Tag: John Irvin

Raw Deal Script

Script by:Norman Wexler (Screenplay), Gary DeVore (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Irvin
Year:1986
IMDb:tt0091828

Plot:Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
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Ghost Story Script

Script by:Lawrence D. Cohen (Screenplay), Peter Straub (Novel)
Directed by:John Irvin
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0082449

Plot:Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.
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Dogs Of War Script

Script by:Frederick Forsyth (Novel), Gary DeVore (Writer), George Malko (Writer)
Directed by:John Irvin
Year:1981
IMDb:tt0080641

Plot:Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
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Hamburger Hill Script

Script by:James Carabatsos (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Irvin
Year:1987
IMDb:tt0093137

Plot:The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
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Turtle Diary Script

Directed by:John Irvin
Year:1985
IMDb:tt0090219

Plot:Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
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