Which Films Or Television Shows Have David Mamet Been Involved In?

Mamet has most recently directed a Ford advert on television and is currently working on the movie Redbelt. Before that, he's been working on two series of the television series The Unit.

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The Untouchables, The Edge, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Spartan, The Spanish Prisoner, Heist, Edmond, Hannibal, Ronin (under another name), -State and Main, Wag the Dog, The Winslow Boy, American Buffalo, Oleanna, Hoffa, Homicide, Glengarry Glen Ross, We're No Angels, About Last Night, House of Games, Things Change.

He has written a number of television scripts, although I'm not sure whether these were ever made.

Mamet seems to work best in his own medium, so when he writes television it is great, why else would the relationship with Sony Pictures redevelop?

His star is in the ascendency. It looks like although his plays are becoming weaker or less edgy, his film work is the medium where he has found his place again.

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As usual, Epictetus has done an exemplary job. I would only add three things:

1) Mamet wrote at least one episode of HILL STREET BLUES in the 1980s, when his then-wife Lindsay Crouse was appearing on the show.

2) In addition to the movies Epictetus mentioned, Mamet also wrote the screenplay for the movie THE VERDICT, adapted from the novel by Barry Reed and starring Paul Newman, James Mason and Charlotte Rampling (hubba hubba).

3) Although it was based on his play SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO, the script for the movie ABOUT LAST NIGHT... was NOT written by Mamet. In fact, I feel that the movie is a very watered-down version of a terrific play. (Epictetus may disagree with me here.)

Hope this helps!

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