Rod Lurie

Rod Lurie

Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic. Lurie's first foray into filmmaking, as writer and director, was the low-budget political thriller Deterrence (1999), with Kevin Pollak as the first Jewish President of the United States. The characters (in his films) of President Jackson Evans (The Contender), prison inmate Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin (The Last Castle), FBI agent Paige Van Doren (Line of Fire), and vice presidential nominee Gen. (ret.) Warren Keaton (Commander in Chief) are all fictional graduates of the "Long Gray Line".

  • Title: Rod Lurie
  • Popularity: 11.012
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1962-05-15
  • Place of Birth: Israel
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  • Also Known As: Rob Lurie, רוד לוריא
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Rod Lurie Movies

  • 2007
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    Heckler

    Heckler

    5.93 2007 HD

    HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed,...

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  • 2007
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    Resurrecting the Champ

    Resurrecting the Champ

    6.3 2007 HD

    Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away....

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  • 1998
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    Junket Whore

    Junket Whore

    1 1998 HD

    A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.

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  • 2011
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    Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs

    5.882 2011 HD

    L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing...

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  • 2012
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    A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

    A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

    7 2012 HD

    A survey of movies about politics, with clips from several films and interviews with filmmakers and actors.

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  • 2001
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    The Last Castle

    The Last Castle

    7.163 2001 HD

    A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

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  • 2000
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    The Contender

    The Contender

    6.653 2000 HD

    The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival....

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  • 2007
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    Resurrecting the Champ

    Resurrecting the Champ

    6.3 2007 HD

    Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away....

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  • 2008
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    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

    6.9 2008 HD

    When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her...

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  • 2008
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    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

    6.9 2008 HD

    When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her...

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  • 2011
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    Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs

    5.882 2011 HD

    L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing...

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  • 2011
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    Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs

    5.882 2011 HD

    L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing...

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  • 2008
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    What Doesn't Kill You

    What Doesn't Kill You

    6.011 2008 HD

    Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.

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  • 1970
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    West Pointer

    West Pointer

    1 1970 HD

    A cocky plebe who graduated top of his class in high school must now learn to navigate and compete at a storied place where every student was also...

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  • 1970
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    West Pointer

    West Pointer

    1 1970 HD

    A cocky plebe who graduated top of his class in high school must now learn to navigate and compete at a storied place where every student was also...

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  • 1970
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    West Pointer

    West Pointer

    1 1970 HD

    A cocky plebe who graduated top of his class in high school must now learn to navigate and compete at a storied place where every student was also...

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  • 2003
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    The Angel of death

    The Angel of death

    1 2003 HD

    Based on the true story of Efren Saldivar, a California healthcare worker charged with the killing of dozens of elderly patients by injecting them...

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  • 2007
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    Resurrecting the Champ

    Resurrecting the Champ

    6.3 2007 HD

    Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away....

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  • 2016
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    Killing Reagan

    Killing Reagan

    6.6 2016 HD

    Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling...

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  • 2000
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    Deterrence

    Deterrence

    6.076 2000 HD

    The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.

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  • 2000
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    Deterrence

    Deterrence

    6.076 2000 HD

    The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.

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  • 2017
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    Black Butterfly

    Black Butterfly

    6.224 2017 HD

    Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage...

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  • 2001
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    The Search for John Gissing

    The Search for John Gissing

    4.5 2001 HD

    Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger.

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  • 2024
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    The Senior

    The Senior

    1 2024 HD

    37 years ago, Mike was kicked off his collegiate football team for an altercation. Now at 59, he still carries that burden. However, after reuniting...

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  • 2020
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    The Outpost

    The Outpost

    6.898 2020 HD

    A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to...

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  • 2008
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    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

    6.9 2008 HD

    When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her...

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  • 2000
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    The Contender

    The Contender

    6.653 2000 HD

    The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival....

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  • 2002
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    Scenes of the Crime

    Scenes of the Crime

    5.578 2002 HD

    A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.

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  • 2007
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    I'm Paige Wilson

    I'm Paige Wilson

    2 2007 HD

    Events in the life of Paige Wilson, a pretty, bright 27-year-old congressional aide in Washington, D.C. This is an unaired television pilot for a...

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  • 2007
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    I'm Paige Wilson

    I'm Paige Wilson

    2 2007 HD

    Events in the life of Paige Wilson, a pretty, bright 27-year-old congressional aide in Washington, D.C. This is an unaired television pilot for a...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are...

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  • 1970
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    7.609 1970 HD

    Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to...

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  • 1970
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    7.582 1970 HD

    The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who...

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  • 1970
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    7.2 1970 HD

    In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E11

    5 1970 HD

    Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E18

    7.609 1970 HD

    Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E18

    7.609 1970 HD

    Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E11

    5 1970 HD

    Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E11

    5 1970 HD

    Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E18

    7.609 1970 HD

    Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to...

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