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Pete Dexter is a Scriptwriter American born on 22 july 1943 at Pontiac (USA)
Pete Dexter, né le 22 juillet 1943 à Pontiac dans le Michigan, est un écrivain, journaliste et scénariste américain . Il a reçu le National Book Award en 1988 pour son livre Paris Trout (Cotton Point en France).
Pete Dexter travaille également comme scénariste, il participe notamment aux adaptations de ces romans. Stephen Gyllenhaal réalise Paris Trout d'après le roman éponyme en 1991, Walter Hill se base sur Deadwood pour réaliser Wild Bill en 1995 et Lee Daniels réalise The Paperboy en 2012 d'après le roman du même nom.
Il a par ailleurs collaboré à l'écriture des films Rush, Les Hommes de l'ombre, Michael et The Devil and Daniel Webster.
Pour la création de la sérié télévisée Deadwood, David Milch s'est inspiré du roman Deadwood.
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Il travaille comme journaliste d'investigation, chroniqueur et éditorialiste pour le Philadelphia Daily News de Philadelphie, le The Sacramento Bee de Sacramento et le Sun Sentinel de Fort Lauderdale avant de se consacrer à l'écriture. Il débute comme romancier en 1984 avec le roman noir God's Pocket. Il obtient le National Book Award en 1988 pour le roman Paris Trout (Cotton Point en France).Pete Dexter travaille également comme scénariste, il participe notamment aux adaptations de ces romans. Stephen Gyllenhaal réalise Paris Trout d'après le roman éponyme en 1991, Walter Hill se base sur Deadwood pour réaliser Wild Bill en 1995 et Lee Daniels réalise The Paperboy en 2012 d'après le roman du même nom.
Il a par ailleurs collaboré à l'écriture des films Rush, Les Hommes de l'ombre, Michael et The Devil and Daniel Webster.
Pour la création de la sérié télévisée Deadwood, David Milch s'est inspiré du roman Deadwood.
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Brothers by Blood (2021)
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Matthias Schoenaerts, Joel Kinnaman, Ryan Phillippe, Maika Monroe, Paul Schneider, Felix Scott
Roles Novel
Rating50%
Un jeune garçon, Peter Flood, assiste à la disparition tragique de sa petite soeur. Leur famille tente de se venger. Trente ans plus tard, Peter en garde un traumatisme qui ne cesse de le tourmenter. Alors que son cousin et presque frère, Michael, qui gère son petit cercle de mafieux irlandais de Philadelphie voit sa position mise en péril par la concurrence, un nouveau cycle de trahisons et de vengeances réveille les vieux démons familiaux.
God's Pocket (2014)
, 1h28Directed by John Slattery
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eddie Marsan, Richard Jenkins, Eddie McGee
Roles Novel
Rating60%
When a blue collar worker's stepson is killed in a mysterious accident, he tries to cover things up, but things become difficult when a reporter won't let the story die.
The Paperboy (2012)
, 1h41Directed by Lee Daniels
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, John Cusack, Nicole Kidman, Scott Glenn
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating56%
An idealistic reporter, Ward Jansen, and his younger brother, Jack Jansen, investigate the events surrounding a murder in an effort to exonerate a man on death row, Hillary Van Wetter. Van Wetter has been jailed for the murder of an unscrupulous local sheriff, Thurmond Call. Call had previously stomped Van Wetter's handcuffed cousin to death. Van Wetter is now awaiting execution. The Jansens are helped by Ward's colleague, Englishman Yardley Acheman, and Charlotte Bless, a woman whom Van Wetter has never met but who has fallen in love with him and is determined that he should be released and that they should marry. In prison Van Wetter regularly receives correspondence from her.
Shortcut to Happiness (2003)
, 1h45Directed by Alec Baldwin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alec Baldwin, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall, Amy Poehler
Roles Scénariste à l'image
Rating54%
Jabez Stone (Alec Baldwin) is a desperate, down on his luck writer who reaches rock bottom when his close friend, Julius Jensen (Dan Aykroyd), finds success. In his attempts to get his work published, he meets a beautiful stranger (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who offers him a chance at fame and fortune in exchange for his soul. Stone, having lost faith in himself, agrees to the offer.
Mulholland Falls (1996)
, 1h47Directed by Lee Tamahori
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly
Roles Histoire
Rating62%
In the early 1950s, a four-man squad of unorthodox Los Angeles Police Department detectives begins throwing its weight around by tossing Jack Flynn (William L. Petersen), an organized crime figure from Chicago, off a cliff on Mulholland Drive, nicknamed "Mulholland Falls" for all the men they have thrown off it.
Michael (1996)
, 1h40Directed by Nora Ephron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Melodrama
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about angels, Road movies
Actors John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton
Roles Story
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).
Wild Bill (1995)
, 1h38Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Action, Western
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, Christina Applegate
Roles Book
Rating57%
A well-known lawman and scout of the 19th Century's western frontier, Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Bridges) has drifted to Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Jack McCall (David Arquette) is a young man whose mother and family have been slighted by Bill in the past, and is out for revenge.
Paris Trout (1991)
, 1h40Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about racism
Actors Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris, Ray McKinnon, RonReaco Lee, Dan Biggers
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating63%
Paris Trout is an unrepentant racist in 1949 Georgia. The greedy and paranoid shopkeeper murders the sister of a black man who refuses to repay Trout’s IOU. When Trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, showing himself to be a man of the Old South. Lawyer Harry Seagraves arrives to calm the waters in court but is soon caught in crimes of his own, including a dangerous and doomed affair with Trout’s wife.
Rush (1991)
, 2hDirected by Lili Zanuck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, William Sadler, Tony Frank
Rating66%
In Texas, seasoned undercover narcotics police officer, Jim Raynor (Jason Patric), is told by his superior Lt. Dodd (Sam Elliott) to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for his undercover investigation, which has been ongoing for two years. His choice of Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh) surprises Dodd, but Raynor is confident she is the right fit for what he needs.