Actors who turned directior for one film only
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Actors who turned directior for one film only
I just watched Charlie Bubbles, regrettably, the sole directing credit of Albert Finney. I really liked the film and it's obvious auto-biographical influence.
It got me think of other actors who tried directing for only one film. Obviously, Charles Laughton is the most famous one for Night of the Hunter. And I am a big fan of Brando's One-Eyed Jacks.
I was wondering if there are other films that people are fond of that were the sole directing credit of an actor?
It got me think of other actors who tried directing for only one film. Obviously, Charles Laughton is the most famous one for Night of the Hunter. And I am a big fan of Brando's One-Eyed Jacks.
I was wondering if there are other films that people are fond of that were the sole directing credit of an actor?
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The War Zone - Tim Roth
Nil By Mouth - Gary Oldman
The 3 Burials of Malquiades Estrada - Tommy Lee Jones
The Buccaneer - Anthony Quinn
Nil By Mouth - Gary Oldman
The 3 Burials of Malquiades Estrada - Tommy Lee Jones
The Buccaneer - Anthony Quinn
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Tommy Lee Jones directed The Sunset Limited as well, and despite it being Made-For-HBO it has to count to some extent.
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Dan Aykroyd - Nothing But Trouble
Nicolas Cage - Sonny
Ralph Fiennes - Coriolanus
Kevin Bacon - Loverboy
Zach Braff - Garden State (haven't seen it in a while, but remember enjoying it)
Nicolas Cage - Sonny
Ralph Fiennes - Coriolanus
Kevin Bacon - Loverboy
Zach Braff - Garden State (haven't seen it in a while, but remember enjoying it)
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Quinn's THE BUCCANEER was surprisingly good. It was produced by his then-father-in-law Cecil B. De Mille, who directed the 1938 original. I like Quinn's version better. De Mille died the following year at the age of 77.
Other one-time actor-directors:
Jack Lemmon: KOTCH (1971), starring his buddy Walter Matthau and his (Lemmon's) wife Felicia Farr. I saw this once. It was an okay comedy about an old codger (Matthau).
Lew Ayres: HEARTS IN BONDAGE (1936), a Civil War drama about the battle between the ironclad ships, the Monitor and the Merrimac, piloted by two friends on opposite sides. Abraham Lincoln is a major character. It's a good one, despite a low budget.
James Cagney: SHORT CUT TO HELL (1957), a remake of the Alan Ladd classic, THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942). I've never seen this because I've never had the opportunity. Has anyone ever revived it?
Other one-time actor-directors:
Jack Lemmon: KOTCH (1971), starring his buddy Walter Matthau and his (Lemmon's) wife Felicia Farr. I saw this once. It was an okay comedy about an old codger (Matthau).
Lew Ayres: HEARTS IN BONDAGE (1936), a Civil War drama about the battle between the ironclad ships, the Monitor and the Merrimac, piloted by two friends on opposite sides. Abraham Lincoln is a major character. It's a good one, despite a low budget.
James Cagney: SHORT CUT TO HELL (1957), a remake of the Alan Ladd classic, THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942). I've never seen this because I've never had the opportunity. Has anyone ever revived it?
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I would love to have seen another film by Laughton.
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He's primarily a writer, but Larry David directed only one movie: Sour Grapes (1998).
Never saw it, but heard it pretty much sucked.
Never saw it, but heard it pretty much sucked.
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Joan Rivers directed one movie--RABBIT TEST (1978). Anyone here ever see it?
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Frank Sinatra, None But The Brave
Karl Malden, Time Limit
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Conversation with the Beast
Klaus Kinski, Kinski Paganini
Anne Bancroft, Fatso
Walter Matthau, Gangster Story
Alan Rickman, The Winter Guest
Johnny Depp, The Brave (Not a remake of the Sinatra pic. But it does star lister Marlon Brando!)
Peter Lorre, Der Verlorene
Ice Cube, The Player's Club (I know, I know, but would you call him a rapper anymore?)
Karl Malden, Time Limit
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Conversation with the Beast
Klaus Kinski, Kinski Paganini
Anne Bancroft, Fatso
Walter Matthau, Gangster Story
Alan Rickman, The Winter Guest
Johnny Depp, The Brave (Not a remake of the Sinatra pic. But it does star lister Marlon Brando!)
Peter Lorre, Der Verlorene
Ice Cube, The Player's Club (I know, I know, but would you call him a rapper anymore?)
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^ Quiet You! You don't expect me to actually read the threads I post in, do you?
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And apropos of nothing, but The Captains was pretty crummy. I was expecting something so much more interesting.
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At first I thought they were just ripping off the style of humor but after the movie ended and I saw Larry David directed it I wasn't remotely surprised. It played out like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.