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Aug 19, 2021 · John Frankenheimer’s “Seconds” will linger a lot longer than the title suggests in the mind of anyone who chooses to watch it.In fact, it might be one of the most haunting American films to come out of the 1960s, or any decade for that matter.
10. The Young Savages (1961) The Young Savages is a 1961 crime drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, and Shelley Winters. The film tells the story of a district attorney named Hank Bell (Lancaster) who investigates the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy in New York City.
Jun 21, 2021 · 5. Seven Days in May (1964) Frankenheimer is perhaps the most important founding father of the political thriller genre. Naturally, he’s not solely responsible for it’s creation, but his stylistic and thematic approach to this type of movie – the way he utilized unusual angles and lenses to visually communicate a sense of paranoia and unease, aligned with his commitment to tackling what ...
Aug 6, 2021 · Kilmer says that he had been excited to work on the film with his hero, Marlon Brando, but that the film’s second director, John Frankenheimer—who took over the production from Richard Stanely ...
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Jul 6, 2002 · John Frankenheimer, director of such Hollywood classics as "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Birdman of Alcatraz," died Saturday. He was 72. Frankenheimer died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of a ...
Oct 24, 2022 · John Frankenheimer’s thriller, about a cold-war conspiracy to assassinate a political leader using a sleeper agent, managed the neat, eerie trick of looking prescient for multiple decades ...
May 13, 2023 · The director John Frankenheimer was best known for two movies: “The Manchurian Candidate,” his 1962 Cold War paranoia thriller (with a career-making performance by Angela Lansbury), and ...
