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  1. The Big Screen Bulletin 11.16.09: This is The End...For NowRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 16 | 411mania.com

    ... attention always baffled me. Mamet is known for his writing, but he has directed so many terrific thrillers: House of Games, Homicide, and my favorite The Spanish Prisoner . The twists are plentiful and almost always unpredictable. Mamet's dialogue ...

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  2. Milk Men: The Mad Men parody

    Saturday Nov 7 | AdLand the commercial archive

    ... : Fun list, darling. My favorites in order; Body Heat, Diva, Dressed to Kill, Matador and The Hitcher. oh! House of Games - @the_most_happy David Mamet? I do so love his work. Great film. His directorial debut. Spaghettidog. It's about food ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies

  3. Mamet's A Life in the Theatre Opens at the Alliance Nov. 4

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Playbill

    ... Award. He has written and directed ten films including "Homicide," "The Spanish Prisoner," "State and Main," "House of Games," "Spartan" and "Redbelt."

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Oleanna, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, The Spanish Prisoner, The Wiz, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies, Andre De Shields, Theater, Arts

  4. Music: The Yacht's Claire EvansRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 15, 2009 | The New York Times

    ... '90s Madonna-in-"Truth or Dare" round sunglasses, opacity, a post-apocalyptic spirit, Lindsay Crouse in "House of Games," black, Gareth Pugh fall-winter '09, getting jewelry custom-made by a lapidarist and gem hunter in the West Texas desert. ...

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  5. Talking Out of Frame: Art House Cinema on DVD

    Oct 14, 2009 | DVD Talk

    ... was playright David Mamet's third feature as a writer/director, following his acclaimed con-man debut, House of Games , and the lighter departure, Things Change . His lead swindler from Games , Joe Mantegna, returns this time as Bobby Gold, a ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, Away We Go, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Things Change, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Revolutionary Road

  6. Love HappensRead the original story

    Oct 10, 2009 | UTV

    ... bestselling self-help books written by movie shrinks played respectively by Lindsay Crouse in David Mamet's House of Games, Bette Midler in Paul Mazursky's Scenes From a Mall, Richard Dreyfuss in Frank Oz's What About Bob? and Aaron Eckhart in Love ...

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    Related Topix: Love Happens, Amazon, Life, Hip-Hop, Crime Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Lindsay Crouse, Bette Midler

  7. Movie review: The Brothers Bloom -- 4 out of 5 starsRead the original story w/Photo

    May 29, 2009 | WNOL-TV New Orleans

    ... is Johnson's homage to the great con-man dramedies of playwright-turned-filmmaker David Mamet, movies like House of Games and The Spanish Prisoner . Johnson even has Mamet's resident magician-hustler, Ricky Jay, narrate. If box office returns are to ...

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    Related Topix: The Brothers Bloom, The Grifters, Alternative, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, The Spanish Prisoner, Ricky Jay

  8. Rialto Chatter: Hollywood Reporter Says Neil Patrick Harris to Join...

    Sep 21, 2009 | BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

    ... State and Main, Catastrophe, The Winslow Boy, The Spanish Prisoner, Oleanna, Homicide, Things Change, and House of Games. For television, he has directed numerous episodes of his CBS hit series "The Unit," for which he also is creator and executive ...

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    Related Topix: Doogie Howser, M.D., Entertainment, Drama, Television, Neil Patrick Harris, Fantastic Four, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Heist, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, The Spanish Prisoner

  9. David Mamet's Homicide

    Sep 15, 2009 | Film Threat

    ... drama from 1984, and finely brought to the screen in 1992 by James Foley). Mamet's first film as director, 'House of Games,' is a sharp melodrama with dramatic heft behind it. He never forgets to create action, but his stage work always ends up as ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Homicide, Mystery Movies, Comedy Movies, Things Change, The Unit, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Glengarry Glen Ross

  10. Video Vault: 'Homicide' tells dark, mesmerizing detective story

    Sep 14, 2009 | Http

    ... might be right. He also begins to question his Jewish identity. Even more than Mamet's debut film, 1987's "House of Games," "Homicide" is thrillingly hypnotic, leading the viewer (right along with Bobby) down a nightmarish rabbit hole of violent ...

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    Related Topix: Thriller, Homicide, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Joe Mantegna, Black Entertainment, Ving Rhames, William H. Macy, Entertainment

  11. Movie review: The Brothers Bloom -- 4 out of 5 starsRead the original story w/Photo

    May 29, 2009 | KCPQ

    ... is Johnson's homage to the great con-man dramedies of playwright-turned-filmmaker David Mamet, movies like House of Games and The Spanish Prisoner . Johnson even has Mamet's resident magician-hustler, Ricky Jay, narrate. If box office returns are to ...

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    Related Topix: The Brothers Bloom, The Grifters, Alternative, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, The Spanish Prisoner, Ricky Jay

  12. Homicide - DVDRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 8, 2009 | DVDfile.com

    ... Buffalo to signature script-for-hire jobs like The Untouchables and Hoffa to his own directorial efforts like House of Games and The Spanish Prisoner, you can always tell a Mamet work by the way the characters speak. Like the stilted, controlled ...

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  13. DVD's I Bought This Week: September 8thRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 8, 2009 | Film School Rejects

    ... and envelope his friends and his heritage This isn't my favorite David Mamet-directed film (that would be House of Games ), but it's still a great one. A simple detective story grows beyond the genre to become something bigger and more powerful. ...

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  14. review

    Sep 8, 2009 | DVD Talk

    ... you. 1991's Homicide was Mamet's third feature as a writer/director, following his acclaimed con-man debut, House of Games , and the lighter departure, Things Change . His lead swindler from Games , Joe Mantegna, returns this time as Bobby Gold, a ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Things Change, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Homicide, Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy

  15. Homicide: Criterion Collection

    Sep 7, 2009 | DVD Verdict

    ... thing to do. "Oh God help me, help mewhat have you done to me?" Police Detective Bobby Gold (Joe Mantegna, House of Games ) is in the middle of investigating a big murder case. He and his partner Tim (William H. Macy, Fargo ) are searching for a ...

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    Related Topix: Thriller, Homicide, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Black Entertainment, Ving Rhames

  16. Homicide

    Sep 3, 2009 | Chicago Sun-Times

    ... simplifies them into a kind of hammer-and-nail poetry. This is his third film as a writer-director (after " House of Games " and "Things Change"), and he is a filmmaker with a clear sense of how he wants to proceed. He uses the elements of ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Homicide, Comedy Movies, Things Change, Mystery Movies, William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna

  17. Movie review: The Brothers Bloom -- 4 out of 5 starsRead the original story w/Photo

    May 29, 2009 | WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

    ... is Johnson's homage to the great con-man dramedies of playwright-turned-filmmaker David Mamet, movies like House of Games and The Spanish Prisoner . Johnson even has Mamet's resident magician-hustler, Ricky Jay, narrate. If box office returns are to ...

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    Related Topix: The Brothers Bloom, The Grifters, Alternative, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, The Spanish Prisoner, Ricky Jay

  18. Movie review: The Brothers Bloom -- 4 out of 5 starsRead the original story w/Photo

    May 29, 2009 | CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

    ... is Johnson's homage to the great con-man dramedies of playwright-turned-filmmaker David Mamet, movies like House of Games and The Spanish Prisoner . Johnson even has Mamet's resident magician-hustler, Ricky Jay, narrate. If box office returns are to ...

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    Related Topix: The Brothers Bloom, The Grifters, Alternative, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, The Spanish Prisoner, Ricky Jay

  19. David Mamet to Adapt The Diary of Anne Frank Once AgainRead the original story

    Aug 12, 2009 | Firstshowing.net

    Acclaimed filmmaker David Mamet ( House of Games , Homicide , Heist , Redbelt ) is set to write and direct a new rendition of The Diary of Anne Frank . According to Variety , Disney (of all studios) has recently acquired the rights to the 15-year-old ...

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  20. David Mamet to make Anne Frank movie for Disney

    Aug 12, 2009 | The First Post

    ... , on which the 1959 film was based. Some of Mamet's best works include his 1987 directorial film debut House of Games , praised for its inventive plot tricks; Glengarry Glenross , his Pulitzer Prize-winning play and film about Chicago's gritty real ...

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