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David Mamet

Pulitzer Prize-winner ('Glengarry Glen Ross') David Mamet is one of a handful of American playwrights whose work has found almost as much success on the screen as it has on the stage. Noted for his spare, gritty dialogue, that reflects the hardened attitudes of his native Chicago, his stories often revolve around domineering male characters and their macho posturing, prompting both discussion and controversy from his audience. Well known for the rhythmic nature of his dialogue, he often uses a metronome during rehearsals to perfect the actors' delivery. Actor favourites include William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin and Joe Mantegna, who also headlined his stage productions, and his wife Rebecca Pidgeon. Another quirk - he shuns modern computers, preferring to bang out his screenplays on an old-fashioned typewriter. "People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want." - David Mamet

Oleanna (1994)

6.7/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Debra Eisenstadt, William H Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon

David Mamet directed this screen version of his controversial two-character stage drama about a frustrated, self-involved male Professor (William H. M... Read more

Redbelt (2008)

6.8/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo...

David Mamet writes and directs this martial arts drama starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mike, a jujitsu instructor in L.A.. With the business failing and... Read more

Ronin (1998)

7.3/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce,...

Robert De Niro plays a freelance secret agent hired along with some international hitmen by an Irish terrorist to retrieve a mysterious briefcase. The... Read more

Ronin ( Blu-ray ) (1998)

7.3/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Jonathan Pryce,...

Robert De Niro plays a freelance secret agent hired along with some international hitmen by an Irish terrorist to retrieve a mysterious briefcase. The... Read more

Spartan (2003)

6.6/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H Macy, Ed O'Neill

FBI. CIA. Secret Service. Black Ops. Robert Scott is all of these. And none of these. His newest assignment: find the possibly kidnapped daughter of a... Read more

State and Main (2000)

6.8/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H Macy, Davi...

When a big-budget film crew takes over a small town, they shoot first...and ask questions later. Director Walt Price (William H Macy) has his work cut... Read more

The Edge (1997)

6.9/10
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau

A plane crash in the freezing Alaskan wilderness pits intellectual billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) against self-satisfied fashion photogra... Read more

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

6.6/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos

Jessica Lange and Jack Nicholson are the people involved in a torrid love affair that leads to a murder plot. Intense, erotic reworking of the John Ga... Read more

The Spanish Prisoner (1998)

7.3/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon

Playwright-filmmaker David Mamet goes Hitchcockian in this thriller involving an elaborate con game. A naive inventor (Campbell Scott) develops a form... Read more

The Unit: Season 1 (2006)

8.1/10
Director: Bill L Norton, David Mamet, Steve Gomer, etc
Starring: Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Robert Patrick, Audrey Marie Anderson, Max Marti...

A fictionalized and dramatic look inside a covert Special Forces team that operates outside the military chain of command. Conceived by David Mamet, a... Read more