"MAJOR SOANE" is a screenplay I wrote and adapted from the book "TO MESOPOTAMIA AND KURDISTAN IN DISGUISE", written by ELY BANNISTER SOANE and originally published in 1912. Ely Bannister Soane, or Major Soane, was a British officer who, disguised as a Persian Muslim, traveled through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan...
Cool Hand Luke
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated...
Fanny and Alexander (1983)
Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.
Cure, The
Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.
Beatles Live at Shea Stadium, The
The Beatles at Shea Stadium is a fifty-minute-long documentary of the Beatles' 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York, the highlight of the group's 1965 tour.
On the Bowery
A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
Good Times, Wonderful Times
Lionel Rogosin's plea for humanity and against war and fascism. For two years, Rogosin traveled to twelve countries to collect footage of war atrocities from their archives. He interspersed these harrowing images with scenes of a London cocktail party's mundane chatter. Good Times, Wonderful Times was released in 1964...
Wicker Man, The
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
American Friend, The
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Straight Time
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.