Bobby Roth
Nacimiento : 1950-01-01, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Robert Jay "Bobby" Roth (born 1950) is a television and film director, screenwriter and producer.
Roth began his tertiary education at the University of California, Berkeley studying philosophy and creative writing before earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema at the University of Southern California in 1972. He continued his education at the University of California, Los Angeles enrolling in the Master of Fine Arts program and received his graduate degree in motion picture production in 1975.
In the following year, he wrote, produced and directed his first film, Independence Day.
Since then, Roth has written, produced, and directed dozens of television and feature films and episodes. His 1984 film Heartbreakers was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. TV series he's worked on include, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Numb3rs, Commander in Chief, Without a Trace, New Amsterdam, Raising the Bar, Criminal Minds, Prison Break, Lost, FlashForward, Fringe, Life Unexpected, V, The Mentalist, Revenge, and Breakout Kings.
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Después de que su madre sea asesinada por su padrastro, la estudiante de 15 años Pearl se va a vivir con un examante de su madre que quizá sea su padre biológico.
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Después de que su madre sea asesinada por su padrastro, la estudiante de 15 años Pearl se va a vivir con un examante de su madre que quizá sea su padre biológico.
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Después de que su madre sea asesinada por su padrastro, la estudiante de 15 años Pearl se va a vivir con un examante de su madre que quizá sea su padre biológico.
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Durante un paseo, unos criminales secuestran a una mujer y atacan a su esposo, quien debe recurrir a toda su fuerza para rescatarla.
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Tras el secuestro y asesinato de su hija Bonnie, la forense Eve Duncan (Laura Prepon, conocida por la serie de TV "Aquellos maravillosos 70") deja la policía. 10 años después, cuando un asesino que dice ser el de Boonie empieza perseguir a una niña de 11 años, Eve decidirá proteger a la pequeña huyendo hasta la otra punta del país.
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No one listens when a teenager suspects that her cousin is in an abusive relationship.
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Berkeley is the story of Ben Sweet, an eighteen year old boy who comes to UC Berkeley in 1968 to study accounting and avoid the draft. There begins an odyssey through sex, drugs, rock and roll, and political activism which turns his world upside down and leaves him on a path of exploration and self-discovery, far from the life of his father, Sy Sweet.
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Berkeley is the story of Ben Sweet, an eighteen year old boy who comes to UC Berkeley in 1968 to study accounting and avoid the draft. There begins an odyssey through sex, drugs, rock and roll, and political activism which turns his world upside down and leaves him on a path of exploration and self-discovery, far from the life of his father, Sy Sweet.
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Holly Lovell (Lindsey Haun) es una joven de Texas que sueña con ser cantante, y que aparentemente tiene todo lo necesario para ser una estrella de la canción. Su madre (Virginia Madsen) le brinda la oportunidad de entrar en una prestigiosa escuela de música y danza de la costa este. Su futuro parece brillante, pero para una chica de pueblo y de origen humilde será difícil integrarse en la elitista academia... Película basada en el libro escrito por Britney Spears y su madre "Un Regalo de mi Madre". (FILMAFFINITY)
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Telefilme basado en la historia real de la adolescente de trece años Elizabeth Smart, secuestrada en junio de 2002 por dos delincuentes, uno de ellos un perturbado que creía ser Dios. Oculta en un lugar recóndito del bosque, la policía la rastreó infructuosamente.
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Andrew (Jason Gedrick), el joven y rico heredero del imperio Max Factor nunca sospecharía que la joven a la que esperaba impaciente acababa de denunciarle. Connie le acusa de haber sido violada bajo el efecto de una potente droga que éste le puso en la copa la noche anterior. Cuando Andrew es arrestado, niega los delitos que se le imputan, sin embargo, la policía registra su casa, y encuentra pruebas irrefutables de su culpabilidad...
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A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
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A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.
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Cuando Maggie está a punto de celebrar su 25º aniversario de boda, su alegría se evapora al descubrir que su marido la ha estado engañando durante años. Desesperada, regresa a su pueblo natal, donde, treinta años antes, vivió su primer amor con Patrick Fleming. Pero, en esta ocasión, Maggie no puede evitar sentirse atraída por el hijo de Fleming, un atractivo joven al que le dobla la edad.
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Basada en un hecho real, narra la amistad que surge entre una madre que llora la muerte de su hijo adolescente y una presidiaria.
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Jack is a womanizer, but settles down with Faith. When the marriage falls apart due to Jack's desire for women, he gets shared custody of his son. Living with his son, slowly things in the mind of Jack are changing.
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Jack is a womanizer, but settles down with Faith. When the marriage falls apart due to Jack's desire for women, he gets shared custody of his son. Living with his son, slowly things in the mind of Jack are changing.
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A superintendent (Gerald McRaney), trying to save his high school's troubled finances, falls in love with a teacher (Naomi Judd) whose music program he must cut.
Director
Vanessa Stewart is a beautiful American woman engaged to be married. Vanessa is an artist and is also a buyer for her father's company. She goes to Venice on a business trip and meets television reporter Bill Fitzgerald from Ireland. They fall madly in love in the four days they are in Venice.
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Meredith Sanders es una triste y solitaria escritora que regresa a su ciudad natal en Inglaterra por primera vez desde que tenía 6 años y fue adoptada por una familia americana que se la llevó a los Estados Unidos. Allí, decide buscar la tumba de su madre biológica y, para su sorpresa, descubre que sigue viva. Entonces, decide buscarla. Telefilme basado en una novela de la autora de best sellers de corte romántico, Barbara Taylor Bradford, y que no hay que confundir con el thriller de idéntico título que protagonizó Patrick Swayze. Protagonizan Melissa Gilbert, la inolvidable Laura Ingalls de "La casa de la pradera" y la veterana actriz británica, Jean Simmons ("Ellos y ellas").
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Una joven madre hace un pacto con el demonio para salvar la vida de su hija Nikki, sin darse cuenta que le está entregando la vida de la niña. 20 años más tarde Nikki (que no puede tener hijos) queda misteriosamente embarazada tras conocer a un extraño hombre muy elegante. La gente a su alrededor empieza a morir...
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En la hacienda Evenswood situada en Concord , Massachusetts, Edith Adelon ( Cary Shayne ) es una bonita huérfana que vive como dama de compañía de la hija de la acaudalada familia Hamilton. Cuando los Hamilton esperan a un grupo de visitantes por su carrera anual de caballos, Beatrice Hamilton ( Meredith Baxter ) pide ayuda a Edith para escoger un marido adecuado para su prima , Ida GLENSHAW ( Brigid Brannagh ) , entre dos de los visitantes solteros.
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Jess Koster is a young attorney in LA who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.
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Biddle Farnsworth y su familia viven en un rancho de caballos en Montana en la década de 1950. El trabajo es duro, pero el manejo diario de los caballos es divertido para todos. Cuando Biddle es arrojado del caballo un día en un accidente de conducción, le duele tanto que casi pierde la vista y un ojo. El niño está traumatizado y maldice a todos los caballos. Incluso reza para que desaparezcan por completo de su vida. Solo cuando un narrador llamado Siete, Amanda aparece con su imponente e idiosincrásica yegua y ambos comienzan a lidiar con Biddle, todo cambia repentinamente para el niño.
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This is a true story about the relationship between a mother and her daughter, and their struggle to make it to the top in the music world. It is about hopes and dreams... about relationships and about growing up.
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Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in charge of the case and Milo taunts him with personal phone calls, eventually threatening his family.
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Divorcee learns from the FBI that her husband has mafia connections and put a contract on her life. She gets into the witness protection program and falls in love with the agent who protects her.
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Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets Katherine, a widow whose young son, Danny, has leukemia, Frank forms an unexpected bond with them. And Danny's determination in the face of his illness gives Frank a newfound drive to win.
Teleplay
Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty's wealthy husband. These two sisters hire handyman James White to kill Betty's husband. White's love and devotion for Peggy compels him to obey their irrational orders and carry out the murder. White confesses to the murder and the twins are arrested, charged, and tried. Based on the true story of Alabama twins Betty Wilson and Peggy Lowe who were arrested and tried in 1992 for the conspiracy to murder of Betty's husband, a wealthy, well-known ophthalmologist, Jack.
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The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and disappeared. Chief Richland is disgusted by the murder and starts an intensive investigation. In flashbacks we learn about the history of the disaster.
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Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.
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A vigilante killer becomes a celebrity by gunning down Chicago mobsters, but nobody except a police detective and a local journalist seems eager to catch him.
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Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. Once there, he sees how they don't just report the news, but manufacture it to suit the personal political agenda of the paper's leaders.
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Cinco personas han sido asesinadas al estilo Charles Mason. Mike, que está al frente de la división de homicidios de la policía de Hollywood, pasó la noche del crimen en la casa de enfrente con una amiga, por lo que se toma el homicidio múltiple como algo personal.
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A second-string pro golfer desperate for his shot at success tours the country.
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A second-string pro golfer desperate for his shot at success tours the country.
Teleplay
Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouching for her promiscuous friend, Doris Steadman, she's trying to maintain some semblance of a romantic life. As Juanita prepares to make the leap to Nashville, her former boyfriend, Slick Henderson, returns to town, further complicating her situation.
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Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouching for her promiscuous friend, Doris Steadman, she's trying to maintain some semblance of a romantic life. As Juanita prepares to make the leap to Nashville, her former boyfriend, Slick Henderson, returns to town, further complicating her situation.
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In this made-for-TV movie, an alien lands on earth, and decides that he needs to take a job in order to raise money to build a spaceship so he can get back to his home planet.
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The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate in the erotic of the night.
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Blue and Eli, dos amigos, tienen problemas con las mujeres. Blue, es abandonado por su novia, porque lo considera demasiado inmaduro para una larga relación. Eli, por otro lado, sigue buscando a una mujer que sea lo suficientemente interesante como para estar más de una noche con ella. Su amistad se opone a una dura prueba, ya que ambos se enamoran de Liliane.
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Blue and Eli, dos amigos, tienen problemas con las mujeres. Blue, es abandonado por su novia, porque lo considera demasiado inmaduro para una larga relación. Eli, por otro lado, sigue buscando a una mujer que sea lo suficientemente interesante como para estar más de una noche con ella. Su amistad se opone a una dura prueba, ya que ambos se enamoran de Liliane.
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A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
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Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby's dreams of a cushy junior exec position are quashed when he's told to report to the shipping department, where he's trained as a delivery driver. Learning the business from the ground up embitters Bobby, as well as his coworkers, some of whom, he discovers, are stealing from the company.
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Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby's dreams of a cushy junior exec position are quashed when he's told to report to the shipping department, where he's trained as a delivery driver. Learning the business from the ground up embitters Bobby, as well as his coworkers, some of whom, he discovers, are stealing from the company.
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Una pareja de negros de Tennessee se enfrenta a innumerables obstáculos mientras tratan de seguir con su vida en Los Ángeles.
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Una pareja de negros de Tennessee se enfrenta a innumerables obstáculos mientras tratan de seguir con su vida en Los Ángeles.
