Stuart Cooper — Director (8)

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Rubdown (1993) IMDb Douban
Rubdown
other title: 激情代价
A rich man offers his masseur, a former baseball player with damaged knees, $50,000 to have an affair with his wife so she'll be in violation of their pre-nuptial agreement and he can divorce her without losing his fortune. The masseur agrees although he is already having an affair with the wife, and they together work out a way to set up her husband in order that she does get his fortune. But when the client is murdered and the real wife shows up the masseur has to clear his own name, and as he begins to piece together the evidence he realises that he's been played by yet another man who still holds a grudge from years before.

Movie

The Ticket (1997) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Ticket
other title: Un Billet pour le danger / El premio …
Cee Cee and her family crash land in the middle of the wilderness while on the way to collect a $23 million lottery win, and must flee for their lives after being set upon by criminals eager to steal the money for themselves.

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Out of Annie's Past (1995) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Out of Annie's Past
other title: Schrecken der Vergangenheit
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret. As the stakes increase, though, so do the ruthless and brutal actions of all those involved. Soon, deaths of some major players in the game change the stakes from dollars and cents to life and death.

TV

A.D. (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A.D.
director: Stuart Cooper actor: Susan Sarandon / Ben Vereen …
other title: Anno Domini - Kampf der Märtyrer / A.D. - Anno Domini …
A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wicked. The five-part serial is considered the third and final part of a trilogy, preceded by Moses the Lawgiver (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977).

Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.

TV

The Long Hot Summer (1985) IMDb TMDB
The Long Hot Summer
director: Stuart Cooper actor: Don Johnson / Jason Robards …
other title: Flammender Sommer / El largo y cálido verano
When drifter Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town, Will Varner, a family patriarch, sees Ben as a better choice to inherit the family business than his only son, Jody. Will therefore tries to push Ben and his daughter Clara into marriage. Clara is initially reluctant to court Ben, and Jody senses that Ben threatens his position.

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A Test of Violence (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
A Test of Violence
director: Stuart Cooper
other title: Gewaltprobe
Stuart Cooper's short about the work of Spanish artist Juan Genovés is an inspired introduction to the works of this extraordinary artist, exploring its minimalist aesthetic and storytelling qualities through a variety of cinematic techniques, including rostrum, animation, news footage and live action recreations.