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The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) -- In a film that captures all the sadness of an American dream gone wrong, Bruce Dern concocts impossible get-rich-quick schemes and insists on trying them out on his brother and girlfriend.
Mountains of the Moon (1990) -- Clip: The greatest river in the world
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) -- The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS. The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories. “When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." – Leonard Maltin Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.
No Good Deed (2002) -- US Theatrical Trailer from Columbia Tristar
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Overview

Date of Birth:
21 February 1933, New York City, New York, USA more
Contact:
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Trivia:
(1983) Venice International Film Festival - jury and tribute. more
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Up 4% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
King of cool
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
'70s behind-the-camera greats: How Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond put the cinema in cinematography
 (From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 18 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Robert Rafelson
US TV Schedule:
Thur. Dec. 104:30 PMTMC Stay Hungry  
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Editor, Soundtrack, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Producer:
  1. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (producer)
    ... aka Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt (West Germany)

  2. Stay Hungry (1976) (producer)
  3. La maman et la putain (1973) (producer) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Mother and the Whore (USA)
  4. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) (producer)
  5. The Last Picture Show (1971) (producer) (uncredited)
  6. Five Easy Pieces (1970) (producer)

  7. Easy Rider (1969) (producer) (uncredited)
  8. Head (1968) (producer)
  9. "The Monkees" (producer) (49 episodes, 1966-1968) (executive producer) (9 episodes, 1968)
        - Mijacogeo (1968) TV episode (executive producer) (as Robert Rafelson)
        - Monkees Blow Their Minds (1968) TV episode (executive producer) (as Robert Rafelson)
        - Some Like It Lukewarm (1968) TV episode (executive producer) (as Robert Rafelson)
        - Monkees Mind Their Manor (1968) TV episode (executive producer) (as Robert Rafelson)
        - The Monkees in Paris (1968) TV episode (executive producer) (as Robert Rafelson)
          (53 more)
Director:
  1. The Lionel Richie Collection (2003) (V) (video "All Night Long")
  2. No Good Deed (2002)
  3. Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002)
  4. Afterthoughts (2002) (TV)

  5. Poodle Springs (1998) (TV)
  6. Blood and Wine (1996)
    ... aka Blood & Wine (video box title)
  7. Tales of Erotica (1996) (segment "Wet")
    ... aka Erotic Tales
  8. "Picture Windows" (1 episode, 1994-1995)
    ... aka Picture Windows: Language of the Heart (USA: alternative title)
        - Armed Response (1995) TV episode
  9. Wet (1995)
    ... aka Feucht (Germany)
  10. Man Trouble (1992)
    ... aka La gatta e la volpe (Italy)
  11. Mountains of the Moon (1990)

  12. Black Widow (1987)
    ... aka Bullseye (Australia)
  13. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
    ... aka Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt (West Germany)
  14. Modesty (1981)

  15. Stay Hungry (1976)
  16. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
  17. Five Easy Pieces (1970)

  18. Head (1968)
  19. "The Monkees" (6 episodes, 1966-1968)
        - The Monkees in Paris (1968) TV episode (as Robert Rafelson)
        - The Monkees on Tour (1967) TV episode (as Robert Rafelson)
        - Case of the Missing Monkee (1967) TV episode
        - Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (1966) TV episode (as Robert Rafelson)
        - The Spy Who Came in from the Cool (1966) TV episode (as Robert Rafelson)
          (1 more)
Writer:
  1. Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002) (writer)

  2. Blood and Wine (1996) (story)
    ... aka Blood & Wine (video box title)
  3. Tales of Erotica (1996) (segment "Wet")
    ... aka Erotic Tales
  4. Wet (1995) (writer)
    ... aka Feucht (Germany)
  5. Mountains of the Moon (1990) (screenplay)

  6. Modesty (1981) (writer)

  7. Stay Hungry (1976) (writer)
  8. The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) (story)
  9. Five Easy Pieces (1970) (story)

  10. Head (1968) (written by)
  11. "The Monkees" (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
        - The Monkees in Paris (1968) TV episode (written by) (as Robert Rafelson)
        - The Monkees on Tour (1967) TV episode (writer) (as Robert Rafelson)
  12. "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Circus Never Came to Town (1963) TV episode (writer)
  13. "The Witness" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Jimmy Hines (1960) TV episode (writer) (as Robert Rafelson)
Actor:
  1. Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002) .... Matty Bonkers

  2. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Man at Mall
    ... aka Leaving Las Vegas (France)

  3. Always (1985) .... Sam
    ... aka Always, But Not Forever (USA: video title)
  4. Mora (1982) .... Gangster

  5. "The Monkees" .... Interviewer / ... (10 episodes, 1966-1968)
        - Monkees Race Again (1968) TV episode (uncredited) .... World's Oldest Flower Child
        - The Devil and Peter Tork (1968) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Narrator
        - Everywhere a Shiek, Shiek (1967) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Interviewer
        - Monkees Manhattan Style (1967) TV episode .... Interviewer
        - Alias Micky Dolenz (1967) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Interviewer
          (5 more)
Editor:
  1. Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002)
Soundtrack:
  1. Head (1968) (writer: "Ditty Diego" (uncredited), "Get Tuff" (uncredited))
Thanks:
  1. Days of Heaven (1978) (special thanks)
Self:
  1. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008) .... Himself
  2. The Making of 'Blood and Wine' (2006) (V) .... Himself

  3. "Magacine" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
        - Episode dated 1 May 1999 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  4. Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) .... Himself

  5. "De película" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
        - Episode dated 12 May 1987 (1987) TV episode .... Himself
  6. Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981) .... Director of 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'

  7. Head (1968) (uncredited) .... Himself
  8. The 18th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1967) (TV) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997) (TV) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
1984: TV commercial for DIM underwear. more
Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography | 3 Interviews | 2 Articles more
Genres:
Comedy | Music | Drama | Crime more
Plot Keywords:
Female Nudity | Murder | Independent Film | Fight more

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