,» came out in 1992 and is best known in popular culture for Alec Baldwin's harrowing «Coffee is for closers» speech.

In that sense, this film was a bit lesser version of David Mamet's State and Main crossed with Robert Altman's The Player.

The format for this otherwise rote docu is interesting as Gordon appears as a talking head superimposed over archival footage, recalling his early days in the movies before 2001: A Space Odyssey and his involvement as artistic director with the Organic Theater Company in Madison, WI (later, Chicago), at the spearhead of David Mamet's board - pounding revolution.

Tickets for the West End revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo just got even hotter.

But the beauty of David Mamet's 40 - year - old play is how much of its meaning remains implicit.

The Winslow Boy is probably most notable for the departure of style and growth of David Mamet (The Spanish Prisoner, House of Games) as a writer and director.

The festival will end 18 days later, on Oct. 23, with the world premiere of David Mamet's «Oleanna,» based on the play about political correctness that has inflamed theater audiences.

He's the love child of David Mamet and a thirteen - year - old virgin at the mercy of pals handsomer and more popular than he, always trying to impress with his blue toughness without the maturity to understand that what made him cool way back when with Clerks wasn't his scatological horniness, but his intelligence and flashes of observational sophistication.

This adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winning play about workingman's inhumanity to workingman still crackles today, and its best lines (and there are many) have become ingrained in the angrier sections of our collective zeitgeist.

In fact, it stands up to comparison with the 1992 film of David Mamet's magnificently squalid play Glengarry Glen Ross, which in many ways it resembles, not least in featuring a peerless ensemble cast that includes Kevin Spacey.

What makes James Foley's shrewd adaptation of David Mamet's Pulitzer - winning play a «Cadillac»?

Akin to hip - hop culture's misappropriation of Scarface as a tale of gangsta empowerment, writer - director Michael Caleo crudely latches onto the surface misanthropy of David Mamet's work to fuel his forgettable first feature.

In 2015, Lewis starred in the critically acclaimed West End revival of David Mamet's AMERICAN BUFFALO directed by Daniel Evans.

His performance as Ricky Roma in the 2005 Broadway revival of David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, directed by Joe Mantello, earned him his first Tony Award.

Not exact matches

Based on 25 + years of experience working with bestselling authors that include Steven Pressfield, Bill Murray, David Mamet, Robert Crais, Scott Patterson, Robert McKee, Michael Connelly, James Bamford, Ian Rankin, Mo Hayder and scores mores, the Story Grid reveals what bestselling books share in common and how professional writers write.

In Warrior, the trainers Nick Nolte and Frank Grillo had scene - stealing moments while Redbelt was directed by David Mamet, referenced Gracie and included a cameo from Ray «Boom Boom» Mancini.The recent Roberto Duran (Hands of Stone) and Vinny Pazienza (Bleed for This) biopics worked for me as well due to strong casts (Edgar Ramirez with Robert DeNiro in Hands and Miles Teller with Aaron Eckhart in Bleed).

Some of his favorite roles he's played in theatre include Angelo in Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Wang in Edward Bond's THE BUNDLE, Valmont in LES LIAISONES DANGEREUSES, Teach in David Mamet's AMERICAN BUFFALO, Roma in GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, Bobby in SPEED THE PLOW, Stanley in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, and Botts in EXACT CHANGE.

Based on David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross follows the duplicitous comings and goings of an office full of shifty real - estate hustlers (including Al Pacino's Ricky Roma, Ed Harris» Dave Moss, and Jack Lemmon's Shelley Levene) over the course of a hectic 24 - hour period - with the admittedly thin storyline set into motion by a slick upper - management type's proclamation that the men will lose their jobs if their work doesn't improve.

He then returned to the world of corsets and BBC English, first as a lawyer in David Mamet's 1999 adaptation of Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy and then as An Ideal Husband in Oliver Parker's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play.

For some reason, David Mamet's scripts always remind me of Nabokov.

David Mamet's Spartan had Val Kilmer as a secret service agent on a mission to rescue the president's daughter from human traffickers, killing a whole bunch of motherfuckers in terse and artful ways.

David Mamet may not be the visual stylist that Jean - Pierre Melville was, but in most other respects, his Redbelt is faithfully cast in the tradition of the great French auteur's Le Samouraï.

I mean the agent, my agent, is also [David Mamet's] agent it turns out, so my agent called me, I had a brief conversation with David on the phone, and then I was aware that he was going to send me the script, and I was very excited to read it because I was a huge fan of David's work, and I was just sort of expecting it to be something special.

«Over the years,» David Mamet writes in his slim volume On Directing Film, «I have observed that there are two subdivisions of the thespian's art: one is called Acting, and the other is called Great Acting.»

But if you're looking for some white knuckle, high - octane, Hollywood popcorn fun, and a satisfyingly pissed off Sean Connery to boot, then welcome to Brian De Palma and David Mamet's «The Untouchables,» one of cinema's premier gangster flicks, and deservedly so.

This is a combination of a weak script that could have shorthanded the backstory and aimed, with David Mamet precision, for the action.

II) angelina jolie (alexander) angelina jolie (bone collector) angelina jolie (tomb raider) angelina jolie (sky captain) tommy lee jones (men in black 2) milla jovovich (he got game) milla jovovich (the messenger) ashley judd (high crimes) ashley judd (de-lovely) glen keane (tarzan animator) diane keaton (something's got ta give) christine keener (being john malkovich) david kelly (waking ned devine) nicole kidman (bewitched) nicole kidman (the hours) nicole kidman (the human stain) nicole kidman (moulin rouge) nicole kidman (stepford wives) ben kingsley (sexy beast) kevin kline (road to el dorado) kevin kline (de-lovely) ashton kutcher (butterfly effect) diane lane (under the tuscan sun) anthony lapaglia (the guys) heath ledger (the patriot) heath ledger (a knight's tale) spike lee (bamboozled) tea leoni (jurassic park 3) ray liotta (identity) jennifer lopez (the cell) jennifer lopez (maid in manhattan) justin long (jeepers creepers) jennifer love hewitt (the tuxedo) jon lovitz (rat race) baz luhrmann (moulin rouge) catherine maccormack (dancing at lughnasa) william h. macy (pleasantville) william h. macy (mystery men) madonna (the next best thing) tobey maguire (pleasantville) tobey maguire (seabiscuit) tobey maguire (spider - man) tobey maguire (spider - man 2) john malkovich (being john malkovich) david mamet (the winslow boy) julianna margulies (what's cooking) julianna margulies (ghost ship / evelyn) garry marshall (director, the runaway bride) steve martin (novocaine) matthew mcconaughey (u-571) ian mckellen (lord of the rings) kel mitchell (mystery men) ming - na (final fantasy) julianne moore (far from heaven) mandy moore (how to deal) viggo mortensen (Hidalgo) carrie - anne moss (the matrix reloaded) frankie muniz (agent cody banks) sam neill (jurassic park 3) thandie newton (besieged, MI: 2) jack nicholson (about schmidt) jack nicholson (something's got ta give) nick nolte (the good thief) nick nolte (the hulk) edward norton (keeping the faith) edward norton (red dragon) frances o'connor (a.i. artificial intelligence) chris o'donnell (vertical limit) haley joel osment (a.i. artificial intelligence) peter o'toole (troy) gwyneth paltrow (bounce)

My personal favorite is David Mamet's House of Games, a very quiet and subtle look at the con.

David Mamet ---- «House of Games «If it feels like some of the writers on this list kind of lucked into direction having written a film (or several) that became a mainstream success thereafter, there are a few others whose writerly voice was already so established that the idea of having them direct a straightforward genre film is kind of inconceivable (see also: Charlie Kaufman).

Since then, with detours for movies and especially television, he's worked steadily in the theater, playing a slew of classical roles in regional theater, and working on contemporary fare by writers such as Lanford Wilson, Terrence McNally, Edward Albee, and David Mamet.

Lindsay Lohan, making her West End debut, follows in the footsteps of Madonna in David Mamet's caustic Hollywood satire.

«Redbelt» — a reason to bow to David Mamet as a sensei of duplicitous twists — continues Nick Rogers» daily look back at the 365 best films of 2000 - 2009.

Author, actor, and historian Ricky Jay first worked with director David Mamet on House of Games.

It's also notable for being the first major motion picture screenplay for playwright David Mamet (The Untouchables, Glengarry Glen Ross), and while not one of his most refined works, it does offer a bit more humanity to the characters than had been the case incarnations.

He compares the writer - director to David Mamet and Harold Pinter; McDonagh says he's actively trying to get a production of The Pillowman, his 2003 Tony - winning drama about totalitarianism, set up with Rockwell playing the lead «either in New York, or London, or both.»

Joe Mantegna played the lead roles in David Mamet's House of Games and Homicide.

THE SPANISH PRISONER The latest elabo rate con game from writer - director David Mamet stars Campbell Scott as a smart but too - trusting inventor who goes to a Caribbean resort and falls into a dense labyrinth of broken promises and deceit.

Scott provides just the right, quiet, sinister atmosphere for this film to make up for its lack of story (written, incidentally, by a pair of top - notch writers, David Mamet and Steven Zaillian).

Sorkin may not be Shakespeare, O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, or David Mamet — hell, he's not even Rod Serling, Paddy Chayefsky, or Mike Judge — but you can tell he thinks he is a combination of them all when you hear the torrents of blather in his theatrical directorial debut, Molly's Game.

Damian Lewis returns to the West End with a production of American Buffalo, the blue - collar modern classic from David Mamet.

by Walter Chaw David Mamet the writer repeats himself in tight blobs of verbal noise, awkward turns of phrase, and staccato blasts.

Worse, Vanderbilt seems to be referring to author Thomas Hardy in the naming of Travolta's character (and Barbarino's recent sour grapes concerning his passing over Chicago doesn't say all that much for the film he was shooting instead), pushing the connection by tying Hardy's hallmarks of personal archetype and use of forces of nature as allegory into what is essentially a stupid rip - off of any stupid David Mamet film.

Working with a smaller budget, it's basically a four - character film which wouldn't suffer too much from being staged in a theatre — featuring unusually long dialogue scenes in diners, restaurants and motel rooms, with staccato rhythms and masculine posturing borrowed from David Mamet, another of Anderson's key, acknowledged influences.

It's a misstep, because the film looks all the more derivative of — and thus inferior to — landmarks in the hunter - becomes - prey genre like Ariel Dorfman's «Death and the Maiden» and David Mamet's «Oleanna» as a result.

In 1989, Gregory put together a troupe of actors to perform David Mamet's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's esteemed turn - of - the - century play Uncle Vanya.

Some actors were born to speak David Mamet's pitter - patter dialogue, and many of those actors are in Glengarry Glen Ross, director James Foley's noir - like adaptation of the cantankerous writer's Pulitzer Prize - winning play about a group of real estate salesman competing to save their jobs.

And the Pollyanna - ish ending is hardly the stuff of Arthur Miller or, for that matter, David Mamet, whose «Glengarry Glen Ross» nailed the desperation of middle - aged men scrambling for a morsel of the American Dream.

He pioneered a staccato style that would become highly imitated, but playwright, screenwriter and director David Mamet is still one of the more distinctive voices in American independent film — one that will be celebrated at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica in the coming weeks.