Ernest Pintoff

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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!Jaguar Lives! · 1979
Jaguar Lives!
4.21979
MovieActionComedy
The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
St. HelensSt. Helens · 1982
St. 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 ChickenDynamite Chicken · 1971
Dynamite Chicken
5.51971
MovieComedy
A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.
Lunch WagonLunch Wagon · 1981
Lunch Wagon
4.31981
MovieComedyCrime
Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
Harvey Middleman, FiremanHarvey Middleman, Fireman · 1965
Harvey 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).
BladeBlade · 1973
Blade
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?Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? · 1971
Who 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 CriticThe Critic · 1963
The 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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Call to GloryCall to Glory · 1984
Call to Glory
7.31984
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
Call to Glory is an American drama series created by Ronald M. Cohen, and starring Craig T. Nelson as USAF Colonel Raynor Sarnac and his family as they navigated the political tensions and military duties of the early 1960s. Heavily promoted during ABC's broadcast of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the two-part pilot aired August 13, 1984. The first episode is related to the U-2 flights over Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. During production, the plot came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's isolation from civilization. The series, set near Edwards Air Force Base, blended historical events with the challenges of military family life, featuring themes of duty, family relationships, and the looming Vietnam War.

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