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Kelly Masterson is a Scriptwriter and Co-Producer American born on 1 january 1950
Kelly Masterson is an American screenwriter, playwright and writer who lives in New Jersey. He wrote the screenplay for the film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, for which he is perhaps best known. Before moving to New York to stage several of his early plays, he studied Theology at the University of California, Davis. In describing his script for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, he has said:
"I don't know. It was winter, and I was depressed I guess when I was writing it. I'm fascinated by the folly of human nature. I love characters who we understand and sympathize with, but we just shake our heads at how stupidly they act. This probably comes from my theology background but I love the big themes of good and evil and how we're such a combination of both. We try to chart a path that's on the side of good, but we all have evil impulses in us."
He had tried to get the script made seven years before director Sidney Lumet agreed to direct it.
Masterson's play "Edith" about Woodrow and Edith Wilson premiered at Berkshire Theater Festival in 2012.
Masterson collaborated with Korean Director Bong Joon-ho on Snowpiercer. The film stars Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and Ed Harris. It will be released in 2013.
Masterson is currently working on a television pilot of USA Network ("The Legend of Jessie and Jack") and a television movie ("Killing Kennedy") slated for November 2013 on National Geographic.
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"I don't know. It was winter, and I was depressed I guess when I was writing it. I'm fascinated by the folly of human nature. I love characters who we understand and sympathize with, but we just shake our heads at how stupidly they act. This probably comes from my theology background but I love the big themes of good and evil and how we're such a combination of both. We try to chart a path that's on the side of good, but we all have evil impulses in us."
He had tried to get the script made seven years before director Sidney Lumet agreed to direct it.
Masterson's play "Edith" about Woodrow and Edith Wilson premiered at Berkshire Theater Festival in 2012.
Masterson collaborated with Korean Director Bong Joon-ho on Snowpiercer. The film stars Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and Ed Harris. It will be released in 2013.
Masterson is currently working on a television pilot of USA Network ("The Legend of Jessie and Jack") and a television movie ("Killing Kennedy") slated for November 2013 on National Geographic.
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Good People (2014)
, 1h30Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Friel, Omar Sy, Sam Spruell
Roles Writer
Rating55%
The story begins with four men pulling a heist together. The men rob a man named Khan (Omar Sy), a well known French heroin dealer, of his drugs and money. Ben Tuttle and Bobby emerge from the building first. Ben shoots Bobby and runs off with all of the money and drugs. The two other men, Jack Witkowski (Sam Spruell) and Marshall, exit later. They find Bobby dead, and run off before they get caught.
Snowpiercer (2013)
, 2h6Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Environmental films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Song Kang-ho, Alison Pill, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton
Rating70%
In 2014, an attempt to counteract global warming through climate engineering results in an ice age that extinguishes all life except the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a massive train powered by a perpetual motion engine that travels a globe-spanning track, created by the transportation magnate Wilford. By 2031, elites inhabit the extravagant front cars and the "scum" inhabit the tail in squalid and brutal conditions. Under watch by Wilford's guards, they are brought only gelatinous protein bars to eat and kept in their place in the social order by Minister Mason, while sometimes small children are taken away.
Killing Kennedy (2013)
, 1h32Directed by Nelson McCormick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Rob Lowe, Will Rothhaar, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jack Noseworthy, Casey Siemaszko
Rating59%
The plot follows the rise of John F. Kennedy (Lowe) as he becomes President of the United States. As Kennedy's career shapes, Lee Harvey Oswald (Rothhaar), a former Marine, begins to grow disillusioned with America. Their paths ultimately cross and results in Oswald's assassination of Kennedy.
, 2h3Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon
Rating72%
Note: The story is explained here in its chronological order, rather than as it is presented in the film.
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Killing Kennedy (2013)
, 1h32Directed by Nelson McCormick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Rob Lowe, Will Rothhaar, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jack Noseworthy, Casey Siemaszko
Roles Co-Producer
Rating59%
The plot follows the rise of John F. Kennedy (Lowe) as he becomes President of the United States. As Kennedy's career shapes, Lee Harvey Oswald (Rothhaar), a former Marine, begins to grow disillusioned with America. Their paths ultimately cross and results in Oswald's assassination of Kennedy.