Martin Sheen

  • Ulu Grosbard – The Subject Was Roses (1968)

    1961-1970DramaUlu GrosbardUSA
    The Subject Was Roses (1968)

    A lovely gesture – a bouquet of roses – from husband to wife becomes the catalyst for a clash of long-repressed emotion in the movie adaptation of the Tony – and Pulitzer Prize-winning stage hit The Subject Was Roses. Martin Sheen, as the son home from war, and Jack Albertson, Academy Award winner as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the distant father, both appeared in the Broadway version, where Albertson had already captured a Tony Award for his powerful work. Patricia Neal plays the third side of the family triangle in a moving performance that earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination and marked her triumphant return to the screen after a debilitating series of strokes.Read More »

  • Jeannot Szwarc – Enigma (1982)

    1981-1990DramaJeannot SzwarcThrillerUnited Kingdom

    A CIA agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.Read More »

  • Jud Taylor – Out of the Darkness (1985)

    Jud Taylor1981-1990CrimeDramaUSA
    Out of the Darkness (1985)
    Out of the Darkness (1985)

    “Out of the Darkness” is a gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. “Son of Sam” – the infamous serial killer who stalked New York City in the 1970s.Read More »

  • Clyde Ware – The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)

    USA1971-1980Clyde WareCrimeDrama
    The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
    The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)

    A humanistic account of “the Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills”, in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of family and duty.Read More »

  • George P. Cosmatos – The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

    1971-1980DramaGeorge P. CosmatosGermanyThriller

    Quote:
    At noon on October 25th, the Transcontinental Express left Geneva Station with almost one thousand people aboard. Their destination: Basel, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. No one arrived.

    “Outbreak” meets “The Runaway Train” as a motley group of passengers are quarantined on a train destined to prevent the spread of the disease at the cost of their lives. Government intrigue, international smuggling, and the legend of the Cassandra Crossing add to the suspense.Read More »

  • Terrence Malick – Badlands (1973)

    1971-1980DramaTerrence MalickUSA

    Quote:
    An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

    Roger Ebert, in 1973, wrote:
    They meet for the first time when she is in her front yard practicing baton-twirling. He has just walked off his job on a garbage truck. She thinks he is the handsomest man she’s ever seen — he looks just like James Dean. He likes her because he never knew a fifteen-year-old who knew so much: “She could talk like a grown-up woman, without a lot of giggles.” Within a few weeks, they will be the targets of a manhunt after he has shot down half a dozen victims.Read More »

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