Line #5 Creator/StanleyKramer


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3	->''"I'm always pursuing the next dream, hunting for the next truth."''
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5	Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was one of the major mainstream producers and directors in Hollywood's history, famous for his films in the [[TheFifties 1950s]] and [[TheSixties '60s]] that determined to bring a voice to the major social problems of his time.
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7	He was originally a producer with films as disparate like the first adaptation of ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', a VindicatedByHistory version of ''Film/{{Cyrano de Bergerac\|1950}}'', the breakthrough {{Western}} ''Film/HighNoon'' and even the surreal ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'', written by Creator/DrSeuss.
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9	However, when directors started getting the real press as creators of film, Kramer decided to take that role. From that decision, he created classic films like ''Film/TheDefiantOnes'', ''Literature/OnTheBeach'', ''Film/InheritTheWind'', ''Film/JudgmentAtNuremberg'', ''Film/ShipOfFools'', and ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner''. As he started to become known for serious dramas, a friend dared him to make a comedy, based on an outline he received. Kramer accepted, and made the ultimate comedy, ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld''.
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11	Unfortunately, as idealistic as those films were, they were often derided as [[{{Anvilicious}} being preachy with outdated issues]] and artistically inept from a director who still thought like a producer.
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13	That already stung him and with the rise of UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, his career faded, but his idealistic example lives on with the Producers Guild of America's Stanley Kramer Award that awards films that address important social issues.
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16	!!Filmography on this wiki:
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19	[[folder:Producer only]]
20	* ''Film/{{Cyrano de Bergerac\|1950}}'' (1950)
21	* ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' (1951)
22	* ''Film/HighNoon'' (1952)
23	* ''Film/TheSniper'' (1952)
24	* ''Film/TheWildOne'' (1953)
25	* ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'' (1953)
26	* ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1954)
27	* ''Film/AChildIsWaiting'' (1963)
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30	[[folder:Producer/director]]
31	* ''Film/TheDefiantOnes'' (1958)
32	* ''Literature/OnTheBeach'' (1959)
33	* ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'' (1960)
34	* ''Film/JudgmentAtNuremberg'' (1961)
35	* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' (1963)
36	* ''Film/ShipOfFools'' (1965)
37	* ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' (1967)
38	* ''Literature/TheSecretOfSantaVittoria'' (1968)
39	* ''[[Film/RPM1970 R.P.M.]]'' (1970)
40	* ''Literature/BlessTheBeastsAndChildren'' (1971)
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44	!!Tropes displayed by him:
45	* {{Anvilicious}}: His films were rarely subtle in their social agendas.
46	* DudeWheresMyRespect: Kramer dearly wanted to be seen as a daring artist, but he felt that no one understood him. This really hit home when he went on a lecture tour of colleges with his greatest success, ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'', to talk about race relations. Unfortunately, his audiences dismissed him as a cinematic fuddy duddy and preferred to talk about the wild film, ''Film/BonnieAndClyde''.

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