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Arthur Marks is a Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant Director, Editorial Production Assistant and Lighting Design born on 2 august 1927
Arthur Ronald Marks (né le 2 août 1927 à Los Angeles et mort le 13 novembre 2019 à Woodland Hills en Californie) est un scénariste, réalisateur et producteur américain. Spécialisé dans la blaxploitation, il a réalisé des films comme Togetherness, Bonnie's Kids , Detroit 9000 , Friday Foster, Bucktown, The Monkey Hu$tle et J. D.'s Revenge . Il a également réalisé des épisodes des séries télévisées Perry Mason, Starsky et Hutch, Mannix, Les Espions, My Friend Tony et Shérif, fais-moi peur.
Marks travaille comme assistant réalisateur sur La Dame de Shanghai et Ouragan sur le Caine. Il travaille également sur les émissions de télévision The Man Behind the Badge , Treasury Men in Action , Casablanca, La Flèche brisée et The 20th Century Fox Hour , avant de commencer à travailler sur Perry Mason. Il réalisera 76 épisodes de cette série, qu'il produira également en partie.
Après la fin de Perry Mason, Marks retourne au cinéma avec Togetherness. Il poursuit avec Bonnie's Kids, The Centerfold Girls (production seulement) et The Roommates. Marks crée l'entreprise General Film Corporation (GFC), lui permettant de distribuer les films qu'il produit et réalise, dont notamment The Candy Snatchers.
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Birth 2 august 1927
Death 13 november 2019 (at 92 years)
Death 13 november 2019 (at 92 years)
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Arthur Marks naît à Los Angeles, Californie, en 1927. Ses parents déménagent à Hollywood afin de trouver du travail dans l'industrie cinématographique. Son père, David Marks, occupe divers postes sur les plateaux de Les Anges de l'enfer et Le Magicien d'Oz, puis travaille le reste de sa carrière chez Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Marks travaille comme assistant réalisateur sur La Dame de Shanghai et Ouragan sur le Caine. Il travaille également sur les émissions de télévision The Man Behind the Badge , Treasury Men in Action , Casablanca, La Flèche brisée et The 20th Century Fox Hour , avant de commencer à travailler sur Perry Mason. Il réalisera 76 épisodes de cette série, qu'il produira également en partie.
Après la fin de Perry Mason, Marks retourne au cinéma avec Togetherness. Il poursuit avec Bonnie's Kids, The Centerfold Girls (production seulement) et The Roommates. Marks crée l'entreprise General Film Corporation (GFC), lui permettant de distribuer les films qu'il produit et réalise, dont notamment The Candy Snatchers.
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J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
, 1h35Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Actors Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Julian Christopher, Earl Billings, Rhonda Shear
Rating60%
The story centers around Isaac Hendrix (portrayed by Turman), a young college student studying law and a taxi-cab driver in New Orleans. While out on a night of fun with his friends and wife, Christella during a hypnosis act, he becomes an unwilling host for the restless spirit of J.D Walker, a hustler killed during the 40s. Over the course of the film "Ike" finds his own personality gradually being taken over by the sociopathic Walker, even eventually going so far as to adopt his hair and fashion style, mannerisms, and psychotic tendencies (including an attempted rape on his wife after she mocked his J.D. haircut). With the spirit of J.D. in complete control he turns his attention toward wreaking vengeance against the man responsible for killing his sister, Theotis Bliss. Ike commits havoc all over town along the way before making his way to the church where Theotis' brother works as a preacher, where he finally reveals himself and instructs Elijah to tell Theotis to meet him "on the killin' floor". Ike's wife has meanwhile gone to her ex-husband, a cop who is out for Ike's blood believing him to be a simple psycho hiding behind a false persona--until he mentions to the Chief that Ike claimed his name was J.D. Walker, a man who was not only real, but had died over 30 years ago. J.D. was a hustler who ran numbers during World War II as well as a black-market meat plant where he was murdered by Theotis Bliss after witnessing the murder of his own sister, Betty Jo, at his hands because of her derisive chiding of him and threatening to expose the secret she held about her baby daughter. After being discovered over Betty Jo's lifeless body with her blood on his hand, Elijah Bliss (Gossett Jr.), Betty Jo's husband and the believed father of her child (and younger, submissive brother of Theotis), accused J.D of being the killer and J.D was gunned down on the spot by Theotis to cover up the event. Following Theotis to the old factory, Elijah finally learns the truth before getting into a struggle with Theotis for his gun, during which the weapon discharges and kills Theotis while Ike watches and laughs maniacally as the event plays out. His business complete, J.D. appears to leave Ike's body and thanks to Elijah's testimony, he is allowed to go free to rejoin his wife and friends waiting for him outside.
The Monkey Hustle (1976)
, 1h30Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Thomas Carter, Rosalind Cash, Randy Brooks, Debbi Morgan
Rating52%
Friday Foster (1975)
, 1h29Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Pam Grier, Carl Weathers, Eartha Kitt, Paul Benjamin, Thalmus Rasulala, Yaphet Kotto
Rating59%
Friday Foster (Grier) is a ex-magazine model turned magazine photographer who refuses to heed her boss's admonitions against becoming involved in the stories to which she is assigned. After witnessing an assassination attempt on the nation's wealthiest African American Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala) and then seeing her best friend Cloris Boston (Miles) murdered, Friday finds herself targeted for death. She teams up with private detective Colt Hawkins (Kotto) to investigate, and soon the two are hot on the trail of a plot to eliminate the country's African-American political leadership.
Bucktown (1975)
, 1h34Directed by Bernie Hamilton, Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Bernie Hamilton, Robert Burton, Carl Weathers
Rating60%
Fred Williamson stars as Duke Johnson, a man who arrives in Bucktown to bury his brother, a bar owner who was killed after refusing to pay crooked cops for protection. After arriving to Bucktown, he realize he needs help after being threatened himself. Duke calls his friend Roy (Thalmus Rasulala) and his gang to come and help, after arriving Roy's gang decided to take over the town. In order to gain control, Duke has to fight off Roy's gang all by himself.
Detroit 9000 (1973)
, 1h46Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Rudy Challenger, Scatman Crothers, Hari Rhodes, Alex Rocco, Vonetta McGee, Herbert Jefferson, Jr.
Rating62%
Street-smart white detective Danny Bassett (Alex Rocco) teams with educated black detective Sgt. Jesse Williams (Hari Rhodes) to investigate a theft of $400,000 at a fund-raiser for Representative Aubrey Hale Clayton (Rudy Challenger).
Bonnie's Kids (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Tiffany Bolling, Steve Sandor, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady, Alex Rocco, Leo Gordon
Rating61%
Sisters Myra and Ellie have finally had enough of their miserable, dead-end lives. When their step-father Charley tries to rape Myra, Ellie shoots him with a shotgun and the pair run off to their wealthy uncle's mansion in El Paso. From that point on the two undergo a transformation in their personalities and start to enjoy living their lives on the wild side.
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Friday Foster (1975)
, 1h29Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Pam Grier, Carl Weathers, Eartha Kitt, Paul Benjamin, Thalmus Rasulala, Yaphet Kotto
Roles Story
Rating59%
Friday Foster (Grier) is a ex-magazine model turned magazine photographer who refuses to heed her boss's admonitions against becoming involved in the stories to which she is assigned. After witnessing an assassination attempt on the nation's wealthiest African American Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala) and then seeing her best friend Cloris Boston (Miles) murdered, Friday finds herself targeted for death. She teams up with private detective Colt Hawkins (Kotto) to investigate, and soon the two are hot on the trail of a plot to eliminate the country's African-American political leadership.
The Centerfold Girls (1974)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Andrew Prine, Jeremy Slate, Tiffany Bolling, Aldo Ray, Jaime Lyn Bauer, Ray Danton
Roles Story
Rating55%
Un fanatique religieux dépravé entreprend de punir toutes les femmes "immorales" qui ont posé pour le pli central d'un magazine pour hommes.
Bonnie's Kids (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Tiffany Bolling, Steve Sandor, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady, Alex Rocco, Leo Gordon
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Sisters Myra and Ellie have finally had enough of their miserable, dead-end lives. When their step-father Charley tries to rape Myra, Ellie shoots him with a shotgun and the pair run off to their wealthy uncle's mansion in El Paso. From that point on the two undergo a transformation in their personalities and start to enjoy living their lives on the wild side.
Producer
The Monkey Hustle (1976)
, 1h30Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Thomas Carter, Rosalind Cash, Randy Brooks, Debbi Morgan
Roles Producer
Rating52%
J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
, 1h35Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Actors Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Julian Christopher, Earl Billings, Rhonda Shear
Roles Producer
Rating60%
The story centers around Isaac Hendrix (portrayed by Turman), a young college student studying law and a taxi-cab driver in New Orleans. While out on a night of fun with his friends and wife, Christella during a hypnosis act, he becomes an unwilling host for the restless spirit of J.D Walker, a hustler killed during the 40s. Over the course of the film "Ike" finds his own personality gradually being taken over by the sociopathic Walker, even eventually going so far as to adopt his hair and fashion style, mannerisms, and psychotic tendencies (including an attempted rape on his wife after she mocked his J.D. haircut). With the spirit of J.D. in complete control he turns his attention toward wreaking vengeance against the man responsible for killing his sister, Theotis Bliss. Ike commits havoc all over town along the way before making his way to the church where Theotis' brother works as a preacher, where he finally reveals himself and instructs Elijah to tell Theotis to meet him "on the killin' floor". Ike's wife has meanwhile gone to her ex-husband, a cop who is out for Ike's blood believing him to be a simple psycho hiding behind a false persona--until he mentions to the Chief that Ike claimed his name was J.D. Walker, a man who was not only real, but had died over 30 years ago. J.D. was a hustler who ran numbers during World War II as well as a black-market meat plant where he was murdered by Theotis Bliss after witnessing the murder of his own sister, Betty Jo, at his hands because of her derisive chiding of him and threatening to expose the secret she held about her baby daughter. After being discovered over Betty Jo's lifeless body with her blood on his hand, Elijah Bliss (Gossett Jr.), Betty Jo's husband and the believed father of her child (and younger, submissive brother of Theotis), accused J.D of being the killer and J.D was gunned down on the spot by Theotis to cover up the event. Following Theotis to the old factory, Elijah finally learns the truth before getting into a struggle with Theotis for his gun, during which the weapon discharges and kills Theotis while Ike watches and laughs maniacally as the event plays out. His business complete, J.D. appears to leave Ike's body and thanks to Elijah's testimony, he is allowed to go free to rejoin his wife and friends waiting for him outside.
Linda Lovelace for President (1975)
, 1h35Genres Comedy, Documentary
Actors Linda Lovelace, Micky Dolenz, Scatman Crothers, Joe E. Ross, Jack DeLeon, Vaughn Meader
Roles Executive Producer
Rating42%
A committee of independent U.S. political party leaders have gathered to join forces and select a candidate for the upcoming presidential election. One of the committee members flippantly suggests nominating Linda Lovelace. The committee approaches the porn star, who agrees to be the flag bearer of the newly formed Upright Party. Lovelace’s campaign takes her on a cross-country tour, where she meets voters in stops ranging from crowded big cities to isolated rural towns. Lovelace’s popularity, however, threatens the Washington, D.C., establishment, and her political rivals dispatch a hit man known as The Assassinator to bring a fatal end to the Lovelace campaign.
Friday Foster (1975)
, 1h29Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Pam Grier, Carl Weathers, Eartha Kitt, Paul Benjamin, Thalmus Rasulala, Yaphet Kotto
Roles Producer
Rating59%
Friday Foster (Grier) is a ex-magazine model turned magazine photographer who refuses to heed her boss's admonitions against becoming involved in the stories to which she is assigned. After witnessing an assassination attempt on the nation's wealthiest African American Blake Tarr (Thalmus Rasulala) and then seeing her best friend Cloris Boston (Miles) murdered, Friday finds herself targeted for death. She teams up with private detective Colt Hawkins (Kotto) to investigate, and soon the two are hot on the trail of a plot to eliminate the country's African-American political leadership.
Detroit 9000 (1973)
, 1h46Directed by Arthur Marks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Rudy Challenger, Scatman Crothers, Hari Rhodes, Alex Rocco, Vonetta McGee, Herbert Jefferson, Jr.
Roles Producer
Rating62%
Street-smart white detective Danny Bassett (Alex Rocco) teams with educated black detective Sgt. Jesse Williams (Hari Rhodes) to investigate a theft of $400,000 at a fund-raiser for Representative Aubrey Hale Clayton (Rudy Challenger).
Director
Jungle Jim (1948)
, 1h11Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Virginia Grey, George Reeves, Rick Vallin, Holmes Herbert
Roles Assistant Director
Rating56%
This is the first adventure of Jungle Jim, an African guide and hunter.