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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- 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 Catalog- February 7, 1986
- Dodi Fayed, Jack Wiener
f/x R 1986 1 hr. 48 min. Mystery & Thriller Action List 89% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 54% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special-effects expert for low-budget ...
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F/X. "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. He can create his illusions almost anywhere, and is in big demand from the ...
Oct 5, 2012 · How to create stunning special effects for movies? Watch f x, a 1986 action-thriller film that follows the adventures of Rollie Tyler, a master of illusions who gets involved in a deadly ...
F/X. 1986 · 1 hr 49 min. R. Action · Thriller. Hired by the government to stage the assassination of a mobster, a special effects expert is double crossed and forced to use movie magic to survive. Subtitles: English. Starring: Bryan Brown Brian Dennehy Cliff DeYoung Diane Venora. Directed by: Robert Mandel.
