Hes created two popular original characters and franchises darkman and evil dead and helmed the first spiderman trilogy in. For horror, superhero, and comedy fans, sam raimi is one of the most widely enjoyed filmmakers of the past 30 years. Born in a suburb of detroit, michigan in 1959, sam raimi began making movies with bruce campbell and some other friends when they were in their teens. Peter parker is a lovable nerd and decent person at heart, and any good onscreen version of the character needs to reflect that. He directed such films as evil dead ii, army of darkness. Also included in this collection is the ultra rare film within the woods, the short film that sam raimi shot with bruce campbell, a mini evil dead film, in order to secure. Find films and movies featuring sam raimi on allmovie. Over his years as a director, raimis 1973 oldsmobile delta 88 originally bought by raimis father for the family when sam was 14 has played ashs car in the evil dead movies, uncle ben and aunt mays car in the spiderman movies, annies car in the gift 2000, and mrs. The spiderman director is taking on an update of the acclaimed french thriller, while.
Like most children of the 1960s, sam raimi grew up acting out his fantasies with the benefit of an 8 mm movie camera. Ganoushs car in drag me to hell 2009, and has made cameos in nearly. It all started in 1981 with sam raimis the evil dead. Sam raimi in talks to direct remake of jacques audiards a. Based on the popular fantasy series about a wandering adventurer named kvothe whose tragic upbringing leads him to notoriety, raimi will helm the first film in the planned trilogy, titled the name of the wind. Samuel marshall sam raimi, fodd 23 oktober 1959 i royal oak, michigan, ar en amerikansk.
The film gauge grew to 35 when raimi, with the aid of friends and relatives. With bruce campbell, ellen sandweiss, richard demanincor, betsy baker. Raimi attended michigan state university, but dropped out to make the evil dead 1981, starring campbell. Sam raimis phone number, email, address, public records. His ancestors were jewish immigrants from russia and hungary. After reading this book i am interested in checking out some of his other movies as well. Sam raimi admits he messed up spiderman, would love. All 15 sam raimi movies ranked from worst to best taste. Bruce campbell, ellen sandweiss, hal delrich, betsy baker, sarah york, philip a. Sam raimi to direct kingkiller chronicle adaptation. The film gauge grew to 35 when raimi, with the aid of friends and relatives, raised 500,000 dollars to film a horror feature, the evil dead 1983. Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they. He later reprised his role as henrietta in the television series ash vs. Sam raimi in talks to direct remake of jacques audiards a prophet this article is more than 4 years old.
Find sam raimis phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Sam raimi is a master of tone and knows how to work in brief moments of levity or absurdness to not only help the tension, but to accent the horror happening on screen. Even before hes bitten by a geneticallyaltered spider, the audience knows peter tobey maguire is an. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites powered by justwatch. Theodore raimi born december 14, 1965 is an american actor, director, comedian, and writer. The author gives his own commentary on each movie and discusses mr. What marvel should do with spiderman, according to sam raimi. Sam raimis films include evil dead ii, millers crossing, the evil dead, the hudsucker proxy. From ash williamss evil dead adventures onward, raimis films have always been about outcast weirdos and there are very few outcast weirdos bigger or weirder than peter parker. Evil dead news news related to the evil dead franchise. Commentary with writerdirector sam raimi, actor bruce campbell, cowriter scott spiegel. I was already a fan of sam raimi because of the evil dead films and spiderman. Not your average slicedupteenager epic, evil dead was a marvelously wicked assault on the senses, belying its tiny budget with.
October 23, 1959 this native of franklin, michigan was the second of five children and was raised in a detroit suburb. Sam raimi biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Sam raimi biography and filmography sam raimi movies. Wolf children ame e yuki i bambini lupo 2012 dallas buyers club 2014 posti in piedi in paradiso 2012 scemo e piu scemo 1995. He is known for his roles in the works of his brother sam raimi, including a fake shemp in the evil dead, possessed henrietta in evil dead ii, and ted hoffman in the spiderman trilogy. Another older brother, sander raimi, died at 15 in an accidental drowning. The evil dead achieves a lot of its more absurd moments through its sound design, most notably towards the end where ash is in the basement looking for the demonic. The film series has since expanded into other formats such as video games and comic books. Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release fleshpossessing demons. In an american horror film, you usually have a character and a shot of them. The evil dead is a series of four horror films created by sam raimi. Then their pointofview moving down a hallway, approaching a door and theyre coming closer to the door. The first thing you notice when you rewatch 2002s spiderman is that it is, undeniably, a sam raimi movie.
In starting out with parker as a shy but intelligent kid, creators stan lee and steve ditko crafted the perfect. No more spiderman for tobey maguire and sam raimi wired. Find films and movies featuring sam raimi on allmovie allmovie. All three films reside in the industrys top 30 highest grossing domestic pictures of all time. The two would continue to collaborate repeatedly over the span of their careers. Find the latest sam raimi news, videos and more from consequence of sound, your goto place for music, film, and tv news. While speaking with the week, raimi admitted that he messed up on spiderman 3, but also stated he would. How sam raimis spiderman trilogy holds up today cbr. Now director sam raimi is taking responsibility for how the final product turned out.
Filmens regissor ar sam raimi och filmen, som var hans forsta langfilm, gjorde honom omgaende till ett tungt namn i skrackfilmsgenren. Spiderman 2 director sam raimi was just 22 when his 1981 feature debut, the evil dead, earned him a reputation as a master of decadent gore. After decades of begging for the return of ash in a fourth evil dead, fans were offered a glimpse of hope in the closing seconds of the fede alvarezdirected evil dead back in 20. What marvel should do with spiderman, according to sam raimi jul. Ash deals with deadites, which are undead antagonists created by the necronomicon exmortis. Raimi was born in royal oak, michigan, to a conservative jewish family. He is the elder brother of actor ted raimi and the younger brother of screenwriter ivan raimi. Like most children of the 1960s, sam raimi grew up acting out his fantasies with the benefit.
Director sam raimi and tobey maguire drove the massively successful spiderman trilogy to unprecedented heights but their reign atop the superhero movie franchise has come to an abrupt end. Samuel marshall raimi born 23 october 1959 in royal oak, michigan, usa he is director, producer, writer and actor. While bruce campbell didnt appear in the actual film, which alvarez has previously explained is a direct sequel to sam raimis the evil dead 1981, he does cameo in the final seconds of the end credits. Cinque amici ventenni rimangono intrappolati in una casa isolata nei boschi. Sam raimi is in talks with lionsgate to direct the upcoming adaptation of pat rothfuss new york times bestseller the kingkiller chronicle. Rodo sayagues screenplay, sam raimi based on the motion picture the evil dead.
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