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Peter Stone is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 27 february 1930 at Los Angeles (USA)
Peter Hess Stone (February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was an American writer for theater, television and movies.
Il grandit à Beverly Hills, et aime aller voir les pièces en tournée à Los Angeles. Avec dans l'idée d'écrire pour le théâtre, il fait ses études au Bard College, à New York, ce qui lui permet d'aller souvent voir les pièces et les comédies musicales de Broadway.
Il poursuit ses études à l'Université Yale, et obtient en 1953 un diplôme d'art dramatique. Les années suivantes, il devient journaliste spécialisé dans les spectacles, et part vivre en France, où sa mère a déménagé après son divorce avec John Stone. Il est suffisamment proche de son beau-père, l'agent littéraire George Marton, pour prendre parfois comme pseudonyme "Pierre Marton".
Au début des années 1960, il écrit pour la télévision et le cinéma. Il écrit ainsi le scénario du film Charade, et le succès de ce film lui permet d'être sous contrat avec Universal Studios. Dans le même temps, il écrit le livret de plusieurs comédies musicales à succès pour Broadway.
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 february 1930 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 26 april 2003 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship
Birth 27 february 1930 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 26 april 2003 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship
Biography
Peter Stone est le fils de John Stone , un ancien professeur d'histoire de New York devenu producteur de cinéma pour Twentieth Century Fox, sa mère Hilda ayant écrit plusieurs scénarios.Il grandit à Beverly Hills, et aime aller voir les pièces en tournée à Los Angeles. Avec dans l'idée d'écrire pour le théâtre, il fait ses études au Bard College, à New York, ce qui lui permet d'aller souvent voir les pièces et les comédies musicales de Broadway.
Il poursuit ses études à l'Université Yale, et obtient en 1953 un diplôme d'art dramatique. Les années suivantes, il devient journaliste spécialisé dans les spectacles, et part vivre en France, où sa mère a déménagé après son divorce avec John Stone. Il est suffisamment proche de son beau-père, l'agent littéraire George Marton, pour prendre parfois comme pseudonyme "Pierre Marton".
Au début des années 1960, il écrit pour la télévision et le cinéma. Il écrit ainsi le scénario du film Charade, et le succès de ce film lui permet d'être sous contrat avec Universal Studios. Dans le même temps, il écrit le livret de plusieurs comédies musicales à succès pour Broadway.
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Charade (1963)
, 1h53Directed by Marc Maurette, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Transport en Île-de-France, Métro parisien dans la culture populaire
Actors Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot
Roles Man in Elevator / Marine (voice) (uncredited)
Rating78%
Regina "Reggie" Lampert (Audrey Hepburn), on a skiing holiday in Megève, tells her friend Sylvie Gaudel (Dominique Minot) that she has decided to divorce her husband Charles. She then meets a charming stranger, Peter Joshua (Cary Grant). When she returns to Paris, her apartment is completely empty, and police inspector Edouard Grandpierre (Jacques Marin) notifies her that Charles has been murdered while leaving Paris. Reggie is given her husband's travel bag, containing a letter addressed to her, a ticket to Venezuela, passports in multiple names, and other items. At the funeral, three odd characters show up to view the body. One sticks the corpse with a pin and another places a mirror in front of the body's mouth and nose, both to verify that Charles is really dead.
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The Truth About Charlie (2002)
, 1h44Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Olga Sékulic, Tim Robbins, Françoise Bertin, Park Joong-hoon
Rating47%
British newlywed Regina Lambert lives in Paris with her husband, Charlie. She returns home following a short vacation, determined to divorce Charlie, only to discover their apartment has been stripped bare and that her husband has been murdered. Regina is soon reunited with a mysterious stranger she met on her holiday. He helps her piece together the truth about the deceased Charlie and deal with three menacing people who are now following her.
, 1h40Directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Rail transport films, Dans un avion, Heist films, Films about hijackings
Actors Edward James Olmos, Vincent D'Onofrio, Donnie Wahlberg, Richard Schiff, Lorraine Bracco, Lisa Vidal
Rating52%
Edward James Olmos plays Detective Anthony Piscotti, a New York City police officer. He is trying to crack the taking of a subway train where the antagonists are holding the passengers for ransom.
Just Cause (1995)
, 1h42Directed by Arne Glimcher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed Harris, Ruby Dee
Rating63%
Paul Armstrong (Sean Connery), a liberal Harvard professor opposed to capital punishment, is persuaded to go to Florida, to investigate the conviction of Bobby Earl Ferguson (Blair Underwood) for murder. Ferguson, a former Cornell University student, is a highly intelligent, charming, and articulate black man who was convicted of raping and murdering a young white girl. Armstrong must save him from being executed in the electric chair. Ferguson tells Armstrong that he was tortured by two police detectives to get a confession. As Armstrong digs deeper into the case, he discovers that Tanny Brown (Laurence Fishburne), the chief detective on the case, did indeed coerce Ferguson's confession.
Grand Larceny (1987)
, 1h35Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes La provence, Heist films
Actors Marilu Henner, Ian McShane, Omar Sharif, Louis Jourdan, Steve Kalfa, Mike Marshall
Roles Writer
Rating55%
Freddy Grand, a woman estranged from her father for 18 years, travels to his estate on the French Riviera after learning of his death. There she carries out his final wishes and begins to learn something about his past. She discovers he was a thief who served time in prison, but was approached by an insurance company on his release to employ his talent in helping them to recover some stolen valuables. A reformed man of many years before his death, he wishes Freddy to continue his work.
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Macht, Valerie Curtin, Jocelyn Brando, Nicolas Coster
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Cletus, a compulsive liar, is employed as a social worker. He tries to find a home for a young boy named Jorge and, in so doing, falls in love with Jorge's social worker.
, 1h52Directed by Ted Kotcheff, Bernard Cohn
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Serial killer films
Actors George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort
Rating63%
Natasha O'Brien (Jacqueline Bisset) is a celebrated pastry chef invited to London to assist in preparing a state dinner for the Queen, organized by culinary critic Maximillian "Max" Vandeveer (Robert Morley). Natasha's ex-husband, Robby (George Segal) is a fast food entrepreneur ("the Taco King") serving the "everyman" consumer while she caters to the affluent. Max is the "calamitously fat" grand gourmand publisher of a gourmet magazine Epicurious and is patron of several famous European chefs, each renowned for a signature dish.
Silver Bears (1977)
, 1h53Directed by Ivan Passer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, Joss Ackland, Martin Balsam
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) persuades his boss, American mobster Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam), to buy up a Swiss bank in order to more easily launder their ill-gotten gains. The impoverished Italian Prince Gianfranco di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan) agrees to act as chairman of the board in order to give it an air of respectability. "Doc" goes to Lugano, a major center of banking activity, along with the Don's wayward son Albert (Jay Leno), only to find that the best bank that the Prince could get consists of some shabby offices above a pizza restaurant with assets of $900.
, 1h44Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, Films about hijackings
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, Dick O'Neill
Rating75%
In New York City, four men armed with submachine guns and using code names (Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Brown), wearing similar trenchcoat, glasses and mustache disguises, board the Pelham 123 subway train at different station stops. The men take hostage seventeen passengers and the conductor, isolate them in the train's first car and then separate the car from the rest of the train.
1776 (1972)
, 2h21Directed by Peter H. Hunt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, John Cullum, Ken Howard, Ron Holgate, Ray Middleton
Roles Theatre Play
Rating75%
While General George Washington is conducting the struggle against the British Empire on the battlefield, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia piddles away its time over trivial matters and continually refuses to begin debating the question of American independence. The leader of the independence faction is the abrasive John Adams of Massachusetts, whose continuous pushing of the issue has brought their cause to a complete standstill. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania leads the opposition that hopes for reconciliation with England. During his quieter moments, Adams calls up the image of his wife Abigail Adams who resides in Massachusetts and gives him insight and encouragement (These conversations are based on letters between the couple). Dr. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania suggests another colony that supports independence should submit a proposal.
Skin Game (1971)
, 1h42Directed by Gordon Douglas, Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Edward Asnere, Brenda Sykes, Andrew Duggan
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Both men first meet when O'Rourke sells Drew a stolen horse belonging to the local Sheriff. They meet again by chance in jail after pulling various con jobs. (In comic relief they both pull out an Ace of Spades as they play cards.) They develop a con together in which Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Drew gets the bidding rolling, sells O'Rourke, and the two later meet up to split the profit. O'Rourke was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when O'Rourke is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.
Sweet Charity (1969)
, 2h29Directed by Bob Fosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Ricardo Montalbán, Sammy Davis Jr., John McMartin, Barbara Bouchet, Chita Rivera
Rating68%
Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine) works as a taxi dancer along with her friends, Nickie (Chita Rivera) and Helene (Paula Kelly). She longs for love, but has bad luck with men, being robbed and pushed off a bridge in Central Park by one ex-boyfriend. She has another humiliating encounter with Vittorio Vitale (Ricardo Montalban), a movie star.
Jigsaw (1968)
, 1h37Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Hope Lange, Pat Hingle, Diana Hyland, Susan Saint James
Roles Writer
Rating58%
After someone places sugar cubes laced with LSD in his cup of coffee, Jonathan Fields regains consciousness, only to find a woman drowned in his bathtub and flecks of blood on his hands and clothes.
, 1h46Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Prison films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley, John Williams, Charles Gray
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Several brigadier generals (American, British, and French) are unexpectedly taken prisoner by the Italians while arguing military tactics in a sauna - which is a public relations disaster. They are held in an Italian villa run as a top level prison camp by benevolent Italian Colonel Ferrucci. Being all of the same rank, none is in command and they are forced to plan escapes by committee, with predictably ineffective results.
Arabesque (1966)
, 1h47Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films
Actors Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, John Merivale, George Coulouris, Kieron Moore
Roles Ecrivain
Rating63%
In an undercover mission, Sloane (John Merivale), posing as an eye doctor, kills Oxford University Professor Ragheeb (George Coulouris), an ancient hieroglyphics expert. Sloane steals a hieroglyph-encrypted message Ragheeb wrote and concealed within his glasses.