James Toback
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Known For:Writing
Birthday:1944-11-23
Place of Birth:New York City, New York, USA
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Mississippi Grind (2015)
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. ...

Exposed (1983)
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for...

Alice (1990)
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults...

Giving It Up (1999)
A womanizing New York adman attempts to identify the causes of, and find a remedy for, his so-called addiction to sex, in order to win the love of a...

When Will I Be Loved (2004)
Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

The Outsider (2005)
Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be Loved -- a movie made without a script or...

Fingers: A Conversation About Independent Film (2002)
The director and the actor from Fingers (1978) talks about the film

River of Fundament (2014)
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In...

Never Down (2007)
Rico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces...

An Imperfect Murder (2017)
Successful actress Vera Lockman thrashes during a nightmare in which she struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer ex-boyfriend. Jolted awake,...

Black and White (1999)
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high...

Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? (1968)
Portrait of Norman Mailer at the time of the Pentagon demonstrations in 1967, documenting Mailer's involvement and arrest, together with two TV...

We Blew It (2017)
How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who...

Toback Vs. Mailer: The Incident (2016)
Betting, boxing, and boozing: this is the weird, true story of the time Norman Mailer confronted James Toback to argue about the difference between...

A Fuller Life (2013)
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only...

Jim Brown: All-American (2002)
Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film...

The Big Bang (1990)
Filmmaker James Toback poses basic questions in philosophy, such as why we're here and where we're going, to various celebrities and ordinary people.

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006)
Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

Michael Cimino, God Bless America (2022)
A road-movie narrated by Michael Cimino (recorded by the documentary's director during their journey together across the United States), and with the...