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Norman Wexler is a Scriptwriter American born on 16 august 1926 at New Bedford (USA)
Norman Wexler (August 6, 1926 – August 23, 1999) was a screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever, Serpico and Joe, for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1971. A Detroit native and 1944 Central High School graduate, Wexler attended Harvard University before moving to New York in 1951.
Il déménage à New York en 1951 et travaille dans une agence de publicité, tout en commençant à écrire des pièces de théâtre, dont certaines sont jouées Off-Broadway. Il déménage plus tard à Hollywood, où il connaît son premier succès comme scénariste avec Joe.
Maniaco-dépressif, sa maladie lui occasionne divers problèmes, le plus médiatique étant peut-être d'avoir été arrêté en 1972 pour avoir proféré des menaces à propos de Richard Nixon, lors d'un vol New York-San Francisco.
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Norman Wexler
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 august 1926 at New Bedford (USA)
Death 23 august 1999 (at 73 years) at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Birth 16 august 1926 at New Bedford (USA)
Death 23 august 1999 (at 73 years) at Washington, D.C. (USA)
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Norman Wexler naît dans le Massachusetts dans une famille d'ouvriers. Il grandt ensuite à Detroit (Michigan), puis fait des études à l'Université Harvard.Il déménage à New York en 1951 et travaille dans une agence de publicité, tout en commençant à écrire des pièces de théâtre, dont certaines sont jouées Off-Broadway. Il déménage plus tard à Hollywood, où il connaît son premier succès comme scénariste avec Joe.
Maniaco-dépressif, sa maladie lui occasionne divers problèmes, le plus médiatique étant peut-être d'avoir été arrêté en 1972 pour avoir proféré des menaces à propos de Richard Nixon, lors d'un vol New York-San Francisco.
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Filmography of Norman Wexler (7 films)
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Add to a movie listRaw Deal (1986)
, 1h46Directed by John Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Steven Hill
Rating56%
On December 16, 1985, in a remote wooded cabin, a mob informant is under protection by the FBI. They are ambushed by a hit squad who brutally slaughter the bodyguards and the witness. One of the agents killed is Blair Shannon, son of FBI Chief Harry Shannon (Darren McGavin), who vows revenge.
Staying Alive (1983)
, 1h36Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Julie Bovasso, Kurtwood Smith, Sarah Miles
Rating48%
Set some six years after the events of Saturday Night Fever, former disco king Anthony "Tony" Manero is now 25. He has left Brooklyn, and is now living in Manhattan, staying in a flophouse while he works as a dance instructor and as a waiter at a dance club, looking for his big break in the modern dance productions on Broadway. The breakaway he has from his Brooklyn life, family, and friends seems to have matured Tony and refined his personality, specifically represented by his diminished Brooklyn accent and his avoidance of alcohol and profanity. However, certain attitudes have not changed, as with his most recent girlfriend, the forgiving Jackie (Cynthia Rhodes). One attitude he holds consists of a double standard whereby he feels at liberty to see other women, but becomes vexed if he finds Jackie with other men.
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
, 1h59Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Striptease
Actors John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Paul Pape, Donna Pescow, Fran Drescher
Rating67%
Anthony "Tony" Manero (John Travolta) is a 19-year-old Italian American man from the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Tony lives with his parents (Val Bisoglio and Julie Bovasso), and works at a dead-end job in a small hardware store. The stagnant monotony of his life is temporarily dispelled every Saturday night when Tony is "king of the dance floor" at 2001 Odyssey, a local disco club. Tony has four close friends: Joey (Joseph Cali); Double J (Paul Pape); Gus (Bruce Ornstein); and the diminutive Bobby C. (Barry Miller). A fringe member of this group of friends is Annette (Donna Pescow), a neighborhood girl who longs for a more permanent physical relationship with Tony.
Drum (1976)
, 1h50Directed by Burt Kennedy, Steve Carver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Warren Oates, Pam Grier, Isela Vega, Yaphet Kotto, John Colicos, Fiona Lewis
Rating55%
This film picks up the story 15 years after the events of the first film. Drum (Norton) has been born to a white prostitute (Vega), who raises him with her black lesbian lover (Kelly). Drum grows up to be a fighter and is often forced to bare-knuckle-box other slaves for the entertainment of the owners, one of whom is a gay Frenchman named Bernard DeMarigny (Colicos). DeMarigny wants to sleep with Drum, but his advances are rejected by the slave and DeMarigny vows revenge against Drum. Drum and his friend Blaise (Kotto) are eventually sold to plantation owner Hammond Maxwell (Oates) and are both taken to his plantation to work. Drum's girlfriend Regine (Grier) is purchased by Maxwell as well and is taken to the plantation for his own personal desires.
Mandingo (1975)
, 2h7Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays
Actors James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Paul Benedict, Lillian Irene Hayman, Richard Ward
Rating64%
The movie is set in the Deep South of the United States prior to the American Civil War. Falconhurst is a run-down plantation owned by widower Warren Maxwell (James Mason) and largely run by his son, Hammond (Perry King). Hammond and a friend go to a brothel where both men choose to have sex with virgin black women. Hammond chooses Ellen (Brenda Sykes). Hammond and Ellen watch as Hammond's friend abuses and rapes his choice, claiming that she likes it. Hammond asks Ellen if this is true, and she says no. Hammond then gently has sexual intercourse with Ellen.
Serpico (1973)
, 2h5Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Historical, Crime, Politic
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Al Pacino, John Randolph, M. Emmet Walsh, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Tony Roberts
Rating76%
Working as a uniformed patrolman, Frank Serpico excels at every assignment. He moves on to plainclothes assignments, where he slowly discovers a hidden world of corruption and graft among his own colleagues. After witnessing cops commit violence, take payoffs, and other forms of police corruption, Serpico decides to expose what he has seen, but is harassed and threatened by his peers. His struggle leads to infighting within the police force, problems in his personal relationships, and his life being threatened. Finally, after being shot in the face during a drug bust on February 3, 1971, he testifies before the Knapp Commission, a government inquiry into NYPD police corruption between 1970 and 1972. After receiving a New York City Police Department Medal of Honor and a disability pension, Serpico resigns from the force and moves to Switzerland.
Joe (1970)
, 1h42Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, Susan Sarandon, K Callan, Frank Vitale
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Advertising executive Bill Compton (Patrick), his wife Joan (Audrey Caire), and daughter Melissa (Sarandon) are a wealthy family living in New York's Upper East Side. Melissa has been living with her drug dealer boyfriend. After Melissa overdoses and is sent to a hospital, Compton goes to her boyfriend's apartment to get her clothes. He confronts and kills the boyfriend in a fit of rage. At a nearby bar he hears factory worker Joe Curran (Boyle) ranting about how he hates hippies, and blurts out that he just killed one. Joe reacts favorably, but Compton says it was a joke.