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Dan Gordon is a Director, Scriptwriter and Executive producer American

Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon
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Nationality USA

Dan Gordon is an American writer noted for his film and television work.

Best films

The Hurricane (1999)
(Scriptwriter)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
(Scriptwriter)

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Dan Gordon
Dan Gordon
(6 films)
Neal Israel
Neal Israel
(1 films)
Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
(1 films)
Annabeth Gish
Annabeth Gish
(2 films)
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Filmography of Dan Gordon (15 films)

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Director

Expecting Mary, 1h37
Directed by Dan Gordon, Dan Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Cloris Leachman, Della Reese, Olesya Rulin
Rating56% 2.8079552.8079552.8079552.8079552.807955
Mary (Olesya Rulin) is a 16-year-old girl who is 8 months pregnant. She had all the trappings of an upscale life, but ran away from her mother Meg (Cybill Shepherd) and stepfather Phil Cuthbart (Duncan Bravo). It's only when she finds herself in a small New Mexico town in a downtrodden trailer park where she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice, and family.

Scriptwriter

Rambo: Last Blood, 1h29
Directed by Adrian Grünberg, Adrian Grünberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Joaquín Cosío, Louis Mandylor
Roles Screenstory
Rating61% 3.0565353.0565353.0565353.0565353.056535
Onze ans après les évènements en Birmanie, John Rambo vit dans l'ancien ranch de son père à Bowie, dans le comté de Cochise dans l'Arizona. Il gère les lieux avec sa vieille amie Maria Beltran et sa petite-fille, Gabrielle. Cette dernière se rend au Mexique, pensant y rencontrer son père biologique, mais elle est kidnappée par un Cartel de la drogue mexicain. Rambo va alors tenter de la sauver.
Expecting Mary, 1h37
Directed by Dan Gordon, Dan Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Cloris Leachman, Della Reese, Olesya Rulin
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.8079552.8079552.8079552.8079552.807955
Mary (Olesya Rulin) is a 16-year-old girl who is 8 months pregnant. She had all the trappings of an upscale life, but ran away from her mother Meg (Cybill Shepherd) and stepfather Phil Cuthbart (Duncan Bravo). It's only when she finds herself in a small New Mexico town in a downtrodden trailer park where she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice, and family.
The Celestine Prophecy, 1h39
Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jürgen Prochnow, Annabeth Gish, Héctor Elizondo
Rating48% 2.4050852.4050852.4050852.4050852.405085
À l'origine, un manuscrit fabuleux rédigé 600 ans avant Jésus Christ et une prophétie : notre société va subir un grand bouleversement. Intrigué, le héros de cette histoire s'envole pour le Pérou à la recherche du mystérieux grimoire, objet de toutes les convoitises, qui va transformer sa vie. Commence alors une aventure magique et enchanteresse, une dangereuse initiation : une quête en neuf étapes qui le mène au sommet des Andes au coeur de la forêt amazonienne sur la voie des révélations de la vie..
The Hurricane, 2h25
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films about capital punishment, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya
Rating75% 3.798593.798593.798593.798593.79859
The film tells the story of middleweight boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whose conviction for a Paterson, New Jersey triple murder was set aside after he had spent nearly 20 years in prison. Narrating Carter's life, the film concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1985. It describes his fight against the conviction for triple murder and how he copes with nearly twenty years in prison.
Terror in the Mall, 1h25
Directed by Norberto Barba
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Rob Estes, Shannon Sturges, David Soul, Kai Wiesinger, Angeline Ball, Danny Webb
Roles Teleplay
Rating42% 2.130522.130522.130522.130522.13052
Un groupe de personnes est piégé dans un centre commercial désert lors d'une inondation, avec un prisonnier évadé.
The Assignment, 1h59
Directed by Christian Duguay
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Céline Bonnier, Leni Parker
Rating67% 3.39623.39623.39623.39623.3962
The film opens to the sounds of a couple having sex. Afterwards, Carlos the Jackal (Aidan Quinn) kills a spider in its web with his cigarette and evicts the woman (Lucie Laurier) from his room because he claims he has work to do. He is seen donning a disguise, and he walks to a cafe where CIA officer Jack Shaw (Donald Sutherland) is sitting at a table outdoors. He recognizes Shaw and asks for a light. Shaw does not recognize Carlos, because of his disguise, but he turns to watch Carlos enter the cafe. He watches as Carlos detonates a grenade, killing dozens of people.
Murder in the First, 2h2
Directed by Marc Rocco
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, Brad Dourif, William H. Macy
Rating72% 3.648753.648753.648753.648753.64875
As a 17-year-old orphan, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon), steals $5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister, both of whom are destitute. He is apprehended by the store clerk, and his sister is sent to an orphanage. Because that grocery store also housed a U.S. Post Office his crime becomes a federal offense. Young never sees his sister again and is sentenced to Leavenworth Penitentiary, Kansas. After later being transferred to Alcatraz, he participates in an escape attempt with two other prisoners.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp (1994)
, 3h11
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, JoBeth Williams, David Andrews, Linden Ashby
Rating67% 3.350273.350273.350273.350273.35027
A teenage Wyatt Earp lives on the family farm. His older brothers, Virgil and James, are away at war serving with the Union Army. Wyatt dreams of war, and packs some belongings, bids his younger brothers & sisters goodbye, and attempts to run away, intending to lie about his age and join the Union Army. He doesn't make it off the farm before his father catches him and forces him to return home. A short while later, both brothers return home at the war's end, with James gravely wounded. Shortly afterwards, the family moves west. It is during this move that Wyatt first sees a man killed, shot during a gunfight. He gets sick at the sight, and vomits.
Nowhere to Hide, 1h36
Directed by Bobby Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Rosanna Arquette, Scott Bakula, Max Pomeranc, Clifton Powell, Richmond Arquette, Chris Mulkey
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.8099152.8099152.8099152.8099152.809915
Sarah Blake a manqué périr au cours d'un attentat. Selon l'agent fédéral Kevin Nicholas, le coupable serait l'une des connaissances de Sarah, voire un intime, et le commanditaire, un puissant syndicat du crime. Sarah n'a plus qu'une solution : se réfugier, avec son jeune fils Sam, dans le giron du service de protection de témoins. Sa vie devient un enfer. La mort peut surgir à tout moment, de toutes parts et même ses proches les plus aimés peuvent se changer, en une fraction de seconde, en messager de mort et de haine...
Passenger 57, 1h20
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Alex Datcher, Bruce Greenwood, Elizabeth Hurley
Roles Story
Rating59% 2.9505652.9505652.9505652.9505652.950565
International psychopath terrorist Charles Rane (Bruce Payne), known as "The Rane of Terror", is caught by the FBI and local authorities just as he is about to receive plastic surgery to alter his features. The FBI make plans to return Rane to Los Angeles aboard a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar passenger aircraft for him to stand trial.
Gotcha!
Gotcha! (1985)
, 1h37
Directed by Jeff Kanew
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Jsu Garcia, Alex Rocco, Marla Adams, Klaus Löwitsch
Roles Story
Rating61% 3.097193.097193.097193.097193.09719
UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Tank
Tank (1984)
, 1h53
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film
Actors James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Jenilee Harrison, G. D. Spradlin, James Cromwell
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.8507452.8507452.8507452.8507452.850745
US Army Command Sergeant Major Zack Carey (played by Garner) is about to retire from the military after taking his last post, in rural Georgia (loosely based on Fort Benning and filmed there, as well as the small town of Zebulon, GA). Despite being offered possibility of becoming Sergeant Major of the Army, he insists he just wishes to finish his tour and retire in peace to spend time with his family. Several years earlier, his older son, an active duty soldier, had been killed in an Army training accident, and his relationship with his only surviving son, Billy (played by Howell), is strained. He is shown to be a tough but fair NCO, who quickly earns the respect and admiration of his troops.
Tank
Tank (1984)
, 1h53
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier, Jenilee Harrison, James Cromwell
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.8507452.8507452.8507452.8507452.850745
Après avoir quitté l'Armée, un adjudant-chef se retrouve aux prises avec un shérif...