Howard Hawks
Also Known As: Howard Winchester Hawks, 하워드 혹스, Говард Гоукс
Biography: Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres, including screwball comedies [Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)], westerns [Red River (1948), Rio Bravo (1959), El Dorado (1967)], adventure films [Only Angels Have Wings (1939), To Have and Have Not (1944)], films noirs [The Big Sleep (1946)] and gangster films [Scarface (1932)]. Notable characteristics of his films are independent and tough-talking female protagonists ("Hawksian woman") and witty and fast-paced dialogues. In 1975, Hawks was awarded the Honorary Academy Award as "a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema," and in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Sergeant York. Hawks has been considered by film critics to be an auteur because of his recognizable style and frequent use of certain thematic elements. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Hawks influenced numerous filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Goshen, Indiana, USA
Birthday: May 30, 1896
Deathday: December 26, 1977
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Gender: Male
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Overview: A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks himself discussing his films and many clips from his best-known pictures.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook
Overview: A review of Howard Hawks's work, focusing on "His Girl Friday".
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Hawks on Hawks
Overview: This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich, as well as a 1973 interview of Hawks with Richard Schickel, wherein the director reminisces about casting "His Girl Friday" (1940) and the changes from the original source material.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-10
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Monkey Business
Overview: Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-03
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Overview: Hedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'
Overview: An appreciation of Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" (1959) by filmmakers and historians.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Red Line 7000
Overview: The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-09
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Scarface
Overview: In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-09
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1925 Studio Tour
Overview: A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-09
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The Dawn Patrol
Overview: World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-10
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Metropolis Refound
Overview: Argentinian film historians find a complete print of Fritz Lang's “Metropolis” (1927) at Buenos Aires Film Museum and take it to Germany for its restoration.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-02-13
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Filmmakers in Action
Overview: What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to “Filmmakers vs. Tycoons.”)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Overview: This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-02
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Overview: George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks-directed John Wayne Western "Rio Lobo." In this special we see him talking to Hawks about whether he'll be killed off or not, to Wayne about how to cultivate a special walk to make oneself a star in movies and to himself as he attempts to rehearse his tiny part and while doing so is caught in the frame of a setup for another scene and chastised by Wayne. Wayne calls Plimpton "Pimpleton" throughout this special.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-09
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Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life
Overview: Documentary featuring the last filmed interview with director Howard Hawks
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-04-15
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Overview: Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-15
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Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-09-24
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