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Bruce Joel Rubin
Writer 83 years old

Bruce Joel Rubin

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Bruce Joel Rubin (b. March 10, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is a screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance, Ghost for which he won the 1991 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1990 psychological thriller Jacob's Ladder.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

10 titles
The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

Robert Schwentke 2009 1h 47m 7.3

A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.

The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy

Robert Shaye 2007 1h 34m 6.0

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys. Soon the kids, their parents, and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine!

Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

Rob Minkoff 2002 1h 18m 5.4

Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy mouse adventures are in store as Stuart, his human brother, George, and their mischievous cat, Snowbell, set out to rescue a friend.

Deep Impact

Deep Impact

Mimi Leder 1998 2h 2m 6.3

Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?

My Life

My Life

Bruce Joel Rubin 1993 1h 54m 5.0

Life is going well for Bob Jones: great job, beautiful loving wife and a baby on the way. Then he finds out that he has the Dreaded Movie Disease that will leave him dead within months. He sets out to videotape his life's acquired wisdom for his child, and ends up on a voyage of self-discovery and reconciliation.

Deceived

Deceived

Damian Harris 1991 1h 44m 6.0

A man is murdered when checking authenticity of ancient Egyptian jewelry at a museum. Adrienne finds out after the death of her husband, that he was using a fake name. Are the 2 deaths linked?

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

Adrian Lyne 1990 1h 53m 7.8

A psychological suspense thriller film from director Adrian Lyne. An Vietnam veteran working as a mail man begins to see strange things and flashbacks from his times at war. A horror film about the psychologically damaged veterans and their last cry for help.

Ghost

Ghost

Jerry Zucker 1990 2h 7m 7.3

Ghost is an Oscar award winning love story starring Patrick Swayze as a ghost who uses a chaotic psychic to help him contact his wife played by Demi Moore. A tragic love story that brought back for maybe a just a while the word ‘Dido.’

Deadly Friend

Deadly Friend

Wes Craven 1986 1h 31m 5.4

Paul is a new kid in town with a robot named "BB". He befriends Samantha and the three of them have a lot of good times together. That is, until Samantha's abusive father throws her down some stairs and kills her. In an effort to save her life, Paul implants BB's computer brain into Samantha's human brain.

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

Douglas Trumbull 1983 1h 46m 5.4

Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and playing back actual experiences of people. Once the capability of tapping into "higher brain functions" is added in, and you can literally jump into someone else's head and play back recordings of what he or she was thinking, feeling, seeing, etc.

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