John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer

Born: February 19, 1930
Died: July 6, 2002
in New York City, New York, USA
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas. He won four consecutive Emmy Awards in the 1990s for the television movies Against the Wall, The Burning Season, Andersonville and George Wallace, which also received a Golden Globe award. He was considered one of the last remaining directors who insisted on having complete control over all elements of production, making his style unique in Hollywood.

His 30 feature films and over 50 plays for television were notable for their influence on contemporary thought. He became a pioneer of the "modern-day political thriller," having begun his career at the peak of the Cold War. Many of his films were noted for creating "psychological dilemmas" for his male protagonists along with having a strong "sense of environment," similar in style to films by director Sidney Lumet, for whom he had earlier worked as assistant director. He developed a "tremendous propensity for exploring political situations" which would ensnare his characters.

Movie critic Leonard Maltin writes that "in his time [1960s]... Frankenheimer worked with the top writers, producers and actors in a series of films that dealt with issues that were just on top of the moment—things that were facing us all." Among his credits were The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (also 1962), The Train, (1964), Seven Days in May (also 1964) and Ronin (1998).

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Movies for John Frankenheimer...

Val
Title: Val
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
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Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
Title: Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: Movie
The story of the abandoned production of 'Day of the Champion', a movie about Formula 1 which was set to film in 1966.
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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Title: Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of how a cinema legend would risk almost everything in pursuit of his dream.
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
Title: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 24, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.
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Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Title: Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes featurette that focuses on John Frankenheimer's approach to the 1998 film "Ronin."
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Jazz Seen
Title: Jazz Seen
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 2001
Type: Movie
"Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz artists, photographers, and actors recount memories they had with Claxton and explore his work, while parts of his life are re-enacted by actors.
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The General's Daughter
Title: The General's Daughter
Character: General Sonnenberg
Released: June 18, 1999
Type: Movie
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
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Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Title: Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his charm. A true sophisticate of deliberately mysterious origins, Yul Brynner was at home in a wide variety of languages and social environments.
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Title: Flick Flack
Released: January 7, 1974
Type: TV
Flick Flack was a Canadian television series broadcast by Global Television Network in 1974. The series featured interviews with motion picture industry personalities combined with excerpts from films. William Shatner was the regular series host. "It was a TV show produced for Canadian TV. A handful of shows that aired every fortnight for a few months in the 70’s." @WilliamShatner · Sep 15, 2020
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Title: Samedi soir
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: TV
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The Sky Divers
Title: The Sky Divers
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving.
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Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Title: Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 1966
Type: Movie
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix