Joe Dante

Joe Dante (born the November 28th 1946 in Middletown, New Jersey), film enthusiast, critical, scenario writer, assembler, producer and American realizer. It belongs to the generation of the American realizers trained with the New World Pictures, studio creates by Roger Corman in 1970. The greatest popular success of Joe Dante is, to date, the Gremlins (1984).

Biography

A film enthusiast

Joe Dante begins his life of film enthusiast as of 1952 with Blanche Snow and the Seven Dwarves then the following year with the Meteor of the night . But it is only after having overcome a Poliomyélite and to have spent one year at the hospital (1954) that he devotes himself with bulimia to films of horrors and with the Cartoons ( M.A.D. , Uncle Picsou) creates by Carl Barks). Starting from 1962, it collaborates in the review Castle off Frankenstein . In 1966 it puts a term at this collaboration and creates The Movie Orgy (assembly alternate several films of kind as if it were about only one. An orgy movie proceeds the night and lasts approximately 7 hours. Dante made evolve/move its assembly during the ten years during which it presented The Movie Orgy ). In 1968, it off leaves the Philadelphia College graduate Art in cinema and finds work as chronicler with the Film Bulletin with Philadelphia. It will work there until in 1974.

The training of the trade

In 1974, it settles with Los Angeles and begins its career at New World Pictures where it assembles films and especially of the trailers out of tandem with Allan Arkush. With this one it carries out in 1975 its first film for Roger Corman, Hollywood Boulevard , using rushes drawn from the reserves of New World Pictures. In 1977 Roger Corman proposes to him Piranhas . It will make film in 1978 in one month with ridiculous means. The film meets its public and becomes one of largest successes of New World. The career of Joe Dante is launched and in 1979 it leaves New World Pictures.

Series B. with series A.

After having given up several projects of films of marine monsters, Joe Dante starts in 1979 to work on Hurlements . Left in 1981, the film is well accommodated in France then with the the United States and he is noticed by Steven Spielberg which proposes to him in 1982 the scenario of the Gremlins and an episode of the film the Fourth Dimension , It' S.A. Good Life . If Dante could enjoy a very great freedom for It' S.A. Good Life , the production and the post-production of the Gremlins were much conflict between the Warner and Dante. But this one, supported by Spielberg, succeeds in nevertheless imposing its vision of film. Left in the United States the June 8th 1984, Gremlins is very quickly an immense doubled success of a social phenomenon. Dante becomes a scenario writer coveted by the studios.

A deposed scenario writer

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Paramount proposes in 1984 with Dante, Explorers . But after the signature of Katzenberg at Disney at the beginning of 1985, Paramount presses Dante to finish Explorers to leave it like blockbuster the summer. Dante is carried out and the film finished and distributed to haste is one shingling commercial failure.

Washed after Explorers , Dante is devoted to less ambitious projects (series TV, sketches) before returning to the feature-length film with the interior Adventure produces by Spielberg, left in 1987 and which is a mitigated success. Dante then wishes to carry out a more adult film but its projects will fall through with the profit of The 'burbs with Tom Hanks and Gremlins 2 . Left in 1989, The “burbs is very badly accommodated by criticism. The genesis of Gremlins 2 is with the image of that of the first but Dante manages nevertheless to leave the June 15th 1990 “a film resembling so that had wanted to make”. However Gremlins 2 is the fourth successive commercial failure of Dante. The doors of the studios are closed again.

Towards the redemption?

After a hard search for financing, Dante manages to leave in 1993 its first personal project, Panic in Florida Beach , homage to films of Série B. and Orgy Movies of its youth. Then, in 1994, it is invited to play in has Century off Cinema, of Caroline Thomas where all those which wrote the history of the cinema are invited. In 1997 Spielberg and Dreamworks propose the realization of a promotional feature-length film for toys and fast-food to him, Small Soldiers . Dante not having carried out a film of cinema for five years has accepted. But this film is again the occasion of an arm wrestling between Dante and the producers of which Spielberg. The commercial failure of film at its exit the July 10th 1998 marginalizes a little more Joe Dante with Hollywood. However Dante is seen entrusting by Warner in 2003 Looney Tunes pass to the action . During this period, of 1990 with 2003, Joe Dante carries out publicities, episodes of series and telefilms of which very noticed The second Civilian War for chain HBO in 1997.

Work

An analysis criticizes work of Joe Dante

Catalog of films

Feature-length films

  • The Movie Orgy (1966-1975 approx.)
  • Hollywood Boulevard (1976), Co-realized with Allan Arkush
  • Piranhas (1978) ( Piranha )
  • Howls (1981) ( The Howling )
  • the Fourth Dimension (film) (1983) ( Twiling Zone the Movie ), third episode, Its have Good Life
  • Gremlins (1984)
  • Explorers (1985)
  • Cheeseburger Film Sandwich (1986-1987) ( Amazon Women one the Moon ), 5 sketches
  • the interior Adventure (1987) ( Innerspace )
  • the Commuters (1989) ( The 'burbs )
  • Gremlins 2, the new generation (1990) ( Gremlins 2 The New Batch )
  • Panic on Florida Beach (1993) ( Crossbred )
  • Small Soldiers (1998)
  • Looney Tunes passes to the action (2003) ( Looney Tunes : Back in Action )

Telefilms

  • Runaway Daughters (1994)
  • The Osiris Chronicles (1998, produced into 1995/1996)
  • the Second American Civil War (1997) ( The Second Civilian War )

Episodes of series

  • Police force Squad (1985), 2 episodes
  • Amazing Stories (1985-1986), 2 episodes
  • Eerie, Indiana (1991-1992), 5 episodes
  • Picture Windows (1995), 1 episode
  • Masters Off Horror season 1, episode 6: Homecoming - Vote or bad cold (2005), 1 episode
  • Masters Off Horror season 2, episode 7,1 episode
  • " shade of the nuit" an episode of the twilght zone (the fifth dimension)

Fallen through participations, projects

  • Large Thieft Car (1977) of Ron Howard, assembly
  • I never promised You has Pink Garden (1977), additional realization
  • the college of the dunces (1979) ( Rock' Roll High Scholl ) of Allan Arkush, additional realization
  • Orca II (1978-1979), project
  • Jaws 3/People 0 (1979), project
  • The Philadelphia Experiment , (1981), project given up by Joe Dante and carried out by Stewart Raffill (1984)
  • '' Little Man Tate '' (1987-1988), project
  • Termites Terrace (1990-1993), project refused by Warner
  • The Mummy (1992-1994), project refused by Warner
  • The Phantom (1994), project refused by Paramount but carried out by Simon Wincer (1996)
  • Cat & Foam (1994-1995), project given up by TriStar

Actor

  • 1994 : has Century off Cinema : itself

Price and rewards

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