Alvin Sargent
出生 : 1927-04-12, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
死亡 : 2019-05-09
略歴
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Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 - May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He has won two Academy Awards in 1978 and 1981 for his screenplays of Julia and Ordinary People. His most popular contribution has been being involved in the writing of most of the films in Sony's Spider-Man film series (The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the first exception to this).
Sargent was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1945. As of 2006, he is one of 35 alumni to be on the school's Wall of Fame.
Sargent began writing for television in 1953 and through the 1960s he scripted episodes for Route 66, Ben Casey and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He collaborated on his first screenplay for a motion picture in 1966 and gained recognition for I Walk the Line and Paper Moon for which he won the WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium and was nominated for an Academy Award. He won the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay in 1978 for the film Julia and again in 1981 for Ordinary People. He collaborated on the 2004 screenplay for Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 released in 2007.
He had a longtime relationship with producer Laura Ziskin; they were married from 2010 until her death in 2011. His brother was writer and producer Herb Sargent.
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両親を亡くし叔父のベンと叔母のメイの許で育てられたピーターは、ある日自分の父親が残したバッグに隠された資料をみつける。父について知りたいピーターは父の研究者仲間だったコナーズ博士に近づき博士の授業に参加する。しかし単独で行動し侵入した部屋で遺伝子の組みかえられたクモに刺され、博士の下で勉強している同級生のグウェンに追い出される。その帰りの電車の中でピーターは驚異的な力に目覚める。
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ニューヨーク。今やニューヨークのアイコンとして、市民に愛される存在となったスパイダーマン。その正体であるピーター・パーカーも学業の傍らで愛するメリー・ジェーン・ワトソン（MJ）との交際を続け、順風満帆な日々を過ごしていた。MJも女優としての活動を続けており、ついに念願のブロードウェイ・デビューを果たすまでに。ピーターはMJへのプロポーズを決意し、メイおばさんにその事を打ち明けた。「MJを幸せにする」と言うピーターに、おばさんは亡きベンおじさんがくれた婚約指輪をそっと託すのだった。
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A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.
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ニューヨーク。高校生ピーターはクモのようなパワーを持つ正義のヒーロー、スパイダーマンでもあるが、恋人グウェンの亡き父親と交わした“彼女を危険に巻き込まないよう別れる”という約束を果たせずに悩む。そのころ町では孤独な男性マックスが勝手に自分がスパイダーマンのパートナーだと思い込む一方、ピーターの旧友ハリーの父親が総帥を務める巨大企業“オズコープ”がなぜかずっとピーターを監視していた事実が分かる。
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『危険な情事』『ナインハーフ』のエイドリアン・ライン監督によるエロティック・サスペンス。幸せな生活を送っていた平凡な妻が、ふとした出会いから、若く魅力的な男性との情事に溺れてしまう。それを知った夫は……。
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破天荒で夢見がちな行動を繰り返す母親に反発する若い娘。徐々にではあるがお互いが心を開いていくまでをあふれるユーモアとともに綴る感動作。出演はスーザン・サランドン、ナタリー・ポートマンら。
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破天荒で夢見がちな行動を繰り返す母親に反発する若い娘。徐々にではあるがお互いが心を開いていくまでをあふれるユーモアとともに綴る感動作。出演はスーザン・サランドン、ナタリー・ポートマンら。
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Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
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バーニーはせこいこそ泥。ある夜、彼の目の前で飛行機が墜落する。嫌々ながらも、煙の立ちこめる機内から負傷者を救出した彼は、乗客の財布を失敬して姿を消す。事故機に敏腕レポーターのゲイルがのりあわせていたことから、マスコミ挙げての "謎のヒーロー"探しが始まる。しかし、名乗り出たのはバーニーではなくハンサムなホームレス、ババーだった・・・。
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When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
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Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin tries to get him to leave; the trouble is, everyone loves Bob. As his oblivious patient makes himself at home, Dr. Marvin loses his professional composure and, before long, may be ready for the loony bin himself.
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Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and smoldering. With time, however, their class and age differences become an obstacle in their relationship, especially since Max can't keep Nora a secret from his Jewish friends and upper-crust associates forever.
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Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.
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A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
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シカゴ郊外の住宅街。弁護士のカルビンは長男をボート事故で失って以来落胆したままの日々を送り、妻のベスは同じ事故で生き残った次男コンラッドへつらく当たっていた。そんなコンラッドも自分が兄の死の現場にいあわせたという事実の重みに耐えかねて自殺未遂を図り、心の病を治すための施設に入院。４カ月後、退院したコンラッドは自分の学校に再び通いだすが、カルビンはそんな彼を今度は精神分析医のセラピーに通わせる。
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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.
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At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
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Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit, falls in love with the enigmatic Lillian Morelli, who is terminally ill.
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大学時代にクラスメイトだったケイティとバベルは、第二次世界大戦末期に再会し結婚する。しかし政治運動に没頭するケイティと脚本家を目指すバベルは、次第に違う道を歩き始めることに……。激動の時代を生き抜いた男女のラヴ・ストーリー。
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聖書を売り付けて小金を稼ぐ詐欺師のモーゼが、亡くなった知り合いの娘アディと出会う。彼は嫌々ながら彼女を親戚の家まで送り届ける事になったが、ペテンの相棒としてアディと旅を続けるうち、モーゼは父親めいた愛情を感じていく……。モノクロの映像が30年代の雰囲気を巧みに伝える、心温まるロード・ムービー。
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While bicycling through the Spanish countryside, Walter, the aimless young son of a doctor, makes the acquaintance of proper, middle-aged, clumsy and secretive Lila. He falls in love with her, but she is resistant.
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Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
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A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.
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A social worker has problems in her private life.
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Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.
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Two students at neighboring colleges get swept up in first love. Pookie Adams, a kooky misfit with no family or friends, clings to the quiet and studious Jerry, who has the ability to make a choice of living in Pookie's private world or be accepted by the society that Pookie rejects. Unwittingly, it is through their awkward relationship that Pookie prepares Jerry for the world of "weirdos" that she doesn't fit into.
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アリゾナ、1881年。10年間アパッチに拐われていた白人女性とその息子を救出した案内人は自分の家に親子を連れ帰るが、彼らの跡を子供の父親である凶暴なインディアン戦士が追いかけて来た。姿を見せずに襲撃を繰り返すインディアンの恐怖をホラー映画ばりに描き出した異色の西部劇。
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Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.
