Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and William Hurt. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. Sewell plays John Murdoch, an amnesiac man who finds himself suspected of murder. Murdoch attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known only as the "Strangers." The majority of the film was shot at Fox Studios Australia. An American and Australian production, it was jointly produced by New Line Cinema and Mystery Clock Cinema, and distributed by the former for theatrical release.
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Dark City (1998 film)
Dark City (1998 film) | Introduction
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The film premiered in the United States on 27 February 1998, and was nominated for a Hugo Award for the Best Dramatic Presentation and six Saturn Awards. For the theatrical release, the studio was concerned that the audience would not understand the film and asked Proyas to add an explanatory voice-over narration to the introduction. A director's cut was released in 2008, restoring and preserving Proyas' original artistic vision for the film. Some critics have noted its similarities and influence on the "Matrix" film series, whose first installment came out a year later.
Dark City (1998 film) | Introduction
"Dark City" was titled "Dark World" and "Dark Empire" leading up to the film's release. New Line Cinema wanted the filmmakers to consider the alternate titles due to the release of similarly titled "Mad City" in the same time frame, but "Dark City" was ultimately kept as the final title. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on 17 October 1997, and it was later scheduled for 9 January 1998. The film would premiere in theaters nationwide in the United States on 27 February 1998, screening at 1,754 cinemas.
Dark City (1998 film) | Release
The film won and was nominated for several awards in 1998. Film critic Roger Ebert cited it as the best film of 1998. In 2005, he included it on his "Great Movies" list. Ebert used it in his teaching, and also appears on a commentary track for the original DVD and the 2006 Director's Cut. The film was screened out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Dark City (1998 film) | Accolades
The director's cut removes the opening narration, which Proyas felt explained too much of the plot, and restores it to its original location in the film. It also includes 15 minutes of additional footage, mostly consisting of extended scenes with additional establishing shots and dialogue. Expanded audio commentaries by Ebert, Proyas, Dobbs and Goyer are included, along with several new documentaries. The Blu-ray Disc additionally includes the original theatrical cut and the special features from the 1998 DVD release.
Dark City (1998 film) | Home media
Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and William Hurt. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. Sewell plays John Murdoch, an amnesiac man who finds himself suspected of murder. Murdoch attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known only as the "Strangers." The majority of the film was shot at Fox Studios Australia. An American and Australian production, it was jointly produced by New Line Cinema and Mystery Clock Cinema, and distributed by the former for theatrical release.
Dark City (1998 film) | Introduction
The film was released in VHS video format on 2 March 1999. The region 1 code widescreen edition of the film was released on DVD in the United States on 29 July 1998. Special features for the DVD include two audio commentary tracks, one with film critic Roger Ebert, and one with director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David Goyer, and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos. The DVD also includes biographies, filmographies, comparisons to Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", set designs, and the theatrical trailer. A director's cut of "Dark City" was also officially released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 29 July 2008.
Dark City (1998 film) | Home media
But, Lord, is "Dark City" a wonder to see." James Berardinelli writing for "ReelViews", remarked that "Visually, this film isn't just impressive, it's a tour de force." and noted that ""Dark City" opens by immersing the audience in the midst of a fractured, nightmarish narrative." Berardinelli also said ""Dark City" appears to be New York during the first half of this century, but, using a style that is part science fiction, part noir thriller, and part gothic horror, he has embellished it to create a surreal place unlike no other." Describing some pitfalls, Jeff Vice of the "Deseret News" said that "when critics talk about films being 'style over substance,' they're definitely talking about movies like "Dark City", which looks good but leaves an unpleasant aftertaste." Vice however was quick to admit, "The special effects and set designs are dazzling", but ultimately believed "Proyas makes a crucial error in treating the subject even more seriously than "The Crow", and the dialogue (co-written by Proyas and "The Crow: City of Angels" scriptwriter David S.
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
Dark City is a 1990 independent film. It was shown at the 1990 Toronto Festival of Festivals, but did not achieve wide release. The plot concerns the murder of a local politician, and seven people accused of the murder.
Dark City (1990 film) | Introduction
You're there, but you don't know where you are. It's like every time you travel, you'll be lost. The production design included themes of darkness, spirals, and clocks. There appears to be no sun in the city's world, and spiral designs that shrink when approached were used in the film. A major clock in the film shows no hours; Tatopoulos said, "But in a magical moment it becomes something more than just a clock." The production designer created the city architecture to have an organic presence with the structural elements.
Dark City (1998 film) | Design
Commenting on the directing, he thought "If you had to guess, you might say that Proyas came out of the world of comic art himself, rather than music videos and advertising. "Dark City" is constructed like panels in a Batman book, each picture striving for maximum dread." He went on to say, Proyas was "trying simultaneously to create a pure thriller and sci-fi nightmare along with his tongue-in-cheek critique of artifice. And this doesn't work out quite so well." Author TCh of "Time Out", felt the development of the Murdoch character was "surprisingly engrossing" and thought production wise, the "art direction is always striking, and unlike most contemporary sci-fi, the movie does risk a cerebral approach, tapping a vein of postmodern paranoia." Writing for "Time", Richard Corliss said the film was "as cool and distant as the planet the Strangers come from.
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
The round window in "Dark City" is concave like a fishbowl and is a frequently seen element throughout the city. The inhabitants do not live at the top of the city; the main characters' homes are dwarfed by the bricolage of buildings. The film also contains motifs from Greek mythology, in which gods manipulate humans in a higher agenda. Proyas said, "I do like Greek mythology and have read a little of it, so maybe some of it has crept into the work, though I don't completely agree with that point of view."
Dark City (1998 film) | Analysis
Fritz Lang's 1927 movie "Metropolis" was a major influence on the film, showing through the architecture, concepts of the baseness of humans within a metropolis, and general tone. In one of the documentary shorts featured on the director's cut, the influence of the early German films "M" and "Nosferatu" are mentioned.
Dark City (1998 film) | Similarities to other works
Goyer) is unintentionally funny at times and often just plain dumb." Andrea Basora of "Newsweek", stated that director Proyas flooded the screen with "cinematic and literary references ranging from Murnau and Lang to Kafka and Orwell, creating a unique yet utterly convincing world". Similarly, David Sterritt wrote in the "Christian Science Monitor" that "The story is dark and often violent, but it's told with a remarkable sense of visual energy and imagination." Additionally, Marshall Fine of "USA Today", found the film to be "Fascinating, visionary filmmaking." and "With its amber-tinged palette and its distinctively dystopian view of life, it may be the most unique-looking film we've seen in ages...[but] defies logic and makes frightening and unexpected leaps." Critic Stephen Holden of "The New York Times" wrote that the "plot that "Dark City" builds on John's predicament is a confused affair" and that the film's premise is "unsettling enough to make you wonder if it could actually derail a seriously drug-addled mind."
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
When Proyas finished his preceding film "The Crow" in 1994, he approached production designer Patrick Tatopoulos to draw concepts for the world in which "Dark City" takes place. The city was entirely constructed on a set; no practical locations were used in the film. Tatopoulos described the city: The movie takes place everywhere, and it takes place nowhere. It's a city built of pieces of cities. A corner from one place, another from some place else. So, you don't really know where you are. A piece will look like a street in London, but a portion of the architecture looks like New York, but the bottom of the architecture looks again like a European city.
Dark City (1998 film) | Design
But on a positive front, he wrote, "what counts here is the show, the creation of a strange world by a filmmaker who clearly knows science fiction and fantasy, past and present, and wants to share his love for it." Left unimpressed, Marc Savlov of "The Austin Chronicle" wrote, "You really have to feel for Alex Proyas. This guy wears bad luck like the grimy trenchcoats of his protagonists, only his zipper's stuck and he can't seem to shake the damn thing off." In expressing his negativity, he believed ""Dark City" looks like a million bucks (or rather, a million bucks gone to compost), but at its dark heart it's a tedious, bewildering affair, lovely to look at but with all the substance of a dissipating dream." Left equally disappointed was John Anderson of the "Los Angeles Times".
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
When the film was released, film critic for "The New York Times", Bosley Crowther, applauded the work of newcomer Charlton Heston but panned the film, writing: In 2004, film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a mixed review, writing:
Dark City (1950 film) | Critical response
The film soundtrack was released on 24 February 1998 by TVT Records label. It features music from the original score by Trevor Jones, and versions of the songs "Sway" and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" performed by singer Anita Kelsey. It also includes music by Hughes Hall from the trailer, a song by Echo & the Bunnymen that played over the final credits, as well as songs by Gary Numan and Course of Empire that did not appear in the film. The music for the film was edited by Simon Leadley and Jim Harrison.
Dark City (1998 film) | Soundtrack
Dark Days is a 2000 American documentary film directed, produced and photographed by the English documentarian Marc Singer. It follows a group of people living in an abandoned section of the New York City Subway system, more specifically the area of Freedom Tunnel. The film was shot during the mid-1990s, but was not completed and released until the year 2000. DJ Shadow completed the score for the documentary.
Dark Days (film) | Introduction
Proyas referenced film noir of the 1940s and the 1950s (such as "The Maltese Falcon") as an influence for the film. It has additionally been described as Kafkaesque, and Proyas cited the TV series "The Twilight Zone" as a conscious influence. Proyas wanted the film, though nominally science fiction, to have an element of horror to unsettle the audience.
Dark City (1998 film) | Influences
Proyas co-wrote the screenplay with Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer. Goyer had written "", the sequel to Proyas's 1994 film "The Crow"; Proyas invited Goyer to co-write the screenplay for "Dark City" after reading Goyer's screenplay for "Blade", which had yet to be released. Writers Guild of America initially protested at crediting more than two screenwriters for a film, but it eventually relented and credited all three writers. Proyas originally conceived a story about a 1940s detective who is obsessed with facts and cannot solve a case where the facts do not make sense. "He slowly starts to go insane through the story," says Proyas.
Dark City (1998 film) | Writing
Meanwhile, the Strangers inject one of their men, Mr. Hand, with memories intended for Murdoch in an attempt to predict his movements and track him down.
Dark City (1998 film) | Plot
Hurt was originally asked to play Dr. Schreber.
Dark City (1998 film) | Casting
"Dark City: The Film Noir", by Spencer Selby, calls "Black Angel": "Important, stylish B-noir, featuring Dan Duryea as the ironic central character". This was the final film for the prolific Neill, whose directing career encompassed over 100 films starting in 1917.
Black Angel (1946 film) | Reception
Among mainstream critics in the U.S., the film received generally positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 76% of 82 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.9/10 and the site's critical consensus stating: "Stylishly gloomy, "Dark City" offers a polarizing whirl of arresting visuals and noirish action". At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 top critics' reviews, the film received a score of 66 based on 23 reviews. Roger Ebert writing in the "Chicago Sun-Times" called it a "great visionary achievement," while also exclaiming that it was "a film so original and exciting, it stirred my imagination like "Metropolis" and "2001: A Space Odyssey."" In the "San Francisco Chronicle", Peter Stack wrote that the film was "among the most memorable cinematic ventures in recent years", and that "maybe there's nothing wrong with a movie that is simply sensational to look at." He felt the film's "twisting of reality and its daring look—layered and off-kilter grays, greens and blacks—make it click." In a mixed review, Walter Addiego of "The San Francisco Examiner" thought "as a story, "Dark City" doesn't amount to much." He believed "Dark City" contained a "complicated plot" while also having important themes that were "no more than window dressing".
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
City Girl is a 1984 film directed by Martha Coolidge. The film was produced in 1982, although it did not receive distribution until Coolidge's 1983 film "Valley Girl" became a surprise success.
City Girl (1984 film) | Introduction
The working title of this film was "No Escape". The production dates were from April 5 to May 12, 1950. Additional scenes and retakes were from May 9 to May 11, 1950. The production scenes were shot at the following Los Angeles locations: Griffith Observatory, Union Station, North Hollywood, an amusement pier in Ocean Park, the Wilshire Plaza Hotel and the Valley Vista Motel on Ventura Blvd. in the San Fernando Valley, California. In addition, background shots were filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada and Chicago, Illinois.
Dark City (1950 film) | Production notes
The film's style is often compared to that of the works of Terry Gilliam (especially "Brazil"). Some stylistic similarities have also been noted to Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's 1995 film "The City of Lost Children", another film inspired particularly by Gilliam (Gilliam had presented Jeunet's and Caro's previous film "Delicatessen" in North America, another film by Jeunet and Caro that was a deliberate homage to Gilliam's style). "The Matrix" was released one year after "Dark City" and was also filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney using some of the same sets. Comparisons have been made between scenes from the movies, making note of similarities in both cinematography and atmosphere, as well as the plot.
Dark City (1998 film) | Similarities to other works
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The City (1998 film) | Distribution
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Dark City | Introduction
The City Dark is a documentary film by filmmaker Ian Cheney about light pollution. It won the Best Score/Music Award at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for at the 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
The City Dark | Introduction
"He can't put the facts together because they don't add up to anything rational." In the process of creating the fictional world for the character of the detective, Proyas created other characters, shifting the focus of the film from the detective (Bumstead) to the person pursued by the detective (Murdoch). Proyas envisioned a robust narrative where the audience could examine the film from the perspective of multiple characters and focus on the plot.
Dark City (1998 film) | Writing
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Crime Wave (1954 film) | Introduction
EL Madina (, "La Ville") is a 1999 Egyptian French drama film directed by Yousry Nasrallah produced by Humber Balsa, Gabriel Khoury and Mariann Khoury. Written by Nasser Abdel-Rahmane, Claire Denis and Yousry Nasrallah.
The City (1999 film) | Introduction
Jack Heller directed, and the film is said to include a "never-before-seen monster", drawn from various pieces of American folklore. Production started in February 2012, filming in Southampton, New York.
Dark Was the Night (2014 film) | Filming
City of Fear (1959) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Irving Lerner.
City of Fear (film) | Introduction
Night and the City is a 1992 American neo-noir crime drama film and a remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name, itself an adaptation of Gerald Kersh's 1938 novel. The film stars Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange and is directed by Irwin Winkler from a script by Richard Price.
Night and the City (1992 film) | Introduction
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Gotham Independent Film Awards 1999 | Breakthrough Director (Open Palm Award)
Dark City is a 1950 American film noir crime film produced by Hal B. Wallis, directed by William Dieterle, and starring Charlton Heston in his Hollywood debut. The cast also features Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Ed Begley, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan. Webb and Morgan both went on to co-star in the popular police drama television series "Dragnet". This was Heston's first appearance in a professional film production, following his participation in David Bradley's amateur "Peer Gynt" (1941) and semi-professional "Julius Caesar" (1950). In later interviews, he would refer to "Dark City" as "definitely not an 'A' picture, but a pretty good 'B'."
Dark City (1950 film) | Introduction
"Dark City" premiered in cinemas on 27 February 1998 in wide release on 1,754 screens in the U.S., and grossed $5,576,953 on its opening weekend, placing 4th, far behind "Titanic" in 1st place with $19,633,056. The film's revenue dropped by 49.1% in its second week of release, earning $2,837,941, dropping to 9th, while "Titanic" remained in first place with $17,605,849. The film went on to earn $14,378,331 domestically in total ticket sales through a 4-week theatrical run. Internationally, the film took in an additional $12,821,985 in box office business for a combined worldwide total of $27,200,316. The film's cumulative gross ranked 105th for 1998.
Dark City (1998 film) | Box office
Dead City () is a 1951 Greek drama film directed by Frixos Iliadis. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
Dead City (film) | Introduction
Dark Was the Night is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Joshua Leonard and starring Marisa Tomei, Charlie Plummer and Timothy Olyphant. The film premiered at the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh under its original title Behold My Heart.
Dark Was the Night (2018 film) | Introduction
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include "Near Dark" (1987), "Point Break" (1991), "Strange Days" (1995), "" (2002), "The Hurt Locker" (2008), "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), and "Detroit" (2017). With "The Hurt Locker", Bigelow became the first and, as of 2020, only woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director. She also became the first woman to win the Saturn Award for Best Director in 1995 for "Strange Days".
Kathryn Bigelow | Introduction
Darkman is a 1990 film directed by Sam Raimi Darkman or Dark Man may also refer to:
Darkman (disambiguation) | Introduction
The film was shot digitally with anamorphic lenses, which Amirpour and Vincent selected in an effort to emphasize the bleak, otherworldly atmosphere of the film. Amirpour has stated that graphic novels are a major source of inspiration for her. The visual language of the film is not unlike that of a comic book, with its “high-contrast monochrome aesthetic”. Additionally, Bad City, the fictional location in which the film is set, may perhaps be a nod to Frank Miller’s “Sin City”.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Style
The film is the first own directed film from Dark Sky Films and was the feature film debut for director David Gregory.
Plague Town | Background
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Catherine Martin (director) | Introduction
"CityLights" marked actress Anwita Paul's debut, known by her screen name Patralekha. As Paul was in a relationship with the lead actor Rao, the production house did not disclose her name until the trailer was released. When press kept questioning about the lead actress, the filmmakers dismissed the question. While the film was originally set to be directed by Ajay Bahl, due to creative differences he was replaced by Hansal Mehta. In December 2013, it was announced that shooting would begin in Rajasthan. The film was first scheduled to release on 1 May 2014, which was subsequently shifted to 30 May.
CityLights (2014 film) | Production
Marion Davies re-teamed with Norman Kerry and Matt Moore in her sixth film. Directed by Allan Dwan, this was the first film released under the banner of Cosmopolitan Productions.
The Dark Star (1919 film) | Production
Darkened Room is an 8-minute film directed by David Lynch. It first appeared on Lynch's website, "DavidLynch.com", in 2002. It has subsequently been released on the DVD anthology "Dynamic:01". In the first half of the film, a Japanese woman shows us her apartment in Tokyo and muses on the amount of bananas produced worldwide. The woman then tells us that her friend next door is sad. In the second half, a blonde woman (Jordan Ladd) sits on a sofa and cries. Then a brunette woman (Cerina Vincent) enters and says cruel things to her, before threatening to tell her the truth.
Darkened Room | Introduction
Dark Manhattan is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans Ralph Cooper and George Randol. Harry Fraser directed the film, which was written by Randol who was also the executive producer. The film was the only one made by Randol-Cooper Productions The film opens with a dedication to R. B. Harrison, Bert Williams, and Florence Mills "and all the pioneer Negro actors who by their many sacrifces paved the way for this presentation." Music was by Ellison & Brooks (Ben Ellison and Harvey O. Brooks. Ben Rinaldo was associate producer.
Dark Manhattan | Introduction
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Dark Is the Night (2017 film) | Production
Dark Night is a 2006 award winning B movie by writer/director Daniel Grant. The film stars Vaughn Stein, Isabella Maidment, Stephen Mcleod and Anthony Noble. It was filmed in 2005 and finally completed post-production in the closing months of 2006. It toured the festival circuit in 2007. It previewed at the Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films, where it was "Highly Commended", coming second place in the Independent Feature Film Category.
Dark Night (2006 film) | Introduction
The cast and staff credits are unknown, but the film includes scenes of New York City. The film was released on November 18, 1910 and saw a wide national release. The film is presumed lost.
The City of Her Dreams | Introduction
The film was produced by Hani Girgis Fawzi and released in 2007. The production manager is Ahmed Zaki along with his production assistants: Mohammed Sotohi, Mohammed El Libi, Essam Mohammed, and Fayza Ahmed.
City of Girls | Production
Bassem Samara (Ali) learned French especially for this film in the French cultural center in Cairo.
The City (1999 film) | Did you know?
City in Darkness, also known as Charlie Chan in City in Darkness is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, the fourth starring Toler, and was released on December 1, 1939.
City in Darkness | Introduction
Loughlin writes of the lack of background, "The origin of the city is off-stage, unknown and unknowable." Murdoch now casts new shadows for the city inhabitants, who must trust his judgment. Unlike Plato, Murdoch "is disabused of any hope of an outside" and becomes the demiurge for the cave, the only environment he knows. The city in "Dark City" is described by Higley as a "murky, nightmarish German expressionist film noir depiction of urban repression and mechanism". The city has a World War II dreariness reminiscent of Edward Hopper's works and has details from different eras and architectures that are changed by the Strangers; "buildings collapse as others emerge and battle with one another at the end".
Dark City (1998 film) | Analysis
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Gregory Dark | Early career
Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 American drama film directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, and based on the novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the screenplay. It was the last film directed by Bridges, who died in 1993.
Bright Lights, Big City (film) | Introduction
Inner City is a 1995 film directed by Jean-François Richet. It stars Cyrille Autin and Emmanuelle Bercot. It won an award at the 1995 Avignon Film Festival.
Inner City (film) | Introduction
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Gotham City | 1989 Batman series
Dark Night is a 2016 American drama film directed by Tim Sutton. It is based on the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting. It was screened in the Horizions section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. The film took place in Los Angeles, California.
Dark Night (2016 film) | Introduction
The producers hired a crew, many of whom had worked with Pollack, while Chopra brought along the cinematographer from her first film, "Smooth Talk", James Glennon.
Bright Lights, Big City (film) | Production and development
Their last film together was "Mad City" (1997). Throughout her life, Bonnot edited the films directed by Julie Taymor, who had been known primarily as a stage director. Their films include "Frida" (2002) and "The Tempest" (2010).
Françoise Bonnot | Biography
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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut | Box office
Woman in the Dark is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Phil Rosen and based on a 1933 short story by Dashiell Hammett. It was filmed at Biograph Studios by Select Pictures and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Woman in the Dark (1934 film) | Introduction
Il re di Poggioreale (internationally released as Black City and "The King of Poggioreale") is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Duilio Coletti. It is based on real life events of camorra criminal Peppino Navarra. It stars the American actors Ernest Borgnine and Keenan Wynn.
Black City (film) | Introduction
The City is a lost 1926 silent film produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Roy William Neill and is based on Clyde Fitch's 1909 Broadway play. A previous film on Fitch's play appeared in 1916. This version has been updated to contemporary 1926.
The City (1926 film) | Introduction
Sheedy later said she "didn't particularly like" the film: Michelle Manning and I had been close friends. And she was so excited about the chance to direct that my feeling was it would be really great to work with someone I really liked and help contribute to their first big project. I was very naive, I guess, because I kept hoping it would turn out OK, that somehow all the stuff that was missing would miraculously appear when they edited it all together. I guess that's not the way it works, so I was disappointed. Tanen's associate at Paramount, Dawn Steel, later said, "I suspect Michelle took her shot at directing too early.
Blue City (film) | Legacy
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The City (1994 film) | Introduction
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Nishtha Jain | Filmography
O'Bannon re-edited the film into a seventy-two minute "director's cut" released on LaserDisc in 1992, removing much of the footage shot for the theatrical release.
Dark Star (film) | Director's cut
The City That Never Sleeps is a lost 1924 silent drama film directed by James Cruze.
The City That Never Sleeps (film) | Introduction
The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City is an Indian Drama Film released on 23 November 2018. The film is written and directed by Tariq Khan and is produced by Rajesh Pardasani under the banner of Lakshya Productions. The film marks the acting debut of veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt who stars alongside actor Kay Kay Menon in the film.
The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City | Introduction
City Hall is a 1996 American suspense drama film directed by Harold Becker and starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda and Danny Aiello. The film was Becker's second collaboration with Pacino, having directed him in "Sea of Love" (1989).
City Hall (1996 film) | Introduction
In early 2000, director Jamie Blanks, who two years earlier directed successful psychological slasher film "Urban Legend" was involved to direct "Resident Evil" film based on another script from new writer, which was about STARS team fighting against monsters created by virus outbreak inside Raccoon City. This version was cancelled as well.
Resident Evil (film) | Pre-production
Dark Places is a 1973 British horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Robert Hardy, Christopher Lee, Joan Collins and Herbert Lom.
Dark Places (1973 film) | Introduction
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The City (1998 film) | Introduction
Dark World (, translit. Temny Mir) is a 2010 Russian urban fantasy/horror film directed by Anton Megerdichev. The film was the first Russian 3D format movie.
Dark World (2010 film) | Introduction
John Murdoch awakens in a hotel bathtub, suffering from amnesia. He receives a phone call from Dr. Daniel Schreber, who urges him to flee the hotel to evade a group of men who are after him. In the room, Murdoch discovers the corpse of a ritualistically murdered woman along with a bloody knife. He flees the scene, just as the group of pale men in trenchcoats (later identified as "the Strangers") arrive. Following clues, Murdoch learns his own name and finds out he has a wife named Emma; he is also sought by Police Inspector Frank Bumstead as a suspect in a series of murders committed around the city, though he cannot remember killing anybody.
Dark City (1998 film) | Plot
Dark began his career as a fine artist of both paintings and conceptual art and installations. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University. From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Dark directed hardcore and Rated R films. His work from this period helped create the current "alt porn" genre as well as inventing the noir-romance genre of the erotic thriller. "Sight & Sound" the journal of the British Film Institute considered Dark's erotic thrillers groundbreaking films of the genre. In the 1980s Dark along with Richard Lerner and Wendy Apple directed and produced, "Fallen Angels", the seminal documentary about the early Los Angeles porn scene.
Gregory Dark | Early career
City of Shadows is a 1955 American crime film directed by William Witney and written by Houston Branch. The film stars Victor McLaglen, John Baer, Kathleen Crowley, Anthony Caruso, June Vincent and Richard Reeves. The film was released on June 2, 1955, by Republic Pictures.
City of Shadows | Introduction
Abrams from 2007 to 2009, Ron Howard from 2010 to 2015, and finally, the current iteration, announced in March 2015, produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Media Rights Capital, with Arcel directing and Howard remaining in a producing role.
The Dark Tower (2017 film) | Introduction
It is produced by J.T. Tepnapa and Carlos Pedraza. It was produced by Blue Seraph Productions. The film was shot in Hillsboro and Portland, Oregon, USA.
The Dark Place | Development
(Disappearance of the Capital) is a 1987 Japanese science fiction film directed by Toshio Masuda. It is based on the Sakyo Komatsu's novel "Shuto shōshitsu" which won the 6th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1985. This film's score was composed by Maurice Jarre, and special effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano.
Tokyo Blackout | Introduction
In 1988, Michael Jenkins directed a film version of the play.
Emerald City (play) | Film
Mad City is a 1997 American thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Tom Matthews based on a story by Matthews and Eric Williams, and starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, with a supporting cast featuring Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, and Larry King. This is Costa-Gavras' first English-language film since "Music Box" (1989). The title comes from a nickname of Madison, Wisconsin, where it originally was going to be set, and was used for its multiple meanings.
Mad City (film) | Introduction
David Riker spent five years researching the project (1992-1997), and worked with the non-professional actors in order to capture the "impoverished authenticity of life on the streets" of the Latino community in New York City.
The City (1998 film) | Production
Melissa Neidich was the editor of the film. Cinevision, a New York City camera shop, supplied Singer with cameras for the two-and-a-half years of filming. When Singer ran out of money for film, Kodak supplied free damaged film for the project.
Dark Days (film) | Production
Dark Angel is a 1996 American television film, starring Eric Roberts. It was co-produced and directed by Robert Iscove.
Dark Angel (1996 film) | Introduction
Theologian Gerard Loughlin interprets "Dark City" as a retelling of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. For Loughlin, the city dwellers are prisoners who do not realize they are in a prison. John Murdoch's escape from the prison parallels the escape from the cave in the allegory. He is assisted by Dr. Schreber, who explains the city's mechanism as Socrates explains to Glaucon how the shadows in the cave are cast. Murdoch however becomes more than Glaucon; Loughlin writes, "He is a Glaucon who comes to realize that Socrates' tale of an upper, more real world, is itself a shadow, a forgery." Murdoch defeats the Strangers who control the inhabitants and remakes the world based on childhood memories, which were themselves illusions arranged by the Strangers.
Dark City (1998 film) | Analysis
"An Evil Town", shot by Claessen, is a short film based on a story by Charles Bukowski that was selected as the Best Short Film at the International Critic's Week as part of the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. In 1997 Claessen met and began working with acclaimed director Julie Dash. They have collaborated on four films together including the award-winning "The Rosa Parks Story" for which Angela Bassett received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, and Dash was the first African-American woman nominated for a DGA award in the category of Primetime Movies Made for Television.
David Claessen | Films
Zero Dark Thirty is a film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Zero Dark Thirty may also refer to:
Zero Dark Thirty (disambiguation) | Introduction
In S. City () is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits.
In S. City | Introduction
Dark Metropolis is a 2010 science fiction film with political and spiritual overtones, written and directed by Stewart St. John. It is the second part of the "Creation Wars" saga, following "". Two more sequels are planned.
Dark Metropolis | Introduction
In 1998, she directed the film "Når mor kommer hjem", which was the recipient of the Grand Prix at the Montreal Film Festival and the Cinekid Award in Amsterdam.
Lone Scherfig | 1980s – 1990s: Early beginnings
The director of the film Mahesh Manjrekar writes in the director notes:"When I took a sabbatical from Hindi cinema close to four years ago, I promised myself that if and only if an exceptional subject came my way would I venture back to do a Hindi film. "Lalbaug Parel" is that subject."After completing the script in 2007, Manjrekar decided to wait until he could find a producer who would be willing to do a film without musical numbers. Eventually, DAR Motion Pictures produced the film.
City of Gold (2010 film) | Production
Under the City (Hungarian: A város alatt) is a 1953 Hungarian film directed by János Herskó.
Under the City | Introduction
City of Missing Girls is a 1941 American film directed by Elmer Clifton.
City of Missing Girls | Introduction
He directed "The Wicked City" which was released in 1992. The Kong horror/fantasy was based on an animated film by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Staying close to the original story line, it was about special agents fighting demons from a parallel dimension. It starred Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai and Tatsuya Nakadai. He directed "Enemy Shadow" which was released in 1995. The film which starred Jade Leung was a tale about a rookie cop who witnessed her boyfriend murdered by bank robbers. She suffers from guilt as a result of not doing anything when the tragedy took place.
Peter Mak | 1990s to present