TEACHERS (1984)

 

Directed By: Arthur Hiller Written By: W.R. McKinney Cinematography: David M. Walsh  Editor: Don Zimmerman 

Cast: Nick Nolte, Jobeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio, Allen Garfield, Lee Grant, Richard Mulligan, Laura Dern, Crispin Glover, Morgan Freeman, Steven Hill, William Schallert, Mary Alice, Anthony Heald Virginia Capers, Royal Dani, Art Metrano 

A teacher overcomes his frustration in a high-school full of flunkies. As he attempts to educate his students, he attempts to help them gets him into trouble with the school board, which only adds to his problems. With the support of his students, he beats the school board and his frustration.

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL (1989)

Directed By: Arthur Hiller 
Written By: Gene Wilder, Earl Barret, Eliot Wald, Arne Sultan & Andrew Kurtzman 
Story By: Marvin Worth, Arne Sultan & Earl Barret 
Cinematography By: Victor J. Kemper 
Editor: Robert C. Jones 
Music By: Stewart Copeland 

Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Anthony Zerbe, Alan North, Hardy Rawls, Lauren Tom, Tonya Pinkins, Zach Grenier 


Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening. This is a hilarious film that is funnier then the plot or story and leaves the audience remembering more moments than any other aspect of the film.

OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE (1987)

Directed By: Arthur Hiller 
Written By: Leslie Dixon 
Cinematography By: David M. Walsh 
Editor: Tom Rolf 


Cast: Bette Midler, Shelly Long, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, George Carlin, John Schuck Anthony Heald, Jerry Zaks, Diana Bellamy, Florence Stanley, Christopher McDonald, Robert Pastorelli


Lauren and Sandy are total opposites who end up in the same acting class and who don't know they are sharing a lover. When he disappears under mysterious circumstances they refuse to believe that he is dead and are the only ones who are searching for him across several states. Ending up in the western US., they discover he had other interests as they find their lives in danger.

AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN (1997)

Directed By: Arthur Hiller (As Alan Smithee) 
Written By: Joe Esztherhas 
Cinematography By: Reynaldo Villalobos 
Editor: L. James Langlois 


Cast: Eric Idle, Ryan O’Neal, Richard Jeni, Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Chan, Chuck D, Coolio, Sandra Bernhard, Harvey Weinstein, Leslie Stefanson, MC Lyte, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Piddock, Suli McCullough, Naomi Campbell, Robert Evans, Robert Shapiro, Shane Black, Billy Bob Thornton, Dominick Dunne, Joe Eszterhas, Larry King, Peter Bart