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Joe Eszterhas is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 23 november 1944 at Csákánydoroszló (Hongrie)
József A. "Joe" Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian-American writer, offspring of the famous aristocratic House of Esterházy. He has worked on 16 films that have grossed approximately one billion dollars. He has also written several non-fiction books, including an autobiography entitled Hollywood Animal.
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Birth name Josef Eszterhas
Nationality USA
Birth 23 november 1944 (79 years) at Csákánydoroszló (Hongrie)
Nationality USA
Birth 23 november 1944 (79 years) at Csákánydoroszló (Hongrie)
József A. "Joe" Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian-American writer, offspring of the famous aristocratic House of Esterházy. He has worked on 16 films that have grossed approximately one billion dollars. He has also written several non-fiction books, including an autobiography entitled Hollywood Animal.
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Joe Eszterhas est né en Hongrie et fut élevé dans sa prime jeunesse dans un camp de réfugiés en Autriche. Ses parents émigrèrent ensuite aux États-Unis, d'abord à New York, puis à Cleveland dans l'Ohio.Best films
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The Tobacco Conspiracy (2006)
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Actors Joe Eszterhas
Roles Himself
Rating72%
Plus de 3 ans d'enquête ont permis à Nadia Collot de démontrer comment l'industrie du tabac parvient à conserver voire à accroître sa toute puissance au détriment de la santé publique. La réalisatrice nous entraîne en Amérique du nord, Europe et en Afrique pour mieux décrypter cette grande conspiration à l'échelle mondiale, entre manipulation scientifique, subversion commerciale et stratégie économique. Voyage au cœur du cartel de la nicotine...
, 1h26Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Leslie Stefanson
Roles Joe Eszterhas
Rating35%
A director by the name of Alan Smithee has been allowed to direct Trio, a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Jackie Chan. The studio recuts the film, and when Smithee sees the results (which he describes as being "worse than Showgirls"), he wants to disown the film. However, since his name is also the pseudonym used by Hollywood when someone does not want to have their name attached to a bad film, he steals the film and flees, threatening to destroy the film by burning it.
Jackie Chan: My Story (1998)
, 1h14Directed by Jackie Chan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone, Michelle Yeoh, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, John Woo
Roles lui-même
Rating68%
Ce documentaire retrace la vie de Jackie Chan exposée par lui-même.
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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Charlotte Rampling, Hugh Dancy, Heathcote Williams
Roles Author
Rating44%
Set in London, the film opens with American best-selling author Catherine Tramell in a speeding car with her companion, Kevin Franks, a famous English football star. Tramell takes the man's hand and begins masturbating with it, all the while increasing her vehicle's speed. At the point of orgasm, Tramell veers off the road and crashes into the West India Docks in Canary Wharf. She attempts to save her partner but, as she says while being questioned by the police, "When it came down to it, I guess my life was more important to me than his".
Children of Glory (2006)
, 2h3Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films
Actors Kata Dobó, Iván Fenyő, Sándor Csányi, Ildikó Bánsági, Daniel Gabori
Rating68%
Children of Glory commemorates Hungary's Revolution of 1956 and the Blood in the Water match. Taking place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year, the film takes viewers into the passion and sadness of one of the most dramatic popular revolts of the twentieth century. In the same year Soviet tanks were violently suppressing the Revolution within Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over Russia in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what is sometimes described as the bloodiest water polo match in history. While telling the story of 1956 in part through fictional lead characters, the film-makers simultaneously recreated many of the key public events of the Revolution, including the huge demonstrations and the fighting in the streets of Budapest.
, 1h26Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Leslie Stefanson
Roles Writer
Rating35%
A director by the name of Alan Smithee has been allowed to direct Trio, a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Jackie Chan. The studio recuts the film, and when Smithee sees the results (which he describes as being "worse than Showgirls"), he wants to disown the film. However, since his name is also the pseudonym used by Hollywood when someone does not want to have their name attached to a bad film, he steals the film and flees, threatening to destroy the film by burning it.
Telling Lies in America (1997)
, 1h41Directed by Guy Ferland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Calista Flockhart, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Luke Wilson, Maximilian Schell
Rating61%
Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro) is a 17-year-old high-school student (who emigrated from Hungary 7 years earlier) trying to find his way in the world. He meets radio personality Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) who takes him under his wing. However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time.
One Night Stand (1997)
, 1h42Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na Wen, Robert Downey Jr., Marcus T. Paulk
Rating58%
The film is narrated by Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes). Max lives in Los Angeles, where he has a successful career directing television commercials and is happily married to Mimi (Ming-Na), with whom he has two children. While visiting New York City, Max meets Karen (Nastassja Kinski) by chance after missing a flight; circumstances keep bringing them together over the course of the evening, and they end up spending the night together. When he returns home, Max seems distant and unhappy, though Mimi can't tell why and Max won't say. A year later, Max and Mimi fly to New York to visit his close friend Charlie (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is near death from AIDS. Max meets Charlie's brother Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan) and is introduced to his new wife—Karen. Facing Karen sends Max into an emotional tailspin, and he realizes that he must tell Mimi the truth about his indiscretion.
Showgirls (1995)
, 2h11Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Dance films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films, Striptease
Actors Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Bobbie Phillips
Roles Writer
Rating51%
Nomi Malone is a young drifter who hitchhikes to Las Vegas hoping to make it as a showgirl. After being cheated of her money by her driver, Nomi meets Molly Abrams, a seamstress and costume designer who takes her in as a roommate. Molly invites Nomi backstage at Goddess, the Stardust Casino show where she works, to meet Cristal Connors, the diva star of the topless dance revue. When Nomi tells Cristal she dances at Cheetah's Topless Club, Cristal derisively tells her that what she does is akin to prostitution. When Nomi is too upset to go to work that night, Molly takes her dancing at The Crave Club. After getting into a fight with James, a bouncer at the club, Nomi is arrested. James bails her out of jail, but she pays him little notice.
Jade (1995)
, 1h31Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film
Actors David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna, Angie Everhart, Michael Biehn
Rating53%
San Francisco Assistant District Attorney David Corelli (Caruso) is called to the murder scene of prominent businessman Kyle Medford, found stabbed to death in his home by an antique hatchet. Police detectives Bob Hargrove and Petey Vesko find photographs in Medford's safe of Governor Lew Edwards (Crenna) having sex with a prostitute, later identified as Patrice Jacinto. During questioning, Patrice reveals that she and other women were paid by Medford to have sex with wealthy men at his beach house in Pacifica. She also informs them that the most desired prostitute among the clients was a woman known only as "Jade.
Nowhere to Run (1993)
, 1h34Directed by Peter MacDonald, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine, Joss Ackland, Edward Blatchford
Roles Story
Rating57%
Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a Québécois convict in the United States who escapes from Federal custody with the aid of his bank-robbing partner. In their last heist, Sam's partner killed a bank guard, a crime for which Sam was ultimately convicted. Sam's partner is killed in the break, forcing Sam to continue on alone. He sets up camp on a piece of farmland owned by Clydie Anderson (Rosanna Arquette), the widowed mother of two kids, Mike (nicknamed "Mookie") (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman).
Sliver (1993)
, 1h49Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, CCH Pounder, Martin Landau
Rating51%
Carly Norris (Sharon Stone) moves into an exclusive New York residential building, not long after the previous tenant, Naomi Singer, falls to her death from her balcony. She immediately crosses paths with other tenants including the handsome Zeke (William Baldwin).
Basic Instinct (1992)
, 2h7Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Assassinat, Films about writers, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Ashlyn Gere, Denis Arndt
Rating70%
A retired rock star, Johnny Boz, is stabbed to death with an ice pick during sex by a mysterious blonde woman at his apartment. Homicide detective Nick Curran investigates, and the only suspect is Catherine Tramell, Boz's bisexual girlfriend and a crime novelist who has written a novel that mirrors the crime. It is concluded that Catherine herself did it or someone who is trying to frame her out of spite. Tramell is uncooperative and taunting in the investigation, smoking in the interrogation room and exposing her bare genitalia in front of the officers. She presents alibis and passes a lie detector test. Nick discovers that Catherine has a habit of befriending murderers, including her girlfriend Roxy, who is later shown to have murdered several young boys on impulse, and Hazel Dobkins, who murdered her family.
City of Joy (1992)
, 2h12Directed by Roland Joffé, Paul Verhoeven
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Art Malik, Pauline Collins, Iftekhar
Rating65%
Hasari Pal (Om Puri) is a rural farmer who moves to Calcutta with his wife (Shabana Azmi) and three children in search of a better life. The Pals do not get off to a very good start: They are cheated out of their rent money and thrown out on the streets, and it's difficult for Hasari to find a job to support them. But the determined family refuses to give up and eventually finds its place in the poverty-stricken city.
Checking Out (1989)
, 1h36Directed by David Leland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeff Daniels, Melanie Mayron, Michael Tucker, Kathleen York, Ann Magnuson, Allan Havey
Roles Writer
Rating47%
Ray Macklin (Daniels) is obsessed with his own mortality. When a close friend suddenly dies of a heart attack at a barbecue, Ray becomes convinced that every ache, pain and twinge he experiences is a sign of his own impending death. His unjustified fears lead him into ever more extensive hypochondria.