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Paul Hirsch

Paul Hirsch (born 14 November 1948) is an American motion picture editor. A native of New York City, after graduating from Columbia he began to pursue a career in editing. In the late 1960s, while editing trailers in NYC, he was introduced by his brother, Charles, to then unknown filmmaker Brian De...
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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. It was the second film released in the...

Initial release date:

  • 1980

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 127 min (76.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 18,000,000 (US$)

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy as the owner of a lunar nightclub investigating who was behind the arson that destroyed his club. The film is considered to be one of the worst...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 16, 2002

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 100,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released simply as Star Wars, is a 1977 American space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the...

Initial release date:

  • 1977

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 121 min (72.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 13,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Ray

Ray is a 2004 biographical film focusing on thirty years of the life of rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles. The independently produced film was directed by Taylor Hackford and starred Jamie Foxx in the title role; Foxx received an Academy Award...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 19, 2004

Directed by:

Estimated budget:

  • 40,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Mission to Mars

Mission to Mars is a 2000 science fiction movie directed by Brian de Palma about a rescue mission to Mars following a disaster during the first manned voyage to the planet. The film was partially inspired by the Disney Attraction of the same name....

Initial release date:

  • 2000

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 90,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young is an RKO Radio Pictures film made in 1949 by the same creative team responsible for King Kong. Written by Merian C. Cooper (who provided the story) and Ruth Rose (screenplay), and directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, it tells the...

Initial release date:

  • 1949

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Footloose

Footloose is a 1984 American film that tells the story of Ren McCormack, played by Kevin Bacon, a teenager who was raised in Chicago. McCormack moves to a small town where the local government has banned dancing and rock music. Ren and his...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 17, 1984

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 8,200,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. It stars Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones and Jennifer Grey. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986. The film...

Initial release date:

  • 1986

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 102 min (61.2 hs )

Screenplay by:

Date Movie

Date Movie is a 2006 American parody film, which was directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, two of the writers of the first Scary Movie. Much of the story line was based on that of the well-known romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 17, 2006

Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 20,000,000 (US$)

Creepshow

Creepshow is an American horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero (of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead fame), and written by Stephen King (Carrie, The Shining, Misery, The Stand). It was considered a sleeper hit at the...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 12, 1982

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 120 min (72 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 8,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Carrie

Carrie is a 1976 American horror film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Lawrence D. Cohen, based on the novel Carrie by Stephen King. The film and the novel deal with a socially outcast teenage girl, Carrie White, who discovers she possesses...

Initial release date:

  • 1976

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,800,000 (US$)

Lake Placid

Lake Placid is a 1999 American/Canadian monster movie with elements of comedy, horror, romance and the buddy genre. It was written and produced by David E. Kelley, directed by Steve Miner, and stars Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson,...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 16, 1999

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 82 min (49 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible is a 1996 action thriller directed by Brian De Palma and stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt. The plot follows Hunt's (Tom Cruise) mission to uncover the mole within the CIA who has framed him for the murders of his entire IMF team....

Initial release date:

  • May 22, 1996

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 80,000,000 (US$)

The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success (sometimes stylized as The Secret of My Succe$s) is a 1987 comedy film starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater, produced and directed by the late Herbert Ross (Footloose). The screenplay is written by Jim Cash, who...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 10, 1987

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is an American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures in 1987. It was written and directed by John Hughes and stars Steve Martin and John Candy. Steve Martin plays the tightly wound Neal Page, a bundle-of-nerves...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 25, 1987

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Raising Cain

Raising Cain is a 1992 thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, and starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer. Dr. Carter Nix (Lithgow) is a respected child psychologist. His wife Jenny (Lolita Davidovich) is an...

Initial release date:

  • 1992

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Produced by:

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 Disney film starring Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron and directed by Ron Underwood. It is based on the 1949 film of the same name. In this version, the ape is much larger than in the original. Charlize Theron plays Jill...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 25, 1998

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 90,000,000 (US$)

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway is a 1993 drama-romance film directed by Randa Haines and written by Steve Conrad starring Richard Harris, Robert Duvall, Sandra Bullock, Shirley MacLaine, and Piper Laurie. Frank is a retired Irish seaman. Walter is a...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 17, 1993

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 123 min (73.8 hs )

The Black Stallion Returns

The Black Stallion Returns is a 1983 film adaptation of the book of the same name by Walter Farley, and is a sequel to The Black Stallion. It is directed by Robert Dalva and produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie stars Kelly Reno, Vincent Spano...

Initial release date:

  • 1983

Directed by:

Rating:

G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

Screenplay by:

Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill is a 2008 crime thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino,. Righteous Kill also features John Leguizamo, Carla Gugino, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The film was...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 12, 2008

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies is a 1978 Paramount motion picture drama starring Eric Roberts, Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole, and Judd Hirsch. Directed by Frank Pierson, the screenplay was adapted by Pierson...

Initial release date:

  • 1978

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

Produced by:

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