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Herb Jaffe is a Producer American born on 20 may 1921 at New York City (USA)
Herb Jaffe (né le 20 mai 1921 à New York et mort le 7 décembre 1991 à Beverly Hills) est un producteur de cinéma américain indépendant.
Il a commencé sa carrière en tant qu'agent littéraire, travaillant pour des clients comme Paddy Chayefsky, Reginald Rose ou Joseph Heller. Il a ensuite obtenu un poste à United Artists, avant de devenir responsable de la distribution dans le monde entier pour le studio.
Il est devenu producteur dans les années 1970 : il a produit seize films, dont quatre en tant que producteur exécutif.
Il met une option sur les droits d'adaptation de Blade Runner au début des années 1970 mais le scénario qu'a rédigé son fils Robert déplaît fortement à Philip K. Dick, l'auteur du livre qui a inspiré le film. Celui-ci raconte que Robert Jaffe était venu le voir pour discuter du projet et que, dès sa descente de l'avion, la première chose que Dick lui avait dite était « est-ce que je te passe à tabac ici à l'aéroport, ou est-ce que je devrais attendre qu'on soit rentré à mon appartement ? ».
Il est mort d'un cancer à Beverly Hills, en Californie. Son fils Steven-Charles Jaffe est également producteur.
(1985)
(Producer)
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Nationality USA
Birth 20 may 1921 at New York City (USA)
Death 7 december 1991 (at 70 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Birth 20 may 1921 at New York City (USA)
Death 7 december 1991 (at 70 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
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Il est né à Brooklyn, à New York.Il a commencé sa carrière en tant qu'agent littéraire, travaillant pour des clients comme Paddy Chayefsky, Reginald Rose ou Joseph Heller. Il a ensuite obtenu un poste à United Artists, avant de devenir responsable de la distribution dans le monde entier pour le studio.
Il est devenu producteur dans les années 1970 : il a produit seize films, dont quatre en tant que producteur exécutif.
Il met une option sur les droits d'adaptation de Blade Runner au début des années 1970 mais le scénario qu'a rédigé son fils Robert déplaît fortement à Philip K. Dick, l'auteur du livre qui a inspiré le film. Celui-ci raconte que Robert Jaffe était venu le voir pour discuter du projet et que, dès sa descente de l'avion, la première chose que Dick lui avait dite était « est-ce que je te passe à tabac ici à l'aéroport, ou est-ce que je devrais attendre qu'on soit rentré à mon appartement ? ».
Il est mort d'un cancer à Beverly Hills, en Californie. Son fils Steven-Charles Jaffe est également producteur.
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Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
, 1h44Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind, Julie Carmen, Jon Gries, Brian Thompson
Roles Producer
Rating59%
Three years after the first film, Charley Brewster, as a result of psychiatric therapy, now believes that Jerry Dandrige was nothing but a serial killer posing as a vampire. As a result, he comes to believe that vampires never existed.
Dudes (1987)
, 1h30Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Peter Balzary, Lee Ving, Glenn Withrow
Roles Producer
Rating56%
Two punks, or "dudes", (Jon Cryer and Daniel Roebuck), from the big city are traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug. They try to embrace the western way when they are forced to take revenge against a gang of lowly rednecks for killing their friend. Along the way, they get help from a young woman who runs a wrecking service.
Maid to Order (1987)
, 1h33Directed by Amy Holden Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt
Roles Producer
Rating55%
Jessie Montgomery (Ally Sheedy) is a spoiled rich girl whose hard partying life style and lack of self-respect as well as a lack of respect for others. When Jessie gets arrested for drunk driving and drug possession, she finally pushes her father Charles (Tom Skerritt) beyond his limits. Beside himself with frustration and disappointment while in the company of Woodrow (Theodore Wilson), he says the one thing he thought he'd never say....he wishes he'd never had a daughter. In pops Stella Winston (Beverly D'Angelo), a fairy godmother that was assigned to the Montgomery family. To keep Jessie from being erased, Stella casts a spell that causes Charles to no longer have a daughter and gets her out of jail. When she goes to her house, her father doesn't recognize her and claims that he has no daughter. Stella then appears and tells her that she's getting what she deserves. She then tells Jessie to find a job and Jessie is then forced to find work as a maid for an eccentric rich couple called The Starkeys (Valerie Perrine and Dick Shawn).
Nightflyers (1987)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Praed, John Standing, Lisa Blount, Glenn Withrow, James Avery
Roles Executive Producer
Rating43%
Three for the Road (1987)
, 1h28Directed by Bill L. Norton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Charlie Sheen, Alan Ruck, Kerri Green, Sally Kellerman, Blair Tefkin, Raymond J. Barry
Roles Producer
Rating53%
The movie centers around Paul Tracy (Sheen), aide to a United States Senator (Raymond J. Barry), and who has political aspirations of his own. He is asked to transport Robin (Green), the Senator's delinquent daughter, to an institution for girls. He asks his aspiring writer roommate T.S. (Ruck) to come along for the trip. Robin is initially drugged by her father and put unconscious into the back of their car, but as soon as she wakes up she tries everything and anything to escape.
Nightflyers (1987)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future
Actors Catherine Mary Stewart, John Standing, Michael Praed, Lisa Blount, James Avery, Glenn Withrow
Roles Executive Producer
Rating43%
Un groupe de scientifiques embarque dans un immense et puissant vaisseau spatial appelé Nightflyers dans le but de rechercher un mystérieux engin extraterrestre ayant rapport avec la survie humaine sur Terre, avant d’être victime d’une cruelle machination lancée par l’ordinateur de bord…
Fright Night (1985)
, 1h46Directed by Tom Holland
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Roddy McDowall, Jonathan Stark
Roles Producer
Rating70%
Charley Brewster loves traditional Gothic horror films. He stays up late to watch the horror movie TV series Fright Night, which is hosted by his hero, Peter Vincent, a former movie vampire hunter.
Little Treasure (1985)
, 1h35Directed by Alan Sharp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Burt Lancaster, John Pearce, Bill Zuckert, Lupe Ontiveros
Roles Producer
Rating50%
Margot Kidder plays Margo, a stripper searching for her estranged, bank robber father (Burt Lancaster) in a remote part of Mexico. Along the way, Margo meets an American ex-pat drifter (Ted Danson), and together they search for her missing father and eventually his lost, buried fortune.
The Lords of Discipline (1983)
, 1h43Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors David Keith, Robert Prosky, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, William Hope, G. D. Spradlin
Roles Producer
Rating65%
At the Carolina Military Institute (CMI), a first-year cadet (called a "knob") is harassed by three senior cadets, led by Cadet Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander. Cadet Senior Private Will McLean returns to CMI from nearby Charleston & is teased by his mentor & friend, Lieutenant Colonel "Bear" Berrineau.
Jinxed! (1982)
, 1h43Directed by Don Siegel, Sam Peckinpah
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery, Jack Elam, Jacqueline Scott
Roles Producer
Rating47%
Harold Benson (Rip Torn) and his lounge-singer wife Bonita Friml (Bette Midler) follow a young blackjack dealer Willie Brodax (Ken Wahl) around the country. Harold has a blackjack winning jinx on Willie, and seemingly can't lose to him.
Jinxed! (1982)
, 1h43Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Jack Elam, Val Avery, Jacqueline Scott
Roles Producer
Rating47%
Harold est un joueur professionnel qui fréquente les casinos de Las Vegas accompagné de sa femme, la chanteuse Bonita. Harold sympathise avec le jeune Willie dont la présence lui porte chance aux tables de jeux Mais Willie et Bonita se rencontrent et tombent amoureux. Bonita complote alors pour récupérer l'assurance-vie d'Harold et refaire sa vie avec Willie.
Motel Hell (1980)
, 1h42Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod, Elaine Joyce, Rosanne Katon
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59%
Farmer Vincent Smith and his younger sister Ida live on a farm with a motel attached. It's called “Motel Hello,” but the neon ‘O’ flickers, causing the motel name to appear like Motel Hell. Vincent smokes meats which are said to be the most delicious in the area. The secret is human flesh, and Vincent sets traps on the roads near his motel to catch victims. The victims are restrained, then placed in a 'secret garden,’ buried up to their necks, and have their vocal cords cut to prevent them from screaming. They are kept in the ground and fed until they are ready for harvest. Ida helps Vincent, who feels he does no wrong and sees the victims as animals.
Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
, 1h45Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce, Jerry Stiller, Herbert Berghof, Kevin McCarthy
Roles Executive Producer
Rating63%
In the early 1950s, a star-struck Ohio boy, Artie Shoemaker, skips school to work behind the scenes for a touring stock theatrical company.
Time After Time (1979)
, 1h52Directed 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 Producer
Rating69%
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.
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
, 2h6Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Political films
Actors Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Richard Masur, Stuart Wilson, David Opatoshu
Roles Producer
Rating66%
The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War. John Converse (Moriarty), a disillusioned war correspondent, approaches Ray Hicks (Nolte), a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of Converse's from the US, for help in smuggling a large quantity of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco, where he will exchange the drugs for payment with Converse's wife Marge (Weld), who has become addicted to Dilaudid. When Hicks discovers he is being followed by thugs connected either to Converse or his suppliers, he goes on the run with Marge and the heroin, and is eventually pursued by the corrupt DEA agent (Zerbe), who initially set the deal in motion. As Marge is separated from her supply of prescription drugs, she experiences withdrawal, and Hicks decides to help her wean off her dilaudid addiction by using the heroin. Hicks also attempts to find another buyer for the heroin before his pursuers can catch up to him.