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Tom Rolf is a Writer and Assistant Editor American born on 31 december 1931

Tom Rolf

Tom Rolf
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Birth name Ernst Ragnar Rolf
Nationality USA
Birth 31 december 1931
Death 14 july 2014 (at 82 years)

Tom Rolf, de son vrai nom Ernst Ragnar Rolf, est un monteur américain né le 31 décembre 1931 à Stockholm (Suède) et mort le 14 juillet 2014 chez lui en France.

Biography

Ernst Ragnar Rolf est le fils de deux acteurs suédois célèbres, Ernst et Tutta Rolf . Tom Rolf travaille comme pisteur-secouriste et dans la marine marchande norvégienne avant d'émigrer aux États-Unis.

Le second mari de sa mère, Jack Donohue, chorégraphe et réalisateur à la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, lui suggère de travailler dans la salle de montage pour apprendre comment se fait un film. Il y restera toute sa carrière.

Il a été pendant deux mandats président de l'association American Cinema Editors et gouverneur de l'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pendant 15 ans.

Best films

The Pelican Brief (1993)
(Editor)
Heat (1995)
(Editor)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
(Editor)
Dangerous Minds (1995)
(Editor)
The Devil's Own (1997)
(Editor)
Black Rain (1989)
(Editor)

Usually with

Jules Levy
Jules Levy
(6 films)
Arnold Laven
Arnold Laven
(5 films)
Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Tom Rolf (46 films)

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Scriptwriter

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Angie Dickinson, James Daly, Robert J. Wilke, Jack Carter
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.713192.713192.713192.713192.71319
Reporter Harry Walsh (Nielsen) witnesses an auto accident in which two people are killed. Recognizing the survivor as Senator Clayton Zachary Wheeler, (Dillman) he rides with him in the ambulance.

Editor

Admiral
Admiral (2008)
, 2h
Directed by Andreï Kravtchouk
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Constantin Khabenski, Elizaveta Boïarskaïa, Sergueï Bezroukov, Anna Kovaltchouk, Richard Bohringer, Egor Beroïev
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2979153.2979153.2979153.2979153.297915
The film opens during the production of War and Peace at Mosfilm Studios in 1964. An elderly Russian noblewoman is set to appear as a film extra until her past comes to light. Although the film's political commissar demands her dismissal since she is a "wife of an enemy of the revolution", director Sergei Bondarchuk is adamant that he needs faces like hers for the production. As the commissar realises the difficulty of identifying her using the file he has, he immediately recognises the elderly woman behind him as the woman he is searching for, while the elderly woman is looking at her own 1910s photo.
Crazy
Crazy (2008)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Waylon Payne, Ali Larter, Brad Hawkins, Lane Garrison, Scott Michael Campbell, David Conrad
Roles Editor
Rating63% 3.191643.191643.191643.191643.19164
Crazy is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed with incomparable, natural talent, Hank Garland quickly established his reputation as the finest sessions player in Nashville. Artists such as Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, The Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley all sought Hank’s brilliant playing for their recordings. Moving effortlessly from country, to rock-a-billy, to jazz, Hank was also quickly recognized by the likes of Dave Brubeck, Gary Burton, Joe Morello, and Joe Benjamin.
Equilibrium, 1h47
Directed by Kurt Wimmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Politique, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Dominic Purcell, Christian Kahrmann, Angus Macfadyen
Roles Editor
Rating72% 3.648353.648353.648353.648353.64835
Equilibrium is set in 2072 in Libria, a city state established by the survivors of World War III that devastated the world, where a totalitarian government requires all citizens to take daily injections of "Prozium" to suppress emotion and encourage obedience. All emotionally stimulating material has been banned, and "Sense Offenders" – those who fail to take their Prozium – are put to death, as the government claims that the cause of all wars and violence is emotion. Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council, led by "Father", who is seen only on giant video screens throughout the city. At the pinnacle of Librian law enforcement are the Grammaton Clerics, who are trained in the martial art of gun kata. The Clerics frequently raid the "Nether" region outside the city to search for and destroy illegal materials – art, literature, and music – and execute the people hiding them. A resistance movement, known as the "Underground", emerges with the goal of toppling Father and the Tetragrammaton Council.
Windtalkers, 2h14
Directed by John Woo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about language and translation
Actors Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Christian Slater
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.0516453.0516453.0516453.0516453.051645
During World War II, USMC Cpl. Joseph F. 'Joe' Enders rallies himself to return to active duty with the aid of his pharmacist, Rita. He previously survived a gruesome battle on the Solomon Islands against the Imperial Japanese Army that killed his entire squad and left him with a scar on his neck and almost deaf in his left ear. Enders' new assignment is to protect Navajo code talker Pvt. Ben Yahzee, and carries a promotion for Enders to Sergeant. Sgt. Pete 'Ox' Anderson also receives a parallel assignment protecting Navajo code talker Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse. The Navajo code, as it was known, was a code based on two parts: 1) the Navajo language and 2) a code embedded in the language, meaning that even native speakers would be confused by it, referring to a tank as a turtle, for example. The code was close to unbreakable but also so difficult only a few people could learn it.
The Horse Whisperer, 2h50
Directed by Robert Redford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.3522653.3522653.3522653.3522653.352265
Teenager Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson) and her best friend Judith (Kate Bosworth) go out early one winter's morning to ride their horses, Pilgrim and Gulliver. As they ride up an icy slope, Gulliver slips and hits Pilgrim. Both horses fall, dragging the girls onto a road and colliding with a truck. Judith and Gulliver are killed, while Grace and Pilgrim are both severely injured. Grace, left with a partially amputated right leg, is bitter and withdrawn after the accident. Meanwhile, Pilgrim is traumatized and uncontrollable to the extent that it is suggested he be put down. Grace's mother, Annie (Kristin Scott Thomas), a strong-minded and workaholic magazine editor, refuses to allow Pilgrim to be put down, sensing that somehow Grace's recovery is linked with Pilgrim's.
The Devil's Own, 1h51
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films, Conflit nord-irlandais, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Treat Williams, Rubén Blades, George Hearn
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.0999853.0999853.0999853.0999853.099985
In 1972, eight-year-old Francis "Frankie" McGuire sees his father gunned down due to his Irish republican sympathies. In September 1992, the grown-up Frankie (Brad Pitt) and three other I.R.A. gunmen are involved in a shootout in Belfast when Special Air Service commandos attempt to capture him. 18 British military personnel are killed or wounded. One gunman is killed and another, Desmond, is wounded as Frankie and the last gunman, Sean Phelan (Paul Ronan), escape. An SAS agent asks the wounded man where Frankie is. Desmond is fatally shot by the agent after he says "up your arse". Hiding in the countryside, Frankie and his friend Martin MacDuf (David O'Hara) see a British Army helicopter circling overhead and decide they need Stinger missiles.
Dangerous Minds, 1h39
Directed by John N. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Robin Bartlett, Courtney B. Vance, Beatrice Winde, John Neville
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2547253.2547253.2547253.2547253.254725
LouAnne (Michelle Pfeiffer), a discharged U.S. Marine, applies for a teaching job in High School, and is surprised and pleased to be offered the position with immediate effect. Showing up the next day to begin teaching, however, she finds herself confronted with a classroom of tough, sullen teenagers, all from lower-class and underprivileged backgrounds, involved in gang warfare and drug pushing, flatly refusing to engage with anything. They immediately coin the nickname "White Bread" for LouAnne, due to her race and apparent lack of authority, to which LouAnne responds by returning the next day in a leather jacket and teaching them karate. The students show some interest in such activities, but immediately revert to their former behavior when LouAnne tries to teach the curriculum.
Heat
Heat (1995)
, 2h51
Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Diane Venora
Roles Editor
Rating82% 4.148094.148094.148094.148094.14809
Career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and his crew, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore) and Trejo (Danny Trejo), hire new recruit Waingro (Kevin Gage) and commit an armored car heist, stealing $1.6 million in bearer bonds belonging to money launderer Roger Van Zant (William Fichtner). However, Waingro impulsively kills one of the guards, forcing the robbers to kill the remaining two so as to leave no witnesses. An infuriated McCauley tries to kill Waingro afterwards, but he escapes. Afterwards McCauley's fence, Nate (Jon Voight), suggests they try to sell the bonds back to Van Zant, who agrees but secretly instructs his men to kill McCauley at the meeting. With backup from his crew, McCauley thwarts the ambush and vows revenge.
The Pelican Brief, 2h21
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, Hume Cronyn, Stanley Tucci, John Heard
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.299913.299913.299913.299913.29991
Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated by the professional assassin "Sam" Khamel (Stanley Tucci).
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones (1993)
, 1h54
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Mike Figgis, Anne Bancroft, Tom Irwin, Delroy Lindo
Roles Editor
Rating57% 2.8993952.8993952.8993952.8993952.899395
Mr. Jones (Gere) is a man suffering from bipolar disorder, a disease that affords him periods of intense emotional pleasure and expansiveness but which also results in periods of suicidal depression. In one of his manic periods he jumps up onto the stage during a concert performance of Beethoven's ninth and starts conducting, resulting in his arrest. Libbie Bowen (Olin), a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, takes an interest in his condition and falls for him, has sex with him, and has to resign from her position.
Sneakers
Sneakers (1992)
, 2h6
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about computing, Sécurité informatique, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier
Roles Editor
Rating70% 3.5484853.5484853.5484853.5484853.548485
In 1969, students Martin Brice and Cosmo are sneakers who hack into computer networks using university equipment, to redistribute conservative funds to various liberal causes. The police burst in and arrest Cosmo while Martin is out getting pizza, and Martin becomes a fugitive.
Jacob's Ladder, 1h55
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels, Political films
Actors Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Jason Alexander, Macaulay Culkin, Ving Rhames
Roles Editor
Rating73% 3.699893.699893.699893.699893.69989
On October 6, 1971, American soldier Jacob Singer is with the 1st Air Cavalry Division, deployed in a village in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War, when his close knit unit comes under attack. As many of Jacob's comrades are killed or wounded, others exhibit abnormal behavior, including catatonia and a bloody seizure. A terrified Jacob flees into the jungle, only to be bayoneted in the gut.
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
, 2h
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Yakuza films, Road movies, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Yūsaku Matsuda, Tomisaburō Wakayama
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2999153.2999153.2999153.2999153.299915
Nick Conklin is a New York City police officer facing possible criminal charges; Internal Affairs believes Nick was involved with his partner who was caught taking criminal money in a corruption scandal. Nick is divorced from his wife, who has custody of their two children. Nick also has financial difficulties.
The Great Outdoors, 1h30
Directed by Howard Deutch
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Annette Bening, Robert Prosky, Lewis Arquette, Chris Young
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.298923.298923.298923.298923.29892
Chicagoan Chester "Chet" Ripley (Candy), his wife, Connie (Faracy), and their two sons, Buckley "Buck" (Young) and Ben (Giatti), are on vacation at a lake resort in Pechoggin, Wisconsin during the summer. All is going as planned until Connie's sister, Kate (Bening), Kate's investment broker husband, Roman Craig (Aykroyd), and their twin daughters, Mara and Cara (Rebecca and Hilary Gordon), crash the vacation.