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Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1936 [a] – March 23, 2019) was an American filmmaker. He originally emerged as the writer of blaxploitation films such as Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem (both 1973), before becoming known as an author of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s.
Lawrence Cohn was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and as a child moved with his family to Bensonhurst in Brooklyn.He started listening to, and collecting, blues records as a child, continuing through his teens when he also started attending jazz and blues performances in New York City.
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a 1977 American biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen.It stars Broderick Crawford as Hoover, alongside an ensemble cast including Jose Ferrer, Michael Parks, Rip Torn, James Wainwright, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakely, John Marley, Michael Sacks, Brad Dexter, Tanya Roberts and in final screen appearances, Jack Cassidy and Dan ...
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God Told Me To (released in some theatrical markets as Demon) is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Larry Cohen. Like many of Cohen's films, it was shot on location in New York City and incorporates aspects of the police procedural.
Larry Cohen or Lawrence Cohen may also refer to: Larry Cohen (bridge) (born 1959, Larry Neil), American bridge player and writer, known for the idea of "The Law of Total Tricks" Larry T. Cohen (1943–2016), American bridge player, accused in 1977 of cheating during a trial match for international selection
It is the final film directed by Larry Cohen before his death in 2019, [4] though he continued to write screenplays through 2010. The film details the deteriorating state of an impoverished Gary neighborhood terrorized by a street gang called the Rebels.
RE/Search No. 10: Incredibly Strange Films is a book about American underground and other films. It was guest edited by Jim Morton, with associate editor Boyd Rice, in the RE/Search series edited by V. Vale and Andrea Juno, originally published in 1985 and expanded in 1986.