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Arthur Piantadosi is a Sound American born on 4 august 1916 at New York City (USA)

Arthur Piantadosi

Arthur Piantadosi
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 august 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 23 february 1994 (at 77 years) at Newport Beach (USA)

Arthur Piantadosi (August 4, 1916 – February 23, 1994) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and was nominated for six more in the same category. He worked on over 80 films between 1967 and 1986.

Biography

Arthur Piantadosi commence à travailler pour le département son de Warner Bros. en 1936. Lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il travaille dans l'équipe de John Ford au sein de l'Office of Strategic Services.
Il retourne chez Warner Bros en 1946, puis passe de Republic Pictures à 20th Century-Fox, puis à Columbia Pictures ou Universal Pictures.

Best films

Tootsie (1982)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Firefox (1982)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
The Electric Horseman (1979)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
The China Syndrome (1979)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Absence of Malice (1981)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Usually with

Les Fresholtz
Les Fresholtz
(27 films)
Michael Minkler
Michael Minkler
(12 films)
Richard Rush
Richard Rush
(4 films)
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Arthur Piantadosi (47 films)

Display filmography as list

Sound

Mortuary
Mortuary (1983)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Actors Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Bill Paxton, Christopher George, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, Alvy Moore
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating51% 2.5559152.5559152.5559152.5559152.555915
Christie Parson (Mary McDonaugh) is mourning the death of her father (Danny Rogers) by drowning. Her mother has convinced herself it was a tragic accident, but Christie is sure it was murder. Christie suffers from nightmares in which a hooded figure, clutching an embalming trocar, pursues her. She turns detective, aided by her boyfriend (David Wallace) to find out the truth. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, whose owner, Hank Andrews (Christopher George), together with his secretly demented offspring, Paul, is guarding an odious secret.
Firefox
Firefox (1982)
, 1h59
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey, Nigel Hawthorne
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating59% 2.9509452.9509452.9509452.9509452.950945
A joint Anglo-American plot is devised to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31, NATO code name "Firefox") which is capable of Mach 6, is invisible to radar, and carries weapons controlled by thought. Former United States Air Force Major Mitchell Gant (Eastwood), a Vietnam veteran and former POW, infiltrates the Soviet Union, aided by his ability to speak Russian (due to his having had a Russian mother) and a network of Jewish dissidents and sympathizers, three of whom are key scientists working on the fighter itself. His goal is to steal the Firefox and fly it back to friendly territory for analysis.
Tootsie
Tootsie (1982)
, 1h57
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, L'usurpation d'identité, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating73% 3.6984453.6984453.6984453.6984453.698445
Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a respected but perfectionist actor. Nobody in New York wants to hire him anymore because he is difficult to work with. According to his long-suffering agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack), Michael's attention to detail and difficult reputation led a commercial he worked on to run significantly over-schedule, because the idea of a tomato sitting down was "illogical" to him. After many months without a job, Michael hears of an opening on the soap opera Southwest General from his friend and acting student Sandy Lester (Teri Garr), who tries out for the role of a hospital administrator Emily Kimberly but does not get it. In desperation, and as a result of his agent telling him that "no one will hire you", he dresses as a woman, auditions as "Dorothy Michaels" and wins the part. Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play, written by his roommate Jeff Slater (Bill Murray) and to star Sandy, titled Return to Love Canal. Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and crew who expected Emily to be (as written) another swooning female in the plot. His character quickly becomes a television sensation.
Tempest
Tempest (1982)
, 2h20
Directed by Paul Mazursky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Vittorio Gassman, Raúl Juliá, Molly Ringwald
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating63% 3.197063.197063.197063.197063.19706
The movie tells the story of Phillip Dimitrius (John Cassavetes), a middle-aged New York City architect who is going through a difficult mid-life crisis.
Absence of Malice, 1h56
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating68% 3.4475753.4475753.4475753.4475753.447575
Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher (Newman), who is the son of a deceased criminal, awakes one day to find himself a front-page story in the local newspaper, indicating that he is being investigated in the disappearance and presumed murder of a local longshoreman union official, Joey Diaz.
History of the World: Part I, 1h32
Directed by Mel Brooks, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Musical films, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Children's films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Gregory Hines
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating67% 3.399753.399753.399753.399753.39975
The film is a parody of the historical spectacular film genre anthology, including the sword and sandal epic and the period costume drama subgenres. The four main segments consist of stories set during the Stone Age, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution. Other intermediate skits include reenactments of the giving of the Ten Commandments and the Last Supper.
Modern Romance, 1h33
Directed by Albert Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Bruno Kirby, George Kennedy, James L. Brooks, Jerry Belson
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating69% 3.496743.496743.496743.496743.49674
Robert Cole (Albert Brooks) is a Hollywood film editor right in the middle of cutting a new science fiction film with George Kennedy. His relationship with very patient bank executive Mary Harvard (Kathryn Harrold) is caught between undying devotion and endless agony. It's all because selfish Robert is a bit of a self-involved neurotic who can't quite decide if their relationship is meant to be, mainly because he's not sure if she's the one or there's someone else.
Altered States, 1h42
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis, Drew Barrymore
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating68% 3.4482053.4482053.4482053.4482053.448205
Edward Jessup is a university professor of abnormal psychology who, while studying schizophrenia, begins to think that "our other states of consciousness are as real as our waking states." Jessup begins experimenting with sensory deprivation using a flotation tank, aided by two like-minded researchers, Parrish and Rosenberg. At a faculty party he meets fellow "wonder kid" Emily and the two eventually marry.
The Stunt Man, 1h54
Directed by Richard Rush
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating69% 3.4970153.4970153.4970153.4970153.497015
Pourchassé par la police, Cameron trouve par hasard refuge sur le lieu de tournage d'un film, en se prétendant cascadeur. Ravi, le réalisateur lui propose alors de remplacer au pied levé celui qui vient de périr noyé peu de temps auparavant...
The Stunt Man, 2h11
Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Actors Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Alex Rocco, Allen Garfield, Sharon Farrell
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating69% 3.4970153.4970153.4970153.4970153.497015
Cameron (Steve Railsback) is a young veteran running from the police. He stumbles onto the set of a World War I movie and isn't sure if he accidentally caused the death of one of the film's stunt men. The eccentric and autocratic director, Eli Cross (Peter O'Toole), agrees to hide Cameron from the police if he will take the dead man's place. Cameron soon begins to suspect that Cross is putting him in excessive danger. At a bar one night, another member of the production gets drunk and tells Cameron that Eli almost killed the helicopter pilot during the fatal accident Cameron caused, because he insisted he keep flying in order to get the shot. Cameron falls in love with Nina Franklin (Barbara Hershey), the film's star, and is devastated to find out that she and Eli slept together before he met her.
Time After Time, 1h52
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Time travel films
Actors Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Patti D'Arbanville, Kent Williams
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating70% 3.547233.547233.547233.547233.54723
In 1893 London, popular writer Herbert George Wells (Malcolm McDowell) displays a time machine to his skeptical dinner guests. After he explains how it works (including a "non-return key" that keeps the machine at the traveler's destination and a "vaporizing equalizer" that keeps the traveler and machine on equal terms), police constables arrive at the house searching for Jack the Ripper. A bag with blood-stained gloves belonging to one of Herbert's friends, a surgeon named John Leslie Stevenson (David Warner), leads them to conclude that Stevenson might be the infamous killer. Wells races to his laboratory, but the time machine is gone.
The China Syndrome, 2h2
Directed by James Bridges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about writers, La fin du monde, Films about journalists, Films about television, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Richard Herd, Scott Brady, Wilford Brimley
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating73% 3.698313.698313.698313.698313.69831
While visiting the (fictional) Ventana nuclear power plant outside Los Angeles, television news reporter Kimberly Wells (Fonda), her cameraman Richard Adams (Douglas) and their soundman Hector Salas witness the plant going through an emergency shutdown (SCRAM). Shift Supervisor Jack Godell (Lemmon) notices an unusual vibration while grabbing his cup of coffee which he had set down. He then finds that a gauge is misreading and that the coolant is dangerously low (he thought it was overflowing). The crew manages to bring the reactor under control and can be seen celebrating and expressing relief.
Nightwing
Nightwing (1979)
, 1h45
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold, Dr. Stephen Macht, Ben Piazza, Strother Martin
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating52% 2.601232.601232.601232.601232.60123
Youngman Duran, a deputy on a Hopi Indian reservation in New Mexico, begins to investigate a series of mysterious cattle mutilations. Abner Tasupi, an ancient and embittered medicine man who raised Youngman after his parents died, tells him he has cast a spell to end the world that very night, but Youngman assumes he simply is babbling while under the influence of datura root. The following morning, Youngman finds Abner's bloodless body on the floor of his shack, and nearby he discovers a dead shepherd and most of his flock.
The Electric Horseman, 2h2
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Films about horses, Road movies, Chase films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, John Saxon, Willie Nelson, Allan Arbus
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating63% 3.197813.197813.197813.197813.19781
Norman "Sonny" Steele is a former championship rodeo rider who has sold out to a business conglomerate and is now reduced to making public appearances to sell a brand of breakfast cereal. Prior to making a Las Vegas promotional appearance to ride the $12 million champion thoroughbred race horse who responds to the name of Rising Star, Sonny discovers to his horror that the horse has been drugged and is injured.
The In-Laws, 1h39
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Ed Begley Jr., Michael Lembeck, Penny Peyser
Roles Sound Mixer
Rating72% 3.6454053.6454053.6454053.6454053.645405
The daughter of mild-mannered Manhattan dentist Sheldon "Shelly" Kornpett and the son of businessman Vince Ricardo are engaged to be married. At an introductory dinner in which Shelly meets his new in-law Vince, he finds Vince suspicious; during the dinner, Vince tells a crazy story of a nine-month "consulting" trip to 1954 Guatemala. Vince's son and wife seem oblivious. Shelly pleads with his daughter not to marry into the Ricardo clan, since he mistrusts Vince. Shelly agrees to give Vince a chance.