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April 12, 2011 (XXII:12) Stephen Frears: the GRIFTERS (1990, 110 Min) April 12, 2011 (XXII:12) Stephen Frears: THE GRIFTERS (1990, 110 min) Directed by Stephen Frears Written by Donald E. Westlake Based on the novel by Jim Thompson Produced by Robert A. Harris, Jim Painter, Martin Scorsese Cinematography by Oliver Stapledon Editing by Mick Audsley Music Composed by Elmer Bernstein Anjelica Huston...Lilly Dillon John Cusack...Roy Dillon Annette Bening...Myra Langtry Pat Hingle...Bobo Justus J.T. Walsh...Cole Four Oscar nominations: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Huston), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Bening), Best Director (Frears), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Westlake). JIM THOMPSON (September 27, 1906, Anadarko, Oklahoma – Stephen Frears (June 20, 1941 in Leicester, England, UK) has 53 April 7, 1977, Hollywood, California) was an American novelist, directing credits, some of which are: 2010 'Tamara Drewe', 2009 many of whose works were translated to film, among them 2010 Chéri, 2008 “Skip Tracer”, 2006 The Queen, 2002 Dirty Pretty The Killer Inside Me, 1996 Hit Me (novel A Swell-Looking Babe), Things, 2000 Liam, 2000 “Fail Safe”2000 High Fidelity, 1997 “A 1993 The Getaway, 1993 Fallen Angels (story “The Frightening Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears”, 1996 The Frammis”), 1990 The Grifters, 1990 After Dark, My Sweet, 1989 Van, 1996 Mary Reilly, 1990 The Grifters, 1988 Dangerous The Kill-Off, 1981 Coup de Torchon (novel Pop. 1280), 1979 Série Liaisons, 1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, 1987 Prick Up Your noire (novel A Hell of a Woman), 1976 The Killer Inside Me, and Ears, 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette, 1984 The Hit, 1979 Bloody 1972 The Getaway. Thompson also worked on two screenplays for Kids, 1975-1979 “Play for Today”, 1979 “Afternoon Off”, 1978 Stanley Kubrick: 1957 and 1956 . “Doris and Doreen”, 1978 “Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf”, 1977-1978 “BBC2 Play of the Week”, 1977 “Black Christmas”, Oliver Stapleton (1948, London, England, UK) has 53 1973 “Sporting Scenes”, 1971-1973 “Follyfoot”, 1971 Gumshoe, cinematographer credits, some of which are 2010 Don't Be Afraid of 1970 “Tom Grattan's War”, and 1969 “Parkin's Patch.” the Dark, 2010 Unthinkable, 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, 2007 “The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Donald E. Westlake (July 12, 1933, Brooklyn, New York – Radiance”, 2006 The Hoax, 2005 Casanova, 2005 An Unfinished December 31, 2008, San Tancho, Mexico) has 39 screenwriting Life, 2003 Cheeky, 2003 Ned Kelly, 2001 The Shipping News, 2001 credits or credits for novels made into films, among them 2009 The Buffalo Soldiers, 2000 Pay It Forward, 1999 The Cider House Stepfather, 2006 Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut (novel Rules, 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1997 The Designated The Hunter/ as Richard Stark), 2005 Ripley Under Ground, 1999/I Mourner, 1996 Kansas City, 1993 Look Who's Talking Now, 1993 Payback (novel The Hunter/ as Richard Stark), 1995 Two Much “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”, 1992/I Hero, 1990 The (novel), 1992 “Stepfather III”, 1990 The Grifters, 1990 Why Me? Grifters, 1989 She-Devil, 1989 Cookie, 1988 Earth Girls Are Easy, (book / screenplay), 1987 The Stepfather, 1974 Bank Shot (novel), 1983-1988 “The Comic Strip Presents...” (6 episodes), 1987 Chuck 1973 Cops and Robbers (novel / screenplay), 1967 Point Blank Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, 1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, (novel The Hunter / as Richard Stark), and 1962 “87th Precinct.” 1987 Prick Up Your Ears, 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette, 1983 ABC Mantrap, and 1982 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Frears—THE GRIFTERS—2 Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922, New York City, New York – Mystery, 1991 The Addams Family, 1990 The Grifters, 1990 The August 18, 2004, Ojai, California) won a Best Music, Original Witches, 1989 Enemies: A Love Story, 1989 Crimes and Music Score Oscar for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). He has Misdemeanors, 1989 “Lonesome Dove”, 1988 Mr. North, 1988 A 240 composer credits, some of which are 2002 Far from Heaven, Handful of Dust, 1987 The Dead, 1987 Gardens of Stone, 1985 1999 Bringing Out the Dead, 1999 Wild Wild West, 1997 The Prizzi's Honor, 1984 This Is Spinal Tap, 1983 A Rose for Emily, Rainmaker, 1996 Bulletproof, 1995 Devil in a Blue Dress, 1993 The 1982 Frances, 1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1976 The Age of Innocence, 1993 Lost in Yonkers, 1993 Mad Dog and Glory, Last Tycoon, 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and 1969 1992 The Babe, 1991 Rambling Rose, 1991 Oscar, 1990 The Hamlet. Grifters, 1990 One Day in Dallas, 1989 My Left Foot, 1988 Funny Farm, 1987 Leonard Part 6, 1986 ¡Three Amigos!, 1986 Legal JOHN CUSACK...Roy Dillon (June 28, 1966, Evanston, Illinois) has Eagles, 1985 Prince Jack, 1985 Spies Like Us, 1984 Ghost Busters, 59 acting credits, some of them for 2010 Shanghai, 2008 War, Inc., 1983 “Thriller”, 1983 Trading Places, 1981 The Chosen, 1981 An 2007 Martian Child, 2006/I The Contract, 2005 The Ice Harvest, American Werewolf in London, 1981 Honky Tonk Freeway, 1981 2003 Runaway Jury, 2001 Serendipity, 2000 High Fidelity, 1999 Stripes, 1980 Airplane!, 1979 The Great Santini, 1979 Meatballs, Being John Malkovich, 1999 Cradle Will Rock, 1999 Pushing Tin, 1979 Zulu Dawn, 1978 Animal House, 1977 Billy Jack Goes to 1998 The Thin Red Line, 1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Washington, 1976 The Shootist, 1975-1976 “Ellery Queen” (17 Evil, 1997 Con Air, 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank, 1996 City Hall, episodes), 1974 The Trial of Billy Jack, 1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal, 1994 The Road to Wellville, 1994 Bullets Over Broadway, 1993 1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride!, 1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain, Map of the Human Heart, 1991 Shadows and Fog, 1990 The 1969 The Bridge at Remagen, 1969 True Grit, 1968 I Love You, Grifters, 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy, 1988 Eight Men Out, 1987 Alice B. Toklas!, 1967-1968 “The Big Valley” (24 episodes), 1966 Broadcast News, 1986 Stand by Me, 1984 Sixteen Candles, and Hawaii, 1966 7 Women, 1965 The Sons of Katie Elder, 1965 Baby 1983 Class. the Rain Must Fall, 1964 The Carpetbaggers, 1964 The World of Henry Orient, 1963 The Great Escape, 1963 Hud, 1962 To Kill a ANNETTE BENING...Myra Langtry (May 29, 1958, Topeka, Mockingbird, 1962 Birdman of Alcatraz, 1962 Walk on the Wild Kansas) has appeared in 30 titles, some of which are 2010 The Kids Side, 1961 By Love Possessed, 1960 The Magnificent Seven, 1960 Are All Right, 2008/I The Women, 2006 Running with Scissors, From the Terrace, 1959-1960 “Johnny Staccato” (26 episodes), 2004 Being Julia, 2000 What Planet Are You From?, 1999 1958 Some Came Running, 1958 Anna Lucasta, 1958 God's Little American Beauty, 1999 In Dreams, 1996 Mars Attacks!, 1995 The Acre, 1958 Kings Go Forth, 1958 Desire Under the Elms, 1957 The American President, 1995 Richard III, 1994 Love Affair, 1991 Tin Star, 1957 Sweet Smell of Success, 1956 The Ten Bugsy, 1991 Regarding Henry, 1990 The Grifters, 1990 Postcards Commandments, 1955 The Man with the Golden Arm, 1953 Cat- from the Edge, 1989 Valmont, 1987 “Miami Vice”, and 1986 Women of the Moon, 1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac, 1952 Sudden “Manhunt for Claude Dallas.” Fear, 1952 Boots Malone, and 1951 Saturday's Hero. PAT HINGLE... Bobo Justus(July 19, 1924, Miami, Florida – ANJELICA HUSTON...Lilly Dillon (July 8, 1951, Santa Monica, January 3, 2009, Carolina Beach, North Carolina) appeared in nearly 200 films and TV drama and series, some of which were 2008 Undoing Time, 2006 Waltzing Anna, 2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2001 Morning, 2001 The Hunter's Moon, 2001 Road to Redemption, 2000 Shaft, 1998 “Homicide: Life on the Street”, 1997 Batman & Robin, 1995 “Truman”, 1995 Batman Forever, 1995 The Quick and the Dead, 1993 “Cheers”, 1992 “Citizen Cohn”, 1992 Batman Returns, 1986-1991 “Murder, She Wrote”, 1990 The Grifters, 1989 Batman, 1988-1989 “War and Remembrance”, 1985 Brewster's Millions, 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman, 1984 “Magnum, P.I.”, 1983 Sudden Impact, 1982 “Hart to Hart”, 1980 “M*A*S*H”, 1979 Norma Rae, 1979 When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, 1977 The Gauntlet, 1975 “McCloud”, 1974 “The Six Million Dollar Man”, 1973 “Kung Fu”, 1972 “Ironside”, 1971 “Gunsmoke” (6 episodes), 1970 WUSA, 1970 Bloody Mama, 1969 “Bonanza”, 1968 Hang 'Em High, 1967 “Mission: Impossible”, 1966 “The Andy Griffith Show”, 1964-1965 “The Fugitive”, 1963 “Twilight Zone”, 1963 The Ugly American, 1962-1963 “The Untouchables”, 1956 “The Alcoa Hour”, 1955- California) won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 1956 “The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse”, 1951-1954 Prizzi's Honor (1985), directed by her father, John Huston. She also “Suspense”, and 1954 On the Waterfront. acted in her father’s final film, The Dead, 1977. Some of her other 73 acting credits are 2010 When in Rome, 2008-2009 “Medium” (8 J.T. WALSH...Cole (September 28, 1943, San Francisco, episodes), 2008 The Kreutzer Sonata, 2007 The Darjeeling Limited, California– February 27, 1998, La Mesa, California) appeared in 74 2006 “Huff”, 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2002 Blood films and TV series, among them: 1999 Hidden Agenda, 1998 Work, 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums, 2000 The Golden Bowl, 1998 Pleasantville, 1998 The Negotiator, 1996-1997 “Dark Skies” (19 Buffalo '66, 1995 The Crossing Guard, 1993 Addams Family episodes), 1996 Sling Blade, 1996 Executive Decision, 1995 Nixon, Values, 1993 “And the Band Played On”, 1993 Manhattan Murder 1995 Black Day Blue Night, 1995 “The X-Files”, 1995 Outbreak, Frears—THE GRIFTERS—3 1994 “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, 1994 performances made for an entertaining film that exposed many of Silent Fall, 1994 The Client, 1994 The Last Seduction, 1994 Blue the inequities of British society.
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