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John Sayles

Highest Rated:: 100% Passion Fish (1992)
Lowest Rated:: 10% The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

Birthday:: Sep 28, 1950
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: One of America's preeminent and best-respected independent filmmakers, John Sayles has established a reputation for refusing to abandon his values in favor of becoming a studio filmmaker. As a result, his films tend to be rich, nuanced explorations of personal and political relationships, a style…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 10% - 100%

Number of Movies: 48

Box Office Since 2001: $76.2M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013		Go For Sisters	Director Screenwriter	--
2012		The Normals	Actor	--
2012	42%	Let Fury Have The Hour	Actor	$3.4k
2011	91%	Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel	John Sayles	$7.0k
2011	64%	Amigo	Director Screenwriter	$0.2M
2009	60%	In the Electric Mist	Michael Goldman	--
2009	64%	Great Directors	Actor	$17.9k
2008	80%	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Screenwriter	$71.1M
2008	50%	The Toe Tactic	Cramden	--
2007	67%	Honeydripper	Director Producer Screenwriter	--
2007	92%	Obscene	Actor	--
2005		Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the USA	Actor	--
2004	48%	Silver City	Director Screenwriter Producer	$0.9M
2004	88%	Tell Them Who You Are	Actor	--
2003		American Storytellers	Director Actor	--
2003	58%	Casa de los Babys	Screenwriter Director	$0.3M
2002	80%	Sunshine State	Screenwriter Director	$2.8M
2000		American Storytellers	Actor	--
2000		Bruce Springsteen: Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000	Director	--
2000	87%	Girlfight	Science Teacher	$0.8M
1999	72%	Limbo	Director Screenwriter	--
1998	89%	Men With Guns	Director Screenwriter	--
1997	88%	Gridlock'd	Cop #1	--
1996	93%	Lone Star	Screenwriter Director	--
1994	98%	The Secret of Roan Inish	Director Screenwriter	--
1993	92%	Matinee	Bob	--
1992	91%	Malcolm X	FBI Agent	--
1992	100%	Passion Fish	Director	--
1992	44%	Straight Talk	Guy Girardi	--
1991	94%	City of Hope	Carl Director	--
1990		Little Vegas	Actor	--
1989		Bruce Springsteen - Video Anthology, 1978-1988	Director	--
1988	86%	Eight Men Out	Director Ring Lardner	--
1988		The Big Turnaround	Marginal Producer	--
1987	93%	Matewan	Screenwriter Director Hardshell Preacher	--
1986		Unnatural Causes	Actor	--
1986		Hard Choices	Don	--
1986	88%	Something Wild	Motorcycle Cop	--
1986	10%	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Screenwriter	--
1984	92%	Brother From Another Planet	Screenwriter Director Man In Black	--
1983	86%	Lianna	Jerry Director	--
1983	94%	Baby It's You	Director	--
1982		The Challenge (Equals) (Sword of the Ninja)	Screenwriter	--
1981	64%	The Howling	Morgue Attendant (Uncredited) Screenwriter	--
1980	80%	Return of the Secaucus Seven	Screenwriter Director Howie	--
1980	67%	Alligator	Actor Screenwriter	--
1980	45%	Battle Beyond the Stars	Screenwriter	--
1978	72%	Piranha	Screenwriter	--

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Quotes from John Sayles's Characters

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1. Chris: (looking in what was Eddie Quist's morgue locker) - He's not here!
2. Morgue Attendant (Uncredited): He was here this morning!
3. Terry Fisher: (noticing the damage on the inside of the locker door) - Look at the door!
4. Chris: You think somebody took him?
5. Morgue Attendant (Uncredited): Well, he didn't just get up and walk away!
From The Howling. Submitted by Creep F (2 years ago)