Tom Epperson
Tom Epperson is an American author and screenwriter, known for his collaborations with Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ''One False Move'', and received international attention after writing, directing, a .... Filmography Novels *''The Kind One'' (2008) *''Sailor'' (2012) External links *Official Website American male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{US-screenwriter-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ''One False Move'', and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film ''Sling Blade'' (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following ''Sling Blade'', including Oliver Stone's neo-noir ''U Turn'' (1997), political drama ''Primary Colors'' (1998), science fiction disaster film ''Armageddon'' (1998), the highest-grossing film of that year, and the crime drama '' A Simple Plan'' (1998), which earned him his third Oscar nomination. In the 2000s, Thornton achieved further success in starring dramas '' Monster's Ball'' (2001), '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' (2001), and '' Friday Night Lights'' (2004); and comedy films, ''Intolerable C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sam Raimi
Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007) and the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1990 superhero film ''Darkman'', the 1995 revisionist western ''The Quick and the Dead (1995 film), The Quick and the Dead'', the 1998 neo-noir crime-thriller ''A Simple Plan (film), A Simple Plan'', the 2000 supernatural thriller film ''The Gift (2000 film), The Gift'', the 2009 supernatural horror film ''Drag Me to Hell'', and the 2013 The Walt Disney Company, Disney fantasy film ''Oz the Great and Powerful''. His films are known for their highly-dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and its spin-off ''Xena: Warrior Princess''. He founded the production company Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost Ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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American Male Screenwriters
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Jayne Mansfield's Car
''Jayne Mansfield's Car'' is a 2012 drama film directed by Billy Bob Thornton, marking his first fiction directing job since 2000's '' All the Pretty Horses''. Thornton also stars alongside Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Frances O'Connor, Ron White, and Robert Patrick. The film had its world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. The film was released in limited release on September 13, 2013. One of the locations in which the movie was shot is Cedartown, Georgia, USA. Exterior home shots were filmed in Troup County, Georgia, while additional scenes were shot in Decatur, Georgia. For the Greek Revival home, the interior shots were filmed at The Bailey-Tebault House located in Griffin, Georgia. Plot The film is set in 1969 Morrison, Alabama. The Caldwell family includes three World War II veterans, their sister Donna, and a patriarch, Jim, who is a World War I veteran. The Caldwells are involved in a cultural clash with the Be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Harmon
Robert Harmon (born 1953) is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986 horror film '' The Hitcher'', starring Rutger Hauer, as well as for films like ''They'' and '' Nowhere to Run''. His television work is distinguished by the series of made-for-TV movies featuring fictional Paradise (Mass.) Police Chief Jesse Stone, which began in 2005 with '' Stone Cold'', starring Tom Selleck, as well as the Emmy-nominated biopics '' Ike: Countdown to D-Day'' (also starring Selleck) and '' Gotti'', starring Armand Assante. He has directed a few episodes of the TV show ''Blue Bloods'', which also stars Tom Selleck. Awards and nominations Harmon has been nominated twice for a Directors Guild of America Award in 1997 and 2004. Selected credits *''China Lake'' (1983) *'' The Hitcher'' (1986) *''Eyes of an Angel'' (1991) *'' Nowhere to Run'' (1993) *'' Gotti'' (1996) (TV) *'' The Crossing'' (2000) (TV) *'' Level 9'' (2000) TV series (unknown episodes) *''Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Night Passage
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Night Passage may refer to: * ''Night Passage'' (film), a 1957 western film starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy * ''Night Passage'' (album), Weather Report's tenth album, released in 1980 * ''Night Passage'' (opera), a 1994 work by Robert Moran * ''Night Passage'' (novel), one of the Jesse Stone novels written by Robert B. Parker *"Night Passage", a short story by Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Robert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Keach
James Keach (born December 7, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the younger brother of actor Stacy Keach Jr. and son of actor Stacy Keach Sr. Early life and education Keach was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Mary Cain (), an actress, and Stacy Keach Sr., Walter Stacy Keach Sr., a drama coach, actor, writer, and producer. His brother, Stacy Keach, is an actor and narrator. Keach received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, a Master of Fine Arts, M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama, and is also a classically trained Shakespearean actor. He is a patron of Meningitis UK. Career Best known as a producer and director, Keach has also acted, most famously portraying Jesse James in the 1980 film ''The Long Riders'', a film which he co-wrote and produced. Johnny Cash was so taken by the film that he and June Carter became close friends with Keach and asked him to be involved in the development of ''Walk the Line'', which Keach produced. Keach ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saturn Award For Best Writing
The Saturn Awards for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Unlike most awards rewarding writing in films, it recognizes only the writer(s) of the screenplay, and not those of the story. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations ;7 nominations *Guillermo del Toro *Peter Jackson *Quentin Tarantino *Fran Walsh ;6 nominations *Philippa Boyens *James Cameron ;5 nominations *Christopher Nolan ;4 nominations *Lawrence Kasdan *David Koepp *George Miller ;3 nominations *J. J. Abrams *William Peter Blatty *Alex Garland *Drew Goddard *David Hayter *Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver *John Logan *George Lucas *Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely *Nicholas Meyer *Jordan Peele *Andrew Stanton *The Wachowskis ;2 nominations *Woody Allen *Michael Arndt *Brad Bird *Jeffrey Boam *C. Robert Cargill *Joel and Ethan Coen *Chris Columbus *Frank Darabont *Scott Derrickson *Michael Dougherty ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Gift (2000 Film)
''The Gift'' is a 2000 American supernatural Horror film, horror thriller (genre), thriller film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, and based on the alleged psychic experiences of Thornton's mother. It centers on Annie (Cate Blanchett), who is involved in a murder case when she acquires knowledge of it through her extrasensory perception and List of psychic abilities, psychic abilities. The cast also includes Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi, Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, and Greg Kinnear. Plot In the town of Brixton, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, widow Annie Wilson is a clairvoyant fortune-teller who has visions of her late grandmother. After Jessica King, the promiscuous fiancée of the local school's principal, Wayne Collins, disappears, Annie receives a vision revealing that Jessica has been killed and her body thrown into a pond. She informs local sheriff Pearl Johnson of her vision, and despite his skepticism, Johnson searches a pond at the h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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One False Move
''One False Move'' is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Carl Franklin and co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. The film stars Thornton alongside Bill Paxton and Cynda Williams. The low-budget production was about to be released straight to home video when it was finished, but became popular through word of mouth, convincing the distributor to give the film a theatrical release. Film critic Gene Siskel voted this film as his favorite of 1992. Plot Three criminals, Ray, Pluto and Fantasia (Ray's girlfriend), commit six brutal murders over the course of one night in Los Angeles as they seek a cache of money and cocaine. The trio leave for Houston to sell the cocaine to a friend of Pluto's. The LAPD Detectives Cole and McFeely are investigating the case. After getting a few leads, they discover that the three are possibly headed for Star City, Arkansas. The LAPD contacts the Star City Police Chief, Dale "Hurricane" Dixon, who is excited about the case, as it gives h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Geoff Murphy
Geoffrey Peter Murphy (12 October 1938 – 3 December 2018) was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, director, and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the second half of the 1970s. His second feature ''Goodbye Pork Pie'' (1981) was the first New Zealand film to win major commercial success on its own soil. Murphy directed several Hollywood features during the 1990s, before returning to New Zealand as second-unit director on ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy. Murphy was also at different times a scriptwriter, special effects technician, schoolteacher and trumpet player. He was married to Merata Mita, also a film director, actor, writer. Early life Murphy grew up in the Wellington suburb of Highbury, and attended St. Vincent de Paul School in Kelburn and St. Patrick's College, Wellington, before training and working as a schoolteacher. Blerta Murphy was a founding member of the hippy musical and theatrical co-opera ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Don't Look Back (1996 Film)
''Don't Look Back'' is a 1996 American made-for-HBO thriller film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Eric Stoltz, John Corbett, Josh Hamilton, and Billy Bob Thornton, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Synopsis Jesse Parish, a heroin addict living in Los Angeles, steals a suitcase full of drug money and immediately finds himself on the run from its former owners. Jesse flees home to Galveston, Texas, to his childhood friends, and into their lives he brings not only his internal demon of addiction, but the evil men who want their drug money back. Main cast * Eric Stoltz as Jesse Parish * John Corbett as Morgan * Josh Hamilton as Steve * Ja'net Dubois as Mrs. Lawson * Billy Bob Thornton as Marshall * Annabeth Gish as Michelle * Amanda Plummer as Bridget * Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album '' Guitars, Cadillacs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |