John G. Avildsen
Nascimento : 1935-12-21, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Morte : 2017-06-16
História
John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977 for Rocky. Other films he directed include Joe, Save the Tiger, Fore Play, The Formula, Neighbors, For Keeps, Lean on Me, The Power of One, 8 Seconds, Inferno, Rocky V and the first three The Karate Kid films.
Avildsen was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Ivy (née Guilbert) and Clarence John Avildsen. He was educated at The Hotchkiss School and New York University. After starting out as an assistant director on films by Arthur Penn and Otto Preminger, John Avildsen received his first success with the low budget feature Joe (1970) which received critical acclaim for star Peter Boyle and moderate box office business.
This was followed by another critical success, Save the Tiger (1973), that was nominated for three Oscars, winning Best Actor for star Jack Lemmon. Avildsen's greatest success was Rocky (1976), garnering ten Academy Award nominations and winning three, including Best Picture and Best Director. He later directed what was expected to be the series' final installment, Rocky V (1990). His other films include Cry Uncle! (1971), Neighbors (1981), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), Lean on Me (1989) and 8 Seconds (1994).
Avildsen was the original director for both Serpico (1973) and Saturday Night Fever (1977), but was fired over disputes with producers Martin Bregman and Robert Stigwood, respectively.
Himself
Um ator desconhecido. Um diretor subestimado. O filme azarão definitivo. Documentário sobre o filme "Rocky - Um Lutador".
Self (Archival Footage)
John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco steps that made movie history.
Self (archive footage)
In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and becomes famous in 1973 when director Sidney Lumet tells his story in the classic film “Serpico,” starring Al Pacino.
Talk Show Host
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
Executive Producer
A young rock band, half from England and half from the US, drop out of college and move to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.
Himself
The life of Fumio Demura, the greatest karate master of a generation.
Self - Director
O documentário narra a trajetória dos primos israelenses Menahem Golan e Yoram Globus, cinéfilos e donos da Cannon Films, que durante os anos 1980 foi a mais poderosa companhia independente de Hollywood e responsável por alguns dos maiores absurdos cinematográficos já cometidos durante aquele período, além de mostrar a sua ascensão e queda.
Himself
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about the creation of the movie as well as the other films in the franchise.
Himself
An extensive look at the making of Rocky (1976).
Himself
John G. Avildsen pays tribute to cinematographer James Crabe.
Self - Director / Academy Award Winner
Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).
Himself
South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Night of the Living Dead's George A. Romero and Spider-Man's Stan Lee share their filmmaking secrets with the legendary Lloyd Kaufman in this step-by-step course for budding filmmakers. From scriptwriting to distribution, Kaufman covers the essentials with his works as examples, and many other notable filmmakers offer their advice. The set features films created using Kaufman's method, and much more.
Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him.
Director
Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) é um atormentado ex-combatente que vai visitar um velho amigo dos tempos de exército numa pequena cidade americana. No caminho termina por se envolver com os valentões locais, que o deixam à beira da morte. Depois de recuperado, Lomax parte em busca de vingança. O inferno é Van Damme. Um purgatório inteiro de gol paços e colunas vertebrais envergadas.
Self (archive footage)
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Director
A heróicahistória da vida de uma lenda do rodeio americano, Lane Frost. Luke perry, protagoniza um campeão que luta para alcançar seus sonhos de infância - ambos dentro e fora da arena. No elenco também Stephen Baldwyn, como um cara obstinado, generoso, o melhor amigo de Lane e Cynthia Geary, como a mulher cujo amor é suficiente para fazer os sonhos se tornarem realidade. A música poderosa de Bill Conti (Rocky, um Lutador), em uma trilha sonora admirável, acrescida da intensidade da estória de muita ação de um homem que nasceu para montar.
Himself
A 30 minute infomercial that originally aired on Comedy Central in 1993. The idea was that by purchasing Troma Inc. movie products you could better yourself as a person.
Editor
Um órfão, o pequeno PK, procura ajuda em seu único amigo: um gentil e experiente prisioneiro que o ensina a lutar boxe. O pequeno quando é esperto vence o grande, diz o prisioneiro. Primeiro com a cabeça, depois com o coração. Vivendo por essas palavras, PK amadurece lutando com os seus punhos e com o coração. Ele abala o sistema e as injustiças a sua volta e descobre que uma pessoa realmente pode fazer diferença.
Director
Um órfão, o pequeno PK, procura ajuda em seu único amigo: um gentil e experiente prisioneiro que o ensina a lutar boxe. O pequeno quando é esperto vence o grande, diz o prisioneiro. Primeiro com a cabeça, depois com o coração. Vivendo por essas palavras, PK amadurece lutando com os seus punhos e com o coração. Ele abala o sistema e as injustiças a sua volta e descobre que uma pessoa realmente pode fazer diferença.
Editor
Na luta com Drago, o lutador russo, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) acabou recebendo uma lesão permanente. Assim é forçado a se retirar do boxe e, para piorar as coisas, descobre que seu contador roubou sua fortuna. Sem dinheiro e não podendo voltar a lutar, ele começa a treinar um jovem (Tommy Morrison) que promete ser um grande lutador. Mas seu trabalhado não é terminado, pois um empresário atrai o jovem pugilista com um alto salário, mas mestre e aluno ainda vão se reencontrar como rivais.
Director
Na luta com Drago, o lutador russo, Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) acabou recebendo uma lesão permanente. Assim é forçado a se retirar do boxe e, para piorar as coisas, descobre que seu contador roubou sua fortuna. Sem dinheiro e não podendo voltar a lutar, ele começa a treinar um jovem (Tommy Morrison) que promete ser um grande lutador. Mas seu trabalhado não é terminado, pois um empresário atrai o jovem pugilista com um alto salário, mas mestre e aluno ainda vão se reencontrar como rivais.
Editor
Em Los Angeles, Daniel LaRusso é desafiado por um lutador de karatê que quer também destruir seu mestre, Miyagi. Inicialmente, ele reluta em aceitar o desafio, mas termina sendo obrigado a aceitá-lo. Porém, desta vez ele não poderá contar com o apoio de Miyagi, que se recusa a treiná-lo argumentando que o karatê é para defender a honra e a vida e não para se obter títulos e troféus.
Director
Em Los Angeles, Daniel LaRusso é desafiado por um lutador de karatê que quer também destruir seu mestre, Miyagi. Inicialmente, ele reluta em aceitar o desafio, mas termina sendo obrigado a aceitá-lo. Porém, desta vez ele não poderá contar com o apoio de Miyagi, que se recusa a treiná-lo argumentando que o karatê é para defender a honra e a vida e não para se obter títulos e troféus.
Editor
O professor Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) é convidado pelo seu amigo Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume) a assumir o cargo de diretor em uma problemática escola de Nova Jersey. Autoritário e arrogante, Clark comanda com pulso firme e com métodos pouco ortodoxos, as vezes até violentos. Dessa forma, ele consegue com que alguns alunos da escola, que sofre com problemas de tráfico de drogas e violência, passem no exame de final de ano realizado pelo governo. Mesmo fazendo o bem para os alunos, seus métodos contraditórios atraem admiradores mas também inimigos.
Executive Producer
O professor Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) é convidado pelo seu amigo Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume) a assumir o cargo de diretor em uma problemática escola de Nova Jersey. Autoritário e arrogante, Clark comanda com pulso firme e com métodos pouco ortodoxos, as vezes até violentos. Dessa forma, ele consegue com que alguns alunos da escola, que sofre com problemas de tráfico de drogas e violência, passem no exame de final de ano realizado pelo governo. Mesmo fazendo o bem para os alunos, seus métodos contraditórios atraem admiradores mas também inimigos.
Director
O professor Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) é convidado pelo seu amigo Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume) a assumir o cargo de diretor em uma problemática escola de Nova Jersey. Autoritário e arrogante, Clark comanda com pulso firme e com métodos pouco ortodoxos, as vezes até violentos. Dessa forma, ele consegue com que alguns alunos da escola, que sofre com problemas de tráfico de drogas e violência, passem no exame de final de ano realizado pelo governo. Mesmo fazendo o bem para os alunos, seus métodos contraditórios atraem admiradores mas também inimigos.
Editor
Darcy quer ser jornalista, Stan arquiteto. Eles formam um casal adolescente adorável. São bonitos, inteligentes e com um futuro brilhante pela frente. Mas uma inesperada gravidez os obriga a apressar o casamento, renunciar a alguns sonhos e driblar as dificuldades para conseguir criar sua filhinha e continuarem juntos.
Director
Darcy quer ser jornalista, Stan arquiteto. Eles formam um casal adolescente adorável. São bonitos, inteligentes e com um futuro brilhante pela frente. Mas uma inesperada gravidez os obriga a apressar o casamento, renunciar a alguns sonhos e driblar as dificuldades para conseguir criar sua filhinha e continuarem juntos.
Director
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.
Editor
Ao descobrir que seu pai está à beira da morte, o professor Miyagi volta para Okinawa, no Japão, junto com seu aprendiz, Daniel LaRusso. Na terra natal, o mestre de caratê é surpreendido com a notícia de que Yukie, seu grande e antigo amor, está solteira.
Director
Ao descobrir que seu pai está à beira da morte, o professor Miyagi volta para Okinawa, no Japão, junto com seu aprendiz, Daniel LaRusso. Na terra natal, o mestre de caratê é surpreendido com a notícia de que Yukie, seu grande e antigo amor, está solteira.
Editor
O adolescente Daniel LaRusso se envolve com a ex-namorada de um mau caráter na escola e passa a ser atormentado por sua gangue. Para sua sorte, ele contará com os ensinamentos de um mestre de karatê, o senhor Miyagi, que o prepara para autodefesa e também para um importante campeonato.
Director
O adolescente Daniel LaRusso se envolve com a ex-namorada de um mau caráter na escola e passa a ser atormentado por sua gangue. Para sua sorte, ele contará com os ensinamentos de um mestre de karatê, o senhor Miyagi, que o prepara para autodefesa e também para um importante campeonato.
Editor
Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?
Director
Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girls-night out, where she discovers that one of the dancers is her failing student Rick Monroe, a.k.a. "Ricky the Rocket". A heated affair between teacher & student ensues, as Faye struggles to reconcile her emotions and make consequential life choices: Continue her lustful sessions with the studly-but-shallow teen stripper? Or break it off with Ricky & work to salvage her marriage to the loving-but-distant husband?
Director
A documentary about Roger Baldwin, the founder of the ACLU.
Director
Num bairro suburbano, homem de meia idade leva uma vida pacata e sem perspectivas com sua entediada esposa. Até o dia em que conhece seus novos vizinhos, um casal formado por um sujeito bonachão e a mulher sexy e provocante.
Director
While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline during World War II. This revelation has the potential to end the established global oil industry, making the formula a very valuable and dangerous piece of information. Eventually, Caine must contend with oil tycoon Adam Steiffel, who clearly has his own agenda regarding the formula.
Camera Operator
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Editor
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Producer
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Director
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Director
Rocky Balboa, um pequeno boxeador da classe trabalhadora da Filadélfia, é arbitrariamente escolhido para lutar contra o campeão dos pesos pesados, Apollo Creed, quando o adversário do invicto lutador agendado para a luta é ferido. Durante o treinamento com o mal-humorado Mickey Goldmill, Rocky timidamente começa um relacionamento com Adrian, a invisível irmã de Paulie, seu amigo empacotador de carne.
Director
W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie. The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore, Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.
Director
A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.
Director
Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon) está em crise com sua vida pessoal e profissional. Ele começa a ultrapassar sua conduta moral oferecendo prostitutas a clientes e, até mesmo, arma um plano para tentar incendiar a fábrica onde trabalha para faturar o dinheiro do seguro. Oscar de Melhor Ator para Jack Lemmon.
Director
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
Editor
The film tells the story of Bill, a young, successful stockbroker who zips off to Greenwich Village on his motorcycle when no one's looking to venture into the hippy counterculture world. His wife, Nancy, is the dream of every middle-class male. She is liberated enough to go around bra-less, enjoy sex, and be the perfect mother for their child. Nancy, however, is unaware of her husband's excursions and happily attends the local ecology awareness meetings without Bill. Bill soon becomes involved with Gordon, an Andy Warhol-type character whose protege, Roz, fascinates the square young businessman. After witnessing a wild party on Fire Island, Bill realizes that this crowd is not for him (shallow, lifeless) and that he does not even want to have sex with Roz because he is lonely for his wife. Nancy arrives unexpectedly on the island to reclaim her husband and together they walk off into the sunset hand in hand.
Cinematography
The film tells the story of Bill, a young, successful stockbroker who zips off to Greenwich Village on his motorcycle when no one's looking to venture into the hippy counterculture world. His wife, Nancy, is the dream of every middle-class male. She is liberated enough to go around bra-less, enjoy sex, and be the perfect mother for their child. Nancy, however, is unaware of her husband's excursions and happily attends the local ecology awareness meetings without Bill. Bill soon becomes involved with Gordon, an Andy Warhol-type character whose protege, Roz, fascinates the square young businessman. After witnessing a wild party on Fire Island, Bill realizes that this crowd is not for him (shallow, lifeless) and that he does not even want to have sex with Roz because he is lonely for his wife. Nancy arrives unexpectedly on the island to reclaim her husband and together they walk off into the sunset hand in hand.
Writer
The film tells the story of Bill, a young, successful stockbroker who zips off to Greenwich Village on his motorcycle when no one's looking to venture into the hippy counterculture world. His wife, Nancy, is the dream of every middle-class male. She is liberated enough to go around bra-less, enjoy sex, and be the perfect mother for their child. Nancy, however, is unaware of her husband's excursions and happily attends the local ecology awareness meetings without Bill. Bill soon becomes involved with Gordon, an Andy Warhol-type character whose protege, Roz, fascinates the square young businessman. After witnessing a wild party on Fire Island, Bill realizes that this crowd is not for him (shallow, lifeless) and that he does not even want to have sex with Roz because he is lonely for his wife. Nancy arrives unexpectedly on the island to reclaim her husband and together they walk off into the sunset hand in hand.
Director
The film tells the story of Bill, a young, successful stockbroker who zips off to Greenwich Village on his motorcycle when no one's looking to venture into the hippy counterculture world. His wife, Nancy, is the dream of every middle-class male. She is liberated enough to go around bra-less, enjoy sex, and be the perfect mother for their child. Nancy, however, is unaware of her husband's excursions and happily attends the local ecology awareness meetings without Bill. Bill soon becomes involved with Gordon, an Andy Warhol-type character whose protege, Roz, fascinates the square young businessman. After witnessing a wild party on Fire Island, Bill realizes that this crowd is not for him (shallow, lifeless) and that he does not even want to have sex with Roz because he is lonely for his wife. Nancy arrives unexpectedly on the island to reclaim her husband and together they walk off into the sunset hand in hand.
Editor
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Cinematography
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Director
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Director of Photography
Parents in a small, conservative community don't think that the sex drive is a normal thing for children to experience. So much so, that they label education in that regard as a communist plot. The group of prudes is led by an impotent alcoholic and a gay policeman.
Story
Parents in a small, conservative community don't think that the sex drive is a normal thing for children to experience. So much so, that they label education in that regard as a communist plot. The group of prudes is led by an impotent alcoholic and a gay policeman.
Editor
Parents in a small, conservative community don't think that the sex drive is a normal thing for children to experience. So much so, that they label education in that regard as a communist plot. The group of prudes is led by an impotent alcoholic and a gay policeman.
Director
Parents in a small, conservative community don't think that the sex drive is a normal thing for children to experience. So much so, that they label education in that regard as a communist plot. The group of prudes is led by an impotent alcoholic and a gay policeman.
Director of Photography
Ad executive Bill Compton confronts and murders his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend. Wandering into a local bar, Bill encounters a drunken, bigoted factory worker with a bloodlust, Joe Curran. When Bill confesses the murder to Joe, the two strike up an uneasy alliance, leading to a wild adventure.
Director
Ad executive Bill Compton confronts and murders his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend. Wandering into a local bar, Bill encounters a drunken, bigoted factory worker with a bloodlust, Joe Curran. When Bill confesses the murder to Joe, the two strike up an uneasy alliance, leading to a wild adventure.
Director
A bored housewife starts hanging out in Greenwich Village and gets involved with pot-smoking hippies and an Italian filmmaker.
Associate Producer
An introverted nerd and a dumb, violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.
Cinematography
An introverted nerd and a dumb, violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.
Assistant Director
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
Executive Producer
A former comic is on the run from the mob.
Producer
A short film by John G. Avildsen.
Director
A short film by John G. Avildsen.
Alvie
A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.
