Paddy Chayefsky's Academy Award-winning Marty was the most notable examination of working class Bronx life was also explored by Chayefsky in his 1956 film The Catered Affair, and in the 1993 Robert De Niro / Chazz Palminteri film, A Bronx Tale, Spike Lee's 1999 movie Summer of Sam, centered in an Italian-American Bronx community, 1994's I Like It Like That that takes place in the predominately Puerto Rican neighborhood of the South Bronx, and Doughboys, the story of two Italian-American brothers in danger of losing their bakery thanks to one brother's gambling debts.

* In the Academy Award-winning short Knighty Knight Bugs, King Arthur sends court jester Bugs to recover the Singing Sword from the Black Knight, portrayed as Yosemite Sam in black armor.

Freberg also provided the voice of Sam, the orange cat paired with Sylvester in the Academy Award-winning Mouse and Garden ( 1960 ).

Norton's best-selling trade books include Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry ; Jared Diamond ’ s Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller Guns, Germs, and Steel ; Pulitzer prize-winning historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Edmund S. Morgan's works ; Patrick O ' Brian ’ s critically acclaimed naval adventures ; the works of National Book Award-winning fiction author Andrea Barrett ; " Khruschev: The Man and His Era " by William Taubman ; " Hitler: Hubris " and " Hitler: Nemesis " by Ian Kershaw ; Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side and The Big Short by Michael Lewis ; Fareed Zakaria ’ s The Future of Freedom ; Sebastian Junger ’ s The Perfect Storm ; Sam Harris ’ s The End of Faith ; The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri ; A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess ; The Red Book by Carl Jung ; The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb ; and others in several subject fields.

From April 3 through September 16, 1984, Eden starred in the Lee Guber and Shelly Gross national production of the John Kander and Fred Ebb Tony Award-winning musical comedy Woman Of The Year, playing the role of Tess Harding Craig, alongside Don Chastain ( as Sam Craig ), and Marilyn Cooper ( as Jan Donovan, reprising her Tony Award-winning role on Broadway ).

The first was the Eisner Award-winning trade paperback Streetwise, a collection of autobiographical stories by such creators as Jack Kirby, Sergio Aragones, Sam Glanzman, Murphy Anderson, and Nick Cardy.

Several performers repeated their Broadway roles in the film, most memorably Julie Newmar as Stupefyin ' Jones and Stubby Kaye as Marryin ' Sam.

Army of Darkness, also titled Bruce Campbell vs Army of Darkness, Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness or just Evil Dead III, is a 1992 American comedy horror film directed by Sam Raimi.

The film was written by Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert, and stars Bruce Campbell and Embeth Davidtz.

After the good experience of writing the screenplay for a film called Easy Wheels, Sam and his brother Ivan Raimi decided to co-write the film together.

He made an uncredited appearance as Sam Green, the man who introduced Andy Warhol to Edie Sedgwick, in the 2006 film Factory Girl.

The Evil Dead ( sometimes shortened to just Evil Dead, and originally titled Book of the Dead ) is a 1981 American horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, and Betsy Baker.

With the approval of both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, a musical version of the film was staged, enjoying a successful workshop in Toronto and performances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2004.

Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert would produce the film.

Evil Dead II ( referred to in publicity materials as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn ) is a 1987 American horror comedy film directed by Sam Raimi.

Empire magazine praised the film saying " the gaudily gory, virtuoso, hyper-kinetic horror sequel / remake uses every trick in the cinematic book " and confirms that " Bruce Campbell and Raimi are gods " and Caryn James of The New York Times called it " genuine, if bizarre, proof of Sam Raimi's talent and developing skill.

Other contemporary British film directors include Paul W. S. Anderson, Andrea Arnold, Richard Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Danny Boyle, Terence Davies, Mike Figgis, Terry Gilliam, Tom Hooper, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Sam Mendes, Alan Parker, Sally Potter, Lynne Ramsay, Guy Ritchie, Michael Winterbottom, Edgar Wright, Joe Wright and Matthew Vaughn.

Also the widespread acceptance of video art as a form has made it possible for British artists such as Sam Taylor-Wood and Isaac Julien to make film works outside of the demands of cinema exhibition.

One quip from Marx concerned his response to Sam Wood, the director of the classic film A Night at the Opera.

From the trailer, Bogart as Sam Spade in Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 film ) | The Maltese Falcon

Lennon's first-ever tour in the spring of 1985 was documented as part of the film Stand By Me: A Portrait Of Julian Lennon — a film profile started by Sam Peckinpah, but completed by Martin Lewis after Peckinpah's death.

Sam De Grasse's role as John in the black-and-white 1922 film version shows John committing numerous atrocities and acts of torture.

The film was directed by Sam Raimi.

* Lincoln ( 1988 film ), a telefilm starring Sam Waterston adapted from Gore Vidal's novel

Historian Scott Eyman wrote, " As the film ended and applause grew with the houselights, Sam Goldwyn's wife Frances looked around at the celebrities in the crowd.

In a recent interview with PC Magazine, Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell said that they wanted to make a Half-Life feature film themselves, rather than hand it off to a big-name director like Sam Raimi, and that their recent Team Fortress 2 " Meet The Team " machinima shorts were experiments in doing just that.

* 1959 – Sam Raimi, American film director

Sam Caldwell, State Highway Department public relations director, resigned Tuesday to work for Lt. Gov. Garland Byrd's campaign.

* 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer-songwriter and director ( The Bravery )

* 1965 – Sam Mendes, English director

Although not complete or refined to his satisfaction, director Sam Peckinpah still preferred the director's cut, as it was more inclusive and thorough than the 105-minute cut.

The limited edition Blu-ray with a newly restored picture was released on August 31, 2010 in the United States, featuring two discs with audio commentary with writer / director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell.

In 2011, Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green ( The Weather Underground ), released a new documentary about Esperanto titled The Universal Language ( La Universala Lingvo.

* 1925 – Sam Peckinpah, American director ( d. 1984 )

Bogart's sharp timing and facial expressions as private detective Sam Spade were praised by the cast and director as vital to the quick action and rapid-fire dialogue.

* 1901 – Sam Katzman, American director and producer ( d. 1973 )

Lennon promoted the album with music videos for the two hits made by movie director Sam Peckinpah and producer Martin Lewis.

Marvin was originally cast as Pike Bishop ( later played by William Holden ) in The Wild Bunch ( 1969 ), but fell out with director Sam Peckinpah and pulled out in order to star in the Western musical Paint Your Wagon ( 1969 ), in which he was top-billed over a singing Clint Eastwood.

" The magazine's art director, Sam Viviano, has suggested that historically, Mad was at its best " whenever you first started reading it.

* 1976 – Sam Riegel, American voice actor, writer and director

David Samuel " Sam " Peckinpah ( February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984 ) was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch ( 1969 ).

Sam Peckinpah's nephew is David Peckinpah, who was a television producer and director, as well as a screenplay writer.

It also led a film critic to paraphrase the film's title in an attack on the director, saying, " Bring me the head of Sam Peckinpah ".

Samuel Marshall " Sam " Raimi ( October 23, 1959 ) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor.

On December 11, 2006, the website SuperHero Hype reported that director Sam Raimi and Michael Uslan would co-produce a new film version of The Shadow for Columbia Pictures.

Raimi is the younger brother of Evil Dead & Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, who directed him in Xena and Hercules, as well as in the Spider-Man movies.

He began acting as an extra in his elder brother, director Sam Raimi's Super 8 films.

* December 28 – Sam Peckinpah, American film director ( b. 1925 )