James Woods
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“Casino”
- In Martin Scorsese: Films of the 1990s: GoodFellas, Cape Fear, and Casino
James Woods, Don Rickles, and Dickie Smothers). Kundun (1997) followed; it was a respectful, handsomely mounted biography of the 14th Dalai Lama that proceeded at a stately pace, unspooling through the remarkable events of his life, commencing with the Dalai Lama’s discovery as a two-year-old…
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“Diggstown”
- In Michael Ritchie: Later work
…clever boxing drama in which James Woods played a con man who teams up with a fighter (Louis Gossett, Jr.) to fleece a Georgia millionaire (Dern). Ritchie fared better with the well-received black comedy The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), a TV movie made for…
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“ER”
portrayal of Cohn
- In Roy Cohn: In popular culture
…Cohn is played by actor James Woods), directed by Frank Pierson, and two 2019 documentaries, Where’s My Roy Cohn?, directed by Matt Tyrnauer, and Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, directed by Ivy Meeropol, a filmmaker and granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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“Raid on Entebbe”
- In Irvin Kershner: From B-24s to Laura Mars
…included Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, James Woods, Robert Loggia, and Yaphet Kotto. The erotic thriller Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) would develop a minor cult following that counterbalanced its initial tepid reception; it featured Faye Dunaway as a photographer specializing in sexually provocative fashion layouts.
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