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Ernest Pintoff
Born December 15, 1931 · Watertown, Connecticut, USA
Died January 12, 2002 · aged 70
Ernest Pintoff (December 15, 1931 in Watertown, Connecticut – January 12, 2002 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles) was an American film and television director, screenwriter and film producer. He won the Oscar for Best Animated Short for The Critic (1963), a satire on modern art written and narrated by Mel Brooks. Born in Watertown, Connecticut, but raised in New York City, Pintoff originally began …
Known For
Jaguar Lives! · 1979Jaguar Lives!
★ 4.21979
MovieActionComedy
The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
St. Helens · 1982St. Helens
★ 6.01982
MovieActionThriller
Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption, May 18, 1980.
Dynamite Chicken · 1971Dynamite Chicken
★ 5.51971
MovieComedy
A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.
Lunch Wagon · 1981Lunch Wagon
★ 4.31981
MovieComedyCrime
Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
Harvey Middleman, Fireman · 1965Harvey Middleman, Fireman
★ 5.01965
MovieComedyDrama
Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a beautiful girl (Patricia Harty) from a fire, he fancies himself to be in love with her, leaving his wife and seeking help, in the process, from a nutty Psychiatrist (Hermione Gingold).
Blade · 1973Blade
★ 5.51973
MovieThrillerMystery
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? · 1971Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
★ 4.91971
MovieCrimeMystery
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.
The Critic · 1963The Critic
★ 6.61963
MovieAnimationComedy
An old man at the movies narrates over an abstract cartoon with vocal displeasure, to the annoyance of his fellow audience members.
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