Alex Cox
Alexander Cox (born Bebington, Merseyside, 15 December 1954) is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, but since the release and commercial failure of Walker, he has focused his career on independent movies. Cox has previously cited Luis Buñuel and Akira Kurosawa as influences, as well as the great Western movie directors Sergio Leone, Sam Peckinpah, and John Ford. Cox also wrote a book on the history of the genre called 10,000 Ways to Die. While he once directed films for Universal Pictures, such as Repo Man and Walker, since the late 1980s, he has found himself on a self-described blacklist, and turned to producing independent films. Cox is an atheist and is decidedly left wing in his political views. Many of his films have an explicit anti-capitalist theme or message. He was originally set to direct Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but was replaced by Terry Gilliam due to creative differences with Hunter S. Thompson.
Actor
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Searchers 2.0
As child actors, Mel and Fred were beaten and whipped by an imperious screenwriter, Fritz Frobisher. Now the elderly Fritz is to appear at a t-shirt signing ceremony in Monument Valley, Arizona, where his great films were made. Still living in Los Angeles and seeking works as actors, Mel and Fred...Watch Movie
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3 Businessmen
Two businessmen, Benny and Frank, venture out into the streets of Liverpool, a city neither of them knows, in search of dinner. They wander for miles, unable to find a meal, unaware that the town they began their journey in has morphed: first into Rotterdam, then into Tokyo and Hong Kong....Watch Movie
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3 Businessmen: A User's Guide
In the 1990s all the feature films I made were shot in a style the Mexicans call "plano secuencia" (a single master for every scene). I was inspired in this by my friend the director Arturo Ripstein. It was a response to editing strategies which had become increasingly...Watch Movie
Director
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Searchers 2.0
As child actors, Mel and Fred were beaten and whipped by an imperious screenwriter, Fritz Frobisher. Now the elderly Fritz is to appear at a t-shirt signing ceremony in Monument Valley, Arizona, where his great films were made. Still living in Los Angeles and seeking works as actors, Mel and Fred...Watch Movie
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Death and the Compass
A complex Mexican murder mystery based on the short story "La muerte y la brujula" by Jorge Luis Borges. DEATH AND THE COMPASS stars Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval and Christopher Eccleston, made by the same crew and much of the same cast as HIGHWAY PATROLMAN (shot in Mexico the...Watch Movie
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3 Businessmen
Two businessmen, Benny and Frank, venture out into the streets of Liverpool, a city neither of them knows, in search of dinner. They wander for miles, unable to find a meal, unaware that the town they began their journey in has morphed: first into Rotterdam, then into Tokyo and Hong Kong....Watch Movie
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3 Businessmen: A User's Guide
In the 1990s all the feature films I made were shot in a style the Mexicans call "plano secuencia" (a single master for every scene). I was inspired in this by my friend the director Arturo Ripstein. It was a response to editing strategies which had become increasingly...Watch Movie
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Hafford's Saloon
This is a short video I made while doing research for my new feature, TOMBSTONE RASHOMON. It was shot on the streets of Tombstone and in a Western movie set, Old Tucson. It details, in real time, how long it took the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday to walk from their saloon...Watch Movie
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Tombstone Rashomon
The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in TOMBSTONE RASHOMON, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet historical perspectives. In doing...Watch Movie
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Scene Missing
Some years ago I was involved in a fruitless attempt to persuade Universal to bring WALKER out on Blu-Ray and DVD. They did neither, though they did turn the DVD rights over to Criterion, eventually... In the course of this, I suggested to Dennis Hopper that he and I make "making of"...Watch Movie
Writer
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Searchers 2.0
As child actors, Mel and Fred were beaten and whipped by an imperious screenwriter, Fritz Frobisher. Now the elderly Fritz is to appear at a t-shirt signing ceremony in Monument Valley, Arizona, where his great films were made. Still living in Los Angeles and seeking works as actors, Mel and Fred...Watch Movie
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Death and the Compass
A complex Mexican murder mystery based on the short story "La muerte y la brujula" by Jorge Luis Borges. DEATH AND THE COMPASS stars Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval and Christopher Eccleston, made by the same crew and much of the same cast as HIGHWAY PATROLMAN (shot in Mexico the...Watch Movie
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3 Businessmen: A User's Guide
In the 1990s all the feature films I made were shot in a style the Mexicans call "plano secuencia" (a single master for every scene). I was inspired in this by my friend the director Arturo Ripstein. It was a response to editing strategies which had become increasingly...Watch Movie
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Tombstone Rashomon
The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in TOMBSTONE RASHOMON, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet historical perspectives. In doing...Watch Movie
Editor
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Searchers 2.0
As child actors, Mel and Fred were beaten and whipped by an imperious screenwriter, Fritz Frobisher. Now the elderly Fritz is to appear at a t-shirt signing ceremony in Monument Valley, Arizona, where his great films were made. Still living in Los Angeles and seeking works as actors, Mel and Fred...Watch Movie
Producer
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Tombstone Rashomon
The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in TOMBSTONE RASHOMON, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet historical perspectives. In doing...Watch Movie
