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  • State And Main
  • State And Main review by 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 Cato 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 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 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 61% from 1,883 member
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  • Heist on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Danny De Vito,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 62% from 3,384 members
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  • State And Main on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Alec Baldwin,  Philip Seymour Hoffman,  William H. Macy
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the screwball comedy STATE AND MAIN, writer-director David Mamet reveals that the only thing more corrupt than Hollywood moviemaking is a small American town that is willing to stoop to any level to be a part of it. Marshalling an all-star ensemble, Mamet chronicles a movie production's arrival ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,735 members
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  • The Spanish Prisoner on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Felicity Huffman,  Ricky Jay
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 64% from 1,702 member
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  • Oleanna (1994)
    Starring: William H. Macy,  Debra Eisenstadt
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 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 stars out of 5 61% from 33 members
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  • Homicide (1991)
    Starring: William H. Macy,  Joe Mantegna,  Ving Rhames
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Jewish detective is called out to investigate the murder of an old Jewish woman. But he discovers that there's more than just a murder.....
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 547 members
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  • Things Change (1988)
    Starring: Don Ameche,  Joe Mantegna
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: 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: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 12 members
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David Mamet facts

5 most recent films

Redbelt - 3.0 stars
Redbelt - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 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 - 3.5 stars
The Spanish Prisoner - 3.0 stars
House Of Games - 3.0 stars
Heist - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Things Change - 2.5 stars
Oleanna - 3.0 stars
Spartan - 2.5 stars
State And Main - 3.0 stars
Homicide - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joe Mantegna - 5 times - show films
William H. Macy - 4 times - show films
Rebecca Pidgeon - 3 times - show films
Tim Allen - 2 times - show films
Rodrigo Santoro - 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