The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 film directed by Bob Rafelson, who co-produced the film with Charles Mulvehill and Andrew Braunsberg. The screenplay was written by David Mamet and is based on the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. It stars Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael […]
Straw Dogs is a 1972 film directed by Sam Peckinpah and was produced by Daniel Melnick. Sam Peckinpah co-wrote the screenplay with David Zelag Goodman and is based on Gordon M. Williams’s 1969 novel, The Siege of Trencher’s Farm. Straw Dogs stars Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald […]
The Two Jakes is a 1990 film directed by Jack Nicholson. It was produced by Robert Evans and Harold Schneider with Robert Towne writing the screenplay. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rubén Blades, Frederic Forrest and David Keith. The storyline follows J. J. “Jake” Gittes who is […]
Chinatown is a 1974 film directed by Roman Polanski. Produced by Robert Evans and written by Robert Towne. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez and Burt Young. In 1971, the producer Robert Evans offered Robert Towne $175,000 to write a screenplay for The Great Gatsby, but Towne felt he could not better the original F. Scott […]
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film by Stanley Kubrick and is based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name. Stanley Kubrick directed and produced the film along with co-wroting the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. The Shining stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd. The storyline centres around […]