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Norman Mailer is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor American born on 31 january 1923 at Long Branch (USA)

Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer
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Birth name Norman Kingsley Mailer
Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1923 at Long Branch (USA)
Death 10 november 2007 (at 84 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate. His first novel was The Naked and the Dead, published in 1948. His best work was widely considered to be The Executioner's Song, which was published in 1979, and for which he won one of his two Pulitzer Prizes. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Mailer's book Armies of the Night was awarded the National Book Award.

Along with the likes of Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism, which superimposes the style and devices of literary fiction onto fact-based journalism.

Mailer was also known for his essays, the most renowned of which was The White Negro. He was a major cultural commentator and critic, both through his novels, his journalism, his essays and his frequent media appearances.

In 1955, Mailer and three others founded The Village Voice, an arts and politics oriented weekly newspaper distributed in Greenwich Village.

Biography

Fils d'Isaac Barnett, un comptable juif originaire d'Afrique du Sud, et de Fanny Schneider, gestionnaire d'une agence de femmes de ménage, Norman Kingsley Mailer grandit à Crown Heights, dans le quartier de Brooklyn (New York). Il entre à l'université Harvard en 1939 où il étudie l'ingénierie aéronautique. Il en sortira titulaire d'un titre de Bachelor of arts cum laude et s'y découvre un intérêt pour l'écriture, publiant sa première histoire à dix-huit ans. Norman Mailer fut enrôlé dans l'armée américaine début 1944. Sa participation à la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le Pacifique Sud, aux Philippines, fut lointaine (il termina son engagement comme cuisinier au Japon).

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Filmography of Norman Mailer (15 films)

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Actor

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers
Actors Gore Vidal, Burr Steers, Tim Robbins, Sting, David Mamet, Norman Mailer
Rating76% 3.840273.840273.840273.840273.84027
The film is a commentary on Gore Vidal's professional and personal life, and the impact he had in art and politics. It includes exclusive interviews with Vidal, as well as figures such as Burr Steers and Christopher Hitchens.
Inside Deep Throat, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Pornographic
Themes Films about films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Films about pornography, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Political films, Documentary films about films
Actors Dennis Hopper, Peter Bart, Warren Beatty, John Waters, Tony Bill, Gore Vidal
Roles Self
Rating66% 3.34763.34763.34763.34763.3476
Considéré comme le film le plus rentable de tous les temps, Gorge profonde fut bien plus qu'une curiosité pour adultes et une réussite financière. Sorti en 1972, au moment où les Etats-Unis découvraient les mouvements pour la libération sexuelle et les valeurs de la contre-culture, ce film au contenu sexuellement explicite déclencha une tempête sociale et politique sans précédent. Gorge profonde devint un phénomène culturel majeur, dont l'impact se ressent encore aujourd'hui. Plus de trente ans après les scandales provoqués par ce classique du cinéma porno, le documentaire Inside Deep throat examine l'incroyable abîme entre les modestes intentions des créateurs du film et l'héritage qu'ils ont involontairement laissé.
Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Norman Mailer
Rating66% 3.341693.341693.341693.341693.34169
Tobias Schneebaum, artiste gay controversé, est connu pour son livre autobiographique “Keep the River on your Right“, relatant son expérience au Pérou. En 1955, Tobias Schneebaum entame son voyage, aux confins de la civilisation, durant lequel il participe aux rituels sexuels d’une tribu cannibale. Présumé mort, il finit par ressortir de la jungle un an plus tard. Ce documentaire suit Tobias, de retour au Pérou, 45 ans après son irréelle expérience, prêt à affronter ses cauchemars si longtemps occultés et filme ses retrouvailles étonnamment touchantes avec son ancien ami et partenaire sexuel.
When We Were Kings, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Documentary films about sports, Le boxe anglaise
Actors George Plimpton, Spike Lee, Norman Mailer, Malick Bowens, Miriam Makeba, Drew Bundini Brown
Roles Self
Rating78% 3.948043.948043.948043.948043.94804
En 1974, à Kinshasa, capitale du Zaïre, a lieu une rencontre historique entre les deux poids lourds les plus reputés des Etats-Unis, Mohammed Ali, alias Cassius Clay, et George Foreman. A trente-deux ans, Ali va tenter de reconquérir le titre de champion du monde face à Foreman, vingt-cinq ans, auréolé de ses victoires sur Frazier et Norton. Le 30 octobre, le stade de Kinshasa ouvre ses grilles à 4 heures du matin.
King Lear
King Lear (1987)
, 1h30
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy, Jean-Luc Godard
Roles The Great Writer
Rating54% 2.70852.70852.70852.70852.7085
L'écrivain Norman Mailer doit écrire une nouvelle version du Roi Lear de William Shakespeare. L'histoire se déroule après la catastrophe survenue à Tchernobyl, la vie est revenue à la normale, mais l'art n'existe plus. William Shakespeare junior, cinquième du nom, se lance alors à la recherche d'oeuvres disparues. Il découvre un ponte de la mafia, Don Learo, et sa fille, Cordelia, qui entretiennent des rapports conflictuels.
Ragtime
Ragtime (1981)
, 2h35
Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique
Actors James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Howard Rollins
Roles Stanford White
Rating72% 3.6469253.6469253.6469253.6469253.646925
The film begins with a newsreel montage, depicting celebrities of the turn of the 20th century such as Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, and the architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer), as well as life in New York. The newsreel is accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.). The millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy), who makes a scene when White's latest creation, a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is unveiled. The model for the statue is Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), a former chorus girl who is now Thaw's wife. Thaw becomes convinced White has corrupted Evelyn and humiliated him, and publicly shoots White, killing him.
Maidstone
Maidstone (1971)
, 1h50
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Isabelle Collin-Dufresne, Harris Yulin, Penelope Milford, Lane Smith
Roles Norman T. Kingsley
Rating47% 2.380632.380632.380632.380632.38063
Famous film director Norman Kingsley (Norman Mailer) runs for President while working on his latest film project. His brother Raoul (Rip Torn) continues to cling to him for his money.
Wild 90
Wild 90 (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mickey Knox, Norman Mailer, D. A. Pennebaker
Roles Prince
Rating37% 1.8652951.8652951.8652951.8652951.865295
A trio of Mafia gangsters – The Prince (Norman Mailer), Cameo (Buzz Farbar) and Twenty Years (Mickey Knox)—are hiding in a warehouse. They have surrounded themselves with guns and liquor, and they kill time by joking and bickering with scatological language. But as their isolation from the world progresses, their drinking and arguing intensifies. They are briefly visited by a man with a barking dog—the canine is silenced when The Prince outbarks him—and by two women, one of whom gives The Prince a knife for committing suicide. The police arrive at the warehouse and the gangsters are taken away.

Director

Tough Guys Don't Dance, 1h50
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser, Lawrence Tierney, John Bedford Lloyd
Rating49% 2.454092.454092.454092.454092.45409
Writer Tim Madden, who is prone to blackouts, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a bloodbath in his car,then sees a woman's severed head in his marijuana stash, and the new Provincetown, Massachusetts police chief, Luther Regency, shacked up with his former girlfriend Madeleine.
Maidstone
Maidstone (1971)
, 1h50
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Isabelle Collin-Dufresne, Harris Yulin, Penelope Milford, Lane Smith
Rating47% 2.380632.380632.380632.380632.38063
Famous film director Norman Kingsley (Norman Mailer) runs for President while working on his latest film project. His brother Raoul (Rip Torn) continues to cling to him for his money.
Wild 90
Wild 90 (1968)
, 1h30
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mickey Knox, Norman Mailer, D. A. Pennebaker
Rating37% 1.8652951.8652951.8652951.8652951.865295
A trio of Mafia gangsters – The Prince (Norman Mailer), Cameo (Buzz Farbar) and Twenty Years (Mickey Knox)—are hiding in a warehouse. They have surrounded themselves with guns and liquor, and they kill time by joking and bickering with scatological language. But as their isolation from the world progresses, their drinking and arguing intensifies. They are briefly visited by a man with a barking dog—the canine is silenced when The Prince outbarks him—and by two women, one of whom gives The Prince a knife for committing suicide. The police arrive at the warehouse and the gangsters are taken away.

Scriptwriter

King Lear
King Lear (1987)
, 1h30
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy, Jean-Luc Godard
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.70852.70852.70852.70852.7085
L'écrivain Norman Mailer doit écrire une nouvelle version du Roi Lear de William Shakespeare. L'histoire se déroule après la catastrophe survenue à Tchernobyl, la vie est revenue à la normale, mais l'art n'existe plus. William Shakespeare junior, cinquième du nom, se lance alors à la recherche d'oeuvres disparues. Il découvre un ponte de la mafia, Don Learo, et sa fille, Cordelia, qui entretiennent des rapports conflictuels.
Tough Guys Don't Dance, 1h50
Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser, Lawrence Tierney, John Bedford Lloyd
Roles Writer
Rating49% 2.454092.454092.454092.454092.45409
Writer Tim Madden, who is prone to blackouts, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a bloodbath in his car,then sees a woman's severed head in his marijuana stash, and the new Provincetown, Massachusetts police chief, Luther Regency, shacked up with his former girlfriend Madeleine.