Short eyes 1978 convicts try to stay alive in a brutal prison where certain fellow inmates violate nearly every known rule of decency. Short eyes, a film by miguel pinero, from 1977, by sensitive skin. Geoffrey breton, wolfheart productions is raising funds for button eyes a short music film starring alexander vlahos on kickstarter. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Short eyes is a 1977 american film adaptation of miguel pineros play of the same title, directed by robert m. Accomplished character actor luis guzman plays one of the inmates good. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Below is part two of a complete list of films that have played in the main slate of the new york film festival across its 53year history. The 40th anniversary of gay playwrights groundbreaking film is more relevant. Phantasm is a 1979 american science fantasy horror film directed, written, photographed, and edited by don coscarelli.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our and websites. Curtis mayfield has played a major pivotal role in soul music over the last 50 years and has. July 18, 2016 facebook twitter spotify short eyes by curtis mayfield. Pinero, the seminal nuyorican writer whose uncompromising life was depicted in a 2001 film starring benjamin bratt, wrote the play from which short eyes is adapted while serving a twoyear sentence in sing sing for drug and theft offences. Young, 1977, penitentiary 1979, jamaa fanaka, and the big budget hollywood ones like escape from alcatraz 1979, don siegel. Pinero himself appears as one of the characters here, more or less playing himself as the puerto rican convict and streethustler that he actually was, and which was his inspiration for this play and movie. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, prison, prison life, society, confined, crimes and violence mostly in drama, crime and thriller genres. When captain jacob cope, the fair haired hero with eyes resembling a caribbean sea, is welcomed into the residence of lord winters and his companion, he is quite taken with the boy who sleeps in the stables. Heres an alphabetical index with all the films currently available on the site. Filmed on location at new york citys mens house of detention, nicknamed the tombs. The centerpiece of this, the ultimate ensemble prison drama, isnt the child molester aka short eyes bruce davison put into a cellblock of tough convicts who, after finding out his crime, turn the premises into their own courtroom, but a young handsome puerto rican nicknamed cupcakes, played by the late tito goya, who has to deal with or take advice from these same toughies before. In the film pinero played the part of gogo, a prisoner. A story of high school cheerleader black dustyrose. Just about every film is like some other film, but not this one it.
Film art on the man who knew too much the criterion collection. Joseph carberry and bob maroff recreated their stage roles in the filmed production. A great low budget realistic prison film, up there with a few others from this time period like short eyes robert m. Young says of short eyes, his 1977 adaptation of the play by. Curtis lee mayfield, 3rd june 1942, chicago, illinois, u. Goya began to focus on film after appearing in the dramatic adaptation short eyes 1978 with bruce davison and the adaptation all that jazz 1979 with roy scheider. Equally as odd, is despite its horrifying storyline and. Short eyes by miguel pinero overdrive rakuten overdrive. Jun 03, 2006 why the original catwoman julie newmar was cut from the batman tv series.
The play premiered at the theater of the riverside church 1, was then produced offbroadway at the joseph papp public theater on february 28, 1974, and transferred after 54 performances to the vivian beaumont theater on broadway on may 23, 1974. A child molester sent to prison finds that criminals exact harsher justice than society. Laurence fishburne biography affair, divorce, ethnicity. It was filmed in the manhattan house of detention for men, otherwise known as the tombs the wutang clan sampled dialogue from the film.
The famous american actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director, laurence fishburne who is well known for playing morpheus in the matrix trilogy, jason furious styles in the 1991 drama film boyz n the hood, tyrone mr. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comic con new york comic con sundance toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events celebs born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Short eyes 1977 has quite a reputation, i found out, amongst hard core fanatics for exploitation films of the 1970s. The album contains one of mayfields last funk hits, do do wap is strong in here. The film deals with the interrelationship between the prisoners of a cell block. Young, the film is wellacted with a frightening view of prison life. When a young white prisoner accused of child molesting is thrown into the cell block by a guard who says he belongs in sing sing because the men up there konw what to do with degenerates like you, the stage is set for an explosive series of events.
Like you, i was pretty darn excited when star trek the motion picture came out. Curtis mayfield appeared in the film and composed and performed the soundtrack. Short eyes is a curtis mayfield soundtrack to robert m. The first time i saw the teasertrailer which was just the scene of enterprise pulling out of drydock with orson welles voiceover telling us how important star trek was i actually had tears in my eyes. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The wutang clan sampled dialogue from the film for the song let my niggas live.
While on set, he and tito goya were arrested for armed robbery and were arraigned in the same building where they were filming. Short eyes 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jul 27, 2012 sight is a 7 minute long sci fi film by eran mayraz and daniel lazo. Pinero himself appears as one of the characters here, more or less playing himself as the puerto rican convict and streethustler that he actually was, and which was. Welcome to our new home that now contains all of our ministry tools, strategies and media. Think of it as a dimestore, new jersey taxi driver crossed with midnight cowboy. The third and final film in the series to be directed by lewis gilbert, it costars lois chiles, michael lonsdale, corinne clery, and richard kiel. In 1977, someone in hollywood decided that it would be a good idea to adapt miguel pineros play short eyes to a feature film. I got the job when the cast, mostly junkies, told the original director if he came back, hed be killed, filmmaker robert m. Feb 14, 20 david bordwell and kristin thompsons textbook film art, a cornerstone of the cinema studies discipline, was first published in 1979 and is now in a tenth edition. The short stars jake ryan, who has previously acted in inside llewyn davis and moonrise kingdom.
Later in his career, goya acted in fort apache, the bronx 1981. Short eyes licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of curtom. Apr 25, 2014 written and directed by conor byrne of brudder films, four eyes is a new comedic short about a 10yearold boy who stumbles upon some adult themes after getting a new pair of glasses. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. The stable boy boyxboy completed xxblueeyedgirlxx wattpad. His film appearances included the 1979 bob fosse film all that jazz, the original 1970 version of the neil simonpenned the outoftowners, sidney lumets bye bye braverman, alan j.
The story centers about the denizens of the tombs, the mens house of detention in manhattan, where it was filmed. Thats what most of the film is, the observation of these men and their culture. The story foregoes more traditional system versus inmates storylines, concentrating on a system within. With translations of the jesus film in more than 1,800 languages and our growing library of movies and short films, you can experience and share the story of the gospel anywhere with anyone. Pinero made his acting debut and subsequently appeared in several other feature films and on television where. Inmates playwriting workshop, he wrote the classic play. Emerging out of the doo wop scene of the late 50s and going on to create groundbreaking work with the impressions, and later as one of the founding fathers of funk in the late 60s and 70s. Based on the awardwinning play by miguel pinero, and directed by robert m. Short eyes 1978 cast and crew convicts try to stay alive in a brutal prison where certain fellow inmates violate nearly every known rule of decency. Short cuts robert altman, 1993 short eyes robert m. It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us.
Short eyes is a 1977 american film adaptation of the miguel pinero play of the same title, directed by robert m. Dusty seems to have it all, but shes hiding a dark secret from her past that threatens to destroy her future. Mar 12, 2016 short eyes licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of curtom. However, it is one of the best dramas of the decade and deserved the dvd rerelease. Short eyes is a 1974 drama written by playwright miguel pinero. The illegal is a small, gentle, beautifully made film about a subject that might, in more conventional hands, have. Davison, the rat man of willard, plays a child molester sent to prison. Fortune and mens eyes 1971, attica 1980, the glass house 1972, jailbait 2004, k11 2012. Its a tense moment for private detective charles durning, who discovers that he cant reach an innocent family to warn them that a psychotic killer has. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification bruce. Only the beautiful new math teacher, ms quinn, can see past dustys facade to the real girl hiding inside.
Films that shook the world february 9april 21, 2018 sergei eisenstein 18981948 is regarded as one of the worlds most creative, pioneering, and influential filmmakers and is among the most lauded figures in russias cultural history. Miguel pineros 1977 short eyes shows at new yorks metrograph. He was an actor and writer, known for short eyes 1977, breathless 1983 and fort apache the bronx 1981. Button eyes a short music film starring alexander vlahos. A groundbreaking film and pop culture phenomenon, short eyes was directed by. Jay kohs film not only heighten awareness but captures hearts and forever impacts his audiences view of what the american immigrant experience is about. A graduate of nycs hunter college, schwartz became president of the film league in the late 1970s where he supervised the marketing and distribution of such films as jeancharles tacchellas cousin, cousine 1975 and robert m.
In 1977, short eyes was turned into a film directed by robert m. It marks the last role on television for russell, and the first collaboration between him and carpenter. Short eyes during a robbery conviction and the play was first performed. There is no film quite like the 1979 animated short tale of tales. After receiving parole from sing sing, pinero presented short eyes at the riverside church in morningside heights. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Button eyes is a short music film starring alexander vlahos with music by chris hyson produced by wolfheart productions. Short eyess characteristics portray fear and anguish unlike any other prison film i have seen. Short eyes 1977 a masterpiece, maybe the best prison film ever made because its origin is people who were actually in prison, most notably its main author, miguel pinero. Short eyes is the 1977 film adaptation of miguel pineros 1974 play of the same name. A graduation project from the bezalel academy of arts, the movie examines the dangers and the promises of augmented reality and gamification. Moonraker is a 1979 spy film and the eleventh in the james bond series produced by eon productions, and the fourth to star roger moore as the fictional mi6 agent james bond. One of sean prices favourite films aka ruck, of hiphop duo heltah skeltah.
Released by curtom records this weeks selection chosen by kellen j. Easily forgotten 1980s tv series this is a brief look at 28 short lived and easily forgotten television series from the 1980s with brief plot, cast list, photos, trivia and more. The fleischer brothers were sons of an austrian tailor who took his family to america in 1887. Mikey, a lifelong dopefiend, just couldnt stay out of trouble. Elvis 1979 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Caligula is written a little thinly, and that holds mcdowell back a bit, yet mcdowells film carrying portrayal of the lead is almost revelatory, and decidedly instrumental in making the final. Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family miguel pinero was born on december 19, 1946 in gurabo, puerto rico. Pakulas klute and paul mazurskys 1982 film tempest. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Four eyes, a short coming of age film about poor eyesight. Some of these shows actually had potential and why they never found their. Aug 30, 2001 click on a title to look inside that book if available. Meanwhile, short eyes is a worthy preliminary sketch. The play premiered at the theater of the riverside church, was then produced offbroadway at the joseph papp public theater on february 28, 1974, and transferred after 54 performances to the vivian beaumont theater on broadway on may 23, 1974. Overview for russell s schwartz turner classic movies. Bruce davison and joseph carberry in short eyes 1977 joseph carberry in. His fellow inmates, a ragtag collection of rapists, murderers, junkies, and.
The prison slang for his crime is short eyes, viewed by the other convicts as the lowliest offense one can commit. In short eyes, clarks confession forces juan and the movie audience to judge clark. Short eyes is a 1977 american film adaptation of miguel pinero s play of the same title, directed by robert m. Nominated for six tony awards, short eyes received the new york drama critics circle award and the obie award for best play of the year. In 1977, the play was adapted into a film directed by robert m. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The first film in the phantasm franchise, it introduces the tall man angus scrimm, a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead of earth into dwarf zombies to be sent to his planet and used as slaves. Short eyes is yet another 70s flick lost until recently in the world of obscure vhs,various licensing and grey market bootlegs. Given the rigidity of the form, im amazed at how many variations can be worked on it, most recently by miguel pinero with his short eyes, which robert m. It was nominated for two young artist awards at the 1st youth in film awards, held in 1979. Short eyes also known as slammer, film league, 1977.
This perception as to the plays real subject matter with short. Bruce davison, jose perez, luis guzman, mark margolis, nathan george, robert m. And camera operator samba da criacao do mundo documentary. It was filmed in the manhattan house of detention for men, otherwise known as the tombs. This depressing, brutal and unjustly obscure drama centers on two psychedamaged vietnam veterans, their dead end lives and the havoc they eventually cause. Oct 28, 2003 jack elam, the son of an accountant, was born in miami, arizona, a small mining town outside phoenix, in 1916 though he would later suggest that he had added two years to his age in order to get. Whether we find him sick and in need of help, pathetic or evil, the rest of the movie makes us confront what that judgement does to our own humanity as we decide what he deserves and whos qualified to mete it out. While short eyes won two obies and the drama critics circle. Although my brown eyes is a simple story of an immigrant boys first day of school in america, the impact of this video is tremendous. Short eyes, miguel pineros screen adaptation of his stage play, is so tightly and effectively constructed within its small enclosed landscape. Short eyes the original picture soundtrack discogs. Rich kids is a 1979 american comedydrama film directed by robert m.