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Dede Allen is a Executive Producer and Editor American born on 3 december 1925 at Cincinnati (USA)

Dede Allen

Dede Allen
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Birth name Dorothea Carothers Allen
Nationality USA
Birth 3 december 1925 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 17 april 2010 (at 84 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Dorothea Carothers "Dede" Allen (December 3, 1923 – April 17, 2010) was an American film editor, well-known "film editing doctor" to the major American movie studios, and one of cinema's all-time celebrated 'auteur' film editors.

Allen is known for having edited classic films such as The Hustler (1961), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Reds (1982). She had an extended collaboration (1967–1976) with director Arthur Penn, and over the years had worked with other distinguished directors including Sidney Lumet, Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, and George Roy Hill. She was a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Best films

The Addams Family (1991)
(Editor)
John Q (2002)
(Editor)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
(Editor)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
(Editor)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
(Editor)
Reds (1981)
(Executive Producer)

Usually with

Dick Vorisek
Dick Vorisek
(11 films)
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
(2 films)
Paul Newman
Paul Newman
(4 films)
Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dede Allen (30 films)

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Production

Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.6471253.6471253.6471253.6471253.647125
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.

Editor

Fireflies in the Garden, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Julia Roberts, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hayden Panettiere
Roles Editor
Rating63% 3.1979853.1979853.1979853.1979853.197985
Set in the present with extensive flash-backs to the past, this film revolves around two generations of an extended family: domineering father, English professor Charles (Willem Dafoe), his wife Lisa (Julia Roberts), their son Michael (young: Cayden Boyd; adult: Ryan Reynolds) and daughter Ryne (Shannon Lucio); as well as Lisa's (much younger) sister Jane (young: Hayden Panettiere; adult: Emily Watson), her husband Jimmy (George Newbern), their son Christopher (Chase Ellison) and daughter Leslie (Brooklynn Proulx). Included in the family mix is Michael's ex-wife Kelly (Carrie-Anne Moss).
Have Dreams, Will Travel, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Cayden Boyd, AnnaSophia Robb, Lara Flynn Boyle, Matthew Modine, Heather Graham, Dylan McDermott
Roles Editor
Rating71% 3.5970253.5970253.5970253.5970253.597025
A boy named Ben Reynolds (Cayden Boyd) lives with his parents, who, for the most part, ignore him. One day, a car accident occurs near their home. Cass Kennington (AnnaSophia Robb), a girl around Ben's age, survives, but her parents both die in the crash. Cass stays in the Reynolds' house while she recovers, and she and Ben develop a romantic relationship. The two soon decide to leave and set off on their own with a suitcase and some money. Ben and Cass get "married" while staying at someone's farm. Their journey eventually takes them to Cass' aunt and uncle, where Cass suffers a nervous breakdown and gets taken to a psychiatric ward. Ben breaks into the place at night, and Cass reveals to him that she caused the car accident that killed her parents because she was being abused by her father. Ben convinces her to leave with him, and the couple spends the rest of their lives together.
The Final Cut, 1h35
Directed by Omar Naim
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films set in the future
Actors Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, Jim Caviezel, Mimi Kuzyk, Stephanie Romanov, Genevieve Buechner
Roles Editor
Rating60% 3.0493353.0493353.0493353.0493353.049335
A brief introduction describes "cutters", who edit the collected memories of the recently dead into feature length memorials that are viewed by loved ones at funerals. Their code forbids them to have the requisite implant or to sell memories.
John Q
John Q (2002)
, 1h56
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Kimberly Elise, Ray Liotta
Roles Editor
Rating70% 3.549933.549933.549933.549933.54993
Beginning scene start off with a woman driving on a road and she gets into a car crash with a truck driver killing her. John Quincy Archibald and his wife Denise witness their young son Michael collapse at his baseball game. After a series of tests at the hospital, John is informed by Dr. Raymond Turner and Rebecca Payne, a hospital administrator, that Michael has an enlarged heart and will need a transplant. Because the company he works for dropped John from full-time to part-time, his health insurance has been changed, and the new policy does not cover the surgery, leaving them to raise $75,000 to get their son's name on the donor list. The family tries to raise the money but are only able to come up with a third of the necessary payment. The hospital tires of waiting and releases Michael; Denise urges John to do something. Unwilling to let his child die, John walks into the hospital ER with a handgun, gathers hostages, and sets demands: his son's name on the recipient list as soon as possible. The hostage negotiator, Lt. Frank Grimes, stands down to let John cool off.
Wonder Boys, 1h51
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey Jr., Rip Torn
Roles Editor
Rating71% 3.5982453.5982453.5982453.5982453.598245
Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) is a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh university (the movie was shot chiefly in and around Carnegie Mellon). He is having an affair with the university chancellor, Sara Gaskell (Frances McDormand), whose husband, Walter (Richard Thomas), is the chairman of the English department in which Grady is a professor. Grady's third wife, Emily, has just left him, and he has failed to repeat the grand success of his first novel, published years earlier. He continues to labor on a second novel, but the more he tries to finish it the less able he finds himself to invent a satisfactory ending. The book runs to over two and a half thousand pages and is still far from finished. He spends his free time smoking marijuana.
The Addams Family, 1h39
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Editor
Rating69% 3.451773.451773.451773.451773.45177
Gomez Addams laments the 25-year absence of his brother Fester, who disappeared after the two had a falling-out. Gomez's lawyer Tully Alford owes money to loan shark Abigail Craven, and notices that her son Gordon closely resembles Fester. Tully proposes that Gordon pose as Fester to infiltrate the Addams household and find the hidden vault where they keep their vast riches. Tully and his wife Margaret attend a séance at the Addams home led by Grandmama in which the family tries to contact Fester's spirit. Gordon arrives, posing as Fester, while Abigail poses as psychiatrist Dr. Pinder-Schloss and tells the family that Fester had been lost in the Bermuda Triangle for the past 25 years.
Henry & June, 2h23
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Richard E. Grant, Maria de Medeiros, Kevin Spacey, Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Roles Editor
Rating62% 3.1489653.1489653.1489653.1489653.148965
The story takes place in and around Paris, France in 1931. The story told is one of a love triangle between the Millers and Anaïs Nin. She is in a stable relationship with her husband Hugo, but longs for more out of life. When Nin first meets Henry Miller, he is working on his first novel. Nin is drawn to Miller and his wife June, as well as their bohemian lifestyle. Nin becomes involved in the couple's tormented relationship, having an affair with Miller and also pursuing June. Ultimately, Nin helps Miller to publish his novel, Tropic of Cancer, but catalyzes the Millers' separation, while she returns to Hugo.
Let It Ride, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, David Johansen, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly, Allen Garfield, Robbie Coltrane
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.3967053.3967053.3967053.3967053.396705
Jay Trotter drives a cab. His friend Looney, also a cab driver, has a secret microphone in his taxi to record his passengers' conversations. Looney has a tape of two men talking about a horse race and how one of the horses, due to some unethical practice by its owner, is a sure thing to win big. Jay goes to the track to place a bet—despite the fact that the day before, he told his wife Pam that he would quit betting and be home to "start their marriage over" at noon. In the restroom of the bar next door, he prays to God, "Just one day, that's all I'm asking for, one day, I'm due." A man exiting the bathrooms says "Ya? So's Jesus. Let it ride." Jay promptly places a $50 bet. The horse wins in a photo finish and pays $28.40 to win (earning him $710).
The Milagro Beanfield War, 1h57
Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Bradford, Rubén Blades, Sônia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.397033.397033.397033.397033.39703
Nearly 500 residents of the agricultural community of Milagro in the mountains of northern New Mexico face a crisis when politicians and business interests make a backroom deal to usurp the town's water in order to pave the way for a land buy-out. Due to the new laws, Joe Mondragon is unable to make a living farming because he is not allowed to divert water from an irrigation ditch that runs past his property.
Off Beat
Off Beat (1986)
, 1h26
Directed by Carey Loftin, Michael Dinner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy
Actors Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Fyvush Finkel
Roles Editor
Rating50% 2.5067952.5067952.5067952.5067952.506795
Joe Gower is a likable librarian who glides around his job on roller skates. He has a strict boss, Mr. Pepper, and a good friend who's a cop, Abe Washington.
The Breakfast Club, 1h37
Directed by John Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Teen movie
Actors Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy
Roles Editor
Rating77% 3.8995253.8995253.8995253.8995253.899525
On Saturday, March 24, 1984, five students report at 7:00 a.m. for all-day detention at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois. While not complete strangers, each of them comes from a different clique, and they seem to have nothing in common: the beautiful and pampered Claire Standish, the state champion wrestler Andrew Clarke, the bookish Brian Johnson, the reclusive outcast Allison Reynolds, and the rebellious John Bender.
Harry and Son, 2h
Directed by Paul Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Wilford Brimley, Ossie Davis
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.9030552.9030552.9030552.9030552.903055
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle, devoted to a dead-end part-time job, surfing, chasing girls, and hot-tubbing while he dreams of becoming the next Ernest Hemingway. Harry also has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina because he dislikes her husband, an insurance salesman.
Mike's Murder, 1h49
Directed by James Bridges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Debra Winger, Paul Winfield, Darrell Larson, Dan Shor, William Ostrander, Freeman King
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.900732.900732.900732.900732.90073
In Los Angeles, bank teller Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) has a one-night stand with a young tennis instructor named Mike (Mark Keyloun), but then has only random contact with him over the course of the next two years.
Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Editor
Rating72% 3.6471253.6471253.6471253.6471253.647125
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.