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Richard Fleischer is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Creative Consultant American born on 8 december 1916 at New York City (USA)

Richard Fleischer

Richard Fleischer
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 25 march 2006 (at 89 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director.

Biography

Il est le fils de l'un des pionniers de l'animation, Max Fleischer, le producteur de Popeye et de Betty Boop.

Il tente d'abord de devenir acteur, mais il est engagé comme monteur de films d'actualités pour la RKO Pictures ; il réalise ensuite des courts métrages, puis des films de série B, et enfin des films à gros budget avec des grandes vedettes, passant en cours de route à la Fox et à la MGM.

En 1953, Fleischer est engagé par Walt Disney Pictures pour résoudre la complexité technique du tournage de Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (1954) en raison de son travail sur le format CinemaScope avec le film Arena (1953). Avant d’accepter, Fleischer demanda à son père la permission de travailler pour Disney. En effet, Max Fleischer avait toute sa vie travaillé pour des studios étant les concurrents de Disney. Max Fleischer donna à Richard son consentement et chargea son fils de dire de sa part à Disney qu’ils avaient très bon goût en matière de réalisateurs. Bien qu'il semble que techniquement le film ait rencontré plus de difficultés avec le tournage sous-marin, le format CinemaScope a été utilisé pour les scènes de mouvements du sous-marin Nautilus afin de renforcer l'effet dynamique. Ayant réussi avec Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers, Fleischer aurait encouragé le studio à utiliser le format CinemaScope sur les longs métrages d'animation ; La Belle et le Clochard (1955) alors en production a bénéficié d'une sortie dans ce format.

Au cours de sa carrière, Fleischer a touché à plusieurs genres : film noir (Bodyguard dont le scénario est coécrit par un Robert Altman alors débutant, L'Assassin sans visage, L'Énigme du Chicago Express), péplum (Barabbas), comédie (L'Extravagant docteur Dolittle), western (Duel dans la boue). Il a également réalisé les films de guerre : Le Temps de la colère sur la guerre de Corée, et Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! sur l'attaque de Pearl Harbor, qui devait initialement être mis en scène par Akira Kurosawa. Il s'est aussi illustré dans la science-fiction. Outre Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, Fleischer signe Le Voyage fantastique d'après Isaac Asimov et Soleil vert d'après Harry Harrison. Ce dernier film, dont le ton est assez pessimiste, remporte un grand succès à sa sortie et est aujourd'hui considéré comme un classique du cinéma d'anticipation.

Fleischer fut moins heureux avec ses films biographiques. Che !, film sur Che Guevara réalisée moins de deux ans après la mort du révolutionnaire marxiste, connaît un tournage houleux et un accueil médiocre tandis que Incroyable Sarah, sur la vie de Sarah Bernhardt, ne fut pas jugé convaincant.

Fleischer s'est aussi livré à la reconstitution de certains faits divers ayant défrayé en leur temps la chronique policière ou judiciaire. Ainsi, La Fille sur la balançoire relate le scandale que provoqua, dans l'Amérique du début du XX siècle, l'assassinat de l'architecte Stanford White, événement que l’on retrouve également évoqué dans le Ragtime de Miloš Forman. Le Génie du mal reconstitue un fait réel arrivé à Chicago en 1924 et qui est également à la base du film La Corde d'Alfred Hitchcock : le meurtre de l’adolescent Bobby Franks par deux fils de bonnes familles et le procès qui s’ensuivit. L'Étrangleur de Boston, un des films les plus célèbres de Fleischer, porte sur la traque du tueur en série Albert DeSalvo. Enfin, L'Étrangleur de Rillington Place relate une erreur judiciaire survenue en Angleterre au cours des années 1940, l'affaire John Christie.

Fleischer est aussi le réalisateur de deux films en 3 dimensions : Arena en 1953, sur le milieu du rodéo et Amityville 3D - Le démon, en 1983, troisième volet de la série horrifique.

Après Soleil Vert, la carrière de Fleischer connaît un certain essoufflement. Il obtient un succès certain en 1984 avec Conan le Destructeur, deuxième film du cycle de Conan avec Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mais la plupart de ses autres films (Ashanti, Kalidor, la légende du talisman) sont fraichement accueillis.

À l'annonce du décès de Richard Fleischer, le gouverneur de l'État de Californie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, avec qui il avait tourné, lui a rendu hommage, saluant une véritable légende de Hollywood.

Best films

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
(Director)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
(Director)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
(Director)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
(Director)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
(Director)
Soylent Green (1973)
(Director)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Fleischer (51 films)

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Actor

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, 1h26
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas
Roles Self – Interviewee
Rating76% 3.83343.83343.83343.83343.8334
En 2001, Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) est devenu le premier directeur de la photographie de l'histoire des Oscars à recevoir un Oscar d'honneur. Mais la première fois qu'il a serré la célèbre statuette dans sa main, c'était un demi-siècle plus tôt, lorsque son travail de caméra en Technicolor avait été récompensé pour le Narcisse noir de Powell et Pressburger. Au-delà de The African Queen de John Huston et de War and Peace de King Vidor, les films du duo créatif britannico-hongrois (The Red Shoes et A Matter of Life and Death également) garantissent l'immortalité au célèbre caméraman dont la carrière s'étend sur soixante-dix ans.

Director

Call from Space
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Time travel films
Actors James Coburn, Billy Campbell, Sherrié Austin, Charlton Heston, Ferdy Mayne, Marjorie Stapp
Rating58% 2.9181652.9181652.9181652.9181652.918165
Call from Space est l'histoire d'une expérimentation scientifique qui tourne mal et envoie une jeune fille dans un voyage dans le temps.
Million Dollar Mystery, 1h35
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Tom Bosley, Royce D. Applegate, Eddie Deezen, Douglas Edward Emerson, Rich Hall, Daniel McDonald
Rating50% 2.5121552.5121552.5121552.5121552.512155
Sidney Preston, a disgruntled White House aide, takes off with $4 million that belonged to the government. While on the run, he stops at a roadside diner and has their world famous chili. He suffers a fatal heart attack and before dying, reveals to onlookers the location of the first million dollars.
Red Sonja
Red Sonja (1985)
, 1h29
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Witches in film, Rape and revenge films
Actors Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith, Janet Ågren, Ernie Reyes
Rating51% 2.5520852.5520852.5520852.5520852.552085
After being raped by the soldiers of Queen Gedren, a despot who had her parents and brother murdered for scarring the queen's face while rejecting her sexual advances, Red Sonja is visited by a spirit who grants her the strength to seek revenge. Having trained under a swords master, and become distrustful of most men, Red Sonja is found by Lord Kalidor, who takes her to her dying sister Varna. Varna is a member of an order of priestesses who were preparing to destroy a light-powered relic known as the Talisman that created the world and whose growing power now threatens it. However, Gedren's army and her aide-de-camp Ikol slaughtered the priestesses and took the Talisman while Varna was fatally wounded by the time she found Kalidor. Before dying, Varna tells Sonja of the events at her temple while urging her to find the Talisman and destroy it. After turning down Kalidor's offer to accompany her, seeing a storm in the distance, Sonya arrives to the now-ruined kingdom of Hablock. There she meets the young Prince Tarn and his servant Falkon, learning Gedren completely wiped out Hablock when Tarn refused to surrender. Tarn announces that he is raising a new army to crush Gedren and invites Sonja to work for him as a cook. She declines while told that Gedren is based in Berkubane, the Kingdom of Eternal Night.
Conan the Destroyer, 1h43
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia D'Abo, Mako Iwamatsu, Sarah Douglas, Tracey Walter
Rating59% 2.951532.951532.951532.951532.95153
Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his companion, the thief Malak (Tracey Walter), are confronted by Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) of Shadizar. She tests their combat ability with several of her guards. Satisfied, she tells Conan that she has a quest for him. He refuses her, but when she promises to resurrect his lost love, Valeria, Conan agrees to the quest. He is to escort the Queen's niece, Jehnna (Olivia d'Abo), an innocent who is destined to restore the jeweled horn of the dreaming god Dagoth; a magic gem must first be retrieved that will locate the horn. Conan and Malak are joined by Bombaata (Wilt Chamberlain), the eunuch captain of Taramis's guard. Bombaata has secret orders to kill Conan once the gem is obtained.
Tough Enough, 1h46
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier, Warren Oates, Bruce McGill, Wilford Brimley
Rating55% 2.753662.753662.753662.753662.75366
Un pays / chanteur ouest en herbe, dont l'argent est de disparaître plus vite que ses possibilités de carrière, entre dans un "dur Man" concours de boxe amateur pour gagner un peu d'argent pour payer ses factures. Chose étonnante, il gagne, et est choisi pour aller sur les finales nationales. Il est déchiré entre son premier amour, la musique, et les paillettes, le glamour et l'argent du monde "Tough Man".
Amityville 3-D, 1h45
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Tony Roberts, Tess Harper, Robert Joy, Lori Loughlin, Candy Clark, Leora Dana
Rating42% 2.107342.107342.107342.107342.10734
After he exposes a pair of con artists with his partner Melanie (Candy Clark) in the infamous 112 Ocean Avenue house in Amityville journalist John Baxter (Tony Roberts) is persuaded to purchase the house by real estate agent Clifford Sanders (John Harkins). While preparing the house for John, Clifford investigates footsteps in the attic. He is locked in the room, where a swarm of flies attack and kill him. John believes Clifford died of a stroke, even after Melanie shows him some photos she took of the real estate agent before his death which depict him as a rotting corpse.
The Jazz Singer, 1h55
Directed by Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Théâtre, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Olivier, Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Nicholas
Rating58% 2.900512.900512.900512.900512.90051
In New York City, Jess Robin (Neil Diamond), whose real name is Yussel Rabinovitch, is an Orthodox Jewish cantor performing at the synagogue of his imperious father Cantor Rabinovitch (Laurence Olivier). Yussel is married to his childhood sweetheart Rivka (Catlin Adams) and has settled down to a life of religious devotion to the teaching of his faith; as a sideline, he writes songs for a black vocal quartet, "The Four Brothers". One night after Maariv, Yussel is recruited by the group to cover for one of the members who is in trouble with the law and must wear blackface and an Afro wig as it is a strictly all-black venue. The group performs "You Baby" and the engagement is a success, but an audience member (Ernie Hudson) notices that Yussel's hands are white, sparking a riot in which the band is arrested. Cantor Rabinovitch goes to the jail to bail them out but finds there is not a Yussel Rabinovitch there, only a Jess Robin. Yussel explains his use of a stage name, but his father informs him that his singing voice is to be used for God's purposes, not his own. Yussel/Jess decides to relent and do whatever his father wants, at least for now.
Ashanti
Ashanti (1979)
, 1h58
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Erotic thriller films, Chase films
Actors Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Akosua Busia, Kabir Bedi, Eric Pohlmann, Beverly Johnson
Rating54% 2.705452.705452.705452.705452.70545
Ashanti is an action adventure film, set against the background of modern day slave trading, with a man who determinedly takes on a perilous journey in order to find his beautiful wife, who has been kidnapped by brutal slave traders. David and Anansa Linderby (Caine and Johnson respectively) are doctors with the World Health Organization. On a medical mission carrying out an inoculation programme, they visit a West African village. While David takes photographs of tribal dancers, Anansa goes swimming alone. She is attacked and abducted by slave traders led by Suleiman (Peter Ustinov), who mistake her for an Ashanti tribeswoman. The police can do nothing to find her and David has almost given up hope when he hears rumours that Anansa has been kidnapped by Sulieman to be sold to Arab Prince Hassan (Omar Sharif). The African authorities deny that the slave trade even exists. So David must find help in a shadowy world where the rescuers of slaves are just as ruthless as the traders themselves. As David tracks her across Africa and the Sahara desert, he is helped by a member of the Anti-Slavery League (Rex Harrison), a mercenary helicopter pilot (William Holden), and Malik (Kabir Bedi) a tribesman who is seeking revenge on Suleiman.
The Prince and the Pauper, 1h53
Directed by Olivier Assayas, Richard Fleischer, Laurent Perrin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about families
Actors Mark Lester, Ernest Borgnine, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Rex Harrison
Rating61% 3.0979653.0979653.0979653.0979653.097965
In 16th Century London, a pauper called Tom Canty reads to a group a children but is attacked and threatened by his cruel father John Canty to steal five shillings by suppertime or get beaten. Tom goes into the city square and steals a purse from a rich man, but drops it after bumping into another man. Thinking that Tom still has the purse, the rich man and other men chase Tom through the streets of London. Tom escapes by climbing up a wall and through a window, where he falls into a palace garden in front of King Henry VIII, who sets the guards on him. However, Tom outruns them by going to the roof of the castle and hiding in a chimney. In the grounds, Henry VIII orders for The Duke of Norfolk to be arrested during the masked ball that evening.
Mandingo
Mandingo (1975)
, 2h7
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays
Actors James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Paul Benedict, Lillian Irene Hayman, Richard Ward
Rating64% 3.2019053.2019053.2019053.2019053.201905
The movie is set in the Deep South of the United States prior to the American Civil War. Falconhurst is a run-down plantation owned by widower Warren Maxwell (James Mason) and largely run by his son, Hammond (Perry King). Hammond and a friend go to a brothel where both men choose to have sex with virgin black women. Hammond chooses Ellen (Brenda Sykes). Hammond and Ellen watch as Hammond's friend abuses and rapes his choice, claiming that she likes it. Hammond asks Ellen if this is true, and she says no. Hammond then gently has sexual intercourse with Ellen.
The Spikes Gang, 1h36
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith, Ron Howard, Arthur Hunnicutt, Noah Beery, Jr
Rating63% 3.1516853.1516853.1516853.1516853.151685
Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin) is an aging bank robber of the fading "Old West." Injured and near death, he is found and mended back to health by three impressionable youths who are lifelong friends -- Wil (Gary Grimes), Tod (Charles Martin Smith), and Les (Ron Howard). Later, encouraged by Spikes's reminiscences, they run away from home seeking excitement and easy living.
Mr. Majestyk, 1h43
Directed by Richard Fleischer, Paul Baxley
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Frank Maxwell
Rating67% 3.350163.350163.350163.350163.35016
Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) is a farmer, a former U. S. Army Ranger instructor and Vietnam War veteran, who owns and operates a watermelon farm in rural Colorado. He needs to harvest his crop in order to keep the farm financially solvent.
The Don Is Dead, 1h55
Directed by Richard Fleischer, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Angel Tompkins, Al Lettieri, Abe Vigoda, Victor Argo
Rating61% 3.096863.096863.096863.096863.09686
Frank is the ambitious son of an organized-crime boss. He plans a heroin deal with the help of brothers Tony and Vince, but a snitch tips off the cops.