James Toback

James Toback

November 23, 1944 · 81 years old

James Lee Toback  (born November 23, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Toback, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

15 titles
1
The Gambler

The Gambler

2014 · 1h 51m · Movie

Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a se...

6.0
2
Bugsy

Bugsy

1991 · 2h 16m · Movie

The true story of gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, his tumultuous affair with the tough-talking Virginia Hill, and how he founded the Nevada-based city that would go on to be known as Las Vegas.

6.8
3
Mississippi Grind

Mississippi Grind

2015 · 1h 48m · Movie

Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's b...

6.4
4
Tyson

Tyson

2008 · 1h 30m · Movie

A mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.

7.4
5
Two Girls and a Guy

Two Girls and a Guy

1998 · 1h 24m · Movie

Two girls wait outside a young actor's door and find out he's had them both as "only" girlfriend the last ten months. They wait inside after breaking in. When Blake comes home he just can't stop lying but they stay.

5.5
6
The Pick-up Artist

The Pick-up Artist

1987 · 1h 21m · Movie

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.

5.4
7
The Gambler

The Gambler

1974 · 1h 51m · Movie

Literature professor Axel Freed is a gambling addict. When he has lost his money, he borrows from his girlfriend Billie, then his mother Naomi, and finally some criminals that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.

7.1
8
Black & White

Black & White

1999 · 1h 38m · Movie

A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.

4.9
9
Harvard Man

Harvard Man

2001 · 1h 39m · Movie

A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.

4.8
10
Fingers

Fingers

1978 · 1h 30m · Movie

A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan-shark father and his mentally-disturbed Jewish concert-pianist mother.

6.7
11
An Imperfect Murder

An Imperfect Murder

2017 · 1h 11m · Movie

An actress's nightmare about killing her ex-boyfriend somehow becomes a reality.

2.9
12
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

2013 · 1h 38m · Movie

An exploration of several interconnected subjects: The Cannes Film Festival, cinema art, money, glamor and death.

6.6
13
Giving It Up

Giving It Up

1999 · 1h 30m · Movie

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 woman he respects.

4.2
14
A Fuller Life

A Fuller Life

2013 · 1h 20m · Movie

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs.

7.0
15
We Blew It

We Blew It

2017 · 2h 17m · Movie

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 lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinem...

5.7
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