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Howard Franklin is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 2000
Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, most well known for the 1990 film Quick Change, his collaboration with Bill Murray. His other films include The Public Eye, about a 1940s tabloid photographer modeled on Weegee and starring Joe Pesci; and The Name of the Rose starring Sean Connery.
Franklin a également scénarisé : Traquée, de Ridley Scott ; Le Nom de la rose, avec Sean Connery ; L'Homme qui en savait trop... peu, avec Bill Murray ; et Antitrust, qui met en vedette un Tim Robbins similaire au milliardaire Bill Gates.
(1986)
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Howard Franklin a écrit et réalisé la comédie désormais culte des années 1990, Hold-up à New-York, avec Bill Murray, Geena Davis et Jason Robards ainsi que L'Œil public (The Public Eye, une biographie à peine voilée du célèbre photographe Weegee, interprété par Joe Pesci.Franklin a également scénarisé : Traquée, de Ridley Scott ; Le Nom de la rose, avec Sean Connery ; L'Homme qui en savait trop... peu, avec Bill Murray ; et Antitrust, qui met en vedette un Tim Robbins similaire au milliardaire Bill Gates.
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Larger Than Life (1996)
, 1h33Directed by Howard Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Road movies, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bill Murray, Jeremy Piven, Janeane Garofalo, Jerry Adler, Pat Hingle, Linda Fiorentino
Rating55%
The film opens at a convention of recliner salesmen, where Jack Corcoran (Bill Murray) gives a motivational speech based on his book Get Over It. Jack shares the example of his father dying before he was born as a difficult circumstance that must be overcome to succeed. At Jack's engagement party, his agent (Jeremy Piven) updates him on all of his upcoming speaking engagements, and the pair hope that one of the engagements is high profile enough to lead to an infomercial.
The Public Eye (1992)
, 1h39Directed by Howard Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jerry Adler, Jared Harris, Richard Riehle
Rating64%
In the 1940s Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein is a freelance crime and street photographer for the New York City tabloids, dedicated to his vivid and realistic work and his unique ability to capture shots that nobody else can. He is very confident of his skills, declaring at one point, "Nobody does what I do. Nobody".
Quick Change (1990)
, 1h29Directed by Bill Murray, Howard Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Tony Shalhoub, Phil Hartman
Rating67%
Grimm, dressed as a clown, robs a bank in midtown Manhattan. He ingeniously sets up a hostage situation and then slips away with an enormous sum of money and his accomplices: girlfriend Phyllis and best friend Loomis.
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The Big Year (2011)
, 1h40Directed by David Frankel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rosamund Pike, JoBeth Williams, Rashida Jones
Rating61%
The film follows three amateur birders who each set out to achieve a Big Year. They are Brad Harris (Jack Black), a 36-year-old computer programmer based in Baltimore; Stu Preissler (Steve Martin), founder and CEO of a New York company bearing his name; and a roofing contractor named Kenny Bostick (Owen Wilson), who holds the current Big Year record of 732 birds.
Antitrust (2001)
, 1h48Directed by Peter Howitt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about computing, Films about the labor movement
Actors Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Richard Roundtree, Nate Dushku
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Working with his three friends at their new software development company Skullbocks, Stanford graduate Milo Hoffman is contacted by CEO Gary Winston of NURV (Never Underestimate Radical Vision) for a very attractive programming position: a fat paycheck, an almost-unrestrained working environment, and extensive creative control over his work. Accepting Winston's offer, Hoffman and his girlfriend, Alice Poulson, move to NURV headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
, 1h35Directed by Jon Amiel
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson, Geraldine James
Rating65%
Wallace Ritchie (Murray) flies from Des Moines, Iowa, to London, England, to spend his birthday with his brother, James (Peter Gallagher), who is to hold a business dinner that evening. Though James is all too happy to spend time with Wally, his presence threatens to sour the evening, and so James sets Wallace up with an interactive improv theatre business, the "Theatre of Life", which promises to treat the participant as a character in a crime drama. Before the night begins, James hands Wallace a pair of Ambassador cigars, promising to "fire them up" before midnight in celebration of Wally's birthday. Trouble begins when Wallace answers a phone call intended for a hitman at the same payphone that the Theatre of Life uses for its act.
The Public Eye (1992)
, 1h39Directed by Howard Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jerry Adler, Jared Harris, Richard Riehle
Roles Writer
Rating64%
In the 1940s Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein is a freelance crime and street photographer for the New York City tabloids, dedicated to his vivid and realistic work and his unique ability to capture shots that nobody else can. He is very confident of his skills, declaring at one point, "Nobody does what I do. Nobody".
Quick Change (1990)
, 1h29Directed by Bill Murray, Howard Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Tony Shalhoub, Phil Hartman
Rating67%
Grimm, dressed as a clown, robs a bank in midtown Manhattan. He ingeniously sets up a hostage situation and then slips away with an enormous sum of money and his accomplices: girlfriend Phyllis and best friend Loomis.
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
, 1h47Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, Andreas Katsulas, John Rubinstein
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60%
Socialite Claire Gregory (Mimi Rogers) attends a party and art show sponsored by one of her oldest friends, Winn Hockings (Mark Moses). Accompanying her is her straitlaced boyfriend, Neil Steinhart (John Rubinstein). In another part of town, there is another party, this one for newly appointed NYPD detective Mike Keegan (Tom Berenger).
The Name of the Rose (1986)
, 2h11Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Witches in film, Serial killer films
Actors Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Michael Lonsdale, Valentina Vargas, Helmut Qualtinger
Rating76%
As an old man nearing the end of his life, Adso, youngest son of the Baron of Melk recounts how, as a young novice in 1327, he accompanied his mentor, the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville to a Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy. The abbey had been chosen as the site for a theological debate between the Franciscan order and the Pope on the poverty of Christ. The abbey is already home to a famed scriptorium where scribes copy, translate or illuminate books. The mysterious recent death of the monk Adelmo of Otranto - a young but famous illuminator - has stirred fears among the abbey's devout inhabitants. The Abbot seeks help from William, known for his deductive powers. The illuminator's death cannot be dismissed as a suicide because the body was found at the foot of a tower having only a window which cannot be opened. William is reluctant to involve himself, though he is persuaded not only because of the intellectual challenge, but also because of his desire to disprove fears of a demonic culprit in Adelmo's death. William is also motivated to act by his fears that the Abbot will summon officials of the inquisition if the mystery remains unsolved.