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Main American author in full David Alan Mamet born Nov. 30, 1947, Chicago, Ill., U.S. American playwright, director, and screenwriter noted for his often desperate working-class characters and for his distinctive, colloquial, and frequently profane dialogue.

Ricky Jay is a student of the scam, the flim-flam, the con. Of course, he's never done anything illegal, unless you count the actions of the many characters he's portrayed in films by his old friend David Mamet.

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The Alliance Theatre production of David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre , starring Andre De Shields and Ariel Shafir, officially opens in Atlanta Nov.

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Roger Friedman in reporting at HollywoodReporter.com in his column that "And Kerry Washington is headed to Broadway this fall in David Mamet 's "Race" with James Spader and Richard Thomas .

As Mamet writes, so he directs - his shots get to the point, usually one we don't forget.

Most detective movies work the same way. Our hero is assigned to solve a mystery.

Highly Recommended I think that one thing all David Mamet heroes have in common is that they always get more than they bargained for.

Bob Gold is a cop. A good cop. But tonight, he will betray his friends, disgrace the force, and commit an act of violence because he believes it is the only right thing to do.

Bobby Gold: Joe Mantegna Tim Sullivan: William H. Macy Chava: Natalija Nogulich Randolph: Ving Rhames Miss Klein: Rebecca Pidgeon Senna: Vincent Guastaferro Olcott: Lionel Mark Smith Frank: Jack Wallace Edward R. Pressman And Cinehaus Present A Film Written And Directed By David Mamet .

Macho playwright, writer and director David Mamet is the surprising choice to direct a new Disney film based on the diaries of Anne Frank By Rachel Helyer Donaldson F IRST P OSTED A D avid Mamet , the American playwright, scriptwriter and director who is known for his tough macho characters and terse, street-smart dialogue a ' sometimes known as ...

I t sounds, at first blush , like an ill-conceived sketch for Mad -TV. David Mamet, the piercing playwright known for his profane explorations of manhood and masculinity and manly professions from real -estate hustlers to con men, Special Forces soldiers, mobsters and cops to martial artists , THAT David Mament riffing on The Diary of Anne Frank.

We love our weapons, and now there's an entire television series devoted to them, hosted by a most qualified aficionado: sergeant/drill instructor/Vietnam vet/actor R. Lee Ermey .

In September, the Criterion Collection's releases run the gamut, from classic Hollywood glamour of the 1940s to unforgettable rock concerts of the 1960s to one of the 1990s' most gripping cop dramas.

11 at the intimate house that Avenue Q has occupied since 2003. Producer Jeffrey Finn is behind the Broadway production of the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Mamet.

The more movies you see about con artists , the harder it should be for the next one to fool you.

Bloom , left, is tiring of the work he does with brother Stephen . The Brothers Bloom is a dark "big con" comedy in The Grifters tradition.

Here's an exercise in con movie genealogy for you: David Mamet's "House Of Games" and Frank Oz's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" stay up all night drinking, playing poker and finding new uses for the f-word. Hours later, they flop drunkenly on the couch in the rumpus room and make a baby movie together.

" If only McDonald had waited to pass judgement until he heard the ultra-smooth sounds of Francis and the Lights , a band for whom 1987 seemingly never ended.