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James Goldman is a Scriptwriter American born on 30 june 1927 at Chicago (USA)
James Goldman (June 30, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American screenwriter and playwright, and the brother of screenwriter and novelist William Goldman.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up primarily in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter and author of the book for the Broadway musical Follies.
Goldman died from a heart attack in New York City, where he had lived for many years.
En 1965, il publie son premier roman La Mare aux barbouzes (Waldorf). C'est une « satire qui prend le contre-pied des traditionnelles histoires d'espionnage » qualifiée d'« agréable surprise » par Claude Mesplède.
James Goldman meurt à New York d'une crise cardiaque.
(1985)
(Histoire)
(1968)
(Theatre Play)
(1971)
(Scriptwriter)
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Birth name James Adolf Goldman
Nationality USA
Birth 30 june 1927 at Chicago (USA)
Death 28 october 1998 (at 71 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 30 june 1927 at Chicago (USA)
Death 28 october 1998 (at 71 years) at New York City (USA)
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up primarily in Highland Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter and author of the book for the Broadway musical Follies.
Goldman died from a heart attack in New York City, where he had lived for many years.
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Dramaturge, il est l'auteur de deux pièces à succès, They Might Be Giants en 1961 et The Lion in Winter en 1966. Ces deux pièces sont adaptées au cinéma sous les titres éponymes en 1968 et 1971 par Anthony Harvey. En 1969, il reçoit l'Oscar du meilleur scénario adapté pour Le Lion en hiver.En 1965, il publie son premier roman La Mare aux barbouzes (Waldorf). C'est une « satire qui prend le contre-pied des traditionnelles histoires d'espionnage » qualifiée d'« agréable surprise » par Claude Mesplède.
James Goldman meurt à New York d'une crise cardiaque.
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The Lion in Winter (2003)
, 2h47Directed by Andreï Kontchalovski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Christmas films
Actors Patrick Stewart, Glenn Close, Andrew Howard, John Light, Rafe Spall, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Rating69%
Le roi Henry II garde sa femme, Eleanor, enfermée dans les tours à cause de ses fréquentes tentatives de le renverser. Une fois Eleanor hors d'état de nuire, il peut avoir ses liaisons avec sa jeune maîtresse. Il va sans dire que la reine n'est pas contente, bien qu'elle ait encore de l'affection pour le roi. Travaillant par l'intermédiaire de ses fils, elle complote la mort du roi et l'accession au trône de son deuxième fils préféré, Richard. Le plus jeune fils, John, un bouffon en surpoids et le seul fils à avoir l'affection de son père est le choix du roi après la mort de son premier fils, le jeune Henry. Mais John est également trop avide de pouvoir et est prêt à comploter la mort de son père avec son frère cadet, Geoffrey et le jeune roi de France, Phillip. Geoffrey, bien sûr, voit la faiblesse de son jeune frère et considère cette voie comme son chemin vers le pouvoir. De toute évidence, des intrigues politiques et judiciaires s'ensuivent.
Cyber Bandits (1995)
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors Alexandra Paul, Martin Kemp, Grace Jones, Robert Hays, Henry Gibson, James Hong
Rating37%
, 3h15Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Amy Irving, Olivia de Havilland, Rex Harrison, Jan Niklas, Omar Sharif, Angela Pleasence
Rating65%
The film starts in December, 1916, just before the Russian Revolution, then moves to 1917's February Revolution, the family's forced move to Siberia in summer, 1917 after Nicholas II's forced abdication in March, the late-1917 Bolshevik takeover and start of the Russian Civil War and the July, 1918 mass shooting of the family. Afterwards, it revolves around Anna Anderson, who believes that she is Anastasia Romanov, daughter of Nicholas II of Russia. Anna first tells her story in the 1920s when she is an inmate in a Berlin asylum after her suicide attempt. Her story of escape from the Bolsheviks who killed the rest of her family in 1918 seems so vivid that many Russian expatriates are willing to believe her. She slowly gains more trust, but the Romanov family is very resistant to believe her tale and publicly denounces her as an impostor. The movie culminates in 1938 with Anna deciding to sue the Romanovs in Germany's courts to force them to recognize her as Anastasia, but it never reveals if Anna really is Anastasia. The ending epilogue narration says that she eventually moved back to the U.S. and settled in Charlottesville, Virginia where she died in 1984.
Anna Karenina (1985)
, 2h30Directed by Simon Langton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve, Paul Scofield, Ian Ogilvy, Anna Massey, Joanna David
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Tragic Anna Karenina (Russian: «Анна Каренина»; [ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə]) leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leave her hopelessly depressed.
White Nights (1985)
, 2h16Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Dance films, Political films
Actors Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page, Isabella Rossellini
Roles Histoire
Rating66%
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko (Baryshnikov) is a Soviet ballet dancer who had defected from the Soviet Union. The plane carrying him to a next performance in Tokyo has engine trouble and crashes in Siberia. He is hurt and is soon recognized by KGB officer Colonel Chaiko (Jerzy Skolimowski). Chaiko then contacts African-American tap dancer, Raymond Greenwood (Hines), who has defected to the Soviet Union, and gets them both to Leningrad. Chaiko wants Rodchenko to dance at the season's opening night at the Kirov, and Greenwood to babysit Rodchenko. To convince Rodchenko, Chaiko uses Galina Ivanova (Mirren), a former ballerina who never left the Soviet Union and is an old flame of Rodchenko. After an initial period of racial and artistic friction, the two dancers (and defectors in opposite directions) become strong friends. When Raymond finds that his wife Darya Greenwood (Rossellini) is pregnant, he decides he doesn't want his son to grow up in the Soviet Union, and together with Rodchenko they plan an escape, with the help from Galina, who still has feelings for Rodchenko. While the escape plan is going on, Raymond chooses to stay behind to delay Chaiko, gaining time for Nikolai and Darya to get to the American Consulate at Leningrad. Even though Raymond is incarcerated when the whole plan is revealed, he is finally traded by the Soviets for a political prisoner from America, and reunites with his wife and Nikolai.
Oliver Twist (1983)
, 1h43Directed by Clive Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children
Actors George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi
Roles Writer
Rating66%
The film opens with a young, blonde-haired woman outdoors during a rainstorm. She is seen struggling on her knees, and she manages to stumble into a home. The occupants, learning that the pregnant woman is about to go into labour, make preparations for her birth.
Robin and Marian (1976)
, 1h46Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson, Ronnie Barker
Rating64%
An aging Robin Hood (Connery) is a trusted captain fighting for King Richard the Lionheart (Harris) in France, the Crusades long over. Richard orders him to take a castle that is rumored to hold a gold statue. Discovering that it is defended by a solitary, one-eyed old man (Esmond Knight) who is sheltering harmless women and children, and convinced that there is no statue, Robin and his right-hand man, Little John (Williamson), refuse to attack. King Richard, angry at their insubordination, orders the pair's execution, but before his orders can be carried out, he is mortally wounded by an arrow thrown by the old man. Richard has the helpless residents massacred, with the exception of the old man, because Richard likes his eye. The King asks Robin to pray for mercy for him. When Robin refuses, Richard draws his sword, but lacks the strength to strike him and falls to the floor. Robin helps him, and moved by his loyalty, with his last words, Richard frees Robin and Little John.
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
, 3h9Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning
Rating71%
The story begins with the birth of Tsarevich Alexei on 12 August 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) is warned by the Prime Minister Count Witte (Laurence Olivier) and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas (Harry Andrews) that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They tell him the Russian people want representative government, health care, voting and workers' rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin (Michael Bryant), Joseph Stalin (James Hazeldine) and Leon Trotsky (Brian Cox) have formed.
They Might Be Giants (1971)
, 1h38Directed by Anthony Harvey
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Sherlock Holmes films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Oliver Clark, Al Lewis, Rue McClanahan
Rating66%
Justin Playfair (Scott) is a millionaire who retreats into fantasy after his wife's death, imagining himself to be Sherlock Holmes, the legendary fictional detective. Complete with deerstalker hat, pipe and violin, he spends his days in a homemade criminal laboratory, constantly paranoid about plots hatched by his (Holmes's) archenemy, Professor Moriarty.
The Lion in Winter (1968)
, 2h14Directed by Anthony Harvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about families, Politique, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton
Roles Theatre Play
Rating78%
The Lion in Winter is set during Christmas 1183, at King Henry II's château and primary residence in Chinon, Anjou, within the Angevin Empire of medieval France. Henry wants his youngest son, the future King John, to inherit his throne, while his estranged and imprisoned wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, favours their oldest surviving son, the future King Richard the Lionheart. Meanwhile, King Philip II of France, the son and successor of Louis VII of France, Eleanor's ex-husband, has given his half-sister Alais, who is currently Henry's mistress, to the future heir, and demands either a wedding or the return of her dowry.