Richard D. Zanuck

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Richard D. Zanuck

Born 1934-12-13 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Richard Darryl Zanuck (/ˈzænək/; December 13, 1934 – July 13, 2012) was an American film producer. His 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also instrumental in launching the career of director Steven Spielberg, who described Zanuck as a "director's producer" and "one of the most honorable and loyal men of our profession."

Acting credits

Behind the Planet of the Apes poster
7.1

Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998

Belushi poster
7.0

Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.

Belushi

2020

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7.7

A general making-of piece featuring principal members of the cast and crew. A brief history of the demon barber is provided, as well as the actors' preparation for their singing roles and glimpses of the set design and general production.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

2008

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. poster
6.8

This documentary provides a behind the scenes glimpse into the history of the Warner Bros. Studios. It begins with a look at the silent movies and ends with the action-packed movies of today. Features movie clips and a look at historic musicals and westerns. Several actors and actresses that helped to build the studio are presented, including rare interviews with John Wayne, Robert Redford, Bette Davis, and Natalie Wood.

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.

1991

The Shark Is Still Working poster
7.3

After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary focuses on the many ways in which Jaws has helped to shape popular culture.

The Shark Is Still Working

2009

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters poster
6.5

Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006

Who Needs Sleep? poster
6.8

A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.

Who Needs Sleep?

2006

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6.3

A behind the scenes look at the making of the movie M*A*S*H. The documentary reveals all of the chaos, politics, and conflict that was going on behind the scenes during production of the movie through new interviews done with director Robert Altman as well as Richard Zanuck, who was head of production for 20th Century Fox at the time, and others.

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

2000

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck poster
6.3

A look at the life and work of legendary film producer Richard D. Zanuck.

Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck

2013

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood poster
7.3

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

The Making of 'Jaws' poster
6.8

A documentary on the making of one of the greatest films ever made, filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew and never-before-seen footage.

The Making of 'Jaws'

1995

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker poster
4.8

A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age.

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

In the Teeth of Jaws poster
8.0

BBC documentary about the making of Steven Spielberg's Jaws.

In the Teeth of Jaws

1997

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years poster
6.5

Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two-hour look at one of Hollywood's greatest dream factories. Such film luminaries as Tom Hanks, William Friedkin, George Lucas, Oliver Stone and Robert Altman discuss their work at the studio. Clips include scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, Young Frankenstein, Star Wars, Alien, Big, Home Alone, Die Hard and dozens more.

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

2003

The Last Mogul poster
5.5

A biography of powerful Hollywood agent and executive Lew Wasserman.

The Last Mogul

2005

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen poster
7.0

Behind the scenes of the making of Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen

2003

All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' poster
4.6

A retrospective on the 1969 classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," its impact on the careers of the filmmakers and cast, and how the film made a distinct impact on the Western genre.

All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

2006

Jaws: The Inside Story poster
7.3

Steven Spielberg takes us behind the cameras for the making of a classic movie.

Jaws: The Inside Story

2010

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' poster
7.9

A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971).

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' poster
NR

Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947).

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

2001

The Making of Jaws 2 poster
7.8

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the now-classic horror movie that had viewers too scared to go into the water. Includes interviews with the writer, director, and other members of the creative staff who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.

The Making of Jaws 2

2001

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' poster
NR

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' features video clips of surviving cast and crew, including Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, and Neile Adams, the former Mrs. Steve McQueen. The program's 65 minute runtime, which is divided into six featurettes of various lengths and covers in fine detail nearly every aspect of the film's production, release and lasting legacy.

The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles'

2007

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star poster
6.0

This is a lovely documentary that pays tribute to the career of star Jessica Tandy, as the filmmakers recall what it was like to work with this marvelous actress. This featurette is fairly short, but it offers fine insight, history and heart

Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star

2003

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NR

Insights into Darryl Zanuck's passion and drive to make the film, from participation as a cameraman during the invasion of Normandy to the release of the film.

Darryl F. Zanuck: A Dream Fulfilled

2006

Behind the camera

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory poster
7.0

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

Alice in Wonderland poster
6.6

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

Alice in Wonderland

2010

Jaws poster
7.7

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

Jaws

1975

Deep Impact poster
6.2

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

Deep Impact

1998

Dark Shadows poster
6.1

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Dark Shadows

2012

Yes Man poster
6.7

Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.

Yes Man

2008

Big Fish poster
7.7

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Big Fish

2003

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster
7.2

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007

Road to Perdition poster
7.4

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

Road to Perdition

2002

Reign of Fire poster
6.2

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

Reign of Fire

2002

Planet of the Apes poster
5.8

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

Planet of the Apes

2001

Rules of Engagement poster
6.2

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

Rules of Engagement

2000

True Crime poster
6.5

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

True Crime

1999

Jaws 2 poster
6.0

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Jaws 2

1978

Driving Miss Daisy poster
7.2

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Driving Miss Daisy

1989

Cocoon poster
6.6

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

Cocoon

1985

Hidden poster
7.0

A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

Hidden

2015

The Verdict poster
7.5

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.

The Verdict

1982

Mulholland Falls poster
6.0

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Mulholland Falls

1996

Cocoon: The Return poster
6.5

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

Cocoon: The Return

1988

Clean Slate poster
5.8

Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.

Clean Slate

1994

Target poster
5.9

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Target

1985

The Island poster
5.3

David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.

The Island

1980

Wild Bill poster
5.7

Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.

Wild Bill

1995