Bryan Brown
Roland "Rollie" Tyler
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Feb 7, 1986 · F/X: Directed by Robert Mandel. With Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young. A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.
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- Action, Thriller
- Robert Mandel
- 1986-02-07
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Movie special effects expert Roland "Rollie" Tyler is hired by the Department of Justice to stage the murder of Mafia informant Nicholas DeFranco. DeFranco is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and go into witness protection, but the DoJ is afraid he will be killed before the trial. Rollie rigs a gun with blanksand gives DeFranco a rig ...
The unsolicited screenplay was written by two novice writers, actor Gregory Fleeman and documentarian Robert T. Megginson. Producer Jack Wiener read their script, which was submitted as a low-budget television movie, and felt that it should be made into a theatrical release. Wiener and his co-producer Dodi Fayed hired Robert Mandel, an Off-Broadway...
While F/X performed well at the box office, grossing over $20 million in North America (well over its $10 million budget), executives at Orion Pictures, which financed and distributed the film, felt that it could have performed even better with a different title. One executive claimed that no one understood what the title meant, but they accepted i...
F/X holds an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 27 critics. The site's consensus states; "Smart, twisty, and perfectly cast, the effects-assisted neo-noir F/Xreminds viewers that a well-told story is the most special effect of all." Vincent Canby praised the look of the film in his review for The New York Times, writing, "the movie...
F/X at IMDbF/X at Box Office MojoF/X at the American Film Institute CatalogWatchlist. Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special-effects expert for low-budget Hollywood movies. As gangster Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) prepares to testify in court against his former...
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Oct 5, 2012 · F/X Official Trailer #1 - Brian Dennehy Movie (1986) HD - YouTube. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.65M subscribers. 540. 89K views 11 years ago. Subscribe to TRAILERS:...
Roger Ebert February 07, 1986. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "F/X" is Hollywood shorthand for "effects," or special effects, the art form that creates bullet holes and gaping wounds, fake shotgun blasts and severed limbs. In the movie, Bryan Brown plays a special effects man whose customized truck is a mobile effects lab.
F/X is a 1986 American action-thriller film about Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown), an expert in the art of special effects (F/X) with a reputation built by his work on many low-budget...
Overview. A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents. Robert Mandel. Director. Robert T. Megginson. Writer. Gregory Fleeman. Writer.
