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David Mamet - what members say


  • State And Main
  • State And Main review by YorkshireYank from South Yorkshire
    Rated - 4 stars Mamet with a spoonful of sugar 10 July 2004
    ...So it's official. David Mamet can do humour. This is good news for those of us who like the idea of Mamet - his lyrical writing, his insight into the dark side of everyday...  
  • The Spanish Prisoner
  • The Spanish Prisoner review by Brett Parker from Shropshire
    Rated - 5 stars Super riddle 27 April 2007
    ...t the victim is a suspect. It's clever stuff by a master of intelligent drama, David Mamet, and you've never seen Steve Martin in a part like this before, acting straight...  
  • Homicide
  • Homicide review by Philip Concannon from London
    Rated - 3 stars A missed opportunity 15 May 2004
    ...David Mamet's 'Homicide' once again shows his ability as a writer but also exposes his deficiencies as a director. Bobby Gold(Joe Mantegna) is a Jewish cop who reluctan...  

David Mamet - filmography


  • Redbelt (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 15
    A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Ejiofor). Though his refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 30 members
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  • Redbelt - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 15
    A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Ejiofor). Though his refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
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  • Heist on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Danny De Vito,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by David Mamet, HEIST is a crime thriller that follows aging master thief Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) as he plans one last robbery before literally sailing off into the sunset. What seems like the perfect heist gets complicated, however, when Joe's "business" partner, Bergman (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 975 members
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  • The Spanish Prisoner on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Felicity Huffman,  Ricky Jay
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: PG
    Moody, austere, and unabashedly clever, THE SPANISH PRISONER is familiar ground for puzzle-loving writer-director David Mamet. Campbell Scott plays the Hitchcockian hero Joe Ross, an unassuming fall guy who has invented a mysterious process worth an unnamed, but presumably enormous, figure. Joe's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 68% from 255 members
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  • Oleanna (1994)
    Starring: William H. Macy,  Debra Eisenstadt
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: TBC
    David Mamet adapted his own provocative play into a film version without sacrificing the dramatic punch in every ambiguous line of dialogue and every significant gesture. John (William H. Macy) is a college professor; Carol (Debra Eisenstadt) is his pupil who comes to him one afternoon for help. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 58% from 29 members
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  • Things Change (1988)
    Starring: Don Ameche,  Joe Mantegna
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: TBC
    Gino, an elderly, gracious shoeshiner who bears an uncanny resemblance to a mob kingpin, agrees to take a three-year jail rap for him in return for a fishing boat and retiring to the "old country." But his life is turned upside down when his "guard" takes him on a last weekend fling and he's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 56% from 12 members
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David Mamet facts

5 most recent films


Redbelt - 3.0 stars
Redbelt - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Unit, The - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
Spartan - 2.5 stars
Heist - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Unit, The - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
The Winslow Boy - 3.0 stars
The Spanish Prisoner - 3.0 stars
House Of Games - 3.0 stars
Heist - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Redbelt - BLU-RAY Version - 3 stars
Things Change - 3.0 stars
Oleanna - 3.0 stars
Redbelt - 3.0 stars
Spartan - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Joe Mantegna - 5 times - show films
William H. Macy - 4 times - show films
Rebecca Pidgeon - 3 times - show films
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 2 times - show films
Jose Pablo Cantillo - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Oz S - 1 times - show films
Steve Gomer - 1 times - show films
Helen Shaver - 1 times - show films