John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing...
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Night Skies (section John Sayles and Rick Baker)
Skies "Straw Dogs with aliens", but Sayles says his inspiration was the 1939 western film Drums Along the Mohawk. Sayles even named one of the aliens Scar...
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Alligator (film) (category Films with screenplays by John Sayles)
2023. Sayles, John; Carson, Diane (1999). John Sayles : interviews. p. 10. Sayles & Carson p 61 Sayles & Carson p 61 Sayles & Carson p 10 Sayles, John (1998)...
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Lone Star (1996 film) (category Films directed by John Sayles)
1996 American neo-Western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in South Texas. The ensemble cast features Chris...
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communities, including the Sayles School. The Sayles School of Fine Arts provides unique arts opportunities in the region. The John Sayles School of Fine Arts...
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Sayles is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bill Sayles (1917–1996), American baseball player Charlie Sayles (born 1948), American...
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very earliest. According to a post by Blackie on his Facebook page, the John Sayles script for the pilot episode was turned over to HBO on May 10, 2010....
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Eight Men Out (category Films directed by John Sayles)
Black Sox and the 1919 World Series. It was written and directed by John Sayles. The film is a dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal...
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Baby It's You (film) (category Films directed by John Sayles)
review of Baby It's You and another John Sayles film, Lianna, Rolling Stone's Michael Sragow commented that Sayles has his strengths but is considerably...
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Battle Beyond the Stars (category Films with screenplays by John Sayles)
Indiana University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0253332448. Sayles, John (1999). Diane Carson (ed.). John Sayles: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers). Jackson...
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Amigo (2010 film) (category Films directed by John Sayles)
Amigo is a Filipino-American 2010 drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The film takes place in the Philippines in 1900 during the Philippine–American...
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City of Hope (1991 film) (category Films directed by John Sayles)
Hope is a 1991 American drama film written, directed, and edited by John Sayles. The film features Vincent Spano, Stephen Mendillo, and Chris Cooper...
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Williams College graduate John Sayles' film Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), and continued acting in multiple films by Sayles, such as Matewan (1987),...
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American stage, television and film actor. He has worked with film director John Sayles in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), City of Hope (1991) and Lone...
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Limbo (1999 film) (category Films directed by John Sayles)
American adventure drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by John Sayles. It stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn, Vanessa Martinez...
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Wild Thing (film) (category Films with screenplays by John Sayles)
Montreal". The Gazette. September 23, 1986. p. 1 Calendar. Sayles, John (1998). Sayles on Sayles. Faber & Faber. p. 46-47. ISBN 978-0-571-19280-9. "Wild...
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The Brother from Another Planet (category Films directed by John Sayles)
1984 low-budget American science fiction film, written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying...
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The Howling (film) (category Films with screenplays by John Sayles)
1981 American horror film directed and edited by Joe Dante. Written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless, based on the novel of the same name by Gary...
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Matewan (category Films directed by John Sayles)
(/ˈmeɪtwɒn/) is a 1987 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary...
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Passion Fish (category Films directed by John Sayles)
Passion Fish is a 1992 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, Vondie Curtis-Hall, David...
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Return of the Secaucus 7 (category Films directed by John Sayles)
7 is a 1980 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles and starring Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, David Strathairn, Adam LeFevre...
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The Lady in Red (1979 film) (category Films with screenplays by John Sayles)
Satin John Sayles had previously written Piranha (1978) for producer Roger Corman which had done very well critically and commercially. Sayles said Corman...
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Piranha (1978 film) (category Films with screenplays by John Sayles)
co-edited by Joe Dante from a screenplay by John Sayles, based on a story by Richard Robinson and Sayles. The film stars Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies...
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Men with Guns (category Films directed by John Sayles)
a 1997 American political drama film edited, written and directed by John Sayles, inspired by the 1992 novel The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco...
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subsequently left the project to work on Kingdom of Heaven. He was replaced by John Sayles, who wrote two drafts of the script. In one draft, a new character, a...
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Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver...
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spectators needed subtitles to understand it. Chikako Aoyama Kaoru Kobayashi John Sayles Jun Togawa 14th Hochi Film Award Won: Best Film 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese)...
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Honeydripper (film) (category Films directed by John Sayles)
Honeydripper is a 2007 American musical drama film written and directed by John Sayles. Filmed and set in Georgiana, Alabama circa 1950, the film stars Danny...
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Lianna (category Films directed by John Sayles)
In a joint review of Lianna and another John Sayles film, Baby It's You, Michael Sragow commented that Sayles has his strengths but is considerably overrated...
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directed by Ellory Elkayem. Eight Men Out is a 1988 film directed by John Sayles. Jennifer Eight, also known as Jennifer 8, is a 1992 film written and...
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