Monte Hellman

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Monte Hellman (born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 — April 20, 2021) ​was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. He was born in New York City, where his parents were visiting, but he grew up in Los Angeles.Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the horror film "Beast from Haunted Cave" (1959), produced by Roger Corman. He would later gain critical recognition for the Westerns "The Shooting" and "Ride in the Whirlwind" (both 1966) starring Jack Nicholson, and the independent road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson. His later directorial work included the slasher film "Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!" (1989) and the independent thriller "Road to Nowhere" (2010).

Most Popular Monte Hellman Trailers

Total trailers found: 55

Sure Did Talk to You: A Conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman and Michael Laughlin Trailer (2007)

11 December 2007

An interview with the producers of Monte Hellman's 1971 film TWO-LANE BLACKTOP.

Reservoir Dogs Trailer (1992)

02 September 1992

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse.

Trapped Ashes Trailer (2006)

12 September 2006

Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work?

Hellman Rider Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Interview film with Monte Hellman.

Iguana Trailer (1988)

01 April 1988

A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century.

Plunging On Alone: Monte Hellman's Life in a Day Trailer (1986)

07 September 1986

Monte Hellman was born in 1932. By 1986 he made eight features, but had not directed for six years. I had made as many documentaries, but had not turned a foot of film through a camera for two years.

Make it Three Yards: A Conversation with James Taylor Trailer (2007)

11 December 2007

After not having seen each other in thirty-five years, Monte Hellman and James Taylor sat down for this conversation, recorded in the fall of 2007 in Massachusetts.

Avalanche Express Trailer (1979)

27 September 1979

CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west.

Wanderlust Trailer (2006)

12 July 2006

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd and Tom McCarthy.

Strutter Trailer (2013)

15 April 2013

A young musician recovers from the loss of his girlfriend with the help of his female filmmaker friend, and even forms a friendship with the rival who stole her.

Cordillera Trailer (1964)

24 October 1964

DESTROY THIS MAN and a fortune in diamonds is yours. A Filipino version of 1964's FLIGHT TO FURY, filmed back-to-back with that film.

Inside the Coppola Personality Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

Monte Hellman's short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios.

Flight to Fury Trailer (1964)

07 August 1964

After a plane crash in the Philippine jungle, two men, one an avaricious killer who has come to the islands to search for a fortune in diamonds, the other an international adventurer, must somehow overcome their vast personal differences and desires to survive in the steamy wilderness.

Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson Trailer (2007)

11 December 2007

This interview features director Monte Hellman and singer-songwriter-actor Kris Kristofferson. It was filmed in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007.

Out of the Blue and Into the Black Trailer (1987)

30 January 1987

Paul Joyce’s Out of the Blue and Into the Black is an insightful documentary surveying American independent film production post-Easy Rider and includes interviews with Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Hopper, Monte Hellman and Roger Corman.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Trailer (1967)

30 June 1967

Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime.

A Decade Under the Influence Trailer (2003)

25 April 2003

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Trailer (2003)

09 March 2003

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.

Warren Oates: Across the Border Trailer (1993)

10 November 1993

A retrospective of the work of the late actor Warren Oates, with clips from his films and interviews with cast and crew members who worked with him.

On the Road Again: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' Revisited Trailer (2007)

11 December 2007

A retrospective documentary on the making of Monte Hellman's 1971 film TWO-LANE BLACKTOP.

The Killer Elite Trailer (1975)

19 December 1975

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee.

Head Trailer (1968)

06 November 1968

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

Room 666 Trailer (1985)

24 February 1985

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera, and answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?

Venice 70: Future Reloaded Trailer (2013)

28 August 2013

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Someone to Love Trailer (1987)

11 September 1987

A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness.

Stanley's Girlfriend Trailer (2006)

17 May 2006

Set in 1950's Hollywood, two filmmakers become unlikely friends: Leo, who writes violent B-movies, and Stanley, a promising director.

The Shooting Trailer (1966)

02 June 1966

Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a nearby town; but soon, because of her erratic behavior, they begin to suspect that her true purpose is quite different.

The Big Red One Trailer (1980)

28 May 1980

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt.

The Christian Licorice Store Trailer (1971)

24 November 1971

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron Trailer (1993)

29 June 1993

This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema of the 1970s and 80s.

The Wild Angels Trailer (1966)

20 July 1966

A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its members is injured, an event that will cause an orgy of violence and destruction.

Ride in the Whirlwind Trailer (1966)

23 October 1966

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

Cockfighter Trailer (1974)

01 August 1974

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Shatter Trailer (1974)

06 December 1974

Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East.

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder Trailer (1994)

25 October 1994

A documentary profile on Quentin Tarantino broadcast by the BBC's "Omnibus" strand in 1994 to coincide with "Pulp Fiction" hitting UK cinemas.

The Terror Trailer (1963)

17 June 1963

Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.

A Fuller Life Trailer (2013)

28 August 2013

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child, Samantha.

Bus Riley's Back in Town Trailer (1965)

24 March 1965

Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship.

Two-Lane Blacktop Trailer (1971)

07 July 1971

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

L.A. Without a Map Trailer (1999)

26 February 1999

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper.

Road to Nowhere Trailer (2010)

11 September 2010

A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story.

Love, Cheat & Steal Trailer (1993)

05 December 1993

Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend to jail by setting him up.

To Have and to Hold Trailer (1996)

31 October 1996

An Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns out to be far from the imagined romantic ideal.

Grey Knight Trailer (1993)

07 March 1993

During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers accidentally free an evil voodoo entity brought back by slave traders.

Target: Harry Trailer (1969)

23 May 1969

Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.

China 9, Liberty 37 Trailer (1978)

04 August 1978

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to murder Matthew, a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company.

The Wild Ride Trailer (1960)

17 June 1960

A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking.

Produce Your Own Damn Movie! Trailer (2011)

13 September 2011

When it comes to producing, no one speaks with more authority than Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger and founder of the longest-running independent film studio, Troma Entertainment.

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! Trailer (1989)

09 November 1989

Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities.

Beast from Haunted Cave Trailer (1959)

05 July 1959

A gold thief and his gang use a skier's lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs.

Back Door to Hell Trailer (1964)

19 December 1964

During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.

An Almost Perfect Affair Trailer (1979)

27 April 1979

An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sudden Death Trailer (1977)

01 May 1977

When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate.

Godard Made in USA Trailer (2010)

11 December 2010

Documentary by Luc Lagier exploring Godard's career as a filmmaker, the production of Breathless and his influence and his relationship with American cinema.