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Al Ruban

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Al Ruban est un producteur, directeur de la photographie et monteur.

Al Ruban entre dans le cinéma avec John Cassavetes. Le cinéaste le recrute comme cadreur sur Shadows en 1958. Il participe aussi à l'aventure de Faces dont il assurera le montage pendant deux ans. Al Ruban viendra ensuite à plusieurs reprises donner un coup de main à son ami, alternant ou cumulant au besoin différents métiers du cinéma.

Usually with

John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
(10 films)
Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
(8 films)
Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Al Ruban (19 films)

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Actor

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, 1h46
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Menahem Golan, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Globus, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis
Roles Self - Producer & Cinematographer
Rating73% 3.695613.695613.695613.695613.69561
Mélangeant interviews, extraits de films et images d’archives, ce documentaire retrace l’histoire de la société de production Cannon Films, créée par Menahem Golan et Yoram Globus. Dans les années 1980, ces deux producteurs ont sans aucun doute produit les plus grands nanars du cinéma, s’emparant de force de la machine hollywoodienne, et changeant à jamais l’histoire du cinéma bis.
Mr. North
Mr. North (1988)
, 1h33
Directed by Danny Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton, Anjelica Huston, Mary Stuart Masterson
Roles Court Clerk
Rating58% 2.9484352.9484352.9484352.9484352.948435
In 1920s Newport, Rhode Island, Theophilus North (Anthony Edwards) is an engaging, multi-talented, middle-class Yale graduate who spends the summer catering to the wealthy families of the city. He becomes the confidant of James McHenry Bosworth (Robert Mitchum), and a tutor and tennis coach to the families' children. He also befriends many from the city's servant class including Henry Simmons (Harry Dean Stanton), Amelia Cranston (Lauren Bacall), and Sally Boffin (Virginia Madsen).
Love Streams, 2h21
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel, Al Ruban, Doe Avedon
Roles Milton Kravitz
Rating75% 3.7936853.7936853.7936853.7936853.793685
Undergoing a messy divorce, Sarah Lawson visits her brother Robert Harmon, an alcoholic playboy and writer who is in a relationship with a professional singer. Robert is visited by his ex-wife and forced to take care of their eight-year-old son, whom he has never met before, for twenty-four hours.
Swamp Thing, 1h31
Directed by Wes Craven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Al Ruban, Dick Durock
Roles Charlie
Rating53% 2.6515152.6515152.6515152.6515152.651515
In the swamps of Savannah Georgia, Dr. Alec Holland works with his sister Linda on a top-secret bio-engineering project to create a plant/animal hybrid capable of thriving in extreme environments. Government agent Alice Cable arrives just as Holland makes a major breakthrough, and begins to develop feelings for him. However, a paramilitary group led by the evil Dr. Anton Arcane, who is obsessed with immortality, kills Linda while trying to steal the formula for their own purposes. During the attack, Alice escapes and Alec is covered in chemicals, caught on fire, and runs screaming in the swamp, presumably to die. However, he returns as a monstrously mutated plant creature. As the Swamp Thing, Holland battles Arcane's forces to protect Cable, and eventually takes on Arcane himself, also mutated by the Holland formula.
The Big Fix, 1h48
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, Ofelia Medina, Ron Rifkin
Roles Detective
Rating63% 3.1955453.1955453.1955453.1955453.195545
A former 1960s student activist turned private detective searches for a missing Berkeley activist with whom he shared "the barricades."
The Big Fix, 1h48
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Rifkin
Roles Detective
Rating63% 3.1955453.1955453.1955453.1955453.195545
Ancien étudiant libéral des années 1960 devenu détective privé de Chicago, le solitaire Moses Wine reçoit, un jour, la visite d'une ancienne petite amie de lycée, Lila Shea. Celle-ci lui demande d'enquêter sur la disparition du candidat pour qui elle travaille, un certain Miles Hawthorne, qui postule pour devenir le nouveau gouverneur de la Californie. Un flyer circule dans l’État le montrant associé, dans les années 1960, avec son opposant radical Howard Eppis. Une photo qui peut discréditer Hawthorne et le faire perdre aux élections. Sans s'en rendre compte, Wine est sur le point d'être impliqué dans une affaire d’État dangereuse où sont impliqués des politiciens véreux et qui pourrait déclencher des attentats dans les rues de Los Angeles.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, 2h15
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel, Haji, Morgan Woodward, Al Ruban
Roles Marty Reitz
Rating72% 3.6476653.6476653.6476653.6476653.647665
The film, set in California, opens with Cosmo Vittelli (Ben Gazzara) making the final payment on a longstanding gambling debt to a sleazy loanshark (played by the film's producer Al Ruban). To celebrate his long-anticipated freedom, burlesque club owner Vittelli has an expensive night out with his three favorite dancers ("Margo", "Rachael" and "Sherry"). The evening culminates in a poker game in which Vittelli loses $23,000, returning him to the debtor's position he had just left. Using the debt as leverage, his mob creditors coerce him into agreeing to perform a "hit" on a rival. Vittelli is led to believe that his target is a small-time criminal of minor consequence, the Chinese bookie of the film's title; but in fact, he is the boss of the Chinese mafia, "the heaviest cat on the West Coast." Vittelli manages to kill the man and several of his bodyguards, but is severely wounded before escaping.
Coogan's Bluff, 1h33
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Betty Field, Tom Tully
Roles Detective (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1990453.1990453.1990453.1990453.199045
Arizona deputy sheriff Walt Coogan is sent to New York City to extradite escaped killer James Ringerman. Detective Lieutenant McElroy informs him that Ringerman is recovering from an overdose of LSD, cannot be moved until the doctors release him, and that Coogan needs to get extradition papers from the New York State Supreme Court.
Madigan
Madigan (1968)
, 1h41
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Susan Clark
Roles Kowalski
Rating64% 3.2460353.2460353.2460353.2460353.246035
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, police detectives Dan Madigan and Rocco Bonaro break into a sleazy apartment and arrest Barney Benesch, a hoodlum wanted for questioning by a Brooklyn precinct. Momentarily distracted by the suspect's nude girl friend, the two detectives are outwitted by Benesch, who escapes with their guns.

Producer

Texasville
Texasville (1990)
, 2h3
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Annie Potts
Roles Production Manager
Rating59% 2.9990152.9990152.9990152.9990152.999015
In 1984, 33 years after the events depicted in The Last Picture Show, 50-year-old Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) is a wealthy tycoon of a near bankrupt oil company. His relationship with his family isn't prospering either. His wife, Karla (Annie Potts), believes that Duane is cheating on her and his son, Dickie (William McNamara), seems to be following in his father's libidinous footsteps.
Mr. North
Mr. North (1988)
, 1h33
Directed by Danny Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Harry Dean Stanton, Anjelica Huston, Mary Stuart Masterson
Roles Executive In Charge Of Production
Rating58% 2.9484352.9484352.9484352.9484352.948435
In 1920s Newport, Rhode Island, Theophilus North (Anthony Edwards) is an engaging, multi-talented, middle-class Yale graduate who spends the summer catering to the wealthy families of the city. He becomes the confidant of James McHenry Bosworth (Robert Mitchum), and a tutor and tennis coach to the families' children. He also befriends many from the city's servant class including Henry Simmons (Harry Dean Stanton), Amelia Cranston (Lauren Bacall), and Sally Boffin (Virginia Madsen).
Happy New Year, 1h47
Directed by John G. Avildsen, Bruce Malmuth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Heist films
Actors Peter Falk, Charles Durning, Tom Courtenay, Wendy Hughes, Anthony Heald, Claude Lelouch
Roles Unit Production Manager
Rating58% 2.901452.901452.901452.901452.90145
Nick and Charlie, a couple of aging thieves looking for a last score before they retire, come to ritzy Palm Beach, Florida, where they have an elaborate scheme to rob a Harry Winston jewelry store.
Love Streams, 2h21
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott, Seymour Cassel, Al Ruban, Doe Avedon
Roles Executive Producer
Rating75% 3.7936853.7936853.7936853.7936853.793685
Undergoing a messy divorce, Sarah Lawson visits her brother Robert Harmon, an alcoholic playboy and writer who is in a relationship with a professional singer. Robert is visited by his ex-wife and forced to take care of their eight-year-old son, whom he has never met before, for twenty-four hours.
Swamp Thing, 1h31
Directed by Wes Craven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Al Ruban, Dick Durock
Roles Executive In Charge Of Production
Rating53% 2.6515152.6515152.6515152.6515152.651515
In the swamps of Savannah Georgia, Dr. Alec Holland works with his sister Linda on a top-secret bio-engineering project to create a plant/animal hybrid capable of thriving in extreme environments. Government agent Alice Cable arrives just as Holland makes a major breakthrough, and begins to develop feelings for him. However, a paramilitary group led by the evil Dr. Anton Arcane, who is obsessed with immortality, kills Linda while trying to steal the formula for their own purposes. During the attack, Alice escapes and Alec is covered in chemicals, caught on fire, and runs screaming in the swamp, presumably to die. However, he returns as a monstrously mutated plant creature. As the Swamp Thing, Holland battles Arcane's forces to protect Cable, and eventually takes on Arcane himself, also mutated by the Holland formula.