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Barry Levinson is a director, writer, producer and actor known for his work in film and television. [1] Film. Executive producer only. Kafka (1991) Wilder Napalm (1993) A Little Princess (1995) Donnie Brasco (1997) The Perfect Storm (2000) Analyze That (2002) Deliver Us from Eva (2003) Acting roles. Television. TV series. Producer.
Director Barry Levinson Stars Aidan Quinn Elizabeth Perkins Leo Fuchs. Tracing the fortunes and misfortunes of an extended family of Jewish immigrants, this melancholy memory film is too soft and episodic, lacking the narrative focus of either Diner or Tin Men, which form a trilogy. 9. Bugsy. 1991 2h 16m R.
Director Barry Levinson Stars Robin Williams Laura Linney Lewis Black. 14. An Everlasting Piece. 2000 1h 43m R. 6.2 (1.7K) Rate. 56 Metascore. Colm is a Catholic, and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead, they became business partners.
Barry Levinson. Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well, but decided he wanted to go to Los Angeles.
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- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Sy (1991) - 6.8
- Ng Sherlock Holmes ( 1985) - 6.8
- Erty Heights (1999) - 7.0
- The Dog (1997) - 7.1
- Er (1982) - 7.1
- Lon (1990) - 7.2
- D Morning, Vietnam (1987) - 7.3
- Natural (1984) - 7.5
- Epers (1996) - 7.6
- N Man (1998) - 8.0
Despite the success of Goodfellas the year prior, which reinvented the gangster movie genre, Bugsy took a different route in telling the story of real-life gangster Bugsy Siegel. Warren Beattyplays Siegel, a Hollywood-obsessed gangster who is credited with creating Las Vegas. RELATED: 10 Gangster Movies, Ranked From Glamorous To Brutal Instead of t...
After having success, Levinson caught the attention of Steven Spielberg and he hired him hired to direct Young Sherlock Holmes, from a script by Gremlins writer Chris Columbus. The film follows a young Sherlock Holmes who meets John Watson in boarding school and, together, try to solve a mystery. The prequel also tries to explain why Holmes is so c...
Barry Levinson has made four films inspired by his life growing up in Baltimore that include Diner, Tin Men, Avalon, and Liberty Heights. The latter takes place in the 1950s and is a semi-autobiographical account of the director's teenage youth. In the film, Levinson chronicles the Kurtzman family, with the focus being on a controversial interracia...
Levinson's Wag The Dog is a fictional political satire that ended up becoming reality. In the film, a political spin doctor (Robert DeNiro) is called in to consult on how to draw media attention away from a sex scandal involving the President. His solution is to hire a famous Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman) to create a fake war to distract from...
Diner, the first of Levinson's Baltimore tetralogy, as well as being his directorial debut, follows five friends who reunite at their favorite diner right before one of them is about to get married. Instead of a traditional narrative, Dinerfollows an episodic structure and explores the friends' lives and struggles as they transition into adulthood....
Levinson's third film is his Baltimore series is another story based on his childhood growing up, this time with a focus on immigrant parents who move to America, start a family, and face problems together in a changing world. The cast included Joan Plowright, Aiden Quinn, and a very young Elijah Wood. Of his Baltimore set films, Avalonwas the most...
In 1987, Levinson scored one of his biggest hits with Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams. The legendary comedian plays Adrian Cronauer, a real-life DJ who becomes popular with troops during the Vietnam War, much to the displeasure of his more stringent superiors. For the film, Robin Williams gives a tour de force performance that earned...
Based on Bernard Malamud's classic book, The Natural stars Robert Redfordas Roy Hobbs, a baseball player who returns to the game sixteen years after being sidelined and, despite being considered too old, becomes a baseball phenomenon. Despite criticism over Levinson changing the book's ending to be more upbeat, critics and audiences fell in love wi...
ForSleepers, Levinson took a dark turn when adapting the novel of the same name. The film concerns four youths sent to a detention center after causing an accident resulting in a man's death. While incarcerated, their innocence is destroyed by an abusive guard. Years later, one boy has grown up to become a lawyer and must help exonerate his friends...
Perhaps Barry Levinson's most highly acclaimed film is Rain Man. The film stars Tom Cruise as Charlie, a hustler who discovers the existence of his autistic brother Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), who has been bequeathed $3 million by their late father. At first, Charlie attempts to con the money away from Raymond but they end up bonding over the course ...
Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. His best-known works are mid-budget [2] comedy drama and drama films such as Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997).
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