Robert Markowitz

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Robert Markowitz

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Markowitz  (born February 7, 1935 in Irvington, New Jersey) is an American film/television director. He has directed a number television films that include Too Young to Die? (1990), Decoration Day (1990), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), The Great Gatsby (2000), The Pilot's Wife (2003), Word of Honor (2003) and among other films. He also directed episode…

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The Tuskegee AirmenThe Tuskegee Airmen · 1995
The Tuskegee Airmen
★ 7.11995
MovieWarHistory
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
DavidDavid · 1997
David
★ 6.61997
MovieAdventureDrama
A distinguished military leader whose reign was touched by great scandal, shocking betrayals and rousing victories. A simple shepherd boy chosen to be king, under the watchful eyes of prophet Samuel.
Too Young to DieToo Young to Die · 1990
Too Young to Die
★ 5.51990
MovieCrimeDrama
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Into Thin Air: Death on EverestInto Thin Air: Death on Everest · 1997
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
★ 5.41997
MovieAdventureAction
An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. It also follows Jon Krakauer throughout the movie, and portrays what he was going through while climbing this mountain.
Lethal SeductionLethal Seduction · 2005
Lethal Seduction
★ 3.32005
MovieComedyDrama
Miranda Wells is an attorney with a sideline in immigration fraud and murder. Miranda's assistant, Carla, is unaware of her criminal activities. Rick Benes, a journalist setting out to expose Miranda, poses as David Lopez, an illegal immigrant, and takes a job in the office. Carla stubbles on incriminating files and Rick Benes pursuit of the story is threatened when he becomes infatuated with Miranda. Carla is attacked and her husband murdered, Miranda is the chief suspect. As the investigation progresses and Carla disappears from hospital, it is clear that Miranda will stop at nothing including murdering again to stay out.
The Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera · 1983
The Phantom of the Opera
★ 6.01983
MovieDramaHorror
The Budapest Opera House's diva commits suicide after the owner ruins her career for having rejected his advances but her conductor-husband, believed killed in a fire, plans his revenge on all those he deems responsible for her suicide.
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost ClassicsThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics · 1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
★ 6.81994
MovieFantasyThriller
James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.
Word of HonorWord of Honor · 2003
Word of Honor
★ 7.12003
MovieDramaTV Movie
Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.

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AvengerAvenger · 2006
Avenger
★ 6.12006
MovieTV MovieAction
After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard 'Ricky' Edmunds for his pa, influential rich businessman Stephen Edmonds. Ricky for a private Canadian war victims charity in Bosnia and went missing. Dexter discovers Ricky was beaten to pulp and drowned for no other crime then helping street boys from the other side by Zoran Zilic and his Serbian paramilitary 'order'. He offers Steven to 'finish the job' as such war criminals don't go to trial. But deputy CIA director Paul Devereaux cares only for a nuclear arms project he wants to use Zilic for. So CIA troubleshooter Frank McBride is ordered to protect him and handle Dexter.

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