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Bill Paxton is awesome, his directorial debut is even better than what I expected of an actor whose most memorable line is "Game over, man!
His directorial genius was not particularly suited to taut thrillers, since Kazan needed more room to breathe and to be slower and more subtle.
Mr. Lee's directorial debut was a success!
William Girdler made his directorial debut in 1972 with the surprisingly decent exploitation flick Three on a Meathook, and since then basically everything he's directed has gone on to become notorious - though mostly that's because his films are so low quality, not because of any content.
This suspense movie was the directorial debut of Danny.
It also marks the auspicious directorial debut of Paul Mazursky, a former actor who ended up making two decades' worth of insightful films focused on personal foibles and sympathetic satire ("An Unmarried Woman", "Down and Out in Beverly Hills").
He had acted in European films and had been in several English language films like The Flight of the Pheonix, The Longest Day and Lord Jim but only directed this and another forgettable film in his brief directorial career before he returned to acting.
Stephen Frears did better in making a low key film of book two, and is also at the directorial helm for this film of the final book.
The Informers really is an unusual kind of terrible, but there is actually a very real possibility that it is a misunderstood work of unparalleled directorial ingenuity.
One of the common criticisms of Bette Davis is always that without a strong directorial hand she'd start chewing the scenery.
The desolate atmosphere - more a result of the setting itself, rather than of directorial competence - is about all it has going for it.
Interesting directorial touches, mixed with some nice gore, manages to hold the interest even if the material is stretched well beyond it's limit.
Magical realism requires a deft directorial hand and a great screenplay that can present you with the absurd but still make you believe it.
The director John Mathew Mathan had gone into oblivion after his directorial debut 'Sarfarosh' that came in 1999.
Most of those films certainly were a great achievement, but one thing that many Star Wars fans overlook is the other entries in Lucas' list of directorial credits; one of which is this film, American Graffiti.
But otherwise, Roger Corman's directorial debut is quite fun, as some female convicts escape a New Orleans prison in search of some diamonds out in the swamp.
Wood co-wrote this low-budget and creepy film but it lacks the tackiness and cheapness of his own directorial efforts--though it is pretty close.
And the filming technique just wasn't interesting at all - the only "interesting" thing was the complete absence of any directorial narration, and that was the bad kind of interesting.
One has to wonder if working with such a poor director is what finally made Dolph decide to step behind the camera (his directorial debut was the film made right after this).
The sole directorial effort from Robert Riskin (the talented screenwriter behind many of Frank Carpa's best films), WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE is one of many films that attempted to re-create the success of 1934's surprise hit ONE NIGHT OF LOVE.
This film actually owes little to Hitchcock, other than a few directorial touches.
Battle Cry - from beer to eternity- this Raoul Walsh directed ode to the marines is a long slog-148 minutes- and most of it is spent following the marines on liberty and their love lives.Some of it works- Aldo Ray is surprisingly effective as big lumberjack who falls for the New Zealand gal - but for the most part this overwrought melodrama follows lesser lights like Tab Hunter.Based on a script by Leon M. Uris and featuring a score by Max Steiner this movie is over-sentimental and a middling soap opera.James Whitmore does a good job as Mac the Sargent and Raymond Massey is fine in his cameo as a general-but for the most part this is a less glamorous and more plodding retake on the From Here to Eternity vibe.The DVD has a trailer and text retrospective on Walsh's directorial career.Avoid this like a landmine.
In any case, I'd give any three of De Toth's westerns AND his House of Wax for just one more film noir boasting his directorial credit.
I entered the theatre with guarded optimism knowing this was the feature directorial debut for writer/director Johnson.
Wretchedly directed, dully written, with no characters, just situations, KUFFS is not improved by the addition of grotesquely inappropriate Three Stooges-like comedy (complete with sound effects) and stupidly flamboyant directorial touches.
OK, who guessed that Steve Buscemi's directorial debut would be a quiet little story about small-town ice cream van drivers hanging out in the pub?
Farhan Akhtar makes an impressive directorial debut.
Hit Me, Steven Shainberg's (Secretary) directorial debut has a lot going for it including a great cast and a truly striking set to utilize.
For Rob Zombie's directorial debut, it was excellent.
Though the score is wonderful and melodic, it is often interrupted by cheap directorial tricks.
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