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Pete Hamill is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 24 june 1935 at Brooklyn (USA)

Pete Hamill

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Birth name William Peter Hamill
Nationality USA
Birth 24 june 1935 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 5 august 2020 (at 85 years)

Pete Hamill, né le 24 juin 1935 dans le quartier de Park Slope à Brooklyn (New York), est un journaliste et un romancier américain, auteur de roman policier.

Biography

Pete Hamill est l'aîné de sept enfants d'immigrés catholiques irlandais. À onze ans, il livre le Brooklyn Daily Eagle . À quinze ans, il quitte la Regis High School à Manhattan pour travailler comme apprenti sur le chantier naval New York Navy Yard. En 1952, il s’engage dans l'US Navy. À sa démobilisation, en 1956, il profite de la G.I. Bill pour reprendre ses études. Puis il travaille dans la publicité avant de devenir journaliste au Saturday Evening Post, au New York Post, puis au New York Daily News. En 1968, il couvre la campagne électorale de Robert Francis Kennedy et assiste à son assassinat par Sirhan Sirhan.

En 1968, il publie son premier roman, A Killing for Christ, histoire d'un complot visant à assassiner le Pape le dimanche de Pâques à Rome. The Gift, en 1973, est un roman semi-autobiographique. En 1977, La Chair et le Sang (Flesh and Blood) est une histoire d'inceste. Dans son premier roman noir en 1978, Fric pourri (Dirty Laundry), il crée le personnage de Sam Briscoe, journaliste indépendant. C'est le début d'une série qui se poursuit avec Le Joyau désastreux (The Deadly Pierce) et Dieu a tiré le premier (The Guns of Heaven) qui est, selon Claude Mesplède, « un récit très réussi, bourré d'informations sur le conflit irlandais ».

Usually with

James Toback
James Toback
(1 films)
Michael Mann
Michael Mann
(1 films)
Pat Corley
Pat Corley
(2 films)
Kaori Momoi
Kaori Momoi
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Pete Hamill (14 films)

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Actor

The Insider, 2h37
Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical, Politic
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Medical-themed films, Politique, Films about drugs, Films about television, Political films
Actors Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Renee Olstead, Roger Bart
Roles NY Times Reporter
Rating77% 3.8984853.8984853.8984853.8984853.898485
During a prologue that is not directly related to the main plot, CBS producer Lowell Bergman (Pacino) convinces the founder of Hezbollah, Sheikh Fadlallah, to grant an interview to Mike Wallace (Plummer) for 60 Minutes. While preparing for the interview, both Wallace and Bergman firmly stand their ground against the Sheikh's armed and hostile bodyguards' attempted intimidation and disruption.
One Fine Day, 1h48
Directed by Michael Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Alex D. Linz, Mae Whitman, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz
Roles Frank Burroughs
Rating64% 3.2492953.2492953.2492953.2492953.249295
Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer) is an architect and divorced single mother to son, Sammy (Alex D. Linz). Her day gets off to a bad start when she is late to drop him off at school, due to the forgetfulness of fellow single parent Jack Taylor (George Clooney), a New York Daily News reporter whose daughter, Maggie (Mae Whitman), is thrust into his care that morning by his ex-wife.
King of New York, 1h46
Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo, Janet Julian
Roles Pete Hamill
Rating68% 3.4483853.4483853.4483853.4483853.448385
Frank White, a drug lord, is riding into New York in a limousine after being released from Sing Sing. Emilio El Zapa, a Colombian drug dealer, is shot to death, and the killers leave a newspaper headline announcing Frank's release. El Zapa's partner, King Tito, is in a hotel room with Jimmy Jump and Test Tube, who are negotiating the purchase of cocaine. Jimmy and Test Tube shoot Tito and his bodyguards and steal the cocaine.
Exposed
Exposed (1983)
, 1h40
Directed by James Toback, Alain Tasma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel, Ian McShane, Iman, Bibi Andersson
Roles Guest at Party
Rating50% 2.5080852.5080852.5080852.5080852.508085
A college girl from Wisconsin whose professor has romantic designs on her, Elizabeth Carlson packs up and moves to New York City, finding a job as a waitress while she attempts to launch a career as a fashion model.
From Corleone to Brooklyn, 1h25
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Origin Italie
Genres Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Mario Merola, Maurizio Merli, Van Johnson, Biagio Pelligra, Venantino Venantini, Sonia Viviani
Roles Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.191863.191863.191863.191863.19186
Un officier de police italien, Berni, est chargé d'escorter un témoin à charge jusqu'aux États-Unis, afin que ce dernier identifie formellement Michele Barresi, un parrain de la mafia sur le point d'être extradé. Rendu sur les lieux, Berni réalise à ses dépens que la bureaucratie et l'inertie de certaines autorités ne le mettront pas à l'abri de représailles.
Badge 373
Badge 373 (1973)
, 1h55
Directed by Howard W. Koch, Howard Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Luis Ávalos, Tracey Walter, Orestes Matacena
Rating57% 2.851532.851532.851532.851532.85153
Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall), a tough, no-nonsense, abrasive and racist Irish NYPD cop, has to turn in his badge after scuffling with a Puerto Rican suspect who then falls to his death from a rooftop, but that doesn't stop him from heading out on a one-man crusade to find out who killed his partner of three years, Gigi Caputo (Louis Cosentino), all the while neglecting his new live-in girlfriend, Maureen (Verna Bloom). Ryan's search leads him to Puerto Rican drug kingpin Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), and a shipment of guns for Puerto Rican independenistas.

Scriptwriter

The Yellow Handkerchief, 1h42
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart, Eddie Redmayne, Kaori Momoi, Marco St. John
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.346483.346483.346483.346483.34648
After being released from prison after six years, ex-convict Brett Hanson becomes lost in a new and unfamiliar world of freedoms and responsibilities. Struggling to reconcile himself with his disastrous past, he embarks on a journey to his home of Southern Louisiana to reunite with the ex-wife he left behind, May (Maria Bello). Along this journey, he meets two teenagers: Martine (Kristen Stewart), a troubled 15-year-old who has just escaped her family, and Gordy (Eddie Redmayne), a geeky outcast desperately seeking acceptance. Martine and Gordy offer to give Brett a lift home, and on the ensuing road trip the three reflect on their own personal misfit status while discovering in themselves and each other the acceptance each so deeply desires. Brett weighs whether to start a new life or rekindle his love with May – he's not sure she'll take him back – while Martine reevaluates her relationships with boys and her family and Gordy struggles with his affection for Martine.
Snow in August, 1h44
Genres Drama
Actors Stephen Rea, Lolita Davidovich, Adam MacDonald, Peter Tambakis, Claudia Ferri, Tony Calabretta
Roles Novel
Rating61% 3.0546153.0546153.0546153.0546153.054615
In Brooklyn in the summer of 1947, 11-year-old Michael Devlin (Peter Tambakis) witnesses a brutal beating of a Jewish shopkeeper by a local Irish street gang called the Falcons. Scared to go to the police, Michael tells his widowed mother (Lolita Davidovich) who only consoles him by telling him God will judge the guilty. With a heavy feeling of guilt still following the young boy, Michael reaches out to Rabbi Judah Hirsch (Stephen Rea) who had fled Czechoslovakia during World War II. An unlikely friendship evolves between the two characters as they bond over baseball and alluring tales of Jewish folklore like the book of Kabbalah which has the power to create miracles such as snow in August. As a fatherless child, Michael eventually grows to see the Rabbi as close friend and father figure-- a relationship that ends up costing him his friends and brings unwanted attention from Frankie McMarthy (Adam MacDonald ) and the rest of the Falcon gang. The Falcons attack Rabbi Hirsch and later threaten Michael and his mother, demonstrating their outright disapproval of the relationship between a Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic family. Determined to finally have the courage to stand up against the gang, Michael goes to Rabbi Hirsch in the hospital to learn more about an ancient Jewish text and the ritual for summoning the Golem to help him serve justice and protect his loved ones.
Flesh & Blood, 4h
Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Tom Berenger, Suzanne Pleshette, Mitch Ryan, John Cassavetes, Pat Corley, Kristin Griffith
Roles Novel
Rating64% 3.2384353.2384353.2384353.2384353.238435
Bobby Fallon purge une peine en prison pour avoir agressé un policier. Tandis qu'il tue le temps en s'entraînant à la boxe, il est repéré par Gus Caputo, entraîneur, qui envisage de faire de lui un champion.
The Yellow Handkerchief, 1h48
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishō, Tetsuya Takeda, Kaori Momoi, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Mari Okamoto
Roles Original Concept
Rating72% 3.6358753.6358753.6358753.6358753.635875
Trois inconnus se lancent dans un road-trip à Hokkaido.
Badge 373
Badge 373 (1973)
, 1h55
Directed by Howard W. Koch, Howard Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Luis Ávalos, Tracey Walter, Orestes Matacena
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.851532.851532.851532.851532.85153
Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall), a tough, no-nonsense, abrasive and racist Irish NYPD cop, has to turn in his badge after scuffling with a Puerto Rican suspect who then falls to his death from a rooftop, but that doesn't stop him from heading out on a one-man crusade to find out who killed his partner of three years, Gigi Caputo (Louis Cosentino), all the while neglecting his new live-in girlfriend, Maureen (Verna Bloom). Ryan's search leads him to Puerto Rican drug kingpin Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), and a shipment of guns for Puerto Rican independenistas.
Doc
Doc (1971)
, 1h31
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Michael Witney, Bruce Fischer, Richard McKenzie
Rating61% 3.098693.098693.098693.098693.09869
Doc Holliday (Stacy Keach) and Kate Elder (Faye Dunaway) spend time at the Continental Hotel in Tombstone, Arizona, hoping to find his old friend Wyatt Earp (Harris Yulin), deputy marshal of Cochise County, who is striving to become the town's new sheriff in the election campaign.