Melvin Shapiro

Nascimento : 1925-05-06,

Morte : 2007-12-04

Filmes

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
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Robert Young brings his Marcus Welby alter ego to television for one last time. Having retired, the good doctor takes a trip to Europe alone and falls in love with an American divorcee who is caring for a blind dancer.
Backfire
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Mara McAndrew's marriage is falling apart. Her husband, Donnie, a Vietnam veteran, suffers troubling flashbacks about the war, leaving him unresponsive to her needs. Mara wants out, but she also wants Donnie's money. When Mara meets a mysterious stranger, Reed, at a local bar, she believes she has found the right person to help her out of her predicament. But Mara worries that Donnie's sister, Jill, is on to her.
Triplecross
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Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force and use their money to become flamboyant private detectives. They get involved in cases involving the death of an artist, underworld figures, blackmail and a fix on baseball games.
Consenting Adult
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Young and shy Jeff discovers his attraction to men. After struggling with himself he comes out to his parents. Mum eventually listens to his son and tries to understand his feelings, but his Dad would rather die — which, in the end, he really does, leaving behind a mother, her son and his friend to work those things out Jeff and his Dad had never the courage to talk about.
Um Caso Muito Sério
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Charles Cummings (Jon Cryer) é um fotógrafo amador de 16 anos que se apaixona por Laura (Demi Moore), uma bela aspirante à cantora de rock de 22 anos. Para provar o seu amor, ele é capaz de tudo.
Em Busca do Prazer
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O foco principal do filme é a crise existencial da adolescência de quatro moças da faculdade durante as férias de primavera. Merrit Andrews (Dolores Hart), a desenvolta e decidida líder do quarteto, assim que o filme começa, expressa a opinião de que o sexo pré-marital é perfeitamente aceitável. Seu discurso finalmente inspira a insegura Melody Tolman (Yvette Mimieux) a abrir mão da sua virgindade logo depois das moças chegarem a Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tuggle Carpenter (Paula Prentiss), por outro lado, busca ser uma máquina de fazer bebês, faltando somente o homem para se unir pelo casamento. Angie (Connie Francis, em sua primeira atuação como atriz) circula fora do grupo como uma moça bastante desajeitada quando surge algum romance.
The Kid From Nowhere
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A single mother is overprotective of her mentally challenged son which has made him angry and difficult, while she denies herself a social life. Things change for the better when the boy gains self-esteem training for the Special Olympics and his mother learns to let go.
Student Bodies
Associate Producer
This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.
A Enviada do Mal
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Overprotective mother Liz Benedict meets 18-year-old orphan Joanna Redwine and hires her as house help and live-in companion to rambunctious daughter Tara. Liz's husband Jeff isn't too thrilled with the arrangement, and his fears soon prove justified when Joanna begins to manipulate everyone and to slowly destroy the family. Meanwhile, next-door neighbor Dr. Linquist investigates and discovers Joanna has a disturbing past.
Portrait of a Stripper
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A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother.
Anatomy of a Seduction
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The story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her own son, who is not much younger than her lover.
The Billion Dollar Threat
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A James Bondish superspy is assigned to thwart the devious plans of a master agent who is threatening to destroy the planet unless he is paid one billion dollars within 48 hours.
Castelos de Gelo
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Alexis Winston sonha em ser campeã de patinação artística e chega a largar o namorado para se dedicar ao sonho. Quando um acidente a deixa cega, o antigo amor não a deixa desistir daquilo que mais ama.
Viva o Rock'n Roll
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Uma cinebiografia que conta a vida do famoso Alan Freed, um locutor de rádio que inventou a expressão "Rock N' Roll" e a popularizou desde os anos 50. Freed foi uma fonte de grande controvérsia, sendo acusado de corromper a juventude.
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
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After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
Taxi Driver: Motorista de Táxi
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O motorista de táxi de Nova York Travis Bickle, veterano da Guerra do Vietnã, reflete constantemente sobre a corrupção da vida ao seu redor e sente-se cada vez mais perturbado com a própria solidão e alienação. Apesar de não conseguir fazer contato emocional com ninguém e viver uma vida questionável em busca de diversão, ele se torna obcecado em ajudar uma prostituta de 12 anos que entra em seu táxi para fugir de um cafetão.
Strange New World
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In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Sorria, Jenny, Você Está Morta
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Harry Orwell has been retired from the force ever since he caught a bullet that lodged inoperably in his back. But that doesn’t mean the man called Harry O is out of the action. Moonlighting as a private sleuth, fighting off daily back pain and typically traveling by public bus instead of his own car (“It gives a man a chance to think”), he’s on the trail of the lowlife who murdered his pal’s son-in-law. It won’t be the only time the killer strikes before Harry closes in. David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series. Among the highlights: young Jodie Foster as Liberty, the wise-beyond-her-years homeless waif Harry befriends.
Arnold
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Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.
Terror in the Wax Museum
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Terrifying wax figures of renowned personalities, such as Attila the Hun and Jack the Ripper, surround the sale of a London museum.
The Woman Hunter
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A wealthy woman, vacationing in Acapulco with her stuffy husband, stumbles upon evidence that she is being stalked by an international jewel thief and murderer.
A Fantástica Fábrica de Chocolate
Associate Editor
Um garoto pobre ganha o direito de visitar a fábrica de chocolates do excêntrico Willy Wonka. Acompanhado por seu avô e quatro crianças mimadas, ele vive aventuras inesquecíveis e aprende uma importante lição.
The McMasters
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When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his Indian wife.
Willie Boy
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While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
O Caminho do Arco-Íris
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Um misterioso Irlandês, Finian, e sua bela filha Sharon, chegam um dia em Rainbow Valley, uma pequena cidade do Sul de meeiros de tabaco no estado mítico de Missitucky. A cidade tem seu próprio residente sonhador, Woody Mahoney, que pensa que pode ser capaz de colocar a cidade no mapa fazendo o cruzamento de hortelã com o tabaco, de modo que ele já vai crescer mentolado. Finian vem para a cidade porque roubou o jarro de ouro de um Leprechaun e planeja enterra-lo no chão pois assim vai crescer mais rápido. Mas os problemas aparecem na forma de Og o Leprechaun, que seguiu Finian para a América e está empenhado em recuperar seu ouro.
Assim Morrem os Bravos
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Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.
Rider on a Dead Horse
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Three prospectors divide and bury their gold to safeguard it from warring Apaches. Cue a series of double crosses, triple crosses, chases, and shoot-outs as greed drives the three men to murder and betrayal.
Burden Of Truth
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Joe and Ella Mae Hamilton, having just moved into a new neighborhood, are confronted by an angry, jeering mob of whites outside their house. Joe thinks back on his life. According to press materials, the film's story was based on an idea "expressed by [United Steelworkers of America Union, distributor of the film] President David J. McDonald in a speech on civil rights given by him" in Los Angeles in September 1956.