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Albert Hughes. Director: The Book of Eli. Albert and Allen Hughes began making movies at age 12, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class. They soon made a short film entitled How To Be A Burglar and people began to take notice.
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Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (born April 1, 1972), known together professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors, producers and screenwriters. The pair, who are twins, are known for co-directing such visceral, and often violent, movies as Menace II Society, From Hell and The Book of Eli.
Dead Presidents (1995) R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama. 6.9. Rate. A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed. Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez.
- York, I Love You (2008) 6.2
- Ken City (2013) 6.2
- The Economy (2014) 6.3
- Rican Pimp (1999) 6.7
- Ha (2018) 6.7
- Ghts of The South Bronx (2005) 6.8
- M Hell (2001) 6.8
- D Presidents (1995) 6.9
- Book of Eli (2010) 6.9
- Ace II Society (1993) 7.5
While Albert and Allen would direct one more feature together in 2010, the latter began his solo career by helming a short segment of the anthology film New York, I Love You. Hughes' segment features Bradley Cooper and Drea de Matteo as Gus and Lydia, a pair of strangers in New York City who share a random romantic encounter one night and cannot st...
In continuing his solo career as a director, Allen Hughes helmed the crime film Broken City in 2013. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowein a tale of rampant corruption and political intrigue. RELATED: Mark Wahlberg's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes When police officer Billy Taggert (Wahlberg) is put on trial for the murder o...
Much like his brother Allen did the decade prior with New York, I Love You, Albert Hughes participated in a short-film anthology entitled We The Economy: 20 Films You Can't Afford to Miss. Hughes joins a large international collection of directors that includes Bob Balaban, Jessica Yu, Mary Harron, Catherine Hardwicke, Morgan Spurlock, Adam McKay, ...
In unison, the Hughes Bros. directed the 1999 documentaryAmerican Pimp, an unflinching look at African-American street hustlers and the eccentric personalities of various pimps across the country. In addition to the colorful characters and their backstories, the film explores the codes and unspoken laws of pimping female prostitutes in America. The...
The most recent big-screen release from either brother is Alpha, Albert Hughes' big-budget action-adventure film starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and narrated by Morgan Freeman. RELATED: The Top 25 Dog Movies In the prehistoric era, the film revolves around the epic journey of Keda (Smit-McPhee), a young man who gets separated from his tribe during the Ic...
The only made-for-television film of the Hughes Brothers to date belongs to Allen's 2005 film Knights of the South Bronx, in which the real-life story of educator David MacEnulty is chronicled. Ted Dansonstars in the film as Richard Mason (based on MacEnulty), a dedicated Bronx elementary teacher who instructs his students to play chess at the high...
Infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper is the subject of the Hughes Brothers'From Hell, in which the bright but drug-addled Police Inspector Frederick Abberline (Johnny Depp) slowly works to uncover the killer's identity. RELATED: 15 Best Johnny Depp Movies Of All Time According To IMDb Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, t...
The Hughes Brothers' sophomore effort Dead Presidents reunites the filmmakers with Menace II Societystar Larenz Tate. In the film, Tate plays a Vietnam War vet who returns home from battle to find very little opportunity for success. As a result of his dire situation, Anthony (Tate) participates in the heist of an armored-car carrying old dollar bi...
The last movie Allen and Albert Hughes directed together wasThe Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic action-adventure film starring Denzel Washington. Set in a futuristic wasteland, Washington plays Eli, a blind nomadic warrior who has been traveling across the U.S. for three decades. When Eli's sacred bible-like book that chronicles everything he's enc...
The Hughes Brothers' feature debut still ranks as their highest-rated movie to date. The story of young street criminals struggling to survive everyday life in gang-ridden Watts, California instantly put the filmmaking siblings on the Hollywood map. Menace II Societyfollows Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) and his crew over the course of a few days foll...
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Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (born April 1, 1972), known together professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors and producers. The pair, who are twins, [1] are known for co-directing visceral, and often violent, movies, including 1993's Menace II Society, 1995's Dead Presidents, 2001's From Hell and 2010's The Book of Eli.
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