- published: 03 May 2014
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Joe Roth (born July 13, 1948) is an American film executive, producer and film director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Productions in 1987 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and Walt Disney Studios (1994–2000) before founding Revolution Studios in 2000.
Roth was born in New York, New York, the son of Lawrence Roth, a foreman at a plastics plant. In 1959, Roth's father volunteered his son to be a plaintiff in the ACLU's effort to abolish mandatory prayer in public schools. The case, filed in New York, wound its way through the system, finally reaching the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962. The Court ruled that such prayer was unconstitutional under the First Amendment, in the landmark case of Engel v. Vitale.
Over the course of his career, he has produced over 40 films, and has directed six to date, including 1990's Coupe de Ville (in which a Cadillac Coupe de Ville plays a big part) and 2001's America's Sweethearts.
Roth, who was ranked 6th in Premiere Magazine's 2003 Hollywood Power List, produced the 76th annual Academy Awards. Roth announced that in October 2007, when Revolution's distribution deal with Sony Pictures ends, Revolution Studios will close and he will join Sony as a producer.
Actors: Joe Roth (actor), Neal Israel (actor), Kathy Najimy (actress), Amy Heckerling (actress), Stuart Cornfeld (actor), Sally Kirkland (actress), Jason Alexander (actor), James Avery (actor), Laurence Mark (actor), Sandahl Bergman (actress), Sidney Ganis (actor), John Jabaley (actor), Sean Patrick Flaherty (actor), Valarie Pettiford (actress), Jillian Armenante (actress),
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Musical, Short,Actors: Mike Farrell (actor), Paul Chihara (composer), June Randall (miscellaneous crew), Don Fellows (actor), David Healy (actor), Diana Quick (actress), Barbara Lane (costume designer), Robert Foxworth (actor), Tom Clegg (director), Alan Pattillo (editor), Sallie Beechinor (miscellaneous crew), Alan Howard (actor), Frederick Muller (producer), Frederick Forsyth (producer), Frederick Forsyth (writer),
Plot: After a KGB agent defects to the US, the CIA has the job of not only taking from him his dowry of information (ie. the price of the bride), but also making sure he isn't a 'plant' to uncover secrets from us. All of this is complicated when it is suspected that another man is the real agent, and the defector but a decoy.
Genres: Action, Thriller,