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Robert Surtees is a Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 9 august 1906 at Kentucky (USA)
Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 - January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won Academy Awards three times, for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben Hur.
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 august 1906 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 5 january 1985 (at 78 years) at Monterey (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 9 august 1906 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 5 january 1985 (at 78 years) at Monterey (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 - January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won Academy Awards three times, for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben Hur.
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Bloodbrothers (1978)
, 1h56Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Richard Gere, Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco, Marilu Henner, Lelia Goldoni, Danny Aiello
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Set in a working class community, it tells the story of the De Coco family, a family of construction workers. Louis is the head of the family with three sons, but one, Stoney (Richard Gere) wants to be a teacher, not a hardhat. Then he accepts a job as a recreational assistant at a children's ward. Immediately, bitter divisions begin to surface.
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
, 1h59Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Deux jeunes mariés (mais pas ensemble) se rencontrent et tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre. Ne voulant pas se perdre sans pour autant renoncer à leurs mariages respectifs, ils décident de se revoir chaque année, jusqu'à la fin de leurs jours.
The Turning Point (1977)
, 1h59Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films, Children's films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Tom Skerritt, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Martha Scott
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
DeeDee (Shirley MacLaine) left the ballet company after becoming pregnant by Wayne (Tom Skerritt), another dancer in the company. They marry and later move to Oklahoma City to run a dance studio. Emma (Anne Bancroft) stays with the company and eventually becomes a prima ballerina and well-known figure in the ballet community.
A Star Is Born (1976)
, 2h20Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Robert Englund, Joanne Linville
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Esther Hoffman, an aspiring singer/songwriter, meets John Norman Howard, a famous, successful and self-destructive singer/songwriter rock star, whom, after a series of coincidental meetings, she finally starts dating. Believing in her talent, John gives her a helping hand and her career begins to eclipse his.
The Hindenburg (1975)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Wise, Howard Kazanjian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young, Burgess Meredith
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Kathie Rauch (Ruth Schudson), a psychic from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sends a letter to the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. claiming the Hindenburg zeppelin will explode after flying over New York. In the meantime, Luftwaffe Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott) boards with the intention of protecting the Hindenburg as various threats have been made to down the airship, which some see as a symbol of Nazi Germany.
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
, 1h47Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Margot Kidder, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Lewis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
World War I veteran Waldo Pepper (fictitiously 1895-1931, played by Robert Redford) feels he has missed out on the glory of aerial combat after being made a flight instructor. After the war, Waldo had taken up barnstorming to make a living. He soon tangles with rival barnstormer (and fellow war veteran) Axel Olsson (Bo Svenson).
The Sting (1973)
, 2h4Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Buddy films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating82%
The film takes place in 1936, at the height of the Great Depression. Johnny Hooker, a grifter in Joliet, Illinois, cons $11,000 in cash from an unsuspecting victim with the aid of his partners Luther Coleman and Joe Erie. Buoyed by the windfall, Luther announces his retirement and advises Hooker to seek out an old friend, Henry Gondorff, in Chicago to teach him "the big con". Unfortunately, their victim was a numbers racket courier for vicious crime boss Doyle Lonnegan. Corrupt Joliet police Lieutenant William Snyder confronts Hooker, revealing Lonnegan's involvement and demanding part of Hooker’s cut. Having already spent his share, Hooker pays Snyder in counterfeit bills. Lonnegan's men murder Luther, and Hooker flees for his life to Chicago.
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
, 1h48Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Actors George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance, William Lucking, Harvey Jason
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Set in the early 20th century, the film is about a lone woman, Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway) who finds herself threatened by tough businessmen who want to take her land which possesses shares of crude oil. Rather than settle and sell the land she rightfully owns, Lena decides to fight and to do this, she asks for the help of her father (John Mills) and a hired gun named Mason (George C. Scott).
Lost Horizon (1973)
, 2h30Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Olivia Hussey, Charles Boyer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52%
This version is much closer to the 1937 film than to the original James Hilton novel. It tells the story of a group of travellers whose airplane is hijacked while fleeing a bloody revolution. The airplane crash lands in an unexplored area of the Himalayas, where the party is rescued and taken to the lamasery of Shangri-La. Miraculously, Shangri-La, sheltered by mountains on all sides, is a temperate paradise amid the land of snows. Perfect health is the norm, and inhabitants live to very old age while maintaining a youthful appearance.
The Other (1972)
, 1h48Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about children, Ghost films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, John Ritter, Victor French, Lou Frizzell, Portia Nelson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
It's a seemingly idyllic summer in 1935, and identical twins Niles and Holland Perry play around the bucolic family farm. Holland is an amoral mischief maker, though sympathetic Niles is often caught in their shenanigans. Niles carries a Prince Albert tobacco tin with him containing several secret trinkets, including something mysteriously wrapped in blue wax paper, and the Perry family ring, which had been handed down from their grandfather, through their father, to Holland, the older twin. Niles asks Holland to confirm that the ring is now indeed his. "Cripes yes, I gave it to you," is the response. Niles asks Holland to take the ring and the wrapped object back, but Holland insists "I gave them to you, they're yours now." Their obnoxious cousin Russell, whom the boys call "Piggy Lookadoo" behind his back, finds them in the apple cellar below the barn--a place they are not supposed to play--and happens to see the contents of the tobacco tin, including the ring. Russell cryptically states that the ring was supposed to be buried, and promises to "tell on" Niles to his father, Niles' Uncle George. Uncle George padlocks the door to the apple cellar to keep the kids from playing there, but there is another stairway inside the barn, giving them access to the cellar.
The Cowboys (1972)
, 2h3Directed by Mark Rydell, Harriet Frank, Jr., Irving Ravetch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, Robert Carradine
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
When his ranch hands abandon him to join a gold rush, rancher Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is forced to find replacement drovers for his upcoming 400-mile (640 km) long cattle drive. He rides into deserted Bozeman, Montana. There, Anse Peterson (Slim Pickens) suggests using local schoolboys. Andersen visits the school but departs unconvinced. The next morning, a group of the boys show up at Andersen's ranch to volunteer for the drive. Andersen tests the boys' ability to stay on a bucking horse. As the boys successfully take turns, Cimarron (A Martinez), another young man slightly older than the others, rides up. After successfully subduing and riding the test horse, Cimarron gets into a fight with Slim (Robert Carradine), the oldest of the boys. Andersen, though impressed by Cimarron's abilities, has misgivings because of his angry nature and sends him away. Andersen reluctantly decides to hire the boys.
Summer of '42 (1971)
, 1h43Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Political films, Road movies, Films about virginity
Actors Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Christopher Norris, Robert Mulligan, Maureen Stapleton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
The film opens with a series of still photographs appearing over melancholic music, representing the abstract memories of the unseen Herman Raucher, now a middle-aged man. We then hear Raucher recalling the summer he spent on the island in 1942. The film flashes back to a day that then 15-year-old "Hermie" and his friends – jock Oscy and introverted nerd Benjie – spent playing on the beach. They spot a young soldier carrying his new bride into a house on the beach and are struck by her beauty, especially Hermie, who is unable to get her out of his mind.
The Last Picture Show (1971)
, 1h58Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Basketball films
Actors Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd
Roles Director of Photography
Rating79%
In 1951, Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) are high-school seniors and friends in a small, declining Texas town. Duane is dating Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd), the prettiest (and wealthiest) girl in town. Sonny decides to break up with girlfriend Charlene Duggs (Sharon Ullrick).
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
, 1h42Directed by William Wyler, Robert Swink
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Majors, Anthony Zerbe, Lola Falana, Eve McVeagh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
À Somerton, une petite ville du Tennessee, L.B. Jones est le directeur aisé d'une petite entreprise de pompes funèbres. Afro-américain, il demande le divorce à sa femme Emma, également noire, qui le trompe avec un policier local, Willie Joe Worth. Jones engage dès lors le meilleur avocat de la ville, Oman Hedgepath, pour le défendre face à son épouse. Dans l'attente du procès de divorce, Oman suggère au policier de faire pression sur Emma pour qu'elle renonce à se faire assister d'un avocat, ce qui aurait pour conséquence de faire citer le nom de son amant lors du procès et possiblement de briser sa carrière et sa vie de famille. Comme Emma refuse, il s'en prend à L.
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
, 1h53Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Alberto Morin, Armando Silvestre, Manolo Fábregas, Ada Carrasco
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
A drifter named Hogan spots and saves a naked woman from being gang-raped by several bandits whom he shoots and kills. He later learns that the woman, Sara, is a nun working with a group of Mexican revolutionaries who are fighting the French. When Sara requests that Hogan take her to a Mexican camp, he agrees because he had previously arranged to help the Mexican revolutionaries attack the French garrison in exchange for a portion of the garrison's strongbox if they are successful.