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Jay Cocks
Writer 82 years old

Jay Cocks

John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. (born January 12, 1944) is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is a graduate of Kenyon College. Before shifting to screenplay writing, he was a critic for Time, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, among other magazines.

Filmography

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8 titles
A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

James Mangold 2024 2h 21m 6.5

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

Silence

Silence

Martin Scorsese 2016 2h 41m 6.8

Two Jesuit priests, Sebastião Rodrigues and Francis Garrpe, travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

De-Lovely

De-Lovely

Irwin Winkler 2004 2h 5m 5.0

De-Lovely is a 2004 American/British musical biographical film directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter, from his first meeting with Linda Lee Thomas in 1918 until moments before his death in 1964.

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

Martin Scorsese 2002 2h 48m 7.6

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle.

Strange Days

Strange Days

Kathryn Bigelow 1995 2h 25m 7.5

Strange Days is a futuristic vision of the world from the eyes of director Kathryn Bigelows. A science fiction thriller about a retired politician named Lenny Nero who has the power of carrying on the memory and dreams of other people.

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

Martin Scorsese 1993 2h 18m 7.6

Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

Made in Milan

Made in Milan

Martin Scorsese 1990 27m 7.0

As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

Martin Scorsese 1988 2h 44m 7.3

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

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