James Jacks is a Producer American born on 29 december 1947
James Jacks
James Jacks participated to
24 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
7 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Producer
, 2h10
Directed by Stephen SommersOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Fantasy,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films based on mythology,
Mythologie égyptienneActors Brendan Fraser,
Rachel Weisz,
John Hannah,
Freddie Boath,
Oded Fehr,
Arnold VoslooRoles Producer
Rating63%
In 3067 BC, the Scorpion King leads his army on a campaign to conquer the world. After fighting for seven years, his army is defeated while attacking Thebes and exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere; his men die of heat exhaustion. After vowing to give Anubis his soul for the power to defeat his enemies, an oasis forms to hide the Scorpion King's pyramid and he is given a legion of jackal warriors in Anubis' image. The Army of Anubis sweeps across Egypt, but once their task is finished, Anubis claims the Scorpion King's soul and his army., 2h5
Directed by Stephen SommersOrigin USAGenres Fantastic,
Comedy,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films based on mythology,
Mythologie égyptienneActors Brendan Fraser,
Rachel Weisz,
Amy Jackson,
John Hannah,
Arnold Vosloo,
Kevin J. O'ConnorRoles Producer
Rating70%
In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, high priest Imhotep engages in an affair with Anck-su-Namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. When the Pharaoh discovers their tryst, Imhotep and Anck-su-Namun kill him. As Seti's guards arrive, Imhotep flees while Anck-su-Namun kills herself, intending for Imhotep to resurrect her. After Anck-su-Namun's burial, Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and travel to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, where they begin the resurrection ceremony. However, the group is intercepted by Seti's bodyguards, the Medjai, before the ritual could be completed, and Anck-su-Namun's soul is sent back to the Underworld. Imhotep's priests are all mummified alive. Imhotep himself is sentenced to immortal agony, condemned to suffer the Hom Dai curse: having his tongue removed and then being buried alive with flesh eating scarab beetles. Imhotep is buried under high security, sealed away in a sarcophagus at the feet of a statue of the Egyptian god Anubis, and kept under strict surveillance by the Medjai, since if Imhotep were ever to resurrect, the entire world would be doomed., 1h54
Directed by Rob CohenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Sports films,
Martial arts filmsActors Brendan Fraser,
Jet Li,
Maria Bello,
John Hannah,
Luke Ford,
Russell WongRoles Producer
Rating52%
In ancient China, Qin Shi Huang, a brutal and tyrannical warlord, unites the country's kingdoms into an empire and becomes the Dragon Emperor. He orders the construction of the Great Wall of China to bury and curse his dead enemies. The Emperor soon grows fearful that his death will end all he has accomplished and summons Zi Yuan, a sorceress who is said to know the secret of immortality. She seemingly casts a spell on the Emperor in Sanskrit, before he executes General Ming, his trusted friend and Zi Yuan's lover. But foreseeing such events, Zi Yuan immolates and detains the Emperor, transforming his army into the Terracotta Army, and flees., 1h32
Directed by Chuck RussellOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantasy,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about magic and magiciansActors Dwayne Johnson,
Steven Brand,
Kelly Hu,
Grant Heslov,
Bernard Hill,
Michael Clarke DuncanRoles Producer
Rating55%
"Before the time of the pyramids," a horde from the East invades the ancient world, led by the ruthless Memnon, who by their law, is king for being their greatest warrior. His many victories come from the help of a sorcerer who predicts the outcomes of battles, leaving only a few free tribes to oppose him., 2h4
Directed by Michael Caton-JonesOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Assassinat,
Films about terrorism,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Political films,
Road movies,
Chase films,
Gangster filmsActors Bruce Willis,
Richard Gere,
Sidney Poitier,
Diane Venora,
Mathilda May,
J. K. SimmonsRoles Producer
Rating63%
A joint mission of the American FBI and the Russian MVD leads to the death of the younger brother of an Azerbaijani mobster (David Hayman). In retaliation, the mobster hires an enigmatic assassin known only by the pseudonym "The Jackal" (Bruce Willis) to kill an unseen target. The Jackal demands $70 million for the job, to which the mobster reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, the MVD capture one of the mafia's henchmen. During interrogation by torture, the henchman reveals the name "Jackal". This, coupled with the documents recovered from the henchman's briefcase, leads the FBI and MVD to assume the target for the retaliatory hit is FBI Director Donald Brown (John Cunningham)., 1h40
Directed by Frères CoenOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Crime,
RomanceActors George Clooney,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Geoffrey Rush,
Edward Herrmann,
Cedric the Entertainer,
Paul AdelsteinRoles Executive Producer
Rating62%
Donovan Donaly (Geoffrey Rush) a TV soap opera producer, comes home early and finds his wife Bonnie (Stacey Travis) with her ex-boyfriend, Ollie (Jack Kyle). Bonnie hires Miles Massey (George Clooney), a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the "Massey pre-nup", a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement. Miles wins the divorce case, leaving Donaly with nothing. , 1h40
Directed by Nora EphronOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
MelodramaThemes Films about religion,
Transport films,
Films about angels,
Road moviesActors John Travolta,
Andie MacDowell,
William Hurt,
Bob Hoskins,
Robert Pastorelli,
Jean StapletonRoles Producer
Rating57%
Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folkspersons. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be up the Mirror's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story – Frank Quinlan (William Hurt), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Driscoll (Robert Pastorelli), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the Mirror's mascot Sparky the Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell), a self-styled "angel expert" (actually a dog trainer hired by Malt to eventually replace Driscoll).