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Michael Cristofer is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 22 january 1945 at Trenton (USA)
Michael Ivan Cristofer (born January 22, 1945) is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977.
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Michael Ivan Cristofer (born January 22, 1945) is an American playwright, filmmaker and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play for The Shadow Box in 1977.
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The Adderall Diaries (2016)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard, Christian Slater, Wilmer Valderrama, Cynthia Nixon
Roles Paul Hora
Rating52%
Romancier en panne d’inspiration, lors du procès d’un meurtrier, Stephen Elliott doute de la culpabilité du prévenu et va faire sa propre enquête.
Chronic (2015)
, 1h47Directed by Michel Franco
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama
Actors Tim Roth, Bitsie Tulloch, David Dastmalchian, Claire van der Boom, Sarah Sutherland, Tate Ellington
Roles John
Rating65%
David, un infirmier assistant des patients en phase terminale, tente de renouer des liens avec sa famille qu'il a jadis abandonnée.
The Girl in the Book (2015)
Directed by Marya Cohn
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors Emily VanCamp Bowman, Michael Nyqvist, Michael Cristofer, Talia Balsam, Ana Mulvoy Ten, Alysia Reiner
Roles Dad
Rating60%
Alice Harvey, a 28-year-old assistant book editor and aspiring writer, goes through a transformation when a person from the past forces her to face memories she's kept hidden inside and make decisions that will ultimately dispel her demons, bringing to light the love and creative voice she sought after many years ago.
5 Flights Up (2014)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Carrie Preston, Cynthia Nixon, Alysia Reiner, Josh Pais
Roles Larry
Rating61%
Alex Carver is walking his dog and getting coffee for his wife, Ruth. Through Alex’s narrative, it is known that they are moving soon and that an open house is scheduled for their apartment tomorrow. Their niece Lilly arrives at their apartment and walks through with Ruth and teaches her how to prepare for the open house. She tells Ruth that the apartment could be worth as much as $1 million. As Alex returns to their apartment, he has a flashback to when he and Ruth first moved in forty years ago and laments how the neighborhood has changed and that how he will miss the place when they leave.
The Other Woman (2010)
, 1h59Directed by Don Roos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Lauren Ambrose, Scott Cohen, Charlie Tahan, Anthony Rapp
Roles Sheldon Greenleaf
Rating62%
Emilia Greenleaf's life is turned upside down when she begins an affair with married high-powered attorney Jack Woolf and learns she is pregnant. After his quick divorce and their quick wedding, it is revealed through a series of flashbacks that her baby girl Isabel died three days after her birth from SIDS. Vilified as a homewrecker, she attracts the unyielding ire of his furious ex-wife, physician Carolyn, who is revealed to also be pregnant (after she heard about Emilia's pregnancy, she realized that she too wanted another child). Emilia thinks that this is purely out of spite. Now she must come to terms with her stepson, William (Tahan), who upsets her with constant references to her dead baby (including saying that under the terms of Jewish law, Isabel did not live long enough to be considered a full human being). Emilia's efforts to bond with William do not go well and succeed only in making both Carolyn and Jack think less of her.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
, 2h8Directed by John McTiernan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about terrorism, Buddy films, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Larry Bryggman, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp
Roles Jarvis
Rating75%
In New York City, the Bonwit Teller department store is destroyed by a bomb during the morning commute. The New York City Police Department receive a call from a man calling himself "Simon", ordering them that suspended police officer Lt. John McClane be dropped in Harlem wearing a sandwich board that says "I hate niggers" and threatening to detonate another bomb if they don't comply. They collect McClane and follow Simon's instructions; McClane is saved from a potential attack by a group of young men by Zeus Carver, a nearby shop owner. McClane and Carver escape and return to headquarters, where Simon calls again and threatens to detonate more bombs if McClane and Carver do not follow his instructions.
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
, 2h10Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, Thorley Walters, Eli Danker, Julian Firth
Roles Tayeh
Rating60%
Set in Europe and the Middle East, the plot follows the Mossad's clandestine attempt to flush out a PLO bomber named Khalil. To capture him, they kidnap and later kill his brother, then recruit an anti-Zionist American actress named Charlie to impersonate the dead man's girlfriend, hoping Khalil will contact her. Charlie does everything the Mossad asks of her, but as she goes deeply undercover, she questions just how far she should go before reaching a point where she is unable to escape.
An Enemy of the People (1978)
, 1h43Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson, Richard A. Dysart, Michael Cristofer, Michael Higgins
Roles Hovstad
Rating68%
Dans une petite ville thermale de Norvège, à la fin du XIX siècle, le docteur Stockman reçoit du laboratoire les résultats des prélèvements qu'il a réalisés et qui attestent de la pollution des eaux. Désireux d'alerter l'opinion pour entreprendre des travaux de rénovation indispensables, il se heurte à l'opposition de son frère Peter, maire de la ville, qui craint des conséquences économiques désastreuses.
, 1h38Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Hershey, George Marshall, Lawrence Pressman, Albert Salmi, Dena Dietrich
Roles Alessini (as Michael Ivan Cristofer)
Rating56%
A Vietnam veteran who lives at the V.A. Hospital escapes and builds an underground fortress next to the highway. He keeps it decent and plans some other actions, including getting free light and phone service. While a few people and the police try to find him, Vrooder finds love
The Exorcist (1973)
, 2h2Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Films about television, Demons in film
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller
Roles (voice)
Rating80%
Lankester Merrin is a veteran Catholic priest who is on an archeological dig in Iraq. There he finds an amulet which resembles the statue of Pazuzu, a demon who Merrin defeated years ago. Merrin then realizes the demon has returned to seek revenge.
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Original Sin (2001)
, 1h56Directed by Michael Cristofer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Pedro Armendáriz (fils), Joan Pringle, Jack Thompson
Rating60%
Original Sin is set in the late 19th century Cuba during the Spanish rule, and flashes back and forth from the scene of a woman awaiting her execution by garrote while telling her story to a priest, to the actual events of that story.
Body Shots (1999)
, 1h46Directed by Michael Cristofer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Jerry O'Connell, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid, Ron Livingston, Emily Procter
Rating49%
The start of the movie starts with a number of twenty-somethings planning on going to a club for a night of fun. The follow morning, Sara (Tara Reid) accuses fellow clubber Mike (Jerry O'Connell) of date rape. The movie then goes through the events of the evening through two different points of view, one how Sara remembers it, and the other how Mike does.
Gia (1998)
, 2h6Directed by Michael Cristofer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mila Kunis, Eric Michael Cole, Mercedes Ruehl, Elizabeth Mitchell
Rating69%
Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) is a Philadelphia native who moves to New York City to become a fashion model and immediately catches the attention of powerful agent Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway). Gia's attitude and beauty help her rise quickly to the forefront of the modeling industry, but her persistent loneliness after the death of Wilhelmina drives her to experiment with mood-altering drugs like cocaine. She becomes entangled in a passionate affair with Linda (Elizabeth Mitchell), a make-up artist. Their love affair first starts when both pose nude and make love to each other after a photo shoot. However, after a while Linda begins to worry about Gia's drug use and gives her an ultimatum; Gia chooses the drugs. Failed attempts at reconciliation with Linda and with her mother, Kathleen (Mercedes Ruehl), drive Gia to begin abusing heroin. Although she is eventually able to break her drug habit after much effort, she has already contracted HIV from a needle containing infected blood.
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Chuck (2017)
, 1h38Directed by Philippe Falardeau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, Pooch Hall
Roles Writer
Rating64%
En 1975, le boxeur poids lourd Chuck Wepner affronte sur le ring le champion de la même catégorie, Mohamed Ali. Alors que tout le monde pense qu'il va se ridiculiser, Chuck tient quasiment les 15 rounds. Il gagne le respect du public et devient une célébrité. D'autant plus que son histoire a inspiré un jeune acteur alors inconnu, Sylvester Stallone, qui écrit alors le scénario d'un futur film à succès, Rocky. Chuck, le fêtard, va cependant tomber dans une spirale qui l'éloigne de sa femme Phyl et de sa fille Kimberley.
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
, 1h29Directed by Bob Balaban
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Actors Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, Ed Begley Jr., Kathleen Chalfant, Linda Emond, Tyne Daly
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Georgia O'Keeffe (Joan Allen) is a young painter in the 1910s, while Alfred Stieglitz (Jeremy Irons) is New York-based photographer and art impresario, who discovers her works. Later, when O'Keeffe discovers that her works are displayed at an art gallery without her permission, she confronts Stieglitz. However, he manages to charm her, and starts their 20-year relationship. Stieglitz, 23 years senior to O'Keeffe, subsequently starts living with her and later divorces his wife to marry her. However, over the years, as O'Keeffe becomes a famous artist, their relationship deteriorates.