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Ira Lewis is a Actor and Writer American born on 27 august 1932
Ira Lewis Metsky (27 August 1932 — 4 April 2015) was an American actor, writer, and playwright. Lewis was best known for his one-act play, Chinese Coffee, which opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 1992, starring Al Pacino. A film adaptation of Chinese Coffee, also starring Pacino, as well as Jerry Orbach, was released in 2000. Ira Lewis wrote the film's screenplay, while Pacino directed the adaptation.
Lewis died in Edison, New Jersey, of complications following heart surgery on 4 April 2015. He was a resident of Westfield, New Jersey.
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Lewis was born on August 27, 1932 in Newark, New Jersey. He studied acting and made his Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s “Incident at Vichy”. In 1965, Lewis toured with a production of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”.Lewis died in Edison, New Jersey, of complications following heart surgery on 4 April 2015. He was a resident of Westfield, New Jersey.
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Loose Cannons (1990)
, 1h34Directed by Bob Clark
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Robert Prosky
Roles Hitler
Rating49%
A film is found that features young German officer Kirk Von Metz (Robert Prosky) sleeping with Adolf Hitler. Years later, Von Metz is running for chancellor of West Germany and arranges for the murder of anyone who has seen the film. The killings take place in the Washington D.C. area, and police officers MacArthur Stern (Gene Hackman) and Ellis Fielding (Dan Aykroyd) are sent to investigate the crimes.
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
, 1h50Directed by Norman Mailer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Sandlund, Wings Hauser, Lawrence Tierney, John Bedford Lloyd
Roles Merwyn Finney
Rating49%
Writer Tim Madden, who is prone to blackouts, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a bloodbath in his car,then sees a woman's severed head in his marijuana stash, and the new Provincetown, Massachusetts police chief, Luther Regency, shacked up with his former girlfriend Madeleine.
Rollover (1981)
, 1h56Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer, Bob Gunton, Martha Plimpton
Roles Trader
Rating54%
Lee Winters is the widow of the Chairman and primary stockholder of Winterchem Enterprises, a chemical company, who is attempting to obtain financing of the purchase of a processing plant in Spain, while trying to determine why her husband was murdered.
The Flesh Eaters (1964)
, 1h27Directed by Jack Curtis, Jack Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Martin Kosleck, Ira Lewis, Jack Curtis
Roles Freddy Miller
Rating57%
A wealthy, over-the-hill actress named Laura Winters (Rita Morely) hires pilot Grant Murdoch (Byron Sanders) to fly her and her assistant Jan Letterman (Barbara Wilkin) to Provincetown, but a storm forces them to land on a small island. They soon meet Prof. Peter Bartell (Martin Kosleck) a marine biologist with a German accent who is living in seclusion on the isle.
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Chinese Coffee (2000)
, 1h39Directed by Al Pacino
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Films based on plays
Actors Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd, Neal Jones, Christopher Evan Welch, Laura Esterman
Roles Writer
Rating70%
Harry Levine (Pacino) is a struggling writer (barely) ekeing out a living as a doorman — that is, until he is fired. Desperate for money, he pays a visit to his friend Jake Manheim (Orbach), an arts photographer, to collect an old debt. After Jake says he doesn't have the money, the two engage in an all-night conversation about their respective art, past and present loves, and the directions their lives are heading. The play and film are set in Greenwich Village circa 1982.