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John Patrick Shanley
Writer 75 years old

John Patrick Shanley

The Bronx, New York, USA

John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He also contributed articles on the performing arts to The New York Times among other publications.

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

9 titles
Doubt

Doubt

John Patrick Shanley 2008 1h 44m 7.3

Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the movie's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.

Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

Mick Jackson 2002 1h 48m

A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.

Congo

Congo

Frank Marshall 1995 1h 48m 5.4

A megalomaniac C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?).

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Dick Zondag, Phil Nibbelink 1993 1h 11m 6.0

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City.

Alive

Alive

Frank Marshall 1993 2h 7m 6.9

The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.

Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano

John Patrick Shanley 1990 1h 42m 5.0

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his female co-workder out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.

The January Man

The January Man

Pat O'Connor 1989 1h 37m 5.5

Two years after being forced out of the NYPD, quirky Nick Starkey is rehired by the mayor to help catch a serial killer after 11 women are murdered in the city.

Moonstruck

Moonstruck

Norman Jewison 1987 1h 42m 7.1

Cher is devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets - and falls hopelessly in love with - his younger brother (Cage)!

Five Corners

Five Corners

Tony Bill 1987 1h 34m 6.0

Young psychotic man returns to neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks young lady he previously tried to rape and young man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him. Written by Bill Smith <bsmith30@ix.netcom.com>

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