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John Calley

John Calley

John Nicholas Calley (July 8, 1930 – September 13, 2011) was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros. (where he worked from 1968 to 1981) and "produced a film a month, on average, including commercial successes like The Exorcist and Superman." During his seven years at Sony Pictures Entertainment starting in 1996, five of which he was chairman and chief executive, he was credited with "reinvigorat[ing]" that major film studio.

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Movies Starring John Calley (18)

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008)

An in-depth look at Dirty Harry (1971), featuring interviews with such film artists as Michael Madsen, 'Hal Holbrook', John Milius, 'Shane Black' and John Badham. ...

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The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008)

An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience. ...

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The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008)

Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary. ...

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The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008)

A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series. ...

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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)

He is considered by many the greatest film director the medium has ever known. Yet in a 45-year career, Stanley Kubrick's films number only a dozen. That he strove for perfection is well established. What is less known is that he lavished years of energy o ...

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Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)

Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four decades - the duality of human nature. Poised between good and evil, mankind was, in Kubrick's view, a complex ...

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Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)

Stanley Kubrick's groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey opened the door to all the films and filmmakers who followed it. Through interviews with directors such as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack - as well as special effects professionals a ...

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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)

This documentary about "2001: A Space Odyssey" looks at some of the things that seemed fanciful in 1968, which don't seem quite as much anymore. ...

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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006)

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. ...

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This Is Gary McFarland (2006)

Documentary film about the life and mysterious death of forgotten jazz arranger/composer Gary McFarland. ...

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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004)

A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola. ...

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A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time. ...

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Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence (2002)

Sharon Tate is a rising young star before her life ends in a shocking murder. ...

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Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001)

The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the film, and the subtle power of its execution. ...

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The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001)

A documentary about making The Remains of the Day. ...

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The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson (1999)

A journey through the career of the British writer/director best known for his film "Withnail & I" (1987). Robinson reveals how he writes, reads from his screenplays, and revisits the town of his birth where his first novel "The Peculiar Memories of Thomas ...

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One Night Stand (1997)

In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-in ...

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All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)

Promotional short film on an aspiring young actress Sharon Tate and her first film Eye of the Devil (1966). ...

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Movies Made By John Calley (17)

Angels & Demons (2009)

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave. ...

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The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading. ...

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The Da Vinci Code (2006)

A murder in Paris' Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could roc ...

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Closer (2004)

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. ...

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The Remains of the Day (1993)

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi ca ...

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Postcards from the Edge (1990)

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment. ...

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Catch-22 (1970)

A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch. ...

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Castle Keep (1969)

During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans. ...

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Ice Station Zebra (1968)

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distres ...

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Don't Make Waves (1967)

Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside romances. ...

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Eye of the Devil (1966)

A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret. ...

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The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game. ...

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The Loved One (1965)

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he ...

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The Sandpiper (1965)

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California. ...

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The Americanization of Emily (1964)

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral. ...

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The Wheeler Dealers (1963)

Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the ...

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A Face in the Rain (1963)

An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer. ...

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