James Toback
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Biography: James Lee Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Toback, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: November 23, 1944
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Gender: Male
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Mississippi Grind
Overview: Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-04
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Exposed
Overview: Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-22
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Alice
Overview: Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-25
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Giving It Up
Overview: A womanizing New York adman attempts to identify the causes of, and find a remedy for, his so-called addiction to sex, in order to win the love of a woman he respects.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-16
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When Will I Be Loved
Overview: Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-06
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The Outsider
Overview: Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be Loved -- a movie made without a script or distribution deal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-04
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Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film
Overview: The director and the actor from Fingers (1978) talks about the film
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-05
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River of Fundament
Overview: Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-12
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Never Down
Overview: Rico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces conspiring to bring him down and tear him between what he holds dear and what he most fears.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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An Imperfect Murder
Overview: Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake, she reveals in her journal that the killing actually occurred the day before and that Sal, dead, lies in a trunk in her living room.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-03
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Black and White
Overview: Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-04
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Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?
Overview: Portrait of Norman Mailer at the time of the Pentagon demonstrations in 1967, documenting Mailer's involvement and arrest, together with two TV appearances and shooting on the set of his second film 'Beyond the Law'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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We Blew It
Overview: How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-11-08
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Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident
Overview: Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between bourbon and scotch, setting off a years-long rivalry that climaxed in a stare-down during a tense Jets vs. Browns game and a couple well-placed stomach punches. In this short, Toback recounts the tale of his of his encounters with one of America's all-time great writers.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-23
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A Fuller Life
Overview: Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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Jim Brown: All-American
Overview: Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his athletic career, acting and activism. Many people from Hollywood and sports backgrounds were interviewed for the film. Members of Brown's family were also interviewed for the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-22
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The Big Bang
Overview: Filmmaker James Toback poses basic questions in philosophy, such as why we're here and where we're going, to various celebrities and ordinary people.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-11
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The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Overview: Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-12
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Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Overview: A road-movie narrated by Michael Cimino (recorded by the documentary's director during their journey together across the United States), and with the exceptional participation of Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone. From Thunderbolt and Lightfoot to Year of the Dragon, not to mention The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, discover a unique portrait of an uncompromising director.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-19
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