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Dick Vorisek is a Sound American born on 21 february 1918 at the Bronx (USA)

Dick Vorisek

Dick Vorisek
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Birth name Richard Vorisek
Nationality USA
Birth 21 february 1918 at the Bronx (USA)
Death 7 november 1989 (at 71 years) at Stamford (USA)

Dick Vorisek (21 February 1918 – 7 November 1989) was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Reds. He worked on over 130 films between 1947 and 1988.

Best films

The Untouchables (1987)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
(Recording Supervision)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
(Sound Mixer)
Reds (1981)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
After Hours (1985)
(Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Usually with

Dede Allen
Dede Allen
(11 films)
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
(5 films)
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dick Vorisek (62 films)

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Sound

The Untouchables, 1h55
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Historical, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery, Richard Bradford
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating77% 3.899683.899683.899683.899683.89968
During Prohibition in 1930s, Al Capone (De Niro) has nearly the whole city of Chicago under his control and supplies illegal liquor. Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Costner) is assigned to stop Capone, but his first attempt at a liquor raid fails due to corrupt policemen tipping Capone off. He has a chance meeting with Irish-American veteran officer Jimmy Malone (Connery), who is fed up with the rampant corruption and offers to help Ness, suggesting that they find a man from the police academy who has not come under Capone's influence. They recruit Italian-American trainee George Stone (Andy García) for his superior marksmanship and intelligence. Joined by accountant Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith), assigned to Ness from Washington, D.C., they conduct a successful raid on a Capone liquor cache and start to gain positive publicity, with the press dubbing them "The Untouchables." Capone later kills the henchman in charge of the cache as a warning to his other men.
After Hours, 1h37
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée
Actors Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating75% 3.7989853.7989853.7989853.7989853.798985
Paul Hackett, a word processor, meets Marcy Franklin in a local cafe in New York. They discuss their common interest in Henry Miller. Marcy leaves Paul her number and informs him that she lives with a sculptor named Kiki Bridges, who makes and sells plaster of Paris paperweights resembling cream cheese bagels. Later in the night, under the pretense of buying a paperweight, Paul visits Marcy, taking a cab to her apartment. On his way to visit Marcy, a $20 bill is blown out the window of the cab, leaving him with only some spare pocket change. The cab driver is furious that he cannot pay, thereby beginning the first in a long series of misadventures for Paul that turn hostile through no fault of his own. At the apartment Paul meets the sculptor Kiki and Marcy, and comes across a collection of photographs and medications which imply that Marcy is severely disfigured from burns on her legs and torso. As a result of this implication, and as a result of a strained conversation with Marcy, Paul abruptly slips out of the apartment.
Streamers
Streamers (1983)
, 1h49
Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthew Modine, George Dzundza, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating63% 3.1962253.1962253.1962253.1962253.196225
Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.
The King of Comedy, 1h45
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about television, Children's films
Actors Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Martin Scorsese
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating77% 3.899863.899863.899863.899863.89986
Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), a stage-door autograph hound, is an aspiring stand-up comedian unsuccessfuly trying to launch his career. After meeting Jerry Langford (Lewis), a successful comedian and talk show host, Rupert believes his "big break" has finally come. He attempts to get a place on the show but is continually rebuffed by Langford's staff and, finally, by Langford himself. Along the way, Rupert indulges in elaborate and obsessive fantasies where he and Langford are colleagues and friends. He even takes a date, Rita, to Langford's home, uninvited, trying to impress her.
Amityville II: The Possession, 1h44
Directed by Damiano Damiani
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Diane Franklin, Jack Magner, Andrew Prine
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating56% 2.800352.800352.800352.800352.80035
The Montelli family; father Anthony (Young), mother Dolores (Alda), elder son Sonny (Magner), elder teenaged daughter Patricia (Franklin) and two younger kids, move into what they think would be the house of their dreams. Initially things begin well, but everything changes after it is discovered that there is a tunnel leading into the house - from where is unknown.
Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating72% 3.647023.647023.647023.647023.64702
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.
Blow Out
Blow Out (1981)
, 1h47
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about films, Serial killer films, Political films
Actors John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, John McMartin, Bernie Rachelle
Roles Sound Supervisor
Rating73% 3.6998053.6998053.6998053.6998053.699805
While in post-production on a low-budget exploitation film, Philadelphia sound technician Jack Terry (Travolta) is told by his producer that he needs a more realistic sounding scream and better wind effects. After leaving the studio to record potential sound effects at a local park, he sees a car careen off the road and plunge into a nearby creek. Jack dives into the water to help, discovering a dead man and a young woman, still alive, trapped inside the submerged car. He pulls her to safety and accompanies her to a local hospital. Jack learns that the driver of the car was the governor (and a presidential hopeful); the girl was an escort named Sally (Allen). Associates of the governor attempt to whitewash the incident by concealing that Sally was in the car, and they convince Jack to smuggle Sally out of the hospital with him.
Dressed to Kill, 1h45
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Psychanalyse, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, William Finley, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating70% 3.548013.548013.548013.548013.54801
Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is a sexually frustrated housewife who is in therapy with New York City psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott (Michael Caine). During an appointment, Kate attempts to seduce him, but Elliott rejects her advances.
Simon
Simon (1980)
, 1h37
Directed by Marshall Brickman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Political films
Actors Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Wallace Shawn, Judy Graubart, Fred Gwynne
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating62% 3.147613.147613.147613.147613.14761
The Institute for Advanced Concepts, a group of scientists with an unlimited budget and a propensity for elaborate pranks, brainwash a psychology professor named Simon Mendelssohn who was abandoned at birth and manage to convince him, and the rest of the world, that he is of extraterrestrial origin. Simon escapes and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high-powered TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.
Just Tell Me What You Want, 1h52
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Alan King, Ali MacGraw, Peter Weller, Leslie Easterbrook, Keenan Wynn, Tony Roberts
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating54% 2.7019952.7019952.7019952.7019952.701995
Max Herschel, the married, wealthy, vulgar, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire, is satisfied with the somewhat casual love/hate relationship he shares with his mistress and protegee, television producer "Bones" Burton, just as it is, but she wants a more serious commitment.
Times Square, 1h51
Directed by Allan Moyle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Tim Curry, Steve James, Peter Coffield, Herbert Berghof
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating65% 3.2980953.2980953.2980953.2980953.298095
Nicky Marotta (Robin Johnson) and Pamela Pearl (Trini Alvarado) are two teenage girls who meet in the New York Neurological Hospital, where they are both being examined for mental illness. Pamela feels lonely and misunderstood, and is neglected and exploited by her father, a prominent and wealthy environmental commissioner running a campaign to "clean up" Times Square. Nicky is a tough-talking street kid with musical aspirations, sent to the hospital for an evaluation after an altercation with the police. Sharing a room, the frank Nicky and the shy Pamela become friends; Nicky tells Pamela that she stages seizures to keep out of juvenile detention. Nicky admires Pamela's poetic spirit; Pamela admires Nicky's forthright attitude, and resents the condescending way in which the doctors treat her. Nicky tells Pamela not to take her meds as they "take your fight away." She also reads a poem that Pamela wrote about her: "Your ribs are my ladder, Nicky/I'm so amazed, I'm so amazed." Nicky is released from the hospital, and later returns, ostensibly for an appointment for her social worker, but really to break Pamela out. Both girls escape from the hospital, steal an ambulance, and hide out in an abandoned Chelsea Piers No.56 on the Hudson River. Pamela tells Nicky, "Everything you do, or you say, is poetry. At least, I think so." The girls seal their devotion to each other with a blood oath and make a pact to scream out each other's names in times of trouble.
Times Square, 1h51
Directed by Allan Moyle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield, Herbert Berghof, David Margulies
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating65% 3.2980953.2980953.2980953.2980953.298095
Deux filles, l'une rebelle et l'autre réservée, s'échappent d'une clinique psychiatrique et développent une amitié dans les rues de New-York. Elles décident alors de mener un train de vie punk-rock délirant, avant que les autorités ne commencent activement à les rechercher, ce qui perturbe leur états mentaux déjà fragiles.
Rockers
Rockers (1979)
, 1h40
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Musical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Roles Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rating74% 3.7420253.7420253.7420253.7420253.742025
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston plans to make some extra money selling and distributing records. He buys a motorcycle to carry them to the sound systems around the island. The film starts as a loose interpretation of Vittorio de Sica’s The Bicycle Thief and turns into a reggae interpretation of the Robin Hood myth.
Steel
Steel (1979)

Directed by Steve Carver
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Lee Majors, Jennifer O'Neill, Art Carney, George Kennedy, Harris Yulin, Redmond Gleeson
Roles Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Rating58% 2.9489552.9489552.9489552.9489552.948955
Spécalisé dans la construction des hautes tours, dans les grandes agglomérations américaines, Lew Cassidy est victime d'une chute mortelle en voulant porter secours à l'un de ses ouvriers. Sa fille Cass décide de prendre en main l'affaire paternelle et de terminer la construction de l'immense building, malgré la farouche opposition d'Eddie, le propre frère de Lew, transporteur d'acier...
The Wiz
The Wiz (1978)
, 2h14
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Météorologie, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Le pays d'Oz, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt
Roles Recording Supervision
Rating55% 2.7537152.7537152.7537152.7537152.753715
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a shy 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she has, as Aunt Em teases her, never been south of 125th Street, and refuses to move out and on with her life.