Curtis Hanson

Curtis Lee Hanson (born 24 March 1945) is an American film director whose movies include: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 389 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1258 × 1938 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 389 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1258 × 1938 pixel, file size: 1. ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

• Losin' It (1983)
• The Children Of Times Square (1986)
• The Bedroom Window (1987)
• Bad Influence (1990)
• The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)
• The River Wild (1994)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• 8 Mile (2002)
• In Her Shoes (2005)
• Lucky You (2007)

A movie buff who claims to be heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, in the special features on the Rear Window DVD, he discusses Hitchcock's mastery, and how he was inspired by it. Losin It is a 1983 comedy film starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Stockwell. ... The Bedroom Window was a 1987 thriller directed by Curtis Hanson. ... Bad Influence is a 1990 American film starring Rob Lowe and James Spader. ... The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a 1992 thriller starring Rebecca De Mornay as a vengeful nanny out to destroy a naïve woman and steal her family. ... The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello. ... L.A. Confidential is a 1997 feature film based on the 1990 crime fiction novel of the same title by James Ellroy, the third in his L.A. Quartet novel cycle. ... Wonder Boys is a 2000 film adaptation of the Michael Chabon novel of the same name. ... 8 Mile stars Eminem (Marshall Mathers) as the young white rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. ... In Her Shoes is a 2005 drama film, directed by Curtis Hanson. ... Lucky You is a 2007 film. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Rear Window (1954) is a motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on Cornell Woolrichs short story It Had to Be Murder (1942). ...

Hanson was born in Reno, Nevada to Beverly June and William Hanson. His uncle, Jack Hanson, owned "Jax", a popular women's clothing store.^[1] After several years of working in near-obscurity, Hanson found success with The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild. His next film, L.A. Confidential, earned him an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, with Brian Helgeland, and a nomination for Best Director. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jax can refer to: Jacksonville, Florida, USA, is nicknamed Jax. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Brian Helgeland (born January 17, 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a movie writer and director, who graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. ...

Hanson released Lucky You starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore on May 4, 2007 and has The Crimson Petal and the White in production about a young prostitute who finds herself in a position of power when she becomes the mistress of a powerful patriarch. Starring Eric Bana as Huck Cheever, Drew Barrymore as Billie Offer, Robert Duvall as L.C. Cheever, Debra Messing, Robert Downey Jr. ... Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovich on August 9, 1968) is an Australian film and television actor. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. ... The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber is an epic postmodern novel set in Victorian-era England. ...

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External links

• Curtis Hanson at the Internet Movie Database