Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

January 31, 1923 · 103 years old

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II—more than any…

Known For

10 titles
1
When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings

1996 · 1h 28m · Movie

Boxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.

7.9
2
Ragtime

Ragtime

1981 · 2h 35m · Movie

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

7.3
3
Inside Deep Throat

Inside Deep Throat

2005 · 1h 29m · Movie

An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat (1972), covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact.

6.7
4
The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

1982 · 2h 15m · Movie

The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.

7.0
5
Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tough Guys Don't Dance

1987 · 1h 50m · Movie

Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.

4.9
6
King Lear

King Lear

1988 · 1h 30m · Movie

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

5.4
7
Diaries Notes and Sketches

Diaries Notes and Sketches

1968 · 2h 57m · Movie

A chronogical about life including self, family, friend, couple and idol in 6 reels

7.4
8
Town Bloody Hall

Town Bloody Hall

1979 · 1h 28m · Movie

Infamously macho author Norman Mailer shares a 1971 NYC panel with an audience of intellectual women and famous feminists receiving a lively critique revealing the sophisticated political, literary discourse of early Women's Lib m...

7.2
9
Wild 90

Wild 90

1968 · 1h 30m · Movie

Norman Mailer's first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of gangsters holed up in a ramshackle New York apartment, drinking, braying, and fighting.

3.5
10
Empire City

Empire City

1985 · 1h 29m · Movie

Guided by seasoned New Yorkers, political figures, and cultural connoisseurs, "Empire City" examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the ever-evolving metropolis. Appearing to be both adaptab...

6.0