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James Toback
Writer 81 years old

James Toback

New York City, New York, USA

James Lee Toback  (born November 23, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Toback, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

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8 titles
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

James Toback 2013 1h 40m

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film.

Tyson

Tyson

James Toback 2008 1h 30m 8.3

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera and shots of the champion's fights to create an arresting picture of the man.

When Will I Be Loved

When Will I Be Loved

James Toback 2004 1h 21m

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Harvard Man

Harvard Man

James Toback 2001 1h 39m 3.3

A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.

Two Girls and a Guy

Two Girls and a Guy

James Toback 1997 1h 24m 4.0

Two women confront their boyfriend, a two-timing actor who professed eternal love to each.

Bugsy

Bugsy

Barry Levinson 1991 2h 16m 6.3

New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home.

Fingers

Fingers

James Toback 1978 1h 30m 9.0

A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan-shark father and his mentally-disturbed Jewish concert-pianist mother.

The Gambler

The Gambler

Karel Reisz 1974 1h 52m 7.0

Literature professor Axel Freed is a gambling addict. When he has lost his money, he borrows from his girlfriend Billie, then his mother Naomi, and finally some criminals that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.

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