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Fielder Cook is a Director and Producer American born on 9 march 1923 at Atlanta (USA)

Fielder Cook

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Nationality USA
Birth 9 march 1923 at Atlanta (USA)
Death 20 june 2003 (at 80 years) at Charlotte (USA)
Awards Emmy Award

Fielder Cook est un réalisateur américain né à Atlanta (Géorgie) le 9 mars 1923, décédé le 20 juin 2003 à Charlotte (Caroline du Nord). Il étudia la littérature et l'art à l’Université de Washington et fut reçu comme bachelier en Art.

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Woodrow Parfrey
Woodrow Parfrey
(2 films)
Lee Garmes
Lee Garmes
(2 films)
Philip W. Anderson
Philip W. Anderson
(2 films)
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook
(1 films)
Virginia Gregg
Virginia Gregg
(1 films)
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Filmography of Fielder Cook (13 films)

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Seize the Day
Seize the Day (1986)
, 1h33
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robin Williams, Jerry Stiller, Louis Guss, John Fiedler, Joseph Wiseman, Richard B. Shull
Rating57% 2.8971752.8971752.8971752.8971752.897175
After losing his job, his girlfriend, and his sanity, Salesman Tommy Wilhelm (Williams) packs up for New York City to try to repair the pieces of his broken life. His skill as a salesman comes naturally, but his strained relationship with his father (Joseph Wiseman) certainly does not. Tommy must face the father he never really knew while trying to balance the new life that he attempts to carve out for himself.
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
, 1h40
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Santa Claus in film, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Sebastian Cabot, Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Roddy McDowall, Mara Wilson, Jim Backus
Rating58% 2.90692.90692.90692.90692.9069
When an old man (Sebastian Cabot) spies the department store Santa Claus get drunk before taking part in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, he immediately locates and complains to Karen Walker (Jane Alexander), the parade director. She promptly fires her Santa Claus and the old man, who turns out to be named Kris Kringle, volunteers to take his place for the sake of the children. Kris does so well during the parade that he is immediately hired to be the store's main Santa for the holiday period. At the same time, Karen's daughter, Susan (Suzanne Davidson), an intelligent but cynical six-year-old, meets her new neighbor, Bill Schafner (David Hartman), a lawyer, and decides to try and hook him up with her mother.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
, 1h45
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Johnny Doran, George Rose, Georgann Johnson, Richard Mulligan, Madeline Kahn
Rating61% 3.0998153.0998153.0998153.0998153.099815
The movie, following the plot of the book by the same name, starts with young teenager Claudia Kinkaid (Sally Prager) feeling unappreciated at her home in New Jersey, so she decides to run away, taking along her younger brother Jamie (Johnny Doran). They run away to New York City, and end up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They stay in the museum for several nights, sleeping in beds featured in the museum, hiding from museum guards, and bathing in the fountain. For money, they grab coins out of the bottom of the fountain and use them to get food out of the vending machine. Eventually, Claudia finds a statue of an angel she believes was carved by Michelangelo, so she decides to find the previous owner of the statue. This owner, named Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Ingrid Bergman), tells Claudia and Jamie that she will leave them the secret of the angel statue in her will if they give her a full account of their adventure, and then has her driver take them home.
Eagle in a Cage
Eagle in a Cage (1972)
, 1h43
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Billie Whitelaw, Kenneth Haigh, Moses Gunn, Ferdy Mayne
Rating58% 2.9071652.9071652.9071652.9071652.907165
After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and surrender to the British Empire, Napoleon Bonaparte is delivered into exile and imprisonment on St. Helena, setting the scene for a psychological character study of the fallen Emperor and those upon the island with him as he rakes over the ashes of his career. After a failed escape attempt, the British Government offers him a chance for a return to limited power in France once again as a buffer against instability there, however on the point of departure he is afflicted by the symptoms of stomach cancer and the offer is in consequence withdrawn, leaving him entrapped on the island and exiting history's stage.
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
The Hands of Cormac Joyce (1972)
, 1h12
Directed by Fielder Cook
Genres Drama
Actors Stephen Boyd, Colleen Dewhurst, Cyril Cusack, Dominic Guard, Enid Bosworth Lorimer

A proud fisherman off the Irish Coast fights to save his land from an approaching storm as other villagers evacuate to the mainland.
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)
, 1h42
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Betty Field, Jack Albertson
Rating62% 3.145853.145853.145853.145853.14585
David Sloane is an attorney and a bachelor whose married pal Harry Hunter is having an affair. David decides to do something about it so Harry doesn't mess up his home life.
Prudence and the Pill
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
, 1h32
Directed by Ronald Neame, Fielder Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Joyce Redman, Robert Coote, Judy Geeson, Irina Demick
Rating57% 2.853412.853412.853412.853412.85341
The film portrays the conflicting and comical attempts by five couples to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills. All of their efforts are ultimately unsuccessful, with the result that all five of the women give birth the following year.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
, 1h35
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Jeu, Poker
Actors Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Paul Ford, Jason Robards, Burgess Meredith, Charles Bickford
Rating72% 3.646363.646363.646363.646363.64636
The five richest men in the territory gather in Laredo for their annual high-stakes poker game. The high rollers let nothing get in the way of their yearly showdown. When undertaker Tropp (Charles Bickford) calls for them in his horse-drawn hearse, cattleman Henry Drummond (Jason Robards) forces a postponement of his daughter's wedding, while lawyer Otto Habershaw (Kevin McCarthy) abandons his closing arguments in a trial, with his client's life hanging in the balance. They are joined by Wilcox (Robert Middleton) and Buford (John Qualen) in the back room of Sam's saloon, while the curious gather outside for occasional reports.
Home Is the Hero
Home Is the Hero (1959)
, 1h23
Directed by Fielder Cook
Genres Drama
Actors John Arthur Kennedy, Joan O'Hara, Harry Brogan
Rating65% 3.285623.285623.285623.285623.28562
Ce drame bien agi au sujet d'un Irlandais vient de sortir de prison est rempli de caractérisation riche. L'histoire est adaptée d'une pièce de théâtre par Walter Macken qui joue également le rôle de l'ex-détenu Paddo dans cette version de l'écran. La direction est par J. Fielder Cook. Une fois que Paddo rentre chez lui après avoir été condamné à cinq ans pour avoir tué un homme, ses vieux amis essayer de le remettre dans leur niche de héros local, mais Paddo aura rien de tout cela. Il est désabusé et changé. Son fils Willie (Arthur Kennedy) marche en boitant qui le maintient trop conscient de soi de s'affirmer comme il le voudrait avec la jeune femme de ses rêves. Alors que d'autres personnes viennent dans et hors de la vie de Paddo, de son ami taciturne trappeur au Tinker local, il est le fils de Willie Paddo souffrant de son handicap qui fait la différence dans la vie de son père.
Patterns
Patterns (1956)
, 1h23
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson, Joanna Roos
Rating76% 3.843543.843543.843543.843543.84354
Most of the scenes are set in the corporate boardroom and surrounding offices of Ramsey & Co., a Manhattan industrial empire headed by the ruthless Walter Ramsey. He recruits youthful industrial engineer Fred Staples, whose performance at a company Ramsey has recently acquired has impressed the boss. Ramsey is grooming Staples to replace the aging Bill Briggs as the second in command at the company.

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