Paul Morrissey

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Paul Morrissey

Born February 23, 1938 · New York City, New York, USA

Died October 28, 2024 · aged 86

Paul Morrissey (February 23, 1938 - October 28, 2024) was an American film director, best-known for his association with Andy Warhol. Morrissey attended Ampleforth College, a private Roman Catholic boarding school and Fordham University, both Roman Catholic schools, and later served in the United States Army. A political conservative and self-described "right-winger", who has publicly protested a…

Known For

Midnight CowboyMidnight Cowboy · 1969
Midnight Cowboy
★ 7.51969
MovieDrama
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Rich and FamousRich and Famous · 1981
Rich and Famous
★ 5.51981
MovieDrama
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Mixed BloodMixed Blood · 1985
Mixed Blood
★ 5.71985
MovieAction
On the mean streets of New York City, a dog-eat-dog mentality reigns among the destitute citizens. In one of the many abandoned buildings in the neighborhood of Alphabet City lives the Brazilian Rita La Punta, along with her delinquent son, Thiago, and a gang of Hispanic teens charged with selling heroin and cocaine. When Rita and her young gang members get involved in a minor turf war, the violence escalates out of control, touching everyone and sparing no one.
Flesh for FrankensteinFlesh for Frankenstein · 1973
Flesh for Frankenstein
★ 5.81973
MovieHorror
Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
FleshFlesh · 1968
Flesh
★ 5.61968
MovieDrama
A heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex, drugs and decadence.
Blood for DraculaBlood for Dracula · 1974
Blood for Dracula
★ 5.61974
MovieHorror
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
Spike of BensonhurstSpike of Bensonhurst · 1988
Spike of Bensonhurst
★ 5.41988
MovieComedyDrama
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
The Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the Baskervilles · 1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
★ 4.41978
MovieComedyCrime
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

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