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Lem Dobbs

Lem Dobbs

Writing

Biography

Lem Dobbs is a British-American screenwriter, best known for the films Dark City and The Limey. He was born in Oxford, England, and is the son of the painter R. B. Kitaj. The pen name "Dobbs" was taken from the character played by Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Known For

Fear Itself
6.7

A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.

Fear Itself

2008
Dark City
7.3

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Dark City

1998
Lee
7.0

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Lee

2024
The Score
6.7

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

The Score

2001
Haywire
5.7

A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

Haywire

2011
The Limey
6.5

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

The Limey

1999
The Hard Way
6.2

Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.

The Hard Way

1991
The Company You Keep
6.2

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

The Company You Keep

2012
Hider in the House
5.8

A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

Hider in the House

1989
Gotti
5.3

John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.

Gotti

2018
Kafka
6.4

After a colleague is murdered, insurance worker Kafka gets embroiled in an underground group who are attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society.

Kafka

1991
The Boy Who Turned Yellow
5.7

John and his class visit the Tower of London, where he loses his pet mouse. He falls asleep during a lesson on electricity, but with some help, he learns about it, invades the Tower, and saves his pet.

The Boy Who Turned Yellow

1972
Becoming John Ford
6.3

Portrait of film director John Ford, perhaps best known for re-inventing the Western, and generally considered one of America's greatest directors.

Becoming John Ford

2007
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
N/A

Beginning with an introduction to the creation of the story, this featurette delves into all facets of the production of 1998's Dark City, and eventually provides a ten minute discussion of the film's reception. A retrospective that runs the gamut of the cast and crew's experiences on the film. We get a look at some storyboards, hear about weirding out the MPAA, and see star and amateur shutterbug Rufus Sewell present the many photos he took on the set.

Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach

2008
Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams
N/A

Intriguingly unpacks various meanings of the film. The feature presents five perspectives on Dark City: "A Postmodern Film" (Lem Dobbs), "Identity Theft" (UCLA professor Vivian Sobchak), "Worlds Constructed" (NYU professor Dana Polan), "Cities as Spectacle & Collective Memories" (Lem Dobbs and Roger Ebert), and "Memoirs of My Nervous Illness by Daniel Paul Schreber" (Alex Proyas and Rosemary Dinnage)

Dark City: The Architecture of Dreams

2008