Tag: Ron Shelton

Blaze Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Screenplay), Blaze Starr (Novel), Huey Perry (Novel)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:1989
IMDb:tt0096943

Plot:This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this to attack his controversial political program, which included civil rights for blacks in the 1950's.
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Dark Blue Script

Script by:David Ayer (Screenplay), James Ellroy (Story)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:2002
IMDb:tt0279331

Plot:Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
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Hollywood Homicide Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Screenplay), Robert Souza (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:2003
IMDb:tt0329717

Plot:Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his new partner K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
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Play It To The Bone Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Writer)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:1999
IMDb:tt0196857

Plot:Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.
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Cobb Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Writer), Al Stump (Author)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:1994
IMDb:tt0109450

Plot:Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.
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Bull Durham Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Writer)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0094812

Plot:Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
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White Men Can’t Jump Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:1992
IMDb:tt0105812

Plot:Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.
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Under Fire Script

Script by:Clayton Frohman (Screenplay), Ron Shelton (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Spottiswoode
Year:1983
IMDb:tt0086510

Plot:Three U.S. journalists (Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Gene Hackman) get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
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Tin Cup Script

Script by:Ron Shelton (Screenplay), John Norville (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Shelton
Year:1996
IMDb:tt0117918

Plot:A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
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