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Tom Topor is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 1 january 1938

Tom Topor

Tom Topor
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1938 (86 years)

Tom Topor, né en 1938 à Vienne, en Autriche, est un journaliste, un dramaturge, un scénariste, un réalisateur et un écrivain américain de roman policier.

Biography

Sa famille déménage à Londres en 1939, puis part pour New York en 1949. Tom Topor fréquente l’université de la Ville de New York d'où il sort diplômé en 1961. Il devient ensuite journaliste et travaille pour le New York Daily News, le New York Post et le New York Times. Il donne également des articles pour le Rolling Stone Magazine et Cosmopolitan.

Il écrit ses premières pièces de théâtre en 1969, jouées Off-Off-Broadway, et son premier roman en 1971. Il obtient le succès comme dramaturge avec la pièce Answers en 1973, suivie de Nuts, montée à Broadway en 1979, puis comme écrivain avec le roman Coda paru en 1984 et traduit en français en 1986 sous le titre L’Orchestre des ombres avec lequel il remporte le Prix Mystère de la critique l’année suivante. Il fait ses débuts au cinéma en 1988 en rédigeant le scénario du film Les Accusés (The Accused) de Jonathan Kaplan. Sa pièce de théâtre Nuts est transposée au cinéma la même année par Martin Ritt sous le titre Cinglée. Depuis, il poursuit sa carrière dans les trois genres et s’est même essayé à la réalisation en 1990 avec le téléfilm Judgment.

Best films

The Accused (1988)
(Scriptwriter)

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Filmography of Tom Topor (4 films)

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Director

Judgment
Judgment (1990)
, 1h30
Directed by Tom Topor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Keith Carradine, Blythe Danner, Jack Warden, David Strathairn, Bob Gunton, Dylan Baker
Rating64% 3.2360653.2360653.2360653.2360653.236065
"No one stands beyond the reach of the law, not even the Church." The sexual abuse of minors by priests is the delicate issue to be handled by Peter and Emmeline Guitry, devout Catholics whose lives are shattered when their son Robbie reveals that he has been sexually abused by their priest, Father Frank Aubert. Along with other parents in the parish, they begin a persistent but painful campaign to remove Aubert from the clergy, and have him prosecuted as a sex offender. The Catholic Church attempts to cover up the abuse and place Aubert back in the parish, causing a nationally publicized lawsuit.

Scriptwriter

Word of Honor, 1h31
Directed by Robert Markowitz
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Lawrence, John Heard, Arliss Howard, Peter MacNeill
Roles Teleplay
Rating62% 3.14823.14823.14823.14823.1482
18 years after fighting in Vietnam, an ex-Army officer is brought up for war crimes.
Judgment
Judgment (1990)
, 1h30
Directed by Tom Topor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Keith Carradine, Blythe Danner, Jack Warden, David Strathairn, Bob Gunton, Dylan Baker
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.2360653.2360653.2360653.2360653.236065
"No one stands beyond the reach of the law, not even the Church." The sexual abuse of minors by priests is the delicate issue to be handled by Peter and Emmeline Guitry, devout Catholics whose lives are shattered when their son Robbie reveals that he has been sexually abused by their priest, Father Frank Aubert. Along with other parents in the parish, they begin a persistent but painful campaign to remove Aubert from the clergy, and have him prosecuted as a sex offender. The Catholic Church attempts to cover up the abuse and place Aubert back in the parish, causing a nationally publicized lawsuit.
The Accused, 1h51
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Political films
Actors Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Leo Rossi, Bernie Coulson, Carmen Argenziano, Ann Hearn
Rating70% 3.5490553.5490553.5490553.5490553.549055
One night at a bar, a working-class woman, Sarah Tobias (Foster), is gang raped by several drunk bar patrons, while drunken onlookers cheer them on. The assistant district attorney, Kathryn Murphy (McGillis), who is assigned to the rape case wants to drop the case. After a heated argument, she is admonished by her superior to enter a plea bargain with the rapists requiring some jail time. Sarah is enraged by the deal, mostly because she did not get to tell her story in court.
Nuts
Nuts (1987)
, 1h55
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Barbra Streisand, Karl Malden, Leslie Nielsen
Roles Pièce de théatre
Rating65% 3.297353.297353.297353.297353.29735
When call girl Claudia Draper kills client Allen Green in self-defense, her mother Rose and stepfather Arthur attempt to have her declared mentally incompetent by Dr. Herbert Morrison in order to avoid a public scandal. Realizing if her parents succeed she will be remanded to a psychiatric facility for an indefinite period of time, strong-willed Claudia is determined to prove she is sane enough to stand trial.