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Dan Gordon is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American

Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon
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Nationality USA
Death 1969

Dan Gordon (mort en 1969) est un auteur de storyboard, réalisateur et auteur de bande dessinée américain. Il commence à travailler dans l'animation dans les années 1930 pour des sociétés telles que les studios Fleischer ou la MGM. Dans les années 1940 il commence à réaliser des comics pour la maison d'édition ACG et dessine des histoires parues dans Angelpuss, Blunderbunny, Bungle of the Jungle, Superkatt, Cookie, etc. Il y reste jusqu'en 1953 puis retourne à son premier emploi en travaillant pour Hanna-Barbera. Il signait ses bandes dessinées Dang.

Best films

The Hurricane (1999)
(Scriptwriter)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Dan Gordon
Dan Gordon
(6 films)
Tedd Pierce
Tedd Pierce
(2 films)
Jack Mercer
Jack Mercer
(4 films)
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Filmography of Dan Gordon (13 films)

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Actor

Chronic
Chronic (2015)
, 1h47
Directed by Michel Franco
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama
Actors Tim Roth, Bitsie Tulloch, David Dastmalchian, Claire van der Boom, Sarah Sutherland, Tate Ellington
Rating65% 3.2916953.2916953.2916953.2916953.291695
David, un infirmier assistant des patients en phase terminale, tente de renouer des liens avec sa famille qu'il a jadis abandonnée.
Wake Wood
Wake Wood (2011)
, 1h30
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Timothy Spall, Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Brian Gleeson, Briain Gleeson, Dan Gordon
Roles Mick O'Shea
Rating55% 2.751062.751062.751062.751062.75106
Little Alice Daley is mauled to death by a German Shepherd dog in the yard of her father Patrick's veterinary practice. After her death, Patrick and his wife Louise, a pharmacist, move to a rural village called Wakewood, where they struggle to cope with the loss of their only child (Louise cannot have any more children). The couple's car mysteriously breaks down one evening in the middle of nowhere and they go to the nearby house of Patrick's veterinary colleague, Arthur, to seek help. There Louise witnesses Arthur leading a strange and bloody pagan ritual but refuses to say anything to Patrick. It becomes apparent that something strange is happening in town and that Arthur knows that Louise saw the ritual.

Director

Expecting Mary, 1h37
Directed by Dan Gordon, Dan Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Cloris Leachman, Della Reese, Olesya Rulin
Rating56% 2.808032.808032.808032.808032.80803
Mary (Olesya Rulin) is a 16-year-old girl who is 8 months pregnant. She had all the trappings of an upscale life, but ran away from her mother Meg (Cybill Shepherd) and stepfather Phil Cuthbart (Duncan Bravo). It's only when she finds herself in a small New Mexico town in a downtrodden trailer park where she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice, and family.
A Jolly Good Furlough, 7minutes
Directed by Joe Oriolo, Dan Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors Marjorie Hines, Jack Mercer
Rating55% 2.767092.767092.767092.767092.76709
Popeye fait un excellent travail de couler des navires japonais (avec un effet sonore de chasse d’eau). Un pigeon voyageur lui fait remarquer qu’il a obtenu une permission d’un mois, qu’il prévoit de passer avec Olive et ses neveux. Mais à son arrivée, il est écrasé par Olive, qui le laisse immédiatement seul avec ses neveux, qui pratiquent la défense à domicile.
Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue, 7minutes
Directed by Dan Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors Dave Barry, Jack Mercer
Rating58% 2.9118752.9118752.9118752.9118752.911875
Popeye incite Brutus à rejoindre l’armée. Bluto est un peu réticent au début, mais la puissance des poings de Popeye convainc Brutus que l’oncle Sam a besoin d’hommes de combat.

Scriptwriter

The Hurricane, 2h25
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about capital punishment, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya
Rating75% 3.7987453.7987453.7987453.7987453.798745
The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction for a Paterson, New Jersey triple murder was set aside after he had spent nearly 20 years in prison. Narrating Carter's life, the film concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly twenty years in prison.
Murder in the First, 2h2
Directed by Marc Rocco
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy
Rating72% 3.648353.648353.648353.648353.64835
As a 17-year-old orphan, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon), steals $5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the store clerk, and his sister is sent to an orphanage. Because that grocery store also housed a U.S. Post Office his crime becomes a federal offense. Young never sees his sister again and is sentenced to Leavenworth Penitentiary, Kansas. After later being transferred to Alcatraz, he participates in an escape attempt with two other prisoners.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp (1994)
, 3h11
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, JoBeth Williams, David Andrews, Linden Ashby
Rating67% 3.350293.350293.350293.350293.35029
A teenage Wyatt Earp lives on the family farm. His older brothers, Virgil and James, are away at war serving with the Union Army. Wyatt dreams of war, and packs some belongings, bids his younger brothers & sisters goodbye, and attempts to run away, intending to lie about his age and join the Union Army. He doesn't make it off the farm before his father catches him and forces him to return home. A short while later, both brothers return home at the war's end, with James gravely wounded. Shortly afterwards, the family moves west. It is during this move that Wyatt first sees a man killed, shot during a gunfight. He gets sick at the sight, and vomits.
Tank
Tank (1984)
, 1h53
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier, Jenilee Harrison, James Cromwell
Rating57% 2.850742.850742.850742.850742.85074
Après avoir quitté l'Armée, un adjudant-chef se retrouve aux prises avec un shérif...
Train Ride to Hollywood
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Dracula films, Vampires in film, Musical films
Actors Jay Robinson, Phyllis Davis
Rating47% 2.364892.364892.364892.364892.36489
Harry Williams, membre d'un groupe de rhythm and blues, Bloodstone, se cogne la tête juste avant de monter sur scène pour un concert. Le reste du film se déroule alors dans ses rêves délirants : lui-même et les 3 autres musiciens se retrouvent conducteurs d'un train dont les passagers sont des personnages célèbres de la littérature (Dracula, Scarlett O'Hara,…) ou des acteurs célèbres, avec en toile de fond la musique du groupe. Mais les conducteurs-musiciens doivent avant tout résoudre des mystères : Marlon Brando est suspecté d'avoir assassiné Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald et d'autres encore en les étouffant sous ses aisselles…
Mr. Bug Goes to Town, 1h17
Directed by Shamus Culhane, Dave Fleischer, Al Eugster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Films about insects, Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jack Mercer, Jean Rhys, Tedd Pierce, Pinto Colvig, Marjorie Hines, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Rating68% 3.439433.439433.439433.439433.43943
Les amours de Hoppity le criquet et Douce, la fille d'un bourdon, sont troublées par la négligence des humains et le projet de construction d'un gratte-ciel sur leur territoire. L'héroïne est aussi menacée d'un mariage forcé avec Monsieur Scarabée.
Gulliver's Travels, 1h16
Directed by Roland Dimon Crandall, Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel, Grim Natwick
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Musical films
Actors Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, Cal Howard, Tedd Pierce, Gus Wickie
Rating65% 3.294793.294793.294793.294793.29479
On November 5, 1699, Gulliver (voiced by Sam Parker) washes onto Lilliput, after a shipwreck. While scouting the forest, the town crier 'Gabby' (voiced by Pinto Colvig), finds Gulliver unconscious body and rushes to warn the ruler of Lilliput, King Little (voiced by Jack Mercer). At this time, Little and his friend, King Bombo (voiced by Tedd Pierce) of Blefuscu, are signing a wedding contract, granting their children, Princess Glory of Lilliput (voiced by Jessica Dragonette) to Prince David of Blefuscu (voiced by Lanny Ross), permission to marry. When they argue over which song is to play at the wedding, Bombo declares war.