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George Armitage is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 2 march 1942 at Hartford (USA)
George Armitage (born 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who got his start as part of the stable of up-and-coming filmmakers who broke into the business through Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He is most well known as the director of the films Miami Blues and Grosse Pointe Blank.
Il réalise Le Flic de Miami (Miami Blues) en 1990 d'après le roman éponyme de Charles Willeford avec Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward et Jennifer Jason Leigh dans les rôles principaux. En 1997 il réalise Tueurs à gages avec John Cusack et Minnie Driver.
Son dernier film sort en 2004. La Grande Arnaque (The Big Bounce) est le remake d'Une si belle garce (The Big Bounce) d'Alex March réalisé en 1969 et adapté du roman éponyme d'Elmore Leonard.
George Armitage tient aussi quelques rôles de figuration au sein de ses premiers films.
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George Armitage
George Armitage (born 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who got his start as part of the stable of up-and-coming filmmakers who broke into the business through Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He is most well known as the director of the films Miami Blues and Grosse Pointe Blank.
Biography
Il débute comme scénariste, réalisateur et producteur au début des années 1970, signant plusieurs films de Série B produit par la société New World Pictures de Roger Corman puis par son frère Gene Corman.Il réalise Le Flic de Miami (Miami Blues) en 1990 d'après le roman éponyme de Charles Willeford avec Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward et Jennifer Jason Leigh dans les rôles principaux. En 1997 il réalise Tueurs à gages avec John Cusack et Minnie Driver.
Son dernier film sort en 2004. La Grande Arnaque (The Big Bounce) est le remake d'Une si belle garce (The Big Bounce) d'Alex March réalisé en 1969 et adapté du roman éponyme d'Elmore Leonard.
George Armitage tient aussi quelques rôles de figuration au sein de ses premiers films.
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Fighting Mad (1976)
, 1h30Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Peter Fonda, Harry Northup, Philip Carey, Scott Glenn, Noble Willingham, John Doucette
Roles Man playing tennis (uncredited)
Rating58%
Tom Hunter revient dans son village qui est sous la coupe d'un entrepreneur minier voulant contraindre les fermiers à vendre leurs terres. Il décide d'agir...
Caged Heat (1974)
, 1h23Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Erica Gavin, Roberta Collins, Barbara Steele, Carmen Argenziano, Cheryl Smith, Joe Viola
Roles Family in Car
Rating52%
Trois femmes s'évadent d'un pénitencier. Au péril de leur vie, elles montent une opération de commando pour délivrer leur amie restée aux mains de geoliers sadiques...
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
, 1h37Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Hurd Hatfield, Stephen McHattie
Roles Wolff
Rating60%
Manfred von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) is a German cavalry officer newly assigned to an air squadron under the command of Oswald Boelcke (Peter Masterson) who quickly becomes an ace. His career is presented on screen intercut with scenes of another pilot across the lines, a Canadian pilot named Roy Brown (Don Stroud) who arrives at a British squadron, where the commanding pilot is a Victoria Cross holder named Lanoe Hawker (Corin Redgrave).
, 1h19Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Road movies, Disaster films
Actors Elaine Giftos, Bud Cort, George Armitage, Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams
Roles Billy the Kid
Rating42%
In Dallas, at the Southern Methodist University, news comes in about a gas which has escaped from a military facility. It starts killing everyone over 25.
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The Big Bounce (2004)
, 1h28Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Escroquerie
Actors Owen Wilson, Charlie Sheen, Morgan Freeman, Sara Foster, Gary Sinise, Vinnie Jones
Rating49%
Jack Ryan, a surfer and occasional thief, attacks the menacing Lou Harris with a baseball bat. Harris is a foreman on a Hawaii construction site run by corrupt millionaire, Ray Ritchie. The police and Ritchie's right-hand man, Bob Rogers Jr., tell Jack to leave the island when he is released from jail.
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
, 1h47Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria
Rating72%
Professional assassin Martin Blank finds himself depressed, disenchanted and bored with his work. A major problem is his chief rival Grocer, whose effort to cartelize the hitman business puts him at potentially lethal odds with the unaccompanied Martin. Following a botched contract, Martin receives an invitation to his 10-year high school reunion in his hometown of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Initially reluctant to attend, he is pressured into it by both his therapist, Dr. Oatman, and his secretary, Marcella. She books him a contract in Michigan that coincides with the reunion, ostensibly to smooth things over with the client whose contract was botched.
Miami Blues (1990)
, 1h37Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier, Edward Saxon
Rating63%
Frederick Frenger, Jr. (who asks to be called "Junior"), a violent psychopath recently released from a California prison, starts a new life in Miami. Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna after breaking his finger.
Hot Rod (1979)
Directed by George Armitage
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Gregg Henry, Pernell Roberts, Robin Mattson, Robert Culp, Royce D. Applegate, Topo Swope
Rating64%
Vigilante Force (1976)
, 1h29Directed by George Armitage
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Victoria Principal, Bernadette Peters, Brad Dexter, Judson Pratt
Rating52%
A small California town is overrun with unruly and rowdy behavior from oil-field workers. Aaron Arnold, a Vietnam War veteran, and the brother of one of the locals (Ben Arnold), is hired to assist the police in restoring the peace. Aaron hires mercenaries trained in combat to help. After controlling the oil field workers, the veterans take over the town for their own not-always-legal purposes. Confrontation between the town police and locals and the mercenaries ends in violence.
Hit Man (1972)
, 1h30Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Roger E. Mosley, Don Diamond, Timothy Brown, Marilyn Joi
Rating57%
Oakland hitman Tyrone Tackett (Bernie Casey) comes home to southern California for the funeral of his brother Cornell. Cornell left behind his wild daughter Rochelle (Candy All), who rejects Tyrone's offer to live with him. Tyrone befriends his late brother’s business partner, Sherwood Epps (Sam Laws), and stays in town to investigate his brother's death. He is threatened by gangsters who tell him to leave town, but they've threatened the wrong man.
Private Duty Nurses (1971)
Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Katherine Cannon, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., Paul Gleason, Robert F. Simon, Paul Hampton, George Sawaya
Rating45%
Scriptwriter
The Late Shift (1996)
, 1h35Directed by Betty Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Documentary
Actors John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Kathy Bates, Bob Balaban, Rich Little, Ed Begley Jr.
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Une grande rivalité naît entre David Letterman et Jay Leno pour savoir lequel des deux succéderait à Johnny Carson en tant que présentateur de 'The Tonight Show'.
Miami Blues (1990)
, 1h37Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier, Edward Saxon
Rating63%
Frederick Frenger, Jr. (who asks to be called "Junior"), a violent psychopath recently released from a California prison, starts a new life in Miami. Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna after breaking his finger.
The Last of the Finest (1990)
, 1h46Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, Deborra-Lee Furness, Michael C. Gwynne
Rating58%
The film opens at Canyon Park where narcotics cop Frank Daly (Dennehy) is coaching his partners Wayne Gross (Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Fahey), and Howard Jones (Paxton) during a flag football game. After the game, Daly tells Captain Joe Torres (Darrow) that his team is working on a major bust. He asks Torres to help keep the DEA out of the operation.
Hot Rod (1979)
Directed by George Armitage
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Gregg Henry, Pernell Roberts, Robin Mattson, Robert Culp, Royce D. Applegate, Topo Swope
Roles Writer
Rating64%