Edward Bunker
出生 : 1933-12-31, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
死亡 : 2005-07-19
略歴
Edward Heward Bunker (December 31, 1933 – July 19, 2005) was an American author of crime fiction, a screenwriter, convicted felon and an actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts for - and acted in - Straight Time (1978) (adapted from his debut novel No Beast So Fierce), Runaway Train (1985) and Animal Factory (2000) (adapted from his sophomore novel of the same name). He also played a minor role in Reservoir Dogs (1992).
He began running away from home when he was five years old, and developed a pattern of criminal behavior, earning his first conviction when he was 14, leading to a cycle of incarceration, parole, re-offending and further jail time. He was convicted of bank robbery, drug dealing, extortion, armed robbery, and forgery. Bunker was released from prison for the last time in 1975, after which he focused on his career as a writer and actor.
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Novel
Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.
In Memory Of
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Micky the Calc
When three Vegas buddies attempt the score of a lifetime, they have to walk a fine line between their girlfriends who want their heads, and the mobsters who want them dead.
Skitchy Rivers
Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game 'fixed' to turn out quite another way.
Himself
Danny Trejo, you know the man. He has fierce tattoos, and frequently plays a thug in your favorite movies. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he plays on screen lies the story of a troubled childhood which included drug addiction, armed robbery and extensive prison time. Champion offers an intimate, one of a kind view into the life of Danny Trejo before he turned himself around and after.
Self
Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film.
Hoodlum
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, Lily, just serves to compound Banana's despair.
Douglas Marley
A family hires a young widow to serve as their son's live-in tutor.
Co-Producer
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
Novel
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
Screenplay
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
Buzzard
Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
Sid Dembo
After fatally shooting a stalker, Parisian bar-maid Lea must live the life of the title reptile. At the time of the killing she was living with Francis, a much older American ex-con. After committing the murder, the fleeing and frightened Lea is saved by Paris paper boys Jean and Luc. Later she tells her sad story to hard-drinking Moskowitz, a middle-aged cop who secretly desires her. His unrequited love leads to tragedy. Meanwhile, Lea continues living with Francis, but also shacks up with Luc while trying to avoid the jealous cop.
Jimmy
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.
Chess Player
Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as a juvenile delinquent and never got out. Now he is awaiting execution. Forest Whitaker stars as Fred Whitmore, a death row prison guard who runs into trouble when he refuses to take part in the brutally abusive tactics of the guards. However, something about Denver haunts Fred Whitmore, and the two men form an unexpected friendship that transforms their lives.
Mr. Benson
Kate's husband Richard hasn't seen his cousin Harry for 20 years. So when he comes to stay with his fiancee Connie they are welcomed. But Kate senses her family is at risk when they start behaving suspiciously.
Spotlight Operator
ラスベガスで連夜行われる、地下世界のストリート･ファイト。勝者には名誉とカジノの所有権が与えられ、敗れた者には死が待ち受けている。この試合で親友を殺されたトミーとアレックスは、敵を討つために連戦連勝の格闘王に戦いを挑む。
Mr. Blue
宝石強盗を実行するために集められた、お互いに名前も素性も知らない6人のクセ者たち。完璧な計画のはずが、彼らは警官隊の襲撃を受ける。誰かが警察に通じていたのだ。命からがら集合場所に集まった彼らの心に、仲間への不信感がわき起こる……。
Capt. Holmes
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.
Stan
ソウルでアメリカ対韓国の空手の試合が行われることになる。その選考会を勝ち抜いた５人の選手は、コーチのクゾーのもとで３ヵ月の合宿生活を送ることになる。５歳の息子を持つアレックス、15年前に空手の大会で兄を失ったトミーをはじめ、個性的な５人の選手はクゾーの厳しい訓練に耐えながら、チームワークを築き上げていく。大会当日。韓国選手の中にはトミーの兄を強烈な打撃で死に追いやったダエ・ハンの名もあった。果たしてトミーは宿敵を倒せるのか、そしてアメリカ・チームは勝利できるのか……。
Cardoza
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Nightwatchman
偶然受けた公衆電話の間違い電話から核戦争が起ることを知った青年と、それによって混乱していく町の様子を描いたパニック映画。
Lenny
A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention of letting his family come to any harm.
Lenny
2017年、独裁政権が支配し社会経済が混乱したアメリカ。正義感に溢れる警官ベン・リチャーズは、食料を求めて暴動を起こした一般市民への同情から発砲命令を拒否したため、無実の罪を着せられ凶悪犯として強制労働所へ収容されていた。施設で知り合った反政府組織のラフリンやワイスらと結託して脱獄するが捕らえられてしまう。人気司会者デーモン・キリアンが率いる「凶悪犯と正義の戦士との戦い」を放映するテレビ番組『ランニング・マン』のスタッフ達は、卓越した身体能力を持ち凶悪犯として時の人となっているベンに目をつけ、新たなチャレンジャーとしてベンに番組出演のオファーをする。
Chuck
New York journalist visits her distant cousin for the first time to write an article about her hard life in the bayous of Louisiana. Journalist's wild drug addicted daughter just adds to tensions between two families' cultures.
George
Jacob Asch is hired by Gerald McMurty to find his ex-wife Laine and their son in Palm Springs. Jacob finds Laine and a teenager named Donnie who may or may not be Gerald's son. He also finds an intricate web of deceit and betrayal that begin to lead to death. He takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery and find out who is killing people and why.
Jonah
猛吹雪の原野を暴走する巨大機関車。鉄道管制本部のコンピュータでも制御できないこの機関車の中には2人の脱獄囚が乗っていた……。ロシアの巨匠アンドレイ・ミハルコフ＝コンチャロフスキー監督が黒澤明の原案をもとに映画化した作品。
Screenplay
猛吹雪の原野を暴走する巨大機関車。鉄道管制本部のコンピュータでも制御できないこの機関車の中には2人の脱獄囚が乗っていた……。ロシアの巨匠アンドレイ・ミハルコフ＝コンチャロフスキー監督が黒澤明の原案をもとに映画化した作品。
Chadwell
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Mickey
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Screenplay
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Novel
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
