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Ron Shelton is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Creative Consultant American born on 15 september 1945 at Whittier (USA)
Ron Shelton né le 15 septembre 1945 à Whittier (Californie), est un réalisateur, producteur et scénariste américain.
Il fait ses études supérieures à l'université d'Arizona et au Westmont College. Entre 1967 et 1971, il fait carrière dans les ligues mineures de baseball, jouant notamment pour les Red Wings de Rochester.
Il amorce sa carrière au cinéma en signant les scénarios de deux films de Roger Spottiswoode : Under Fire (1983) et La Dernière Passe (The Best of Times, 1986).
En 1988, il écrit et réalise son premier film, Duo à trois (Bull Durham), qui lui vaut d'être nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original lors de la 61e cérémonie des Oscars.
Spécialiste du film sportif, il approche ce milieu sous divers angles comme le prouvent deux de ses réussites : Les blancs ne savent pas sauter (White Men Can't Jump, 1992) et, surtout, Cobb (1994), portrait sévère quoique nuancé du joueur étoile des Tigers de Détroit Ty Cobb, réputé pour ses attitudes sadiques, ses propos racistes et sa misogynie.
Shelton est mariée à l'actrice d'origine canadienne Lolita Davidovich qui joue dans plusieurs de ses films, y compris le rôle-titre de Blaze Starr dans Blaze (1989).
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(1992)
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Birth name Ronald Wayne Shelton
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1945 (78 years) at Whittier (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1945 (78 years) at Whittier (USA)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award
Biography
Aîné de quatre frères, Ron Shelton grandit à Montecito, une petite ville située au nord-ouest de Los Angeles.Il fait ses études supérieures à l'université d'Arizona et au Westmont College. Entre 1967 et 1971, il fait carrière dans les ligues mineures de baseball, jouant notamment pour les Red Wings de Rochester.
Il amorce sa carrière au cinéma en signant les scénarios de deux films de Roger Spottiswoode : Under Fire (1983) et La Dernière Passe (The Best of Times, 1986).
En 1988, il écrit et réalise son premier film, Duo à trois (Bull Durham), qui lui vaut d'être nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur scénario original lors de la 61e cérémonie des Oscars.
Spécialiste du film sportif, il approche ce milieu sous divers angles comme le prouvent deux de ses réussites : Les blancs ne savent pas sauter (White Men Can't Jump, 1992) et, surtout, Cobb (1994), portrait sévère quoique nuancé du joueur étoile des Tigers de Détroit Ty Cobb, réputé pour ses attitudes sadiques, ses propos racistes et sa misogynie.
Shelton est mariée à l'actrice d'origine canadienne Lolita Davidovich qui joue dans plusieurs de ses films, y compris le rôle-titre de Blaze Starr dans Blaze (1989).
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Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
, 1h29Directed by Adam Rifkin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dennis Hopper, John Travolta, Adam Rifkin, Scott Wolf, Nicolas Cage, Peter Facinelli
Roles Ron Shelton
Rating50%
Un réalisateur décide de prendre en main la carrière d'un jeune acteur.
Director
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
, 1h56Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich
Rating53%
Sergeant Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who began moonlighting as a real estate broker seven years ago. His partner is K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), a much younger officer who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor. The duo are assigned to investigate the murders of four men, members of a rap group called H2OClick who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants. While investigating the murders, the detectives discover there had been a witness in the nightclub who later escaped unnoticed, and work together to track him down. In the midst of it all, Gavilan has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt, while Calden further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents.
Dark Blue (2002)
, 1h56Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Ving Rhames, Dash Mihok
Rating65%
Set in Los Angeles, in April 1992, Dark Blue takes place from a few days before and during the acquittal of four officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots. The film begins with footage of the Rodney King beating and switches to a scene showing Sergeant Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) pacing in a motel room. Perry grabs a shotgun and pistol, and then the film cuts to a scene with two men in a car five days earlier, Darryl Orchard (Kurupt) and Gary Sidwell (Dash Mihok), appear to be robbing a convenience store, when they are actually after a safe in the room above the store. Four people are murdered in the robbery and one severely wounded. The story then shifts to Detective Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman), who is in a Gun Board hearing in relation to an application of deadly force. His partner, Perry, defends him, and the two leave.
Play It to the Bone (1999)
, 2h4Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Lucy Liu, Robert Wagner
Rating55%
Aging prizefighters and longtime pals Cesar Dominguez (Banderas) and Vince Boudreau (Harrelson) always regretted not getting one last shot. Out of the blue, such an opportunity comes their way — except it is to fight each other.
Tin Cup (1996)
, 2h15Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Rex Linn, Richard Lineback
Rating63%
Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a former golf prodigy who has little ambition. He owns a driving range in West Texas, where he drinks and hangs out with his pal Romeo Posar (Cheech Marin) and their friends. Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), a clinical psychologist, wants a golf lesson. She asks Roy because he knows her boyfriend David Simms (Don Johnson), a top professional golfer. Roy is immediately attracted to her, but she sees through his charm and resists.
Cobb (1994)
, 2h8Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, Ned Bellamy, Lou Myers, William Utay
Rating63%
Sportswriter Al Stump is hired in 1960 as ghostwriter of an authorized autobiography of baseball player Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb. Now 73 and in failing health, Cobb wants an official biography to "set the record straight" before he dies.
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
, 1h55Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Cylk Cozart, Kadeem Hardison
Rating67%
Sidney Deane and a group of streetballers in Venice, California are playing a pickup basketball game. When one of the players on the other team gets hurt, Sidney urges his opponents to pick Billy Hoyle, a white bystander, to take the injured man's place, figuring he cannot play well because of his race. Billy proves to be much better than Sidney expected, leading his team to beat Sidney's, and he then beats Sidney for money in a one-on-one rematch.
Blaze (1989)
, 2hDirected by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Jeffrey DeMunn, Gailard Sartain, Richard Jenkins
Rating60%
The movie tells the highly fictionalized story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant Governor of Louisiana, brother of assassinated governor and U.S. Senator Huey P. Long and uncle of longtime U.S. Senator Russell Long. According to the novel and film, Earl Long allegedly fell in love with a young stripper named Blaze Starr.
Bull Durham (1988)
, 1h48Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Robert Wuhl, Trey Wilson, William O'Leary
Rating69%
"Crash" Davis (Costner), a veteran of 12 years in minor league baseball, is sent down to the single-A (advanced) Durham Bulls for a specific purpose: to educate hotshot rookie pitcher Ebby LaLoosh (Robbins, playing a character loosely based on Steve Dalkowski) about becoming a major-league talent, and to control Ebby's haphazard pitching. Crash immediately begins calling Ebby by the degrading nickname of "Meat", and they get off to a rocky start.
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Bad Boys II (2003)
, 2h27Directed by Michael Bay
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Transport films, Hip hop films, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollá, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle
Roles Story
Rating66%
Eight years after the events of the first film, Miami Police Department (MPD) narcotics division detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey are investigating the flow of highly-potent ecstasy into the city. Their surveillance of boats coming in from Cuba leads them to a Ku Klux Klan meeting and drug drop in a swamp docks outside Miami. The subsequent raid on the Klan members proves to be a disaster; malfunctioning radios delay back-up, causing a firefight when Mike accidentally shoots Marcus in the buttocks, while the Klan members are revealed to be mere small-time buyers and not the distributors of the ecstasy. The incident leaves Marcus to further question if he still wants to partner with Mike, while Mike fears that Marcus may discover his new relationship with Marcus' sister, Syd.
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
, 1h56Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich
Rating53%
Sergeant Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who began moonlighting as a real estate broker seven years ago. His partner is K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), a much younger officer who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor. The duo are assigned to investigate the murders of four men, members of a rap group called H2OClick who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants. While investigating the murders, the detectives discover there had been a witness in the nightclub who later escaped unnoticed, and work together to track him down. In the midst of it all, Gavilan has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt, while Calden further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents.
Play It to the Bone (1999)
, 2h4Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Tom Sizemore, Lucy Liu, Robert Wagner
Roles Writer
Rating55%
Aging prizefighters and longtime pals Cesar Dominguez (Banderas) and Vince Boudreau (Harrelson) always regretted not getting one last shot. Out of the blue, such an opportunity comes their way — except it is to fight each other.
Tin Cup (1996)
, 2h15Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Rex Linn, Richard Lineback
Rating63%
Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a former golf prodigy who has little ambition. He owns a driving range in West Texas, where he drinks and hangs out with his pal Romeo Posar (Cheech Marin) and their friends. Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), a clinical psychologist, wants a golf lesson. She asks Roy because he knows her boyfriend David Simms (Don Johnson), a top professional golfer. Roy is immediately attracted to her, but she sees through his charm and resists.
The Great White Hype (1996)
, 1h31Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Corbin Bernsen, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz
Roles Writer
Rating54%
James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans), the undefeated heavyweight boxing champ of the world, defeats his latest challenger with ease and visits an after-party thrown by the Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson), a conniving and manipulative businessman who also acts as Roper's fight promoter. The Sultan relays some bad news to everyone: The fight was a financial flop. He deduces the reason that boxing events have become far less profitable is because audience members are sick of watching only black boxers fight each other. The Sultan predicts that a white contender, even one without a viable chance of winning, would create a huge payday for all involved in the fight (citing the Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney battle in 1982 and the playing of the race card in that instance as a precedent), and he vows to either find or "create" a white contender in no time at all.
Blue Chips (1994)
, 1h48Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell, J. T. Walsh, Alfre Woodard, Ed O'Neill
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Pete Bell (Nolte), a college basketball coach for the fictional Western University Dolphins, is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning as often as it once did and his successful program needs to attract new star players and fast. But the brightest stars of the future — the so-called "blue-chip" prospects — are secretly being paid by other schools.